New Jewish Books
Israel is a “Jewish state.” What is the meaning of this and how does it align with the democratic nature of the country? These are the questions at the core of a contentious debate...
This book demonstrates how the Russian thought and literature of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries influenced Jewish thought and Hebrew literature. Through a comparative analysis of an extensive corpus of writings by renowned Russian...
Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah This broad-ranging study, the first full-length investigation of conceptions of faith and trust in the Judeo-Arabic tradition, explores a family of related concepts—faith (imān, emunah), conviction (i‘tiqād), and trust/reliance...
Essays in Honor of Professor Michael Fishbane on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday Jewish Culture and Creativity honors the wide-ranging scholarship of Prof. Michael Fishbane with contributions of his students on subjects that cover...
The Bible, the Rabbis, and Jewish-Gentile Relations Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah Israel and the Nations: The Bible, The Rabbis, and Jewish-Gentile Relations explores the Jewish theology and law (Halakhah) relating to non-Jews. It...
Translator: Michoel Rotenfeld Set in Ukraine and Crimea, this unique autobiography offers a fascinating, detailed picture of life in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Tsarist Russia. Goldenshteyn (1848-1930), a traditional Jew who was orphaned...
Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah R. Saadia Gaon (882-942) was unquestionably one of the most important if not the most important medieval Jewish thinker. He dealt with biblical exegesis, philosophy, grammar, poetry, prayer, and...
A Retrospective View of Their Holocaust Experiences This volume comprehensively explores the life trajectories of nine child/adolescent Holocaust concentration camp survivors as recollected when the subjects were elders. Based on extensive face to face...
Russian-Jewish Literature between Soviet Underground and Post-Soviet Deconstruction Jews of Russia & Eastern Europe and Their Legacy How was the Jewish tradition reinvented in Russian-Jewish literature after a long period of assimilation, the Holocaust,...
Perspectives on Israel Studies Ruth Blau: A Life of Paradox and Purpose explores the life of a curious, if not mysterious, character in modern Jewish history. Born a French Catholic, Ruth Blau (Ben-David) (1920–2000)...
