The 84 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in November 2020
Here is the list of the 84 books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in November 2020. The image above contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on...
Tagged: Ruth R. Wisse
Jews and Power by Ruth R. Wisse
Taking in everything from the Kingdom of David to the Oslo Accords, Ruth Wisse offers a radical new way to think about the Jewish relationship to power. Traditional Jews believed that upholding the covenant...
No Joke: Making Jewish Humor by Ruth R. Wisse
Humor is the most celebrated of all Jewish responses to modernity. In this book, Ruth Wisse evokes and applauds the genius of spontaneous Jewish joking–as well as the brilliance of comic masterworks by writers...
