The Sea Elephants by Shastri Akella
Shagun knows he will never be the kind of son his father demands. After the sudden deaths of his beloved twin sisters, Shagun flees his own guilt, his mother’s grief, and his father’s violent...
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An Interreligious Dialogue by Michael Green
Portrayal of Jews in Dutch French-Language Periodicals (1680–1715) The present study focuses on the way that Jews were portrayed in various scholarly journals and lay gazettes published in French in the United Provinces of...
Catastrophic Grief, Trauma, and Resilience in Child Concentration Camp Survivors by Tracey Rori Farber, Gillian Eagle, Cora Smith
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...
The Tripod: A New Perspective On The Shalosh Regalim by Rabbi Neil Lauer
Experience the chagim with a deeper and enriched spiritual perspective with this thoughtful analysis of the Shalosh Regalim (the three major festivals in Judaism). Did you ever wonder why the Torah groups Pesach Shavuot,...
Hosea’s God: A Metaphorical Theology by Mason D. Lancaster
Ancient Israel and Its Literature The book of Hosea is a labyrinth of juxtaposed images for God and God’s people, with such disparate metaphors as God the devouring lion and God the reviving dew....
Testimonies of Resistance: Representations of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Sonderkommando by Nicholas Chare, Dominic Williams (Editors)
The Sonderkommando―the “special squad” of enslaved Jewish laborers who were forced to work in the gas chambers and crematoria of Auschwitz-Birkenau―comprise one of the most fascinating and troubling topics within Holocaust history. As eyewitnesses...
Woman of Valor by Lynne Golodner
Sally Sterling never intended to embrace the Judaism of her ancestors, but after her first love and Catholic college sweetheart broke her heart, the surprising salve for her sadness appears when she stumbles into...
With My Shadow: The Poems of Hilde Domin
A Bilingual Selection Translator: Sarah Kafatou Not to tire / but to hold out your hand / gently / as to a bird / to the miracle This bilingual edition of the poems of...
Antisemitism and Racism: Ethical Challenges for Psychoanalysis by Stephen Frosh
Series Editors: Esther Rashkin, Mari Ruti, Peter L. Rudnytsky Psychoanalytic Horizons Psychoanalysis has not had a comfortable history in relation to “race” and racism, despite its origins in the Jewish lives of Freud and...
Amos Oz: The Legacy of a Writer in Israel and Beyond by Ranen Omer-Sherman
The veteran contributors to this volume take as their central drama, and their essential task for analysis, the enduring literary and political legacy of Israel Prize laureate Amos Oz (1939-2019). Born a decade prior...
