The Holiness of Doubt by Rabbi Joshua Hoffman
A Journey Through the Questions of the Torah The Holiness of Doubt is a timely and essential contribution to the study of sacred Jewish texts. What does it mean for a book of faith...
Author: jewishbooks
The People, the Torah, the God by Jerome Yehuda Gellman
A Neo-Traditional Jewish Theology Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah Continuing the author’s commitment to neo-traditional constructive Jewish theology, this book is a sequel to Gellman’s trilogy of constructive Jewish theology with Academic Studies Press....
Kreisky, Israel and Jewish Identity by Daniel Aschheim
The personal and professional life of Bruno Kreisky (1911–1990), Austria’s long-serving Socialist chancellor from August 1970 to May 1983, has been the focus of many books and articles. However, his ambiguous and complex relationship...
Sacred Body: Readings in Jewish Literary Illumination by Roberta Sterman Sabbath
Lexington Studies in Jewish Literature Sacred Body: Readings in Jewish Literary Illumination provides fresh and insightful interpretations of Jewish texts, narratives, and cultural practices that show how these artifacts unhinge the “sacred” from the...
German-Jewish Life Writing in the Aftermath of the Holocaust by Dr. Helen Finch
Beyond Testimony Shows how Adler, Wander, Hilsenrath, and Klüger intertwine transgressive political criticism with the shadow of trauma, revealing new perspectives on canon formation and exclusion in postwar German literature. How did German-speaking Holocaust...
To Die Beautiful by Buzzy Jackson
A heartrending novel based on a true story of love, loyalty, and the limits we confront when our deepest values are tested, by award-winning writer Buzzy Jackson How far would you go to protect...
Heidegger and His Jewish Reception by Daniel M. Herskowitz
In this book, Daniel Herskowitz examines the rich, intense, and persistent Jewish engagement with one of the most important and controversial modern philosophers, Martin Heidegger. Contextualizing this encounter within wider intellectual, cultural, and political...
In Other Lifetimes All I’ve Lost Comes Back to Me by Courtney Sender
Populated with lovers who leave and return, with ghosts of the Holocaust and messages from the dead, Courtney Sender’s debut collection speaks in a singular new voice about the longings and loneliness of contemporary...
The Lilac Tree by Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch
A Rabbi’s Reflections on Love, Courage, and History Applying Jewish values to our personal and communal lives. Ammiel Hirsch has been one of America’s leading rabbis for more than three decades. A Zionist activist...
Israel’s Declaration of Independence by Neil Rogachevsky, Dov Zigler
The History and Political Theory of the Nation’s Founding Moment Israel’s Declaration of Independence brings to life the debates and decisions at the founding of the state of Israel. Through a presentation of the...
