The Lost Ryū by Emi Watanabe Cohen
Kohei Fujiwara has never seen a big ryū in real life. Those dragons all disappeared from Japan after World War II, and twenty years later, they’ve become the stuff of legend. Their smaller cousins,...
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In Their Surroundings: Localizing Modern Jewish Literatures in Eastern Europe
Editors: Efrat Gal-Ed, Natasha Gordinsky, Sabine Koller, Yfaat Weiss From the second half of the nineteenth century through to World War II, Eastern Europe, especially the territories that formerly made up the Pale of...
The History of the Shanghai Jews by Kevin Ostoyich, Yun Xia (Editors)
New Pathways of Research Palgrave Series in Asian German Studies This volume provides a historical narrative, historiographical reviews, and scholarly analyses by leading scholars throughout the world on the hitherto understudied topic of Shanghai...
Why Not?: Lessons on Comedy, Courage, and Chutzpah by Mark Schiff
Foreword: Jerry Seinfeld From master comedian Mark Schiff, a long-time touring partner of Jerry Seinfeld, comes a hilarious account of decades of foolery with comedy and acting legends and how he honed his mensch...
Today in the Taxi by Sean Singer
“Sean Singer’s radiant and challenging body of work involves, much like Whitman’s, nothing less than the ongoing interrogation of what a poem is. In this way his books are startlingly alive… I love in...
Sepher Yosippon: A Tenth-Century History of Ancient Israel by Steven B. Bowman
Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology Sepher Yosippon was written in Hebrew by a medieval historian noted by modern scholars for its eloquent style. This is the first known chronicle of Jewish...
Shoham’s Bangle by Sarah Sassoon
Illustrator: Noa Kelner Shoham’s bangle jingles and jangles, clinks and clacks Shoham wears a golden bangle on her wrist, just like her Nana Aziza. Their bangles jingle when they cook, and glitter in the...
The Literary Mafia by Josh Lambert
Jews, Publishing, and Postwar American Literature In the 1960s and 1970s, complaints about a “Jewish literary mafia” were everywhere. Although a conspiracy of Jews colluding to control publishing in the United States never actually...
Jewish Ideas in Morality and Religion by Rabbi Dr. Sol Roth
Rabbi Dr. Sol Roth in his academic career applied the analytic method in his teaching of philosophy at Yeshiva University and in books he wrote. His goal was to bring greater clarification of Jewish...
The Incandescent Threads by Richard Zimler
From the acclaimed author of The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon and The Warsaw Anagrams comes an unforgettable, deeply moving ode to solidarity, heroism, and the kind of love capable of overcoming humanity’s greatest horror....
