New Jewish Books
The first thing that grabbed me in Frederic Petrovsky’s novel was its style. The sense of awe stayed with me as I kept reading the book and noticed how it became versatile and always...
A master of documentary poetry, Erika Meitner takes up the question of desire and intimacy in her latest collection of poems. In her previous five collections of poetry, Erika Meitner has established herself as...
Gender, Orientalism and the »Jewish Other« Historical Gender Studies In the Hobsbawmian long 19th century, gender and processes of sexualization and feminization have been crucial in the construction of the Jewish Other. Ulrike Brunotte...
A Story of Survival and Resilience in World War II This captivating true story of one boy’s flight across Europe to escape the Nazis is a tale of extraordinary courage, incredible adventure, and the...
Translated from the Hebrew by Nancy Rosenfeld In this volume, Bible Studies scholar Yitzhak (Itzik) Peleg offers an educational, values-based approach to the cycle of Jewish holidays―festivals and holy days―as found in the Jewish...
FYI: The image above is a “Late 19th Century Austro-Hungarian Silver Yom Kippur Belt Buckle”, available here. What is a “Yom Kippur Belt Buckle”? “Traditionally, Orthodox Jewish worshippers have worn a white gown on...
A Youth Born of the Holocaust, A Youth Born of the Holocaust, What I Kept, What I Let Go… What is a Jew? A Jew is someone who argues with God whether he believes...
Illustrator: Moran Yogev Sukkot is Shoshi’s favorite Jewish holiday. She and her brothers love to decorate their sukkah, the hut where her family will celebrate. But who will win the Ugandan Abayudaya community’s annual...
Illustrator: Alida Massari Mrs. Noah kept birds. She kept many a variety of birds, ravens and robins, eagles and eiders, cockatoos and crows. But out of all the birds she kept, her favorite were...
Edited by Gerben Zaagsma, Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra, Miriam Rürup, Michelle Margolis, Amalia S. Levi Studies in Digital History and Hermeneutics As in all fields and disciplines of the humanities, Jewish Studies scholars find...
