New Jewish Books
An Adaption of Sefer Sha’arei Ephraim *The wrong sefer Torah has been taken out in shul. “Rolling” it to the correct place will cause significant tircha d’tzibura. Can the sefer Torah be switched? *The...
Documenting Life and Destruction: Holocaust Sources in Context This extraordinary wartime diary provides a rare glimpse into the daily life of French and foreign-born Jewish refugees under the Vichy regime during World War II....
This book describes the rise and decline of Bournemouth’s Jewish hotels and guest houses within the context of Anglo-Jewish history, the growth of Bournemouth as a premier resort, and the evolution of its Jewish...
This first English translation of Sholom Aleichem’s rediscovered novel, Moshkeleh the Thief, has a riveting plot, an unusual love story, and a keenly observed portrayal of an underclass Jew replete with characters never before...
Routledge Studies in the Biblical World This volume explores the early Jewish understanding of divine knowledge as divine presence, which is embodied in major biblical exemplars, such as Adam, Enoch, Jacob, and Moses. The...
Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) is perhaps one of the best-kept philosophical secrets of recent times. By locating ethics as first philosophy, based on the call of the other, Levinas has revolutionized the Western philosophical tradition....
Oxford Handbook Series For as long as historians have contemplated the Jewish past, they have engaged with the idea of diaspora. Dedicated to the study of transnational peoples and the linkages these people forged...
The Matzah Ball, Jean Meltzer’s first novel (MIRA Books), which came out just before Hanukkah, is a delightful read. It tells the story of “nice Jewish girl” Rachel Rubenstein-Goldblatt, the daughter of a well-respected,...
A love story as implausible as this must be true. Their first date was arranged by a professional matchmaker. A deal, a pragmatic matter that had nothing to do with romance – that’s how...
Professor Michael Berkowitz, the Professor of Modern Jewish History at University College London, has said that ‘The Haham Moses Gaster (1856-1939) is one of the most significant figures in modern Jewish history but has...
