New Jewish Books
Essays in Modern Jewish Political Thought Jewish Culture and Contexts If politics is about the state, can a stateless people be political? Until recently, scholars were fiercely divided regarding whether Jews engaged in politics,...
The Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Introduction: Avinoam J. Patt Jack Klajman is only nine years old when the ghetto walls go up in Warsaw. The Smallest Hope is his powerful memoir recounting...
A Spiritual Manifesto for the 21st Century How do you hold on to faith in a modern world? Rabbi Michael Strassfeld digs deep into the Jewish tradition to help us get to the root...
Perspectives on Israel Studies Ruth Blau: A Life of Paradox and Purpose explores the life of a curious, if not mysterious, character in modern Jewish history. Born a French Catholic, Ruth Blau (Ben-David) (1920–2000)...
The Remarkable Story of the Man Who Saved the Music of the Nazi Camps A Polish musician, a Jewish conductor, a secret choir, and the rescue of a trove of music from the Sachsenhausen...
Based on the Collections and Preliminary Research of Prof. Usiel Oscar Schmelz Editors: David N. Myers, Michael Berenbaum The late Steven Lowenstein was a brilliant social historian who, after retiring from his academic position...
A story of global travel, personal growth, and family responsibility through the lens of 15-year-old Jane in 1970. Fifteen-year-old Jane was trapped. Trapped in high school in Dallas, Texas where her classes were too...
The Case of Vladimir Jabotinsky against the Russian Empire Jews of Eastern Europe Jews, Race, and the Politics of Difference explores how Russian Jewish writers and political activists such as Vladimir Jabotinsky turned to...
Havana, Cuba. December 1958. Two brothers find themselves on opposite sides of Castro’s revolution. One dark night, after rescuing of a leader of the revolt under house arrest, one brother finds himself hunted. The...
Putting God First: Jewish Humanism after Heidegger tackles the challenge of maintaining Jewish identity in a world dominated by Western humanism. It argues that the Holocaust reflects more broadly on contemporary humanism than the...
