The Persistence of Memory by Arthur Kurzweil
Arthur Kurzweil grew up hearing his father’s tales of Dobromyl, the small town-a shtetl – in what is now Ukraine, which his father had left behind as a child when his family emigrated to...
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Greetings From Asbury Park by Daniel H. Turtel
In a small, seaside city on the Jersey Shore, three half-siblings confront the death of a distant and bullying patriarch. They now have the chance to imagine new relationships and new futures, ones that...
Jews, Food, and Spain by Hélène Jawhara Piñer
The Oldest Medieval Spanish Cookbook and the Sephardic Culinary Heritage Foreword: Paul Freedman A fascinating study that will appeal to both culinarians and readers interested in the intersecting histories of food, Sephardic Jewish culture,...
Psychoanalytic and Cultural Aspects of Trauma and the Holocaust by Rony Alfandary, Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz (Editors)
Psychoanalytic and Cultural Aspects of Trauma and the Holocaust presents interdisciplinary postmemorial endeavors of second-, third- and fourth-generation Holocaust survivors living in Israel and in the Jewish diaspora. Drawing on a wide range of...
The Dancer and the Dance by Michael Wasserman
Essays on Skepticism and the Search for Meaning Can a seeker also be a skeptic? Can one believe without renouncing the responsibility to doubt? These eight essays argue that the answer is yes. They...
Applying Jewish Ethics: Beyond the Rabbinic Tradition by Jennifer A. Thompson, Allison B. Wolf (Editors)
New Directions in Applied Jewish Ethics Applying Jewish Ethics: Beyond the Rabbinic Tradition introduces the reader to applied ethics and examines various social issues from contemporary and largely underrepresented Jewish ethical perspectives. The chapters...
Dr. B. by Daniel Birnbaum
Translator: Deborah Bragan-Turner The former director of the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm makes his literary debut with this dramatic and riveting novel of book publishing, émigrés, spies, and diplomats in World War...
Jews and Science by Sander L. Gilman
The Jewish Role in American Life: An Annual Review Jews and Science examines the complicated relationship between Jewish identities and the evolving meanings of science throughout the history of Western academic culture. Jews have...
On Repentance And Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World by Danya Ruttenberg
A crucial new lens on repentance, atonement, forgiveness, and repair from harm—from personal transgressions to our culture’s most painful and unresolved issues American culture focuses on letting go of grudges and redemption narratives instead...
Jewish Women in Time and Torah by Eliezer Berkovits
RABBI DR. ELIEZER BERKOVITS’ FINAL BOOK, Jewish Women in Time and Torah, is a critical examination of the status of women in Halakhah. It offers a coherent theological approach by which the eternal Divine...
