New Jewish Books
The great destruction of our days has created a background for the growth of legends, similar to the legends in the Talmud. In our book there are chapters about the destruction which should be...
The Annual Record of the North American Jewish Communities Since 1899 The American Jewish Year Book, which spans three different centuries, is the annual record of the North American Jewish communities and provides insight...
The Untold First-Hand Stories of the Legendary Rescue Operation Translator: Mitch Ginsburg There have been books, articles and blockbuster movies, but the real story of the most daring rescue operation ever is finally being...
Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life Widely regarded as today’s foremost American Jewish historian, Jonathan D. Sarna had a huge impact on the academy. Sarna’s influence is perhaps nowhere more apparent...
Studies in Antisemitism Foreword: Alvin H. RosenfeldTranslator: Lars FischerEditor: Marlene Gallner In April 1945, Jean Améry was liberated from the Bergen Belsen concentration camp. A Jewish and political prisoner, he had been brutally tortured...
Jewish Immigration, Labor Activism, and Japanese American Exclusion and Incarceration During World War II, Elaine Black Yoneda, the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants, spent eight months in a concentration camp—not in Europe, but in...
The Shepherd Boy Who Became Israel’s First Ethiopian-Born Journalist One night in July 1983, the inhabitants of the village of Tilamado disappeared. Barefoot and wearing traditional dress, the men and women, the children and...
Rethinking Diaspora The Nuremberg Miscellany [Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg, Bibliothek, 8° Hs. 7058 (Rl. 203)] is a unique work of scribal art and illumination. Its costly parchment leaves are richly adorned and illustrated with multicolour...
Refractions and Reflections on Bereshit Sefer Bereishit ― the Book of Genesis ―relates the stories of our Patriarchs and Matriarchs. So little is known about their struggles and achievements, and their spiritual stature is...
Translator: Ishai Mishory A race for the Ark of the Covenant finds an exploration into the ethics and world of the international antiquity trade When a great antiquities collector is forced to donate his...
