New Jewish Books
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...
The Cambridge History of Judaism Volume 5 examines the history of Judaism in the Islamic World from the rise of Islam in the early sixth century to the expulsion of Jews from Spain at...
The Pogroms of 1918–1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust Between 1918 and 1921, over a hundred thousand Jews were murdered in Ukraine by peasants, townsmen, and soldiers who blamed the Jews for the...
“Ask the beast and it will teach thee, and the birds of heaven and they will tell thee.” ―Job 12:7 In the Middle Ages, the bestiary achieved a popularity second only to that of...
The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Fought the Nazis from Inside the Camp With exclusive access to previously hidden diaries, family and camp survivor accounts, and recently declassified files, critically acclaimed and...
Schriftenreihe der Bet Tfila – Forschung Jewish Architects – Jewish Architecture implies several claims that need to be discussed critically and—case-by-case—be confirmed or refuted. On the one hand: Was there or is there such...
Here are the top 5 most popular/visited films from the 60 books I added in October 2021. (Based on the number of times these books’ pages were visited in November, the first month when...
