The 84 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in November 2020
Here is the list of the 84 books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in November 2020. The image above contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on...
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Jewish Migration in Modern Times; The Case of Eastern Europe
Edited by Semion Goldin, Mia Spiro, Scott Ury This collection examines various aspects of Jewish migration within, from and to eastern Europe between 1880 and the present. It focuses on not only the wide...
Dreams Never Dreamed by Kalman Samuels
Traveling to study in France for the summer, Canadian college student Kerry Samuels made a stop that would change his life. An unlikely chain of events landed him pursuing theological study in Israel, changing...
Return to the Place by Jill Hammer
The Magic, Meditation, and Mystery of Sefer Yetzirah Rabbi Jill Hammer has taken ancient Jewish mystical text and transformed it into a contemporary guide for meditative practice. In Return to the Place, Rabbi Hammer guides...
Such a Library: A Yiddish Folktale Re-Imagined by Jill Ross Nadler
An old Jewish folktale in a modern-day library… with a magical librarian! Stevie craves quiet until he meets Miss Understood, a magical librarian whose books come to life and wreak havoc, in this...
The Kindertransport: Contesting Memory by Jennifer Craig-Norton
Studies in Antisemitism Jennifer Craig-Norton sets out to challenge celebratory narratives of the Kindertransport that have dominated popular memory as well as literature on the subject. According to these accounts, the Kindertransport was a...
Israelism in Modern Britain by Aidan Cottrell-Boyce
This book unpacks the history of British-Israelism in the UK. Remarkably, this subject has had very little attention: remarkable, because at its height in the post-war era, the British-Israelist movement could claim to have...
The Flight of Life: Views from the Cockpit by Captain Shaul Ringler
Shaul Ringler’s life long fascination with flight began when he was a young boy in Tel Aviv, running along the banks of the Yarkon river, flying his kite. When he looked up, he knew...
Monologues from the Makom; Editors Rivka Cohen, Sara Rozner Lawrence, Sarah J. Ricklan
Intertwined Narratives of Sexuality, Gender, Body Image, and Jewish Identity Foreword by Rabbanit Dasi FruchterIntroduction by Sara Rozner Lawrence A collection of first-person poetry and prose designed to break the observant Jewish community’s taboo against...
From Schlemiel to Sabra by Philip Hollander
Zionist Masculinity and Palestinian Hebrew Literature Perspectives on Israel Studies In From Schlemiel to Sabra Philip Hollander examines how masculine ideals and images of the New Hebrew man shaped the Israeli state. In this innovative book,...
