The 26 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in January 2020
Here is the list of the 26books that I posted on this site, JewishBookWorld.org in January 2020. The image above contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page...
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Cushites in the Hebrew Bible by Kevin Burrell
Negotiating Ethnic Identity in the Past and Present Cushites in the Hebrew Bible offers a reassessment of Cushite ethnographic representations in the biblical literature as a counterpoint to misconceptions about Africa and people of...
A Fist for Joe Louis and Me by Trinka Hikes Noble
Gordy and his family live in Detroit, Michigan, the heart of the United States automobile industry. Every night after coming home from work at one of the plants, Gordy’s father teaches him how to...
Parables in Changing Contexts: Essays on the Study of Parables in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism
Editors: Marcel Poorthuis and Eric Ottenheijm In Parables in Changing Contexts, new venues in the comparative study of parables are addressed by scholars of Judaism, New Testament, Buddhism and Islam. Essays cover parables in...
Happiness, as Such by Natalia Ginzburg
Translator: Minna Proctor At the heart of Happiness, as Such is an absence―an abyss that pulls everyone to its brink―created by a family’s only son, Michele, who has fled from Italy to England to...
Gluskin Family History by Yosef Serebryanski, David B. Levy
This unique genealogical research jointly authored by Rabbi Yosef Serebranski and David B Levy sheds light on Eastern European Jewish history, Hasidic dynasties, and modern Zionism. It draws on primary archival sources including oral...
A Basket Full of Figs by Ori Elon
Illustrator: Menachem Halberstadt ‘I plant a fig, I plant a gift. For children, for the coming generations.’ When the Emperor Hadrian gallops into the village, its inhabitants hide in fear. All except one. An...
The “Spectral Turn” Jewish Ghosts in the Polish Post-Holocaust Imaginaire by Zuzanna Dziuban
Over the last decades, studies on cultural memory have taken a `spectral turn’. They have explored the potential of haunting metaphors for addressing past instances of violence that affect present cultural realities. Zuzanna Dziuban...
Judith Kerr: The Illustrators by Joanna Carey
This season’s second volume in The Illustrators series showcases the work of Judith Kerr, one of Britain’s most beloved authors and illustrators. She first started writing and illustrating stories for children when in her...
Unity and Diversity in Contemporary Antisemitism: The Bristol–Sheffield Hallam Colloquium on Contemporary Antisemitism
Edited by Jonathan G. Campbell and Lesley D. Klaff This book springs from the Bristol–Sheffield Hallam Colloquium on Contemporary Antisemitism at the University of Bristol in September 2015. International experts in Religious Studies, Law,...
