New Jewish Books
In 2004, as a private gift for Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s 80th birthday, a number of his students and colleagues were invited to contribute to a festschrift or commemorative volume in his honor. To make...
During 1938 and 1939, Paul Neurath was a Jewish political prisoner in the concentration camps at Dachau and Buchenwald. He owed his survival to a temporary Nazi policy allowing release of prisoners who were...
While the British have their tea time and Swedes are known for their fika break, Sephardic Jews have long enjoyed the tradition of dunking various kinds of biscuits in their afternoon espresso or tea—and...
Who doesn’t appreciate a good story? A master storyteller can magically transform an ordinary occurrence from the past into a vivid and exciting experience in the present. An insightful story drives a point home...
This volume consists of studies that originated in connection with the activities of the recently established Prague Centre for Jewish Studies at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague. The Centre’s main...
The light of the menorah, delicious potato pancakes, spinning dreidels and chocolate coins…these are the things we’ve come to associate with Hanukkah. International political intrigue, a holocaust in the ancient Middle East, and a...
Sin, often defined as a violation of divine will, remains a crucial idea in contemporary moral and religious discourse. However, the apparent familiarity of the concept obscures its origins within the history of Western...
by Hanan Eshel and edited by Barnea Levi Selavan and Shani Tzoref Among the most prominent hallmarks of the late Prof. Hanan Eshel (1958-2010) were his generosity, passion, and integrative approach. The eighteen essays...
The Night lasted five years and eight days. Before the Night began, Ernst Bornstein was a precocious eighteen-year-old¬ who had an ordinary family with three siblings, two parents, and a large circle of friends...
The largest, most comprehensive, broad-based, Jewish music collection ever published. Compiled, edited and arranged by Velvel Pasternak, the Big Jewish Songbook is a veritable treasure trove of 265 popular Jewish songs including: Israeli, Hasidic,...
