New Jewish Books
Edited by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, Arizona State University and Aaron W. Hughes, University of Rochester. Avi Sagi is Professor of Philosophy at Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel, and Senior Fellow at the Shalom...
This gripping memoir tells the personal story of a man who has lived at the epicenter of the major events of modern Jewish history. From the ashes of Auschwitz to statehood and the beginning...
Why Not Say What Happened is at once a coming-of-age story, an intellectual autobiography, and cultural history. Morris Dickstein evokes his boisterous and close-knit Jewish family, his years as a yeshiva student that eventually...
Edited by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, Arizona State University and Aaron W. Hughes The Library of Contemporary Jewish Philosophers showcases outstanding Jewish thinkers who have made lasting contributions to constructive Jewish philosophy in the second half...
A compelling collection of short fiction based on Biblical stories How did Eve feel about Cain’s fratricide? What did Lot’s wife think and do after Lot offered their virgin daughters to strangers? Frankly feminist,...
Dr. Avraham Albert Ticho was a Viennese-trained ophthalmologist who immigrated to Ottoman-ruled Jerusalem in 1912. There he married his cousin, the artist Anna Ticho, and together they made their mark on the history of...
This anthology draws upon biblical, rabbinical, medieval, and modern sources–from art, music, recipes, and crafts, as well as fiction, poetry, and essays–about the significance and historical development of Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish “New Year...
Editors: Rıfat N. Bali & Laurent Olivier-Mallet The present volume consists of a selection of articles by scholars on the social and cultural situation of Turkish Jews in the last two decades. The tensions...
This rhyming story, one of a series for the Jewish Holidays, details the traditions and customs surrounding the holiday of Tu B’Shvat. It is written in a fun and educational manner for children of...
Israeli novelist and activist Shulamith Hareven’s Thirst: The Desert Trilogy, contains three of her greatest works: The Miracle Hater, Prophet, and After Childhood. In these novellas, Hareven recasts the the biblical journey from exodus...
