New Jewish Books
October 7: The Wars Over Words and Deeds is a collection of essays by scholars that seeks to analyze how words and imagery used to categorize the violence and savagery of the October 7th assaults...
A Conciliatory Perspective. Reflections on His Late ThoughtTranslator: Batya Stein Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah Dov Schwartz’s The Philosophy of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik: A Conciliatory Perspective. Reflections on His Late Thought explores the later thought...
Among scholars of Jewish Studies, the process, history, and literature of exiting one’s native religious community is increasingly recognized as a new area within the field which, ironically, has a history stretching back to...
The Psychology of Jewish Self-Delusions in the Face of Rising Antisemitism In today’s America, a disturbing surge in anti-Semitism is making alarming inroads into the national mainstream. This book explores the many factors fueling...
Illustrator: Felix Lembersky During World War II, thousands of Moldovan Jews were imprisoned in the Obodovka ghetto, located in the Romanian-occupied part of Ukraine. Unlike the areas under German control where Jews faced systematic...
Edited and translated by Aubrey L. Glazer and Nehemia Polen From Tiberias With Love is a journey to rediscovering the magic and mystery, the intimacy and depth of a lost moment in the history...
Israel: Society, Culture, and History Israeli Documentary Poetry: Coming of Age with the State introduces and explores documentary poetry written by Israeli poets who came of age during the first two decades of the...
The philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas introduces a groundbreaking shift in ethical discourse by prioritizing the uniqueness of the “Other.” Levinas redefines morality by emphasizing the existential precedence of the “Other” over the self, challenging...
Lithuanian Studies without Borders Crisis, War, and the Holocaust in Lithuania is the first scholarly English-language study of Lithuania during World War II which utilizes previously inaccessible archives as well as academic works published...
Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah This book examines the relationship between the rabbinate and politics in religious Zionism during the early years of the State of Israel. What fundamental issues did the rabbis of...
