New Jewish Books
This original collection of essays written by scholars and poets explores the life and work of Hyam Plutzik (1911-1962), whose poetry came to fruition at a time of cultural change set against the historical...
Modern Orthodox Judaism in the United States, 1945 – 2025 Modern Orthodoxy is a form of American Judaism that affirms the traditional tenets and practices of Orthodox Judaism while at the same time maintaining an openness...
Translators: John Markoff, Małgorzata Markoff Polanim’s literary journalism/reportage draws on extensive interviews with Israelis of Polish origin and their children, with each chapter organized around a particular experience of Poland and of Palestine/Israel, or...
The Yiddish Historians in Their Own Words. Selected Writings Newly Translated into English In the early twentieth century, when the dream of Jewish cultural nationalism in the Diaspora was growing among champions for Yiddish,...
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...
