New Jewish Books
Cultural Interaction in the Ancient Mediterranean A provocative account of Jewish encounters with the public baths of ancient Rome Public bathhouses embodied the Roman way of life, from food and fashion to sculpture and...
A major new history of the genocide of Roma and Jews during World War II and their entangled quest for historical justice Jews and Roma died side by side in the Holocaust, yet the...
A feminist biography of the only woman to become prime minister of Israel In this authoritative and empathetic biography, Pnina Lahav reexamines the life of Golda Meir (1898–1978) through a feminist lens, focusing on...
Translator: Jeremiah Riemer From acclaimed historian Michael Brenner, a mesmerizing portrait of Munich in the early years of Hitler’s quest for power In the aftermath of Germany’s defeat in World War I and the...
The controversial Jewish thinker whose tortured path led him into the heart of twentieth-century intellectual life Scion of a distinguished line of Talmudic scholars, Jacob Taubes (1923–1987) was an intellectual impresario whose inner restlessness...
Editor: David Stromberg Old Truths and New Clichés collects nineteen essays―most of them previously unpublished in English―by Isaac Bashevis Singer on topics that were central to his artistic vision throughout an astonishing and prolific...
The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York A compelling account of how a group of Hasidic Jews established its own local government on American soil Settled in the mid-1970s...
Translator: Jeremiah Riemer From acclaimed historian Michael Brenner, a mesmerizing portrait of Munich in the early years of Hitler’s quest for power In the aftermath of Germany’s defeat in World War I and the...
The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical The life and politics of an American Jewish activist who preached radical and violent means to Jewish survival Meir Kahane came of age...
How encounters with the Roman Empire compelled the Jews of antiquity to rethink their conceptions of Israel and the Torah Throughout their history, Jews have lived under a succession of imperial powers, from Assyria...
