New Jewish Books
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...
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...
In The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Porwancher debunks a string of myths about the origins of this founding father to arrive at a startling conclusion: Hamilton, in all likelihood, was born and...
The first comprehensive history of American Jewish philanthropy and its influence on democracy and capitalism For years, American Jewish philanthropy has been celebrated as the proudest product of Jewish endeavors in the United States,...
On June 22, 1936, the philosopher Moritz Schlick was on his way to deliver a lecture at the University of Vienna when Johann Nelböck, a deranged former student of Schlick’s, shot him dead on...
An intimate and moving portrait of daily life in New York’s oldest institution of traditional rabbinic learning New York City’s Lower East Side has witnessed a severe decline in its Jewish population in recent...
What is the purpose of Jews in the world? The Bible singles out the Jews as God’s “chosen people,” but the significance of this special status has been understood in many different ways over...
Few direct clues exist to the everyday lives and beliefs of ordinary Jews in antiquity. Prevailing perspectives on ancient Jewish life have been shaped largely by the voices of intellectual and social elites, preserved...
Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World An in-depth exploration of the flight of young Jewish women from their Orthodox homes during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries The...
Library of Jewish Ideas The love of God is perhaps the most essential element in Judaism―but also one of the most confounding. In biblical and rabbinic literature, the obligation to love God appears as...
