Jewish Studies
Identity Papers
Argues that debates about Jewish identity and assimilation are signs of creative potential rather than crisis.
California Dreaming
Multidisciplinary study of the citrus industry in Palestine before World War II.
Hiding Places
A daughter struggles to get her mother to talk about her Holocaust experiences, and tries to understand how those experiences have shaped her own life.
The Prophet of Tenth Street
A literary love story.
Ordinary Jews
A new translation of a modern Yiddish masterpiece.
When Boxing Was a Jewish Sport
A vivid portrayal of the important role of Jews in American boxing history, and vice versa.
Yitzhak Rabin's Assassination and the Dilemmas of Commemoration
Examines how Israeli society has commemorated Yitzhak Rabin.
The Hidden Children of France, 1940-1945
Interviews with eighteen Jewish “hidden children” of France and Belgium, telling the story of their survival during World War II.
Cinema and the Shoah
Examines the variety of cinematic responses to the Holocaust as well as the Shoah’s impact on cinematic expression itself.
The Democratic Ideal and the Shoah
An original and revolutionary interpretation of the Jews’ destiny in modern politics.
Philosophy and Kabbalah
Reconciles the conflict between these two seemingly diverse traditions.
Belonging Too Well
Shows how Ozick’s characters attempt to mediate a complex Jewish identity, one that bridges the differences between traditional Judaism and secular American culture.
Nahum Goldmann
Explores the life and career of one of the twentieth century’s most colorful Zionist leaders.
Disciplining the Holocaust
Explores the relationship between disciplinarity and contemporary ethics of scholarship about the Holocaust.
Freedom, Faith, and Dogma
A collection of works by nineteenth-century Russian religious philosopher V. S. Soloviev, critic of secularization, anti-Semitism, and the religious life of his time.
Global Neighborhoods
Looks at how contemporary Jewish neighborhoods interact with both local and transnational influences.
Coming Home
Examines the social and cultural integration of Russian-speaking Jews and Germans who immigrated to their respective historic homelands.
Jewish Fundamentalism and the Temple Mount
Examines radical and messianic movements in Israel seeking to rebuild the Third Temple in Jerusalem.
With an Iron Pen
A groundbreaking collection of forty-two Israeli poetic voices protesting the occupation of the West Bank.
Where We Find Ourselves
Explores the universal longing for home, illuminated through the essays, poetry, and fiction of forty Jewish women writers from around the world.
Judicial Power and National Politics
Uses the case of Israel to examine the circumstances that lead national courts to engage heated political issues.
The Philosopher as Witness
Responses to Fackenheim’s reflections on the centrality of the Holocaust to philosophy, Jewish thought, and contemporary experience.
Poets on the Edge
Selections from twenty-seven Hebrew poets, many of whose poems appear here in English for the first time.
Sod ha-Shabbat
The Sabbath has been one of the most significant and beloved institutions of Jewish life since late antiquity. Over a period of several centuries, the classical Kabbalists developed a rich body of ritual ...
Jakub's World
A boy's world is shattered by the Holocaust.
On Austrian Soil
An award-winning teacher takes a journey into alien territory: Austria, Hitler's birthplace, and the territory of her own hatred. A teaching memoir that offers a pedagogy of hope.
Jewish American and Holocaust Literature
Deepens and enriches our understanding of the Jewish literary tradition and the implications of the Shoah.
Funny, It Doesn't Sound Jewish
Documents the influence of Jewish music on American popular song.
Joining the Sisterhood
Essays and poems that offer insight into what it means to be a young Jewish woman today.
Leo Strauss
Presents the early published writings of the distinguished political philosopher Leo Strauss, available here for the first time in English. “Zank places at the reader’s disposal the young Strauss’s passionate advocacy of political Zionism and his early confrontations with Spinoza, consideration of whom helped lead Strauss to formulate his teaching on ‘the quarrel between the ancients and the moderns.’” — National Review
Rabbinic Judaism's Generative Logic, Volume One
First volume documenting Rabbinic Judaism in its formative age.
Immagini E Rappresentazione
Essays on images and representation in the writings of Philo of Alexandria.
Rabbinic Judaism's Generative Logic, Volume Two
Second volume documenting Rabbinic Judaism in its formative age.
The Magic Worlds of Bernard Malamud
Offers personal recollections of and critical perspectives on this major American author.
Living Root
In this literary memoir, poet and essayist Michael Heller interweaves family and personal history with reflections on language, poetry, religion, and memory itself.
Memory and Mastery
Interdisciplinary explorations into the work of one of the premier writer-survivors of the Holocaust.
Marvin Fox: Collected Essays on Philosophy and on Judaism, Vol. 3
A selection of his more important writings.
The 2001 Mathers Lecture 2001 Rosen Lecture, and Other Queen's University Essays in the Study of Judaism
A collection of lectures given at Queen’s University by academics in Judaic Studies.
Marvin Fox: Collected Essays on Philosophy and on Judaism, Vol. 2
A selection of his more important writings.
A Conceptual Commentary on Midrash Leviticus Rabbah
Examines each rabbinic text or sequence of homilies in order to uncover specific value concepts which are reflected in them either explicitly or implicitly.
Particularism and Universalism in Modern Jewish Thought
Explores how modern Judaism has balanced between universalism and particularism.
Understanding Jewish Theology
Explores the religious experience of Judaism through the perceptions and teachings of ordinary Jews and the creative elite.
A Conceptual Approach to the Mekilta
Describes the actual mode of thought of the Rabbis of the Midrash and the Talmud, and indicates how they derived their own moral teachings from the Bible.
Thinking Ahead Toward the Next Generation of Judaism
Essays in honor of Oskar Brecher.
His Brother's Keeper
Tells the story of young people’s volunteer efforts as part of the American Jewish Society for Service.
Contemporary Views of Ancient Judaism
Compiles some longer review essays and somewhat briefer reviews of single titles from his collected work of the 1990s.
The Rabbinic Mind
Explores the wider aspects of the rabbinic mind.
Worship and Ethics
Describes how Halakah, or Jewish Law, enables the individual to achieve religious experience.
The Incarnation of God
Examines the notion of divine incarnations as a central element of the portrait of God that came into focus through the Judaism of the dual Torah.
The Book of Jewish Wisdom
Presents parts of the Judaic tradition of wisdom, concentrating on the oral part of the Torah, represented by the documents of law and scriptural exegesis.
Marvin Fox: Collected Essays on Philosophy and on Judaism, Vol. 1
A selection of his more important writings.
The Theology of Seder Eliahu
Attempts to discover a coherent unity in rabbinic theology.
Extra- and Non-Documentary Writing in the Canon of Formative Judaism, Vol. 1
Explores the canon of Rabbinic literature.
Extra- and Non-Documentary Writing in the Canon of Formative Judaism, Volume 2
Explores the canon of Rabbinic literature.
Extra- and Non-Documentary Writing in the Canon of Formative Judaism, Vol. 3
Explores the canon of Rabbinic literature.
Organic Thinking
Thorough analysis of rabbinic thought.
Dreaming the Actual
This anthology of contemporary fiction and poetry by Israeli women writers includes works originally written in Hebrew, Arabic, Russian, and English.
Ninety-Two Poems and Hymns of Yehuda Halevi
Through translation and commentary, this book presents the final visionary statements of the German-Jewish philosopher Franz Rosenzweig.
Comparative Hermeneutics of Rabbinic Judaism, The, Volume One
Systematic account of the hermeneutics of comparison and contrast of Rabbinic Judaism.
Formative Judaism
Examines the history, philosophy and hermeneutics, and law and literature of formative Judaism.
Comparative Hermeneutics of Rabbinic Judaism, The, Volume Seven
Systematic account of the hermeneutics of comparison and contrast of Rabbinic Judaism.
Comparative Hermeneutics of Rabbinic Judaism, The, Volume Eight
Systematic account of the hermeneutics of comparison and contrast of Rabbinic Judaism.
Comparative Hermeneutics of Rabbinic Judaism, The, Volume Four
Systematic account of the hermeneutics of comparison and contrast of Rabbinic Judaism.
Rewinding the Tape
Marianne Wallenberg’s life story.
Comparative Hermeneutics of Rabbinic Judaism, The, Volume Two
Systematic account of the hermeneutics of comparison and contrast of Rabbinic Judaism.
Comparative Hermeneutics of Rabbinic Judaism, The, Volume Six
Systematic account of the hermeneutics of comparison and contrast of Rabbinic Judaism.
Comparative Hermeneutics of Rabbinic Judaism, The, Volume Five
Systematic account of the hermeneutics of comparison and contrast of Rabbinic Judaism.
Comparative Hermeneutics of Rabbinic Judaism, The, Volume Three
Systematic account of the hermeneutics of comparison and contrast of Rabbinic Judaism.
A Brush with Death
Recounts the author’s experiences during the Holocaust, from the time of the Nazi invasion of Poland to the liberation of the Theresienstadt concentration camp by the Red Army in 1945.
Jewish Choices
Illustrates how and why Jewish denominational preferences are more a matter of individual choice than family heritage.
The Seductiveness of Jewish Myth
A collection of essays focusing on myth in Judaism from biblical to modern times, this book offers a sense of the great diversity of the Jewish religion.
An Ottoman Century
This sweeping look at the city and the District of Jerusalem in the 17th century paints a vivid picture of life in an Ottoman province.
I and Tao
Presents a new view of the Taoist classic, The Chuang Tzu, through the lens of Buber’s translation and his philosophy developed in I and Thou and later works.
Maimonides on the "Decline of the Generations" and the Nature of Rabbinic Authority
Shows to what extent and in what fashion Jews are bound to accept the opinions and the pronouncements of religious authorities.
Memories of Migration
Offers a comparative historical study of women’s migration from Russia and Italy to New York at the turn of the 20th century. Taking an interdisciplinary and global perspective, the book examines the causes and consequences of women’s migration, contrasting the adaptation experiences of Jewish and Italian women.
Circle in the Square
This book deals with the issue of gender in Jewish mysticism showing the thematic correlation of eroticism and esotericism that is central to the kabbalah.
Commandment and Community
This book includes contemporary Jewish political practice, and both systematic and historical treatments of issues in Jewish political theory and legal thought.
Between Jerusalem and Benares
This book stands at the crossroads between Jerusalem and Benares and opens a long awaited conversation between two ancient religious traditions. It represents the first serious attempt by a group of eminent ...
Moses Mendelssohn and the Enlightenment
Moses Mendelssohn, the author of numerous works on natural theology and ethics, was also the first modern philosopher of Judaism. This book places Mendelssohn's thought within the context of the Leibnizian-Wolffian ...
Esther in Medieval Garb
This comprehensive history, the first to appear in English, gives a vivid portrayal of the Book of Esther's role in the intellectual and cultural life of Jews in the Middle Ages. Much of the study is ...
Summoning
This book explores the variety of ways that the Jewish understanding of the Covenant relates to the notion of a contract or a shared grammar as developed in recent structural and post-structural theory. ...
Rav Avraham Itzhak Hacohen Kook
This is the first comprehensive philosophical-theological study of the mystical thought of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935), the Chief Rabbi of Palestine prior to the establishment of the state of ...
The Footprints of God
This book traces one exegetical, interpretative principal, divine accommodation, in Jewish and Christian thought from the first to the nineteenth century. The focus is upon major figures and the place ...
Urban Social Movements in Jerusalem
Hasson explores the development of eight urban protest organizations in Israel, revealing how social deprivation is transformed into organized patterns of activity. To investigate how and why urban movements ...
Society and Settlement
This book scrutinizes the interrelationships between Jewish spatial organization and social structure and change in Palestine/Israel. Kellerman analyzes the development of nationwide and regional settlements, ...
The Paradoxical Ascent to God
This book is a study of the Habad Hasidism movement, an influential part of the Hasidic Movement, which originated in the eigteenth century. Habad was founded by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1813) ...
Imagining the Jewish Future
During a time of rapid change in the American Jewish community, an outstanding group of Jewish scholars and professionals address the critical problems and future prospects of American Jewry. They discuss ...
The Hidden and Manifest God
This book represents the first wide-scale presentation and interpretation of pre-kabbalistic, Jewish mysticism. This is the Hekhalot or Merkavah mysticism. The emphasis is on the conceptions of God, the ...
Accidents of Influence
For Norma Rosen, the Holocaust is the central event of the twentieth century. In this book, she examines the relationship of post-Holocaust writers to their work in terms of subject, language, imagery, ...
In the Shadow of History
This book focuses on the Iberian Jews and conversos, Jews who converted to Christianity. It explores the idea of the "other" in both Jewish and Christian traditions, the differences between the perspectives ...
The Books of Contemplation
The earliest medieval Jewish mystical writings, or kabbalah, date from the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. This is the first book to focus on the most prodigious group active at that time—the ...
Maimonides on Judaism and the Jewish People
Maimonides on Judaism and the Jewish People explores Maimonides' philosophical psychology, his ethics, his views on prophecy, providence, and immortality, his understanding of the place of gentiles in ...
Between Exile and Return
This innovative study of the modern Hebrew writer, S. Y. Agnon, offers new insight into his literary transformations of Jewish themes and sources. With particular attention to Kafka, Hoffman situates ...
Critical Essays on Israeli Society, Politics, and Culture
Critical Essays on Israeli Society, Politics, and Culture is the second volume in a series devoted to imaginative and critical consideration of recent books on Israel. It is a forum allowing some of the ...
From Tradition to Commentary
This book examines Torah and its interpretation both as a recurring theme in the early rabbinic commentary and as the very practice of the commentary. It studies the phenomenon of ancient rabbinic scriptural ...
Between Worlds
It is a work of sound scholarship dealing with an interesting historical figure and his unique cultural world. The author focuses correctly on the transition from Italian to Ottoman Jewish culture in ...
Voices of Israel
Cohen takes an in-depth critical look at three novelists and two poets who stand at the forefront of contemporary Israeli literature, and whose works have been widely read, studied, and admired in the ...
Journeys in Holy Lands
Scholars have long pointed to the great affinity between stories found in the Bible and the Qur'an, yet no explanation has been proposed that satisfactorily explains the odd combination of incredible ...
Between Kant and Kabbalah
This is the first full-length, systematic study in English of Isaac Breuer, a founder of Agudat Israel, whose intellectual achievements reflected the world of Franz Rosenzweig and Martin Buber in an Orthodox ...
Bearing the Unbearable
This book is a pioneering study of Yiddish and Polish-Jewish concentration camp and ghetto poetry. It reveals the impact of the immediacy of experience as a formative influence on perception, response, ...