Making and Unmaking Literature in the Warsaw, Lodz, and Vilna Ghettos

Making and Unmaking Literature in the Warsaw, Lodz, and Vilna Ghettos is a study of literary texts written by Jewish authors while interned in…
Teaching and Learning in Jewish Day Schools

This volume is focused on teaching and learning, and seeks to better understand how day schools are educating diverse Jewish youth in a variety of content…
Modern Jewish Ethics Since 1970: Writings on Methods, Sources, & Issues

The present volume bespeaks the conviction that to focus on methods of reasoning is a compelling and generative way to study, and to teach, Jewish ethics….
Portraits in a Nutshell: The Art and History of Coquilla Nut Snuff Boxes and Bottles

A gorgeously illustrated look at snuff boxes and bottles carved from the Brazilian coquilla nut reveals a larger history of commerce, cultural exchange,…
Homecoming: Holocaust Survivors and Greece, 1941–1946

This book documents the experiences of the Jews of Greece who returned home after having been in hiding, combatants, deportees and refugees during World…
Bookstore Romance: Love Speaks Volumes

From proposals to “I do.” Book-lovers find their perfect match at bookstores they love. What is the most romantic place to get engaged?…
The Marital Knot: Agunot in the Ashkenazi Realm, 1648-1850

This book tells the family stories of men and women who lived hundreds of years ago. Focusing on agunot, literally “chained women,” who…
A New Orient: From German Scholarship to Middle Eastern Studies in Israel

Recipient of the Jordan Schnitzer First Book Publication Award, administered by the Association for Jewish Studies This study seeks to examine…
Jewish Country Houses

Country houses are powerful symbols of national identity, evoking the glamorous world of the landowning aristocracy. Jewish country houses—properties…
The Prelude

A gorgeous new edition of the definitive text of Wordsworth’s The Prelude, with full-color contemporaneous illustrations that illuminate…
The Spice Ports: Mapping the Origins of Global Sea Trade

A first-class narrative writer blends his unique cartographic and topographic understanding of the key ports of early seaborne commerce. We may…
The Green Ages: Medieval Innovations in Sustainability

In this fascinating meld of history and ecological economics, the author uncovers the medieval precedents for modern concepts of sustainable living….