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 were often considered a marginal group, it […]
First Impressions: Sefer Hasidim and Early Modern Hebrew Printing
In 1538, a partnership of Jewish silk makers in the city of Bologna published a book entitled Sefer Hasidim, a compendium of…
