Beyond Brutality: Reclaiming Female Presence in Bavli Sotah
Beyond Brutality draws on feminist analysis and gender studies to examine tractate Sotah of the Babylonian Talmud as a literary unit. By interrogating how, why, and where women are invisible within […]
Modern Jewish Ethics Since 1970: Writings on Methods, Sources, & Issues
The field of Jewish ethics is never far from foundational questions about how to do Jewish ethics – and these questions are inseparable from other kinds of scholarly conclusions or […]
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 War II. These are stories that […]
Teaching Israel: Studies of Pedagogy from the Field
An edited volume that grapples with the complex issues and conflicts that face those who teach about Israel.
Jewish…
Breaking the Silence: The German Who Exposed the Final Solution
Through unparalleled historical detective work, noted scholars Walter Laqueur and Richard Breitman reveal the inspiring tale of Eduard Schulte, the Breslau…
Between Mussolini and Hitler: The Jews and the Italian Authorities in France and Tunisia
The Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939 plunged the world into its second global conflict. The Third Reich’s attack, mounted without consulting its Italian…
Jerusalem: Or on Religious Power and Judaism
A classic text of enduring significance, Moses Mendelssohn’s Jerusalem (1783) stands as a powerful plea for the separation of church and state and also…
