Jewish Life and Tradition

A comprehensive survey of historical and contemporary Jewish dance.

A renowned scholar looks back on his life and the life of his mother, tracing the Yiddish experience through major historical events of the last century.

A groundbreaking study on the impact of Jewish day schools in the lives of parents and children.

Considers the changes in American Judaism across the four major denominations that resulted from the Jewish feminist movement of the 1960s through today.

By analyzing key aspects of Hebrew culture, this book adds new dimension to the anthropological, sociological, and historical studies dealing with folklore, rituals, and festivals.

Profiles of a Lost World is a source of information about Eastern Europe before World War II.

The Jews of Hungary is the first comprehensive history in any language of the unique Jewish community that has lived in the Carpathian Basin for eighteen centuries, from Roman times to the present.

On the Edge of Destruction, focusing on the Jews of Poland between the two World Wars, illuminates a critical time in the recent Jewish past that has received surprisingly little attention.

Jewish Wry examines the development of Jewish humor in a series of essays on topics that range from Sholom Aleichem's humor to Jewish comediennes through to the humor of Philip Roth.