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The Rescue Turn and the Politics of Holocaust Memory
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Eating at God's Table
How Foodways Create and Sustain Orthodox Jewish Communities
The practice and meaning of kosher Orthodox foodways in sustaining a vibrant and diverse community.
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The Hebrew Folktale in Premodern Morality Literature
Recontextualizing early modern Musar folktales to reveal a new reading of pre-modern Jewish texts.
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Yiddishlands
A Memoir, Second Edition
A remarkable family story, and a whirlwind tour of Yiddish culture from 1906 to the present—updated in a second edition.
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Israeli Salvage Poetics
A compelling examination of the recuperation of eastern European culture in Israeli Hebrew-language literature.
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Salvage Poetics
Post-Holocaust American Jewish Folk Ethnographies
An interdisciplinary approach to American Jewish ethnic identity in post-Holocaust America.
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Mystical Bodies, Mystical Meals
Eating and Embodiment in Medieval Kabbalah
The first book-length study of mystical eating practices and experiences in Kabbalah.
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Hidden Light
Judaism and Mystical Experience in Israeli Cinema
An examination of contemporary Israeli cinema's engagement with Judaism as cultural identity and mystical tradition.
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Beyond the Land
Diaspora Israeli Culture in the Twenty-First Century
A re-evaluation of the meaning and function of diaspora in contemporary Israeli culture.
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Bridging Worlds
Poetry and Philosophy in the Works of Immanuel of Rome
A radical revisitation of Immanuel of Rome’s celestial tour, Mahberet Ha-Tofet Ve-ha-‘Eden.
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Memory Spaces
Visualizing Identity in Jewish Women's Graphic Narratives
Jewish identity, memory, and place deftly revealed through the lens of Jewish women's graphic narratives.
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Funny, You Don't Look Funny
Judaism and Humor from the Silent Generation to Millennials
Across generations, humor has been a place for American Jews to explore the relationship between Jewish identity, practices, and history.
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ISBN: 9780814347300
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From Left to Right
Lucy S. Dawidowicz, the New York Intellectuals, and the Politics of Jewish History
Intellectual biography of Holocaust historian Lucy S. Dawidowicz.
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ISBN: 9780814345108
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ISBN: 9780814350317
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Jewish Revival Inside Out
Remaking Jewishness in a Transnational Age
Unravels the cultural tension inherent in projects of Jewish revival, renewal, and survival in the face of an uncertain future.
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ISBN: 9780814349182
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ISBN: 9780814349175
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Sepher Yosippon
A Tenth-Century History of Ancient Israel
The seminal medieval history of the Second Commonwealth period of ancient Jewish history.
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ISBN: 9780814349441
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Queering Anti-Zionism
Academic Freedom, LGBTQ Intellectuals, and Israel/Palestine Campus Activism
A queer critique of anti-Zionism, exploring how the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement has undermined scholarly inquiry.
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ISBN: 9780814349991
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ISBN: 9780814349984
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More than Parcels
Wartime Aid for Jews in Nazi-Era Camps and Ghettos
Essays mapping the history of relief parcels sent to Jewish prisoners during World War II.
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ISBN: 9780814349236
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Fear and Other Stories
Translation of Chana Blankshteyn’s stories depicting the tumultuous interwar years in Europe.
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ISBN: 9780814349281
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Disputed Messiahs
Jewish and Christian Messianism in the Ashkenazic World during the Reformation
Jewish and Christian messianic thought and activism in the Reformation era in the Ashkenazic world.
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ISBN: 9780814341643
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London Yiddishtown
East End Jewish Life in Yiddish Sketch and Story, 1930–1950: Selected Works of Katie Brown, A. M. Kaizer, and I. A. Lisky
Lively and engaging new view of London’s Jewish East End through translated stories of its Yiddish writers.
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