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A Jew in the Street

New Perspectives on European Jewish History

Edited by Nancy Sinkoff, Jonathan Karp, James Loeffler, and Howard Lupovitch

Reconsidering how early modern and modern Jews navigated schisms between Jewish community and European society.

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Carrying a Big Schtick

Jewish Acculturation and Masculinity in the Twentieth Century

Jewish masculinity as a diverse set of adaptive reactions to masculine hegemony and the political, religious, and social realities of American Jews throughout the twentieth century.

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Matrilineal Dissent

Women Writers and Jewish American Literary History

Edited by Annie Atura Bushnell, Lori Harrison-Kahan, and Ashley Walters

Redefining Jewish American literature through expansive feminist frameworks.

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For Times Such as These

A Radical’s Guide to the Jewish Year

Rabbi Ariana Katz and Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg

A revolutionary guide to Jewish practice rooted in social justice, feminism, and queer liberation.

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Queer Jews, Queer Muslims

Race, Religion, and Representation

Edited by Adi Saleem

Groundbreaking essays on the intersection of Jewish, Muslim, and LGBTQ identities.

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The Rescue Turn and the Politics of Holocaust Memory

Edited by Natalia Aleksiun, Raphael Utz, and Zofia Wóycicka

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Eating at God's Table

How Foodways Create and Sustain Orthodox Jewish Communities

Jody Myers

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

Vered Tohar

Recontextualizing early modern Musar folktales to reveal a new reading of premodern Jewish texts.

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Yiddishlands

A Memoir, Second Edition

David G. Roskies

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

Sheila E. Jelen

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

Sheila E. Jelen

An interdisciplinary approach to American Jewish ethnic identity in post-Holocaust America.

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Hidden Light

Judaism and Mystical Experience in Israeli Cinema

Dan Chyutin

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

Melissa Weininger

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

Dana W. Fishkin

A radical revisitation of Immanuel of Rome’s celestial tour, Mahberet Ha-Tofet Ve-ha-‘Eden.

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ISBN: 9780814350362
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Memory Spaces

Visualizing Identity in Jewish Women's Graphic Narratives

Victoria Aarons

Jewish identity, memory, and place deftly revealed through the lens of Jewish women's graphic narratives.

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ISBN: 9780814349151
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Funny, You Don't Look Funny

Judaism and Humor from the Silent Generation to Millennials

Jennifer Caplan

Across generations, humor has been a place for American Jews to explore the relationship between Jewish identity, practices, and history.

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From Left to Right

Lucy S. Dawidowicz, the New York Intellectuals, and the Politics of Jewish History

Nancy Sinkoff

Intellectual biography of Holocaust historian Lucy S. Dawidowicz.

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Published: February 2023
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Jewish Revival Inside Out

Remaking Jewishness in a Transnational Age

Edited by Daniel Monterescu and Rachel Werczberger

Unravels the cultural tension inherent in projects of Jewish revival, renewal, and survival in the face of an uncertain future.

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Published: December 2022
ISBN: 9780814349182
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Sepher Yosippon

A Tenth-Century History of Ancient Israel

Translated and Introduced by Steven B. Bowman

The seminal medieval history of the Second Commonwealth period of ancient Jewish history.

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Published: November 2022
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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Published: November 2022
ISBN: 9780814349991
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