Jewish Studies

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

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

A queer critique of anti-Zionism, exploring how the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement has undermined scholarly inquiry.

Translation of Chana Blankshteyn’s stories depicting the tumultuous interwar years in Europe.

Lively and engaging new view of London’s Jewish East End through translated stories of its Yiddish writers.

A comprehensive study of Jewish magic in the late antiquity and the early Islamic period—the phenomenon, the sources, and method for its research, and the history of scholarly investigation into its nature and origin.

Studies the variety, scope, and character of Yiddish culture in different geographical centers after the Holocaust.

Analyzes how the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was interpreted and commemorated following the revolt.

Defines the distinctive field of Jewish cultural studies and its basis in folkloristic, psychological, and ethnological approaches.