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Frankfurt on the Hudson

The German Jewish Community of Washington Heights, 1933-1983, Its Structure and Culture

Steven M. Lowenstein

Using organizational bulletins, surveys, interviews, and personal observations and anecdotes, Lowenstein paints a picture of a unique lifestyle now in the process of merging into American Jewry and disappearing.

Paperback
Published: March 1989
ISBN: 9780814323854
$27.99
eBOOK
Published: March 1989
ISBN: 9780814337516

The Messiah Texts

Jewish Legends of Three Thousand Years

by Raphael Patai

The Messiah Texts traces the progress of the messianic legend from its biblical beginnings to contemporary expressions.

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Published: December 1988
ISBN: 9780814318508
$26.99
eBOOK
Published: December 1988
ISBN: 9780814341919

Ideas of Jewish History

Michael A. Meyer

Acquaints the reader with both the universal and the particular challenges inherent in the writing of Jewish history.

Paperback
Published: January 1988
ISBN: 9780814319512
$24.99

A Shtetl and Other Yiddish Novellas

Edited by Ruth Wisse

All share a common setting—the Eastern European Jewish town or shtetl, and all deal in different ways with a single topic—the Jewish confrontation with modernity.

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Published: October 1986
ISBN: 9780814318492
$27.99

The Origins of the Modern Jew

Jewish Identity and European Culture in Germany, 1749-1824

By Michael A. Meyer

An excellent overview of the intellectual history of important figures in German Jewry.

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Published: April 1972
ISBN: 9780814314708
$22.99
eBOOK
Published: April 1972
ISBN: 9780814337547

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