Encyclopedia Of The Sayings Of
In this volume, Macy Nulman explores the sources, origins, histories, meanings, and usages of nearly 2,000 sayings translated into English from the original Hebrew, Yiddish, or Aramaic. Like his previ...
After Tragedy And Triumph - Essays In Modern Jewish Thought And The American Experience
In thirteen essays, Berenbaum explores the Jewish identity of this generation, the first to mature after tragedy and triumph. He probes the Holocaust's impact on Jewish consciousness and the imprint o...
The Jewish Identity Project: New American Photography
While American Jews are commonly considered a homogenous ethnic group, the reality today is far more complex. Conversion, adoption, intermarriage, and immigration have transformed the fabric of Jewish...
Princess Or Prisoner?: Jewish Women In Jerusalem, 1840-1914
This is a fascinating journey into the world of women in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community of Jerusalem toward the end of Ottoman rule in the Holy Land. Until now, the story of life in the Land of I...
Jewish Studies And The European Academic World
Is there such a thing as a 'European academic world'? The European Association for Jewish Studies (EAJS) operates on the principle that there is, and this volume is an attempt to present the facts on ...
The Holocaust
"At a time when the Holocaust is being integrated as a course or unit in the K-12 curriculum, teachers will find this edited work of immense value. . . . Most significantly, this volume suggests how p...
The Jews And Germany: From The "Judeo-German Symbiosis" To The Memory Of Auschwitz
The Jews and Germany debunks a modern myth: that once upon a time there was a Judeo-German symbiosis, in which two cultures met and brought out the best in each other. Enzo Traverso argues that, to th...
Remember For Life: Holocaust Survivors' Stories Of Faith And Hope
Memory is about choice. We can choose to remember the past in ways that provoke pain and stir our anger, or we can remember in ways that help us create the kind of world in which we most want to live....
Philosophical Witnessing: The Holocaust As Presence
In this volume, eminent scholar Berel Lang brings the perspective of philosophical analysis to bear on issues related to the Holocaust. Setting out from a conception of philosophical "witnessing" that...
History Of The Holocaust
This is a book of quotations about the Holocaust. In this collection - spanning from early anti-Semitic teachings to post-Holocaust observations, and arranged chronologically - Howard Langer attempts ...
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