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An examination of what can be learned by looking at the journals and diaries of Jews living during the Holocaust. What are the effects of radical oppression on the human psyche? What happens to the ……続きを見る

Pragmatic-Psychoanalytic Interpretations of Amos Oz’s Writings: Words Significantly Uttered presents intermediate links between three intellectual domains: the literary works of Amos Oz, American Pr……続きを見る

Winner of seven Molières, the Pulitzer Prize of France, Jean-Claude Grumberg is one of France's leading dramatists and a distinguished voice of modern European Jewry after the Shoah. His success in ……続きを見る

A critical look at the later work of the Russian Jewish author in the Soviet Union and its significance to Russian and Jewish history. In Der Nister's Soviet Years, author Mikhail Krutikov focuses o……続きを見る

"Looks at the ethnographic issues while defining Jewishness in a very fresh, sophisticated way . . . very timely and important." ー Washington Book Review Focusing on Eastern and Central Europe befo……続きを見る

A storyteller's take on the Talmud and the timeless wisdom contained within its tales provides "a fresh look at an ancient source" ( Kirkus Reviews). A thief-turned-saint, killed by an insult. A ra……続きを見る

"Everything you want to know about the Anne Frank phenomenon, about the perception and the effect of the text, whose writer became an icon, is said within these pages." ーWolfgang Benz, author of A ……続きを見る

So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Night tells you what you need to knowーbefore or after you read Elie Wiesel's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard……続きを見る

A literary scholar examines survival narratives from Russian and German concentration camps, shedding new light on testimony in the face of evil. In this illuminating study, Leona Toker demonstrates……続きを見る

"Makes a persuasive argument" that gothic ideas "play a vital role in how Hebrew writers have confronted history, culture, and politics." ーRobert Alter, author of Hebrew and Modernity Sinister tale……続きを見る

"Demonstrates powerfully the manifold ways in which Roth's writing often helped to shape, and was in turn shaped by, the larger political climate." ーDavid Brauner, author of Contemporary American F……続きを見る

This scholarly study explores the conflicting forces of assimilation and cultural heritage in literary portrayals of Jewish American identity. In Passing Fancies in Jewish American Literature and Cu……続きを見る

In "By-paths in Hebraic Bookland," Israel Abrahams takes readers on an erudite exploration of Jewish literature and its myriad influences across history. The work showcases Abrahams' sharp literary ……続きを見る

This book re-thinks the relationship between the world of the traditional Jewish study hall (the Beit Midrash) and the academy: Can these two institutions overcome their vast differences? Should the……続きを見る

"Outstanding . . . A delightfully written work of serious scholarship." ー Jewish Book World Old Odessa, on the Black Sea, gained notoriety as a legendary city of Jewish gangsters and swindlers, a f……続きを見る

Bohemian Jewish culture and literature during the underexamined 1820s to 1880s. This book on Jewish culture and literature focuses on the “quiet” decades of the nineteenth century, a scarcely writte……続きを見る

World War II produced a fundamental shift in modern racial discourse. In the postwar period, racism was situated for the first time at the center of international political life, and race's status a……続きを見る

A 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist in the Anthologies Category This anthology, the first of this kind in twenty-five years, collects eighteen astounding works of Jewish fiction. This i……続きを見る

Nuevo libro de poemas de Mois Benarroch (2023) reciente ganador del premio A.Einstein de Literatura. No escribo poesía política Escribo Política poética En toda poesía Hay Una clarividencia De que l……続きを見る

The title of this monograph, ‘Polish Jewish Re-Remembering’, refers to the post-1989, thirty-year-long process of reviving attention to Polish-Jewish relations in historical, cultural, and literary ……続きを見る

How the Wise Men Got to Chelm is the first in-depth study of Chelm literature and its relationship to its literary precursors. When God created the world, so it is said, he sent out an angel with a ……続きを見る

2017 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in Jewish Literature and Linguistics Honorable Mention, 2016 Baron Book Prize presented by AAJR A monster tour of the Golem narrative across various cultural and his……続きを見る

Winner, 2020 JDC-Herbert Katzki Award for Writing Based on Archival Material, given by the Jewish Book Council The astonishing story of the efforts of scholars and activists to rescue Jewish cultura……続きを見る

Stefan Zweig, uno degli autori di maggior successo di lingua tedesca della prima metà del ventesimo secolo, proveniva da una famiglia ebrea viennese facoltosa e assimilata, in cui la tradizione ebra……続きを見る

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2025 How can genocide be witnessed through imaginative literature? How can the Holocaust affect readers who were not there? Reading the work of major figures s……続きを見る

In 'Jewish Stories,' Isaac Loeb Peretz masterfully weaves narratives that illuminate the complexities of Jewish life in Eastern Europe during the late 19th century. Blending realism with elements of……続きを見る

Die "Gesammelten Werke: Romane, Erzählungen, Essays & Memoiren" von Ernst Weiß versammeln ein beeindruckendes Spektrum literarischer Formate, die die Facetten menschlichen Daseins und das zeitgenöss……続きを見る

In "Jewish Stories," Isaac Loeb Peretz delves into the rich tapestry of Jewish life through a collection of narratives that skillfully blend realism with folklore. Exhibiting a unique literary style……続きを見る

Focuses on a range of Jewish and non-Jewish writers to examine the intersection of Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition, and secular Jewish literatures. Kabbalah and Literature shows how the Jewi……続きを見る

Leaving Other People Alone reads contemporary North American Jewish fiction about Israel/Palestine through an anti-Zionist lens. Aaron Kreuter argues that since Jewish diasporic fiction played a maj……続きを見る