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An accessible introduction to the classics of Jewish literature, from the Bible to modern times, by "one of America’s finest literary critics" (Wall Street Journal). Jews have long embraced their id……続きを見る

A groundbreaking examination of a little-known but defining episode in early modern Jewish history A refugee crisis of huge proportions erupted as a result of the mid-seventeenth-century wars in the……続きを見る

"Brings the nineteenth century to life, with its attendant disease, violence, and colonial machinations.”ーJewish Book Council “In Rovner's deeply researched biography, the adventurer's swashbucklin……続きを見る

**A comprehensive guide to the medicinal plants and folk healers of Eastern Europe’s Pale of Settlementーmapping ancestral folkways, herbal traditions, and shared legacies of Ashkenazi Jews and thei……続きを見る

A new history that centers Judaism at the dawn of the United States Jews played a critical role both in winning the American Revolution--fighting for the Patriot cause from Bunker Hill to Yorktown--……続きを見る

From the late nineteenth century through the post-Holocaust era, the world was divided between countries that tried to expel their Jewish populations and those that refused to let them in. The pligh……続きを見る

An "invaluable" collection of essays revealing the experience of Jewish soldiers and civilians during the Civil War: "Essential and illuminating." ー Harold Holzer, Moment Magazine At least 8,000 Je……続きを見る

In The Choice of the Jews under Vichy, Adam Rayski buttresses his analysis of war-era archival materials with his own personal testimony. His research in the archives of the military, the Central Co……続きを見る

It has often been claimed that Jews have a penchant for capitalism and capitalist economic activity. With this book, Adam Teller challenges that assumption. Examining how Jews achieved their extraor……続きを見る

The definitive guide to the medicinal plant knowledge of Ashkenazi herbal healers--from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Until now, the herbal traditions of the Ashkenazi people have remained un……続きを見る

Offers an engaging account of the experiences of Jewish soldiers in the Union Army during the Civil War What was it like to be a Jew in Lincoln’s armies? The Union army was as diverse as the embattl……続きを見る

The Nazis’ persecution of the Jews during the Holocaust included the creation of prisoner hierarchies that forced victims to cooperate with their persecutors. Many in the camps and ghettos came to h……続きを見る

A wide-ranging look at the history of Western thinking since the seventeenth century on the purpose of the Jewish people in the past, present, and future What is the purpose of Jews in the world? Th……続きを見る

In "The History of the Jews: From the War with Rome to the Present Time," H. C. Adams meticulously chronicles the evolution of Jewish history, spanning from the catastrophic socio-political conseque……続きを見る

An erudite and accessible survey of Jewish life and culture in the twentieth century, as reflected in seminal texts. Following The People and the Books, which "covers more than 2,500 years of highly……続きを見る

The gospel of john has been subject to nearly two thousand years of scrutiny. The prevailing view has always been that Jesus' legal father Joseph was dead. In his extraordinary new book, Dr. Bradfor……続きを見る

Provides a new understanding of the evolution and contemporary dynamics of American Orthodox Judaism during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In 1965 social scientist Charles S. Liebman publ……続きを見る

Part of the Jewish Encounter series A dandy, a best-selling novelist, and a man of political and sexual intrigue, Benjamin Disraeli was one of the most captivating figures of the nineteenth century.……続きを見る

A PEN America Literary Award Finalist A Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee An Amazon Best of the Year Selection The untold story of some of WW2’s most hidden figures and the heartbreaking tragedy that ……続きを見る

La presencia de los judíos en España se remonta a la noche de los tiempos. Con su estilo ágil y preciso, el novelista e historiador José Antonio Quesada Montilla recrea en este breve ensayo el perip……続きを見る

For readers of The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah who are looking for an immersive true account of Nazi-occupied Paris, Star-Crossed is an epic story of love and resistance during WW2 from the award-……続きを見る

A poignant account of the perils and fortunes of an indomitable survivor of violence in Eastern Europe during World War II. In 1939, to escape Nazi occupation, 14-year-old Adam Broner and his older ……続きを見る