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How Judaism and food are intertwined Judaism is a religion that is enthusiastic about food. Jewish holidays are inevitably celebrated through eating particular foods, or around fasting and then eati……続きを見る

Explores the ways American Jews have reshaped Hanukkah traditions across the country In New Orleans, Hanukkah means decorating your door with a menorah made of hominy grits. Latkes in Texas are seas……続きを見る

Jeanne E. Abrams “has written a sweeping, challenging, and provocative history of Jewish women in the American West . . . a pathbreaking work.”* The image of the West looms large in the American ima……続きを見る

“Masterful . . . gripping immigrant narratives. A must read for anyone interested in immigration, American history, or the Jewish experience in America.” -- Beth S. Wenger, Katz Family Chair in Amer……続きを見る

The history of an iconic culinary institution. Winner of the 2015 National Jewish Book Award in Education and Jewish Identity from the Jewish Book Council. For much of the twentieth century, the New……続きを見る

The uneasy link between tourism and collective memory at Holocaust museums and memorials Each year, millions of people visit Holocaust memorials and museums, with the number of tourists steadily on ……続きを見る

“Effectively argues that ethnic networks were important to...Jewish businesses as they participated in the cotton economy.” ーChoice In the nineteenth century, Jewish merchants created a thriving ni……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

Finalist, 2014 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature from the Jewish Book Council Traces American Jews’ complicated relationship to alcohol through the years leading up to and after prohibition From……続きを見る

It is generally accepted that Jews and evangelical Christians have little in common. Yet special alliances developed between the two groups in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Evangelicals vi……続きを見る

What do Jews think scripture is? How do the People of the Book conceive of the Book of Books? In what ways is it authoritative? Who has the right to interpret it? Is it divinely or humanly written? ……続きを見る

The remarkable story of the Jewish moguls in Hollywood who established the first anti-Nazi Jewish resistance organization in the country in the 1930s. Finalist, Celebrate 350 Award in American Jewis……続きを見る

“A classic tale of American initiative . . . A rich and rewarding read. . . . paints a moving picture of the rescue” of Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Austria (Wall Street Journal). In early 193……続きを見る

The International Bestseller Maybe Esther is the inventive, unique, and extraordinarily moving debut memoir that pieces together the fascinating story of one woman’s family across twentieth-century ……続きを見る

This is the first scholarly volume to offer an insight into the less-known stories of women, children, and international volunteers in the Spanish Civil War. Special attention is given to volunteers……続きを見る

The Devil’s Diary is the true account of the disappearance of Alfred Rosenberg’s journal of Nazi ideology that shaped the genesis of the Holocaust. An influential figure in Adolf Hitler’s early inne……続きを見る

A Sephardi Turkish Patriot explores the life of Gad Franco (1881–1954), a prominent Sephardi journalist, then a lawyer and a jurist, who worked relentlessly for the Jewish community’s belonging to t……続きを見る

A bold reevaluation of the tensions between American and Israeli Jews that reimagines the past, present, and future of Jewish life. Relations between the American Jewish community and Israel are at ……続きを見る

As the population of ultra-Orthodox Jews in the United States increases to astonishing proportions, veteran New York Times journalist Joseph Berger takes us inside the notoriously insular world of t……続きを見る

Figlio dell’avvocato Leone (1887-1964), esponente di punta del Sionismo revisionista italiano, Daniel Carpi (1926-2005) fu professore di storia all’Università di Gerusalemme, esperto di storia degli……続きを見る

This “courageous and thought-provoking book” examines how the Holocaust came to hold its unique place in American memory (Foreign Affairs). Prize–winning historian Peter Novick explores in absorbing……続きを見る

Nelle profondità della questione israeliano-palestinese, il saggio si snoda attraverso le intricanti trame della storia, dalla dominazione romana alle sfide odierne. Esamina il susseguirsi delle din……続きを見る

Esta novela narra el drama sobre la condición de “aguna”, mujer judía que pierde a su marido y a quien, de acuerdo con la ley rabínica, no le está permitido volver a casarse hasta no tener testimoni……続きを見る

New version combining Maccabees I & Maccabess II in 26 chapters with insightful footnotes identifying placenames and explaing historical context. Prefaced with an Overview describing geopolitical hi……続きを見る

Annie was scared when her family and friends were forced to leave their homes when she was fourteen. It was 1904 when her parents traveled across Europe and the Atlantic Ocean to New York City with ……続きを見る

In 'Scenes and Adventures in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas' by Henry Schoolcraft, readers are transported to the rugged and enchanting landscapes of the Ozarks, where Schoolcraft vivi……続きを見る

Theodor Herzls bahnbrechendes Werk 'Der Judenstaat' gilt als Manifest des politischen Zionismus und hatte einen weitreichenden Einfluss auf die jüdische Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts. In seinem Bu……続きを見る

Flavius Josephus's 'The Jewish Wars' is a comprehensive historical account of the Jewish-Roman War that took place in the 1st century AD. Written in a straightforward and detailed style, the book co……続きを見る

In seinem bahnbrechenden Werk 'Der Judenstaat' skizziert Theodor Herzl eine Vision für die Schaffung eines souveränen jüdischen Staates. Mit einem klaren und prägnanten Schreibstil bietet das Buch e……続きを見る

History of the Jews in America is a thorough historical account of Jewish communities in both South and North America starting from the earliest days of Spanish colonization all the way to the begin……続きを見る