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The 快色直播 Companion to Jewish Studies The 快色直播 Companion to Jewish Studies Edited by Leora Batnitzky, Eve Krakowski, and Steven Weitzman

An authoritative guide to Jewish studies, reflecting the latest research in a diverse and flourishing field

A Woman Is Responsible for Everything A Woman Is Responsible for Everything: Jewish Women in Early Modern Europe Debra Kaplan and Elisheva Carlebach

A groundbreaking look at the integral role of women in early modern Jewish communal life
The Jewish South The Jewish South: An American History Shari Rabin

A panoramic history of the Jewish American South, from European colonization to today
American Maccabee American Maccabee: Theodore Roosevelt and the Jews Andrew Porwancher

A major biography of a mesmerizing statesman whose complex bond with the Jewish people forever shaped their lives鈥攁nd his legacy
How Rabbis Became Experts How Rabbis Became Experts: Social Circles and Donor Networks in Jewish Late Antiquity Krista N. Dalton

How rabbinic expertise was socially constructed, performed, and defended in Roman Palestine
The Woman Question in Jewish Studies The Woman Question in Jewish Studies Susannah Heschel and Sarah Imhoff

A critical look at the difficulties women face in the field of Jewish studies, drawing on quantitative data, personal stories, and the gendered history of the field
Ben Shahn, On Nonconformity Ben Shahn, On Nonconformity Laura Katzman

A richly illustrated new exploration of the painting, photography, and illustration of the politically progressive American artist

Haman Haman: A Biography Adam J. Silverstein

The first book-length study of the biblical villain Haman, examining his depiction across Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt: A History Craig Perry

A new global history of the slave trade, the lives of enslaved people, and the role of slavery in the formation of Jewish and Arab-Islamic culture in the medieval Middle East
Never-Ending Tales Never-Ending Tales: Stories from the Golden Age of Jewish Literature Jack Zipes

An anthology of European and American short stories from the 1870s through the 1930s in which Jewish writers respond to antisemitism with humor, satire, irony, and hope
Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children's Literature Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children's Literature Miriam Udel

How modern Yiddish children鈥檚 literature gave expression to emerging forms of Jewish identity
Hebrew Orientalism Hebrew Orientalism: Jewish Engagement with Arabo-Islamic Culture in Late Ottoman and British Palestine Mostafa Hussein

How Jewish writers in late Ottoman and British Mandate Palestine used Arabo-Islamic culture to advance the goals of Zionism
Bukovina Bukovina: The Life and Death of an East European Borderland Cristina Florea

The making and remaking of Bukovina, a disputed Eastern European borderland, from the eighteenth century to the present day
I, Wandering Jew I, Wandering Jew: A Five-Century History of Our Modern Condition Yair Mintzker

Combining history, detective story, and memoir, a surprising and revealing account of the antisemitic myth of 鈥渢he Wandering Jew鈥�
The Jews of Italy The Jews of Italy: The First Two Thousand Years Anna Foa

A sweeping history of the Italian Jewish experience from antiquity to today
Who Is American? Who Is American? Belonging and the Question of Jewish Citizenship Lila Corwin Berman

A groundbreaking history of how modern American citizenship has worked鈥攁nd not worked鈥攆or Jews in the United States
Disasters of Biblical Proportions Disasters of Biblical Proportions: The Ten Plagues Then, Now, and at the End of the World Steven Weitzman

How people have reimagined the story of the ten plagues of Egypt, from antiquity to our own era of relentless catastrophe
An Enchanted World An Enchanted World: The Shared Religious Landscape of Late Antiquity Michael L. Satlow

Uncovering the vibrant spiritual life of Late Antiquity
Delivering Tolerance Delivering Tolerance: How Unintended Institutional Inclusion Reduces Prejudice Chagai M. Weiss

A new theory of prejudice reduction, supported by rigorous evidence, arguing that public institutions and the people within them can improve intergroup relations in conflict-ridden societies