Jewish Studies
An authoritative guide to Jewish studies, reflecting the latest research in a diverse and flourishing field
A groundbreaking look at the integral role of women in early modern Jewish communal life
A panoramic history of the Jewish American South, from European colonization to today
A major biography of a mesmerizing statesman whose complex bond with the Jewish people forever shaped their lives鈥攁nd his legacy
How rabbinic expertise was socially constructed, performed, and defended in Roman Palestine
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
A richly illustrated new exploration of the painting, photography, and illustration of the politically progressive American artist
The first book-length study of the biblical villain Haman, examining his depiction across Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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
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
How modern Yiddish children鈥檚 literature gave expression to emerging forms of Jewish identity
How Jewish writers in late Ottoman and British Mandate Palestine used Arabo-Islamic culture to advance the goals of Zionism
The making and remaking of Bukovina, a disputed Eastern European borderland, from the eighteenth century to the present day
Combining history, detective story, and memoir, a surprising and revealing account of the antisemitic myth of 鈥渢he Wandering Jew鈥�
A sweeping history of the Italian Jewish experience from antiquity to today
A groundbreaking history of how modern American citizenship has worked鈥攁nd not worked鈥攆or Jews in the United States
How people have reimagined the story of the ten plagues of Egypt, from antiquity to our own era of relentless catastrophe
Uncovering the vibrant spiritual life of Late Antiquity
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
The ultimate collection of Einstein鈥檚 public writings on everything from religion and art to pacifism and the atomic bomb
The ultimate collection of Einstein鈥檚 scientific writings on everything from statistical mechanics to general relativity
From Pulitzer Prize finalist Steven Nadler, a fascinating historical and philosophical narrative that unravels the mystery of whether Spinoza was an atheist
How virility and Jewishness became hallmarks of postwar New York鈥檚 combative intellectual scene
Two giants of twentieth-century psychology in dialogue
A groundbreaking new account of the writing of the Hebrew Bible
Revelatory talks about art and life with internationally acclaimed Israeli novelist Amos Oz
An examination of how the Jews鈥攔eal and imagined鈥攕o challenged the Christian majority in medieval Europe that it became a society that was religiously and culturally antisemitic in new ways
A richly detailed history of the Bacris and the Busnachs, two renowned Jewish families whose influence and reputation shook the capitals of Europe and America
An authoritative economic history of Israel from its founding to the present