Jewish category: 3083 books
Passing Illusions
Jewish Visibility in Weimar Germany
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
Weimar Germany (1919–33) was an era of equal rights for women and minorities, but also of growing antisemitism and hostility toward the Jewish population. This led some Jews to want to pass or be perceived as non-Jews; yet there were still occasions when it was beneficial to be openly Jewish. Being...
Judaism
An Introduction to Jewish Beliefs and History
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
Idiot's Guides: Judaism is written by a Rabbi/teacher for both a non-Jewish person who wants to learn about Judaism, as well as any Jewish person who wishes to learn more. Offering a thorough exploration, this book covers:
-- The five books of Moses, Jewish law, history, and the important Jewish...
All the World
Universalism, Particularism and the High Holy Days
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Why be Jewish?
A fascinating dialogue across denominations of the High Holy Days and their message of Jewish purpose beyond mere survival.
Almost forty contributors from three continents—men and women, scholars and poets, rabbis and theologians, representing all Jewish denominations...
by Irving Cutler
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2009
For nearly half a century, the greater Lawndale area was the vibrant, spirited center of Jewish life in Chicago. It contained almost 40 percent of the city's entire Jewish population with over 70 synagogues and numerous active Jewish organizations and institutions, such as the Jewish People's Institute,...
by Allen Meyers
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2001
The Jewish community of Philadelphia west of the Schuylkill River is a composite of seven distinct neighborhoods surrounding West Philadelphia proper. These include Fortieth and Girard, Parkside, Wynnefield, Overbrook Park, Wynnefield Heights, Southwest Philly, and Island Road.A gathering of seventy-five...
Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah
New Insights and Scholarship
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Over the past generation, scholars have devoted increasing attention to the diverse forms that Jewish mysticism has taken both in the past and today: what was once called “nonsense” by Jewish scholars has generated important research and attention both within the academy and beyond, as demonstrated...
Down Home
Jewish Life in North Carolina
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2010
A sweeping chronicle of Jewish life in the Tar Heel State from colonial times to the present, this beautifully illustrated volume incorporates oral histories, original historical documents, and profiles of fascinating individuals. The first comprehensive social history of its kind, Down Home demonstrates...
The Jewish Festivals
A Guide to Their History and Observance
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
Why is the Jewish New Year designated on the Jewish calendar as the first day of the seventh month, and not of the first month? Why do women cover their eyes when reciting the blessing over the Sabbath candles? How did the Seder originate? Does the Book of Esther, read on Purim, mirror any real historical...
by Jack Ross
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011
Dramatic changes have taken place in the last decade with respect to the views of the American Jewish community toward Israel and Zionism. Since the beginning of the Second Intifada in 2000, the involvement of the Israel lobby in precipitating the Iraq War and promoting war on Iran, and Israel's widely...
Jewish Ireland
A Social History
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
An engaging and thoroughly researched panorama of the Irish Jewish communityBased on library and archival material, private memoirs, and oral testimony, this book traces Irish-Jewish life from the 1880s when Orthodox Russian Jews, forced to flee Tsarist persecution, began arriving in Ireland without...
Jewish Community of Golders Green
A Social History
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
The first Jews settled in Golders Green just before World War I, and by 1930 the suburb had been recognized for its significant Jewish community. By 1960 the Jewish population of Golders Green had tripled. A century after the arrival of the first Jewish families, the community remains very diverse...
The Modern Jewish Table
100 Kosher Recipes from Around the Globe
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
Self-proclaimed Jewish Princesses serve up a cookbook full of Kosher culinary creations that’s “a must for every Princess to have in her kitchen” (Dorit Kemsley, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills).
Bringing their fun, upbeat, and infectious brand of energy to the kitchen, Tracey Fine and...
Embodying Hebrew Culture
Aesthetics, Athletics, and Dance in the Jewish Community of Mandate Palestine
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
From their conquest of Palestine in 1917 during World War I, until the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the British controlled the territory by mandate, representing a distinct cultural period in Middle Eastern history. In Embodying Hebrew Culture: Aesthetics, Athletics, and Dance in the...
The Marriage Plot
Or, How Jews Fell in Love with Love, and with Literature
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2016
For nineteenth-century Eastern European Jews, modernization entailed the abandonment of arranged marriage in favor of the "love match." Romantic novels taught Jewish readers the rules of romance and the choreography of courtship. But because these new conceptions of romance were rooted in...