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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is in short an extraordinary book, a corrective for anyone who Orientalizes shamanic ritual." * European Journal of Korean Studies *"[A]n interesting encounter with popular religion in the changing circumstances of Cheju." * Journal of Asian Studies *"[A] welcome contribution to an arena that has long needed to study monetary transactions in ritual." * Asian Ethnology *"[T]he book is inspiring and innovative in terms of the deep and detailed analysis of the multiple meanings of reciprocity in the context of shamanistic rituals." * Acta Koreana *"An insightful and valuable contribution to the study of Korean shamanism, it should find a place on the shelf of anyone who wants to have a better and more complete understanding of this living tradition." * Journal of American Folklore *"[C]learly one of the best books on musok out there." * Religious Studies Review *

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Book SynopsisFrom clandestine images of Jewish children isolated in Nazi ghettos and Japanese American children incarcerated in camps to images of Native children removed to North American boarding schools, classroom photographs of schoolchildren are pervasive even in repressive historical and political contexts. School Photos in Liquid Time offers a closer look at this genre of vernacular photography, tracing how photography advances ideologies of social assimilation as well as those of hierarchy and exclusion. In Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer's deft analysis, school photographs reveal connections between the histories of persecuted subjects in different national and imperial centers. Exploring what this ubiquitous and mundane but understudied genre tells us about domination as well as resistance, the authors examine school photos as documents of social life and agents of transformation. They place them in dialogue with works by contemporary artists who reframe, remediate, and elucidate them. Trade Review"[A] new book by Marianne Hirsch, the William Peterfield Trent Professor of English and Comparative Literature and a professor at the Institute for Research on Women, Gender and Sexuality, examines this common but overlooked genre of vernacular photography for the first time." * Columbia News *"Every new publication from Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer is an event to be welcomed and read with deep attention. When we encounter their co-authored work — on memorial objects, witness testimonies, photographs, and family secrets — we are given a triple dose of insight, fine-tuned historical research, and transformative close readings of freighted images. Their latest book, School Photos in Liquid Time: Reframing Difference, is no different." * Los Angeles Review of Books *"Hirsch and Spitzer’s investigation into the school photograph as a site where difficult histories play out is a timely and important contribution to how we imagine the critical and affective potential of everyday photographs." * Photography and Culture *"[P]ath-breaking...the book is commended for offering a full-length study devoted to school photos and for directing academic attention to a genre of vernacular photography that has received only a paucity of scholarly and historical investigation." * Kronos *

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Book SynopsisFrom clandestine images of Jewish children isolated in Nazi ghettos and Japanese American children incarcerated in camps to images of Native children removed to North American boarding schools, classroom photographs of schoolchildren are pervasive even in repressive historical and political contexts. School Photos in Liquid Time offers a closer look at this genre of vernacular photography, tracing how photography advances ideologies of social assimilation as well as those of hierarchy and exclusion. In Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer's deft analysis, school photographs reveal connections between the histories of persecuted subjects in different national and imperial centers. Exploring what this ubiquitous and mundane but understudied genre tells us about domination as well as resistance, the authors examine school photos as documents of social life and agents of transformation. They place them in dialogue with works by contemporary artists who reframe, remediate, and elucidate them. Trade Review"[A] new book by Marianne Hirsch, the William Peterfield Trent Professor of English and Comparative Literature and a professor at the Institute for Research on Women, Gender and Sexuality, examines this common but overlooked genre of vernacular photography for the first time." * Columbia News *"Every new publication from Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer is an event to be welcomed and read with deep attention. When we encounter their co-authored work — on memorial objects, witness testimonies, photographs, and family secrets — we are given a triple dose of insight, fine-tuned historical research, and transformative close readings of freighted images. Their latest book, School Photos in Liquid Time: Reframing Difference, is no different." * Los Angeles Review of Books *"Hirsch and Spitzer’s investigation into the school photograph as a site where difficult histories play out is a timely and important contribution to how we imagine the critical and affective potential of everyday photographs." * Photography and Culture *"[P]ath-breaking...the book is commended for offering a full-length study devoted to school photos and for directing academic attention to a genre of vernacular photography that has received only a paucity of scholarly and historical investigation." * Kronos *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Fryklund's translation of the novel is erudite; Lewis and Baptandier provide a fascinating introduction; and the end matter is exemplary, comprising endnotes, bilingual glossaries of key personages and terms, and a detailed bibliography. Valuable for those interested in Asian humanities or religious studies." * Choice *"The expertise and care of all involved in this production speak from every page of this book. This is indeed an extremely welcome addition to the available body of renditions of truly popular literature. Its vivid contents will not only surprise many Western readers but also many of our Chinese students." * Journal of Chinese Studies *"The translation by Kristin Ingrid Fryklund is accessible and fluid...promises to be a fascinating read for anyone interested in magic and shapeshifting creatures, sexual passions and sisterhood, transmigration and reincarnation, and rewards and punishments, both in this life and in the afterlife. It is a most welcoming addition to the literature on Chinese legends and religious studies, representations of women and the making of female deities, and the impact of popular legends and popular religions on our everyday practices." * Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews *"The value of this text (and of its translation) lies in the tremendous amount of insight it provides into the world that produced it and into the expectations of its intended readers...[R]equired reading for anyone desiring an understanding of practical religions in Chinese communities in recent centuries." * Journal of the American Oriental Society *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Fryklund's translation of the novel is erudite; Lewis and Baptandier provide a fascinating introduction; and the end matter is exemplary, comprising endnotes, bilingual glossaries of key personages and terms, and a detailed bibliography. Valuable for those interested in Asian humanities or religious studies." * Choice *"The expertise and care of all involved in this production speak from every page of this book. This is indeed an extremely welcome addition to the available body of renditions of truly popular literature. Its vivid contents will not only surprise many Western readers but also many of our Chinese students." * Journal of Chinese Studies *"The translation by Kristin Ingrid Fryklund is accessible and fluid...promises to be a fascinating read for anyone interested in magic and shapeshifting creatures, sexual passions and sisterhood, transmigration and reincarnation, and rewards and punishments, both in this life and in the afterlife. It is a most welcoming addition to the literature on Chinese legends and religious studies, representations of women and the making of female deities, and the impact of popular legends and popular religions on our everyday practices." * Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews *"The value of this text (and of its translation) lies in the tremendous amount of insight it provides into the world that produced it and into the expectations of its intended readers...[R]equired reading for anyone desiring an understanding of practical religions in Chinese communities in recent centuries." * Journal of the American Oriental Society *

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Paradoxes of Assimilation 2. Seductive Secularization 3. America, Freedom, and Assimilation 4. The Sexual Politics of Jewish Identity Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisMuslim-Jewish co-existence was not seriously challenged until the modern period when European colonialism and the emergence of Zionism and Arab nationalism led to growing friction and conflict. This title illuminates the political, socio-economic, and cultural changes that eroded the place of Jews in Middle Eastern societies.Trade Review"A rich and varied collection of texts with enlightening commentary." * International Journal of Middle East Studies *"A delightful book, full of erudition and charm. . . . It captures the spirit of the time. . . . A marvelous work of tapestry." -- François Furet * Le Nouvel Observateur *"Rodrigue’s book gives us a picture of the complex worlds of Sephardic Jewry. . . . [It] is unsurpassed in breadth, vividness, candor, and historical insight." -- Michael Berkowitz * History of European Ideas *"The unique contribution of Aron Rodrigue’s book is that it provides contemporary images of Jewish life in the Middle Eastern and North African countries during 1860–1939. These descriptions were made by Jews who stayed with these communities for long periods of time or at least were well acquainted with them. Throughout the book Rodrigue places the changing conditions of these communities within the global framework that was instrumental in shaping this transition." * Contemporary Jewry *"Rodrigue provides insight into the life of Jewish communities in Iraq, Iran, Morocco, Tunisia, Syria, Palestine, Algeria, Turkey, Egypt, and Greece. The letters touch upon the internal structure of these Jewish communities, their relations with their Muslim neighbors as well as the local government, their attitude towards European colonial influence, the impact of Zionism on them, and the increasing clash between Zionist and Alliance discourses. . . . Should be read by anyone with a keen interest in the history of the Middle East, Jews in the Middle East, and Orientalism." * MESA Bulletin *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments A Note on the Documents Map Introduction An Overview of the Alliance's Activities PART ONE THE SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS OF THE ALLIANCE ISRAELITE UNIVERSELLE Instruction in the Alliance Schools The Alliance Teaching Corps PART TWO THE DISCOURSE OF THE ALLIANCE TEACHERS AND THE "CIVILIZING" OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN THE LANDS OF ISLAM The Moralizing Agenda The Emancipation and Reformation of Women The Transformation of the Social Structure of the Jewish Community The Critique of Traditional Judaism The War of Languages A Portrait of the Communities The Impact of the West and the Alliance Schools PART THREE THE ALLIANCE TEACHER AS POLITICAL ACTIVIST AND POLITICAL OBSERVER The Task of Protection The Teacher as Patriot and Advocate of the Jews The Age of Nationalism Conclusion Glossary Bibliography Index of Personal Names Index of Place Names

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Book SynopsisThe Holocaust continues to leave survivors and their descendants, as well as historians searching for words to convey the enormity of that event. This title features nine contributors who tackle questions about the nature of memory and forgiveness after the Holocaust to encourage others to participate in similar inter- and intrafaith inquiries.Trade Review"After-Words reflects the best tradition of the dialogic process; so lively is the exchange between its contributors that readers get drawn into the vortex of ideas and arguments, finding themselves wishing for the opportunity to join in the conversation and raise their own observations, dissents, and cautions."--Hubert G. Locke, University of Washington "The section on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is especially timely now. Insightful responses amplify and explore the extremely complex set of competing myths, ideologies, and national interests at stake here."--James E. Young, University of Massachusetts AmherstTable of ContentsPrologue: "Did you say: after? Meaning what?"--David Patterson and John K. Roth Part One: Forgiveness 1/ Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Jewish Memory after Auschwitz--Peter J. Haas In Response: --Rachel N. Baum --Leonard Grob --Peter J. Haas 2/ The Face of Forgiveness in a Post-Holocaust World--Henry F. Knight In Response: --Britta Frede-Wenger --David Patterson --Henry F. Knight 3/ Forgiveness after the Holocaust--Didier Pollefeyt In Response: --Peter J. Haas --Juergen Manemann --Didier Pollefeyt Part Two: Reconciliation 4/ Useless Experience: Its Significance for Reconciliation after Auschwitz--John K. Roth In Response: --Rachel N. Baum --Didier Pollefeyt --John K. Roth 5/ Anthropological Remarks on Reconciliation after Auschwitz--Britta Frede-Wenger In Response: --Juergen Manemann --Didier Pollefeyt --Britta Frede-Wenger 6/ Struggles for Recognition in an Era of Globalization: The Necessity of a Theology of Reconciliation from a Political-Theological Perspective after Auschwitz--Juergen Manemann In Response: --Peter J. Haas --David Patterson --Juergen Manemann Part Three: Justice 7/ G-d, World, Humanity: Jewish Reflections on Justice after Auschwitz--David Patterson In Response: --Britta Frede-Wenger --John K. Roth --David Patterson 8/ The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Just Reconciliation in the Shadows of the Holocaust--Leonard Grob In Response: --Henry F. Knight --John K. Roth --Leonard Grob 9/ The Post-Holocaust Jewish Heart--Rachel N. Baum In Response: --Leonard Grob --Henry F. Knight --Rachel N. Baum Postscript: An After That is Yet to Be--David Patterson and John K. Roth Bibliography About the Editors and Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisExamines the nature of autobiographical writing by Jews and the ways in which such writings can legitimately be used as sources for Jewish history. These writers' attempts to portray their private and public struggles, anxieties, successes, and failures are expressions of a basic drive for selfhood which is both timeless and time-bound.Trade Review"This slim, brilliant book has yielded a series of cutting edge works by some of the leading scholars in Jewish Studies. . . . A provocative tour de force." * Slavic Review *"A remarkable, rewarding study . . . Stanislawski presents each of the life stories within the context of social and cultural history, and in so doing displays his erudition and knowledge. This is a challenging, intellectually stimulating work." * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Autobiography, the Jews, and Episodic Memory 1. Josephus's Life 2. In the Culture of the Rabbis: Asher of Reichshofen and Glikl of Hameln 3. Two Russian Jews: Moshe Lieb Lelienblum and Osip Mandelstam 4. Autobiography as Farewell I: Stefan Zweig 5. Autobiography as Farewell II: Sarah Kofman Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisReviews Jewish culture and history. This book examines how and why various rites and customs celebrating stages in the life cycle have evolved through the ages and persisted to this day. For each phase of life - from childhood, adolescence, adulthood, to the advanced years, it traces the origin and development of specific rites.Trade Review"Informative, clear, and well written. This comprehensive guide is historical ethnography at its best." * Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Birth, "Bris," Schooling 2. Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah, Confirmation 3. Engagement, Betrothal, Marriage 4. Aging, Dying, Remembering Conclusions Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDescribes why Jews must live - but especially think - in a way that is distinctly Jewish. This book aims to make possible a religious response to the Holocaust.Trade Review"This book is exceedingly provocative and insightful in achieving an understanding 'not so much to explain the evil of what happened as to understand what must happen next.' Detailed chapter references; extensive bibliography. Highly recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: The Open Wounds of Jewish Thought 2. The Bankruptcy of Modern and Postmodern Thought 3. Ethical Monotheism and Jewish Thought 4. The Holocaust and the Holy Tongue 5. The Sifrei Kodesh and the Holocaust 6. The Muselmann and the Matter of the Human Being 7. Jewish Thought and a Post-Holocaust Tikkun Haolam 8. Mystical Dimensions of Post-Holocaust Jewish Thought 9. Though the Messiah May Tarry 10. Conclusion: No Closure Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisConsiders how teacher/student relations sustain and renew the Jewish traditionTrade Review"The book was written to be accessible and its insights, literary and education, are relevant to the many readers of these rabbinic sources, and to teachers and lecturers seeking insight from Jewish sources." -- Pinchas Roth * Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews *"Her book wonderfully demonstrates the creative interplay between traditional learning and contemporary intellectual freedom . . . Rabbis, and all of us, would do well to internalize Handelman's call to see teaching as not an add-on but a central category of human experience." -- Yehudah Mirsky * Jewish Ideas Daily *"Handelman’s book drew me into a world I knew little about, providing a heretofore neglected, but intriguing space for thinking about the teacher-student relationship. . . . That Handelman wrote this book when bombs were exploding throughout Jerusalem – including at the university where she teaches – demonstrates that the teacher-student relationship lives, and may be even more critical, during crises." -- Mitzi J. Smith * Teaching Theology & Religion *Table of ContentsPreface A Note on Translation and Transliteration of Hebrew Notes on Notes Introduction "I Only Want the Piece Which Is in Your Mouth" 1. "Torah of the Belly": Rabbi Eliezer Starves for a Teacher 2. "The Gates of Wounded Feelings"" Rabbi Eliezer Is Banned 3. "Father! Father! Israel's Chariot and Its Horsemen!": The Passing of Rabbi Eliezer Epilogue Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIlluminates the continuities among Gordin's Russian fiction and journalism, his work as a controversial Jewish religious reformer, and his Yiddish playsTrade Review"Henry has done a service in re-kindling the conversation regarding this iconoclast by constructing a new image of Gordin based on exhaustive archival work. . . . She should be commended for breaking new ground on such a significant figure, and, hopefully, providing access for future work from a range of disciplines." -- Max Shulman * Studies in American Jewish Literature *"Well researched and artfully argued, Henry's Rewriting Russia is a long-overdue book on this major figure that establishes how Jacob Gordin created a rich and important interplay between Yiddish and Russian forms that elevated the literary status of both." -- Leah Garrett * The Russian Review *"This new and elegantly written literary history . . . provides a new model for literary history by expertly weaving together previously unexamined Tsarist-era archival records with insightful literary analysis of Gordon's major works." -- Barry Trachtenberg * H-Net Reviews *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Note on Transliteration Introduction 1. Amerika 2. In the Old Country: The Reformer 3. A Russian Writer 4. The Perils of Performance: Di kreytser sonata (1902) 5. Don't Look Back: Orphan in the Underworld (1903) 6. Homecoming Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIlluminates the continuities among Gordin's Russian fiction and journalism, his work as a controversial Jewish religious reformer, and his Yiddish playsTrade Review"Henry has done a service in re-kindling the conversation regarding this iconoclast by constructing a new image of Gordin based on exhaustive archival work. . . . She should be commended for breaking new ground on such a significant figure, and, hopefully, providing access for future work from a range of disciplines." -- Max Shulman * Studies in American Jewish Literature *"Well researched and artfully argued, Henry's Rewriting Russia is a long-overdue book on this major figure that establishes how Jacob Gordin created a rich and important interplay between Yiddish and Russian forms that elevated the literary status of both." -- Leah Garrett * The Russian Review *"This new and elegantly written literary history . . . provides a new model for literary history by expertly weaving together previously unexamined Tsarist-era archival records with insightful literary analysis of Gordon's major works." -- Barry Trachtenberg * H-Net Reviews *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Note on Transliteration Introduction 1. Amerika 2. In the Old Country: The Reformer 3. A Russian Writer 4. The Perils of Performance: Di kreytser sonata (1902) 5. Don't Look Back: Orphan in the Underworld (1903) 6. Homecoming Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisExamines the many ways in which people living along an international border negotiate their ethnic, cultural, and political identitiesTrade Review“Johnson’s careful documentation of local histories is an important contribution and gives unusual time depth to his discussion of contemporary ethnic identification. Consequently, this book is a valuable addition to studies of Thai ethnicities, particularly the complex formations of Thai-ness that take shape on and around the borders of Thailand. -- Mary Beth Mills * Pacific Affairs: Volume 86 *"The Buddha on Mecca’s Verandah is a captivating narrative of how a marginalized minority inhabiting the complex reality of a borderland area manages its cultural political identity....This book presents the results of a much-needed investigation that further contributes to our understanding of inter-ethnic relations in Malaysia, Thailand's own religious politics, and the legacy of British colonialism in Southeast Asia to mention just a few. More generally it is a welcome addition to the literature on ethno-religious diversity, borderland histories, and identity construction." -- Chiara Formichi * Southeast Asian Studies *"This ethnographic consideration of an overlooked borderland is a welcome addition to Southeast Asian Studies. Recommended." * Choice *"Original and important. . . . The Buddha on Mecca’s Verandah remains one of the most nuanced and detailed ethnographic studies of a single minority community in Malaysia. The range of sources Johnson employs, the nuance of analysis, and the depth of his arguments make this study an essential one to scholars and graduate students interested in Buddhism, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, and minority identity." -- Jeffrey Samuels * Journal of Asian Studies *"An empirically rich, clearly written ethnography. . . . Johnson’s monograph raises descriptive dilemmas and interpretative questions that are worth pursuing more broadly in academic scholarship on modern Asian Buddhism. . . . The overall vision of Ban Bor On as a mobile village of Thai Buddhists struggling with and against their invisible, minority, and peripheral status as Malaysia citizens is illuminating, accessible, and thought-provoking whether one is a general academic reader or a regional or disciplinary specialist." -- Erick White * H-Buddhism *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Orthography and Terminology Introduction 1. Places 2. Gaps 3. Forms 4. Circuits 5. Dreams Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisExamines the many ways in which people living along an international border negotiate their ethnic, cultural, and political identitiesTrade Review“Johnson’s careful documentation of local histories is an important contribution and gives unusual time depth to his discussion of contemporary ethnic identification. Consequently, this book is a valuable addition to studies of Thai ethnicities, particularly the complex formations of Thai-ness that take shape on and around the borders of Thailand. -- Mary Beth Mills * Pacific Affairs: Volume 86 *"The Buddha on Mecca’s Verandah is a captivating narrative of how a marginalized minority inhabiting the complex reality of a borderland area manages its cultural political identity....This book presents the results of a much-needed investigation that further contributes to our understanding of inter-ethnic relations in Malaysia, Thailand's own religious politics, and the legacy of British colonialism in Southeast Asia to mention just a few. More generally it is a welcome addition to the literature on ethno-religious diversity, borderland histories, and identity construction." -- Chiara Formichi * Southeast Asian Studies *"This ethnographic consideration of an overlooked borderland is a welcome addition to Southeast Asian Studies. Recommended." * Choice *"Original and important. . . . The Buddha on Mecca’s Verandah remains one of the most nuanced and detailed ethnographic studies of a single minority community in Malaysia. The range of sources Johnson employs, the nuance of analysis, and the depth of his arguments make this study an essential one to scholars and graduate students interested in Buddhism, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, and minority identity." -- Jeffrey Samuels * Journal of Asian Studies *"An empirically rich, clearly written ethnography. . . . Johnson’s monograph raises descriptive dilemmas and interpretative questions that are worth pursuing more broadly in academic scholarship on modern Asian Buddhism. . . . The overall vision of Ban Bor On as a mobile village of Thai Buddhists struggling with and against their invisible, minority, and peripheral status as Malaysia citizens is illuminating, accessible, and thought-provoking whether one is a general academic reader or a regional or disciplinary specialist." -- Erick White * H-Buddhism *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Orthography and Terminology Introduction 1. Places 2. Gaps 3. Forms 4. Circuits 5. Dreams Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBrings together a variety of essays demonstrating the breadth of contributions that feminist theory and gender analysis make to the study of the HolocaustTrade Review"The book's contributions come from a formidable, impressive, and multigenerational group of Holocaust scholars. With its interdisciplinarity and international perspectives, Different Horrors, Same Hell will make important contributions to Holocaust studies and, in particular, to scholarship about women and gender in that context." John K. Roth, Edward J. Sexton Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Claremont McKenna College "The voices vary widely, from the mystical to the strident, from the autobiographical to the scholarly. Such diversity provides texture to the anthology and makes the reading experience layered and multifaceted. These essays break new ground in format and/or subject matter, bringing gendered analysis to new levels of nuance and insight." Dr Elizabeth Baer, author of The Golem Redux: From Prague to Post- Holocaust FictionTable of ContentsForeword by Elizabeth Minnich Introduction Myrna Goldenberg and Amy H. Shapiro Part I. History of Feminist Theory and Gender: Analysis of the Holocaust 1 What Do Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Contribute to Understanding the Holocaust? Doris L. Bergen 2 Philosophy in the Feminine and the Holocaust Witness: Hannah Arendt and Sarah Kofman 38 Dorota Glowacka 3 Simone Weil: A French-Jewish Intellectual Journey in the 1930s and 1940s Rochelle L. Millen 4 Patriarchy, Objectification, and Violence against Women in Schindler’s List and Angry Harvest Amy H. Shapiro 5 Sex-Based Violence and the Politics and Ethics of Survival Myrna Goldenberg Part II . Practice of Feminist Theory and Gender: Analysis of the Holocaust 6 From Pulp to Palimpsest: Witnessing and Re-Imagining through the Arts Björn Krondorfer in collaboration with Karen Baldner 7 The Nazi Assault on the Jewish Soul through the Murder of the Jewish Mother David Patterson 8 Wiedervereiningung Ersehend: Gender and the Holocaust Fate of the Müller and Gittler Families Suzanne Brown-Fleming 9 The Kindertransport: Gender and the Rescue of Jewish Children 1938–39 Mary J. Gallant 10 Survivor Mothers and Their Daughters: The Hidden Legacy of the Holocaust Gaby R. Glassman 11 Talking to Ruth Klüger Britta Frede-Wenger Selected Bibliography Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisBrings together a variety of essays demonstrating the breadth of contributions that feminist theory and gender analysis make to the study of the HolocaustTrade Review"The book's contributions come from a formidable, impressive, and multigenerational group of Holocaust scholars. With its interdisciplinarity and international perspectives, Different Horrors, Same Hell will make important contributions to Holocaust studies and, in particular, to scholarship about women and gender in that context." John K. Roth, Edward J. Sexton Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Claremont McKenna College "The voices vary widely, from the mystical to the strident, from the autobiographical to the scholarly. Such diversity provides texture to the anthology and makes the reading experience layered and multifaceted. These essays break new ground in format and/or subject matter, bringing gendered analysis to new levels of nuance and insight." Dr Elizabeth Baer, author of The Golem Redux: From Prague to Post- Holocaust FictionTable of ContentsForeword by Elizabeth Minnich Introduction Myrna Goldenberg and Amy H. Shapiro Part I. History of Feminist Theory and Gender: Analysis of the Holocaust 1 What Do Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Contribute to Understanding the Holocaust? Doris L. Bergen 2 Philosophy in the Feminine and the Holocaust Witness: Hannah Arendt and Sarah Kofman 38 Dorota Glowacka 3 Simone Weil: A French-Jewish Intellectual Journey in the 1930s and 1940s Rochelle L. Millen 4 Patriarchy, Objectification, and Violence against Women in Schindler’s List and Angry Harvest Amy H. Shapiro 5 Sex-Based Violence and the Politics and Ethics of Survival Myrna Goldenberg Part II . Practice of Feminist Theory and Gender: Analysis of the Holocaust 6 From Pulp to Palimpsest: Witnessing and Re-Imagining through the Arts Björn Krondorfer in collaboration with Karen Baldner 7 The Nazi Assault on the Jewish Soul through the Murder of the Jewish Mother David Patterson 8 Wiedervereiningung Ersehend: Gender and the Holocaust Fate of the Müller and Gittler Families Suzanne Brown-Fleming 9 The Kindertransport: Gender and the Rescue of Jewish Children 1938–39 Mary J. Gallant 10 Survivor Mothers and Their Daughters: The Hidden Legacy of the Holocaust Gaby R. Glassman 11 Talking to Ruth Klüger Britta Frede-Wenger Selected Bibliography Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisExamines the complexities of translating Yiddish literature at a time when the Yiddish language is in decline. The author traces historical and aesthetic shifts through versions of these canonical texts, and she argues that these works and their translations form a conversation about Jewish history and identity.Trade Review"An excellent book . . . at no point is the discussion overly technical. First presented as part of the prestigious Stroum Lectures at the University of Washington, the chapter-lectures that make up Writing in Tongues are aimed at a general-but-educated audience. Norich writes clearly and simplifies abstruse ideas." -- Eitan Kensy * Forward *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. Translation Theory and Practice: The Yiddish Difference 2. How Tevye Learned to Fiddle 3. Remembering Jews: Translating Yiddish after the Holocaust 4. Returning to and from the Ghetto: Yankev Glatshteyn 5. Concluding Lines and Conclusions Appendix A / Anna Margolin’s “Maris tfile” in Yiddish and Translations Appendix B / Twelve Translations of Yankev Glatshteyn’s “A gute nakht, velt” Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisExplores the response of Israel's Nobel laureate S Y Agnon to the privileged position of the Song of Songs in Israeli culture. This book recasts Israeli biblicism as a peculiar chapter within the history of biblical exegesis.Trade Review"In her vital contribution to Agnon studies, Ilana Pardes delivers a richly multifaceted exploration…[that]will be valuable reading for any dedicated student of modern Hebrew literature and culture. Its impact on Agnon scholarship will surely be significant and lasting." -- Ramen Omer-Sherman * Hebrew Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction: Upon the Handles of the Lock 2. The Song of Songs as Cultural Text: From the European Enlightenment to Israeli Biblicism 3. Rechnitz’s Botany of Love: The Song of Seaweed 4. The Biblical Ethnographies of “Edo and Enam” and the Quest for the Ultimate Song Epilogue Forevermore Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOne of the most violent episodes of China's Boxer Uprising was the Taiyuan Massacre of 1900, in which rebels killed foreign missionaries and thousands of Chinese Christians. This book focuses on Shanxi Province that illuminates the religious and cultural beliefs on both sides of the conflict and shows how they came to clash.Trade Review"A significant and superb contribution to modern Chinese history as well as to Catholic Mission history, and should trends in the academic profession break in the right way . . . it could become something of a trailblazer in a new and necessary mode of spirit-informed history-writing." -- Eric Cunningham * The Catholic World Report *"[A] welcome addition to what one hopes will become a growing scholarly discussion on the development of Christianity in Shanxi. . . . The author delivers his account in an easy, empathetic style, reflecting the autobiographical nature of the more unique archival material he has explored. . . . Helps the reader to move beyond simplistic understandings of the actors as Chinese savages and/or Western barbarians." -- Andrew T. Kaiser * The China Quarterly *"[A] fine addition to the literature on Catholic missions and the Boxer catastrophe." -- Ernest P. Young * Catholic Historical Review *"Clark does good work here, work underpinned by a remarkable collection of archival sources drawn from the United States, China, and the Vatican. He treats the sources with careful skepticism and uses them to piece together a compelling story of both the Franciscans and the Boxers. Clark argues convincingly that the two groups were consciously engaged in spiritual warfare, albeit with different methods and different goals. . . . This is a useful book for scholars interested in the Boxer Uprising, in Chinese society of the late nineteenth century, and in the ground-level experience of popular uprisings everywhere." -- Dave Sibley * H-Net Reviews *"[A] unique approach to very different questions, ones in which the uprising itself often appears as a backdrop, rather than the main narrative. . . . Rather than narrowly focusing on the Boxer violence, this book presents a world in which such events were only one of many concerns." -- Thomas David DuBois * Nan Nu *"Heaven in Conflict provides a vivid and at times moving account of one of the most horrific events during the Boxer Uprising. . . . Heaven in Conflict enhances our understanding of modern Chinese social history through its emphasis on human experience. . . . Clark also deserves credit for his thoughtful use of participant and victim accounts, including autobiographical writings and letters." -- Paul R. Katz * American Historical Review *"A historian of Christianity in China, Clark takes readers back to one of the most catastrophic episodes of the Boxer uprising: the Taiyuan massacre. He dissects the violence and the resistance to examine the religious and cultural beliefs on both sides. . . . Women, both the Franciscan sisters and their counterparts, the local Red Lanterns, are an integral part of the story." -- Ji Li * Twentieth-Century China *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Anyone interested in Jewish literature, history, or politics will find Wisse’s scholarly study of Peretz’s life and ideas and her analysis of his stories fascinating reading." * Booklist *"Wisse adeptly combines literary commentary with biographical and cultural materials. . . . She has made a valuable contribution by reinterpreting Peretz’s literary output in its cultural, political, and historical framework." * Forward *"In her well-written and insightful volume, Ruth Wisse has prepared a masterful examination of Peretz’s thought and achievement. By integrating the story of his life with an extensive analysis of the major themes of his work, Wisse demonstrates Peretz’s influence on the formation of Yiddish literature." * Studies in Religion *"I. L. Peretz and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture is not only about Peretz’s creations, but a key to the understanding and love of Yiddish life in its totality." * The Australian Jewish News *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Reason and Faith 2. Nation and Class 3. Hope and Fear Notes Index

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Book SynopsisIlluminates the history of the many Jewish communities that lived in predominantly Muslim lands before European colonialism and the emergence of Zionism and Arab nationalism led to mass departures of Jews in the mid-20th century, offering a unique perspective, from within, on the historical background of some of the most vexing problems of the modern Middle East.Trade Review"A rich and varied collection of texts with enlightening commentary." * International Journal of Middle East Studies *"A delightful book, full of erudition and charm. . . . It captures the spirit of the time. . . . A marvelous work of tapestry." -- François Furet * Le Nouvel Observateur *"Rodrigue’s book gives us a picture of the complex worlds of Sephardic Jewry. . . . [It] is unsurpassed in breadth, vividness, candor, and historical insight." -- Michael Berkowitz * History of European Ideas *"The unique contribution of Aron Rodrigue’s book is that it provides contemporary images of Jewish life in the Middle Eastern and North African countries during 1860–1939. These descriptions were made by Jews who stayed with these communities for long periods of time or at least were well acquainted with them. Throughout the book Rodrigue places the changing conditions of these communities within the global framework that was instrumental in shaping this transition." * Contemporary Jewry *"Rodrigue provides insight into the life of Jewish communities in Iraq, Iran, Morocco, Tunisia, Syria, Palestine, Algeria, Turkey, Egypt, and Greece. The letters touch upon the internal structure of these Jewish communities, their relations with their Muslim neighbors as well as the local government, their attitude towards European colonial influence, the impact of Zionism on them, and the increasing clash between Zionist and Alliance discourses. . . . Should be read by anyone with a keen interest in the history of the Middle East, Jews in the Middle East, and Orientalism." * MESA Bulletin *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments A Note on the Documents Map Introduction An Overview of the Alliance's Activities PART ONE THE SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS OF THE ALLIANCE ISRAELITE UNIVERSELLE Instruction in the Alliance Schools The Alliance Teaching Corps PART TWO THE DISCOURSE OF THE ALLIANCE TEACHERS AND THE "CIVILIZING" OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN THE LANDS OF ISLAM The Moralizing Agenda The Emancipation and Reformation of Women The Transformation of the Social Structure of the Jewish Community The Critique of Traditional Judaism The War of Languages A Portrait of the Communities The Impact of the West and the Alliance Schools PART THREE THE ALLIANCE TEACHER AS POLITICAL ACTIVIST AND POLITICAL OBSERVER The Task of Protection The Teacher as Patriot and Advocate of the Jews The Age of Nationalism Conclusion Glossary Bibliography Index of Personal Names Index of Place Names

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A compelling body of essays. . . . Readable and challenging. In the end, I’m not sure I know exactly how to ‘confront’ torture. But I am better equipped to try." -- Kelly McFall * New Books in Genocide Studies (NBN) *"Losing Trust in the World: Holocaust Scholars Confront Torture, in which Holocaust scholars employ their expertise to target the crime of torture, is long overdue. . . . [Survivors of torture] know that the only way to put an end to the horror of such abuse is by telling their stories and building alliances with others. . . . The very existence of the book signals that these Holocaust scholars intend to be powerful allies in that struggle." * Human Rights Quarterly *Table of ContentsPrologue | The Questions of Torture / Leonard Grob and John K. Roth Part One | What Is Torture? 1. Torture during the Holocaust: Responsible Witnessing / Leonard Grob 2. Torture / Björn Krondorfer 3. Speech under Torture: Bearing Witness to the Howl / Dorota Glowacka Part Two | Is Torture Justifiable? 4. Johann Baptist Neuhäusler and Torture in Dachau / Suzanne Brown-Fleming 5. The Emerging Halachic Debate about Torture / Peter J. Haas 6. Torture in Light of the Holocaust: An Impossible Possibility / Didier Pollefeyt 7. The Justification of Suffering: Holocaust Theodicy and Torture / Sarah K. Pinnock Part Three | What Can Be Done about Torture? 8. Assuaging Pain: Therapeutic Care for Torture Survivors / Margaret Brearley 9. Torture and the Totalitarian Appropriation of the Human Being: From National Socialism to Islamic Jidhadism / David Patterson 10. Crying Out: Rape as Torture and the Responsibility to Protect / John K. Roth Epilogue | Again, the Questions of Torture / Leonard Grob and John K. Roth Selected Bibliography Editors and Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A compelling body of essays. . . . Readable and challenging. In the end, I’m not sure I know exactly how to ‘confront’ torture. But I am better equipped to try." -- Kelly McFall * New Books in Genocide Studies (NBN) *"Losing Trust in the World: Holocaust Scholars Confront Torture, in which Holocaust scholars employ their expertise to target the crime of torture, is long overdue. . . . [Survivors of torture] know that the only way to put an end to the horror of such abuse is by telling their stories and building alliances with others. . . . The very existence of the book signals that these Holocaust scholars intend to be powerful allies in that struggle." * Human Rights Quarterly *Table of ContentsPrologue | The Questions of Torture / Leonard Grob and John K. Roth Part One | What Is Torture? 1. Torture during the Holocaust: Responsible Witnessing / Leonard Grob 2. Torture / Björn Krondorfer 3. Speech under Torture: Bearing Witness to the Howl / Dorota Glowacka Part Two | Is Torture Justifiable? 4. Johann Baptist Neuhäusler and Torture in Dachau / Suzanne Brown-Fleming 5. The Emerging Halachic Debate about Torture / Peter J. Haas 6. Torture in Light of the Holocaust: An Impossible Possibility / Didier Pollefeyt 7. The Justification of Suffering: Holocaust Theodicy and Torture / Sarah K. Pinnock Part Three | What Can Be Done about Torture? 8. Assuaging Pain: Therapeutic Care for Torture Survivors / Margaret Brearley 9. Torture and the Totalitarian Appropriation of the Human Being: From National Socialism to Islamic Jidhadism / David Patterson 10. Crying Out: Rape as Torture and the Responsibility to Protect / John K. Roth Epilogue | Again, the Questions of Torture / Leonard Grob and John K. Roth Selected Bibliography Editors and Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisIn this volume the author addresses issues concerned with East European Jews in German, and German Jewish, consciousness.

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Book SynopsisAccording to the blood libel legend, Jews murdered Christian infants to obtain blood to make matzah. This volume examines the varied sources and elaborations of the legend. It deals with historical cases and surveys of blood libel in different locales, as well as literary renditions of the legend.

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Book SynopsisIn 1999, Rabbi Steven Greenberg became the first Orthodox rabbi to declare his homosexuality. This book is the result of his ten-year struggle to reconcile his two warring identities. Using traditional rabbinic resources, he goes beyond the question of whether homosexuality is biblically acceptable, to ask how such relationships can be sacred.Trade Review[Greenberg] effectively portrays the plight of closeted and openly gay Orthodox Jews who struggle daily with their sexual desires and with the knowledge that the Torah and the rabbis forbid homosexuality. - Publishers Weekly ""As useful for Christians as it is for Jews.... I heartily recommend this book to Christians who wish to take their Hebrew scriptures seriously and who are willing to examine their own responses to this raging debate."" - the Right Reverend V. Gene Robinson, Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire

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Book SynopsisFocuses on the treatment of Jews in fascist Italy that is often overshadowed by the persecution of Jews in Germany. Using statistical evidence to document how the Italian social climate changed from relatively just to irredeemably prejudicial, this work begins with a history of Italian Jews in the decades before fascism.Trade ReviewThis rich and compassionate study of the plight of Italy's Jews combines vivid narrative with scrupulous historical accuracy. - Booklist ""Michele Sarfatti has challenged and effectively demolished the myth that Italian fascism was simply aping Hitler's Germany in its creation of the racial laws against the Jews. He describes the independent genesis of Mussolini's racial policy and its distinct character."" - Alexander Stille, author of The Sack of Rome and Benevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian Jewish Families under Fascism ""Prodigiously documented and definitive."" - Publishers Weekly

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Book SynopsisPresents an illumination of the individual Jewish identity of the major modernist German author - Kafka. Through an examination of Kafka's life, his influences, and his writings, this work makes a case for Kafka's interest in Zionism and demonstrates the presence of Jewish themes and motifs in Kafka's literary works.Trade ReviewFor some years now, Iris Bruce has been regarded by specialists as one of the very best Kafka scholars, admired for the meticulous scholarship of her articles and essays and her indefatigable archival work. Her special field of interest has been the Jewish and Hebrew background of Kafka's writings; and now the fruits of her decade-long immersion are at hand in a lucidly written study - detailed, engaging, comprehensive, up-to-date. It will be indispensable reading for lovers of Kafka, who will be fascinated by the full spectrum of Kafka's involvement in the cultural Zionism of his day. Until now, many of Kafka's mentions of Jewish themes, long suppressed in German editions of his journals and correspondence, have not been properly studied. Bruce's achievement makes it possible for the first time to appreciate in full the elegance of Kafka's literary transformation of this cultural stock. - Stanley Corngold, professor of German and comparative literature, Princeton University ""Focusing on cultural Zionism in Prague (and the rest of German-speaking Europe) during the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Bruce makes a compelling case that Kafka was one of the proto-cultural Zionists and quickly identified with the moment once it was established."" - Sander L. Gilman, Emory University, author of Franz Kafka, A Biography

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Book SynopsisBudapest at the fin de siècle was famed and emulated for its cosmopolitan urban culture and nightlife. It was also the second-largest Jewish city in Europe. Mary Gluck delves into the popular culture of Budapest’s coffee houses, music halls, and humour magazines to uncover the enormous influence of assimilated Jews in creating modernist Budapest between 1867 and 1914.Trade ReviewGluck artfully deploys such materials - from jokes to cartoons - to analyse a community that faced simultaneous stresses from internal ambivalence and external anti-Semitism" - Larry Wolff, The Times Literary Supplement.“The Invisible Jewish Budapest has . . . been hailed as a significant addition to scholarly examinations of Jewish contributions to the emergence of modern urban centers. . . . [Its] enjoyable prose, fluid translations, relevant illustrations, and devotion to recreating the era via a dazzling spectrum of periodicals, newspapers, and travelogues has earned it a place among cultural histories of modern Hungary.”—Hungarian Cultural Studies

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Book SynopsisExplores how the growth of Pentecostal churches in central Mozambique occurred alongside a striking increase in so-called traditional religious practices such as spirit mediumship and spiritual healing.Trade ReviewThis ethnography is alive, giving the reader a wonderful window into life as lived in Central Mozambique. Bringing together spirit mediumship and Pentecostalism, Christy Schuetze shows how women living under patriarchy gain access to material security and social well-being by calling on both religious communities and the spirit world." - SÓnia Silva, Skidmore CollegeTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The World is Upside Down: Reordering Society in a World Out of Balance PART I: Spirits and Suffering in Historical and Contemporary Contexts 2. The Production and Integration of Suffering: Social Healing Across Generations 3. Economic Exclusion: The Search for Cash on the Margins 4. A Precarious World: The Hospital as Complementary Medicine Part II: Searching for Stability 5. Misfortune and Women’s Vulnerability in Marriage 6. Becoming a Spirit Wife: Managing Spirits and the Dangers of Marriage 7. Bargaining with Patriarchy: Pentecostal Church Women and Social Renewal Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA magisterial history of the French Resistance during World War II that offers a comprehensive exploration of the most significant issue in that period’s social imaginary: the ‘Jewish question’. Renee Poznanski analyses the discourse around Jews that pervaded the Resistance’s propaganda, while examining the fate of Jews under Vichy and after.Trade Review“RenÉe Poznanski is one of the finest scholars of our time on the subject of France during the Holocaust and World War II. Her central question here—How much did the French Resistance care about Jews and antisemitism?—is timely, and she presents a mountain of evidence to support her thesis.”—Ethan Katz, University of California, Berkeley “This book adds to our understanding of the Resistance, the persecution of the Jews, and the clandestine press in ways likely to make it a fundamental work for future scholarship.”—Holocaust and Genocide StudiesTable of Contents Preface List of Abbreviations Prologue: The Loss of Moral and Ideological Markers 1 The “Jewish Problem” in an Age of Suspicion 2 The Range of Rebuttals Part I. We Are All Patriots 3 The Assault on the Jews 4 Across the Channel, on the Defensive 5 Above All—Don’t Bring Back Blum 6 France Cannot Be Muzzled or Seduced 7 Variations in the Shadow of the Comintern 8 A Careful Choice of Words 9 Christians and Jews, Jews and Resistance Activists Part II. The Curtain Rises 10 “The Springtime of Liberty” 11 The Shock of the Yellow Star 12 Summer 1942: Swings in Public Opinion 13 The Crime of Lèse-Humanité 14 A Plan for Extermination Part III. The Judeo-Gaullists in London 15 Under the Sway of the French Goebbels 16 No One Is Safe from Deportation 17 From London to Algiers Part IV. The Judeo-Bolsheviks of France 18 Variations on Silence 19 The Specter of Philosemitism Part V. The Sense of Being Abandoned 20 All Humanity Rises Up against the Murderers 21 The Earth Didn’t Shake Epilogue: Jewish Voices in a Strange Silence Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBrings together twelve of celebrated historian George L. Mosse’s most important essays to explore competing forms of European nationalism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These essays retain their significance today in their examination of the cultural and social implications of contemporary nationalism.Trade Review“Penetrating scholarly essays . . . [demonstrate] an easy mastery of cultural and political history.”—Publishers Weekly “Confronting the Nation is quintessential George Mosse: passionate, articulate, and wide-ranging.”—SHOFAR“Brings together many of the most convincing arguments of his oeuvre. Mosse is at his best in describing the modes of national self-display.”—Journal of Jewish StudiesTable of Contents Acknowledgments A Critical Introduction by Shulamit Volkov Introduction: Confronting the Nation Part I: The Nation Displays Itself 1. National Anthems: The Nation Militant 2. National Self-Representation during the 1930s in Europe and the United States 3. Community in the Thought of Nationalism, Fascism, and the Radical Right 4. Political Style and Political Theory: Totalitarian Democracy Revisited 5. Fascism and the French Revolution 6. The Political Culture of Italian Futurism 7. Bookburning and Betrayal by the German Intellectuals Part II: The Jews and the Modern Nation 8. The Jews and the Civic Religion of Nationalism 9. Jewish Emancipation: Between Bildung and Respectability 10. German Jews and Liberalism in Retrospect 11. Max Nordau: Liberalism and the New Jew 12. Gershom Scholem as a German Jew Notes Index

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Book SynopsisAfter September 11, Americans agonised over why nineteen men hated the United States enough to kill three thousand civilians in an unprovoked assault. This book presents the inner logic of al-Qaeda and like-minded extremist groups by which they justify September 11 and other terrorist attacks.

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Book SynopsisTells the remarkable story of the bagel's journey from the tables of seventeenth-century Poland to the freezers of middle America, a story of often surprising connections between a cheap market-day snack and centuries of Polish, Jewish, and American history.Trade Review"'Maria Balinska combines stories, history and hands-on experience with a style as brisk and toothsome as the crust of a freshly baked bagel and content as dense and flavourful as its skilfully handled dough.' Gillian Riley, author of The Oxford Companion to Italian Food"

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Book SynopsisA groundbreaking reassessment of the crucial but unrecognized roles Germany's Jews played at home and at the front during World War ITrade Review“A brave and brilliant history that presents a new view of the German Jewish community during the First World War. Measured in style and magisterial in quality, this accomplished account sheds light on the enormous diversity of Jewish experience.” —Wolfson Prize Judges SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE“The first book to explore the active participation of Jews in Germany during WWI. . . A grimly ironic history.”—Military History Monthly“This is a fascinating and recommended work.”—David Filsell, Stand To“A comprehensive social, political, and cultural history of German Jews in the Great War”— Ulrich Wyrwa, American Historical Review“Grady’s book is a terrific achievement, as it fully integrates Jews into the history of the First World War [. . .] This is an outstanding contribution to the historiographies of the First World War and Jewish experiences in modern Germany” –Christian S. Davis, The English Historical ReviewShortlisted for the 2018 Wolfson History Prize given by The Wolfson FoundationA Deadly Legacy was shortlisted for the 2018 Cundill History Prize"With a deft pen, Grady weaves vast erudition into an engaging narrative of German Jews and the First World War. He compellingly argues that the Great War brought to a head the simultaneous inclusion and marginalization that characterized the history of German Jewry and its tragic end."—Paul Mendes-Flohr, author of German Jews"A superb book. Grady brilliantly describes the diversity of Jewish experience, the dilemmas with which they were faced and the delusions to which many succumbed. Above all, it underlines what a disastrous turning point the First World War ultimately was for Germany's Jews."—Neil Gregor, author of Haunted City: Nuremberg and the Nazi Past"This powerful new book brings to life the diversity and range of German-Jewish experiences of the First World War. Grady is particularly good at identifying the connections between Jews and other Germans, and the inter-twined nature of their responses to the war's many personal and political challenges."—Matthew Stibbe, author of Germany, 1914–1933"Seen from the other side of World War Two, Jewish support for the German national cause in World War One appears troubling and naïve. In an account that will unsettle deterministic perspectives on the Holocaust, Tim Grady restores the logic and integrity of Jewish identification with the politics of German imperialism. A valuable and lively book."—Deborah Hertz, author of How Jews Became Germans

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Book SynopsisLooks at the actual contribution of Jewish composers in Germany and Austria before 1933, at their increasingly precarious position between then and 1939, at the forced emigration of composers and performers before and during the war, and at the emaciated post-war musical life of Germany and Austria.Trade Review"'A meticulously documented study of this 'lost generation' of composers, ranging historically over almost two centuries.' (Mark Pappenheim, BBC Music Magazine) 'Compelling... rich in unexpected facts and quotes... Its greatest virtue is the unearthing of composers, critics, conductors and musicians destined for obscurity. Haas makes a pleasingly detailed argument for honouring a treasure trove to which the development of Western music owes a considerable debt.' (Rebecca K. Morrison, Independent) 'Forbidden Music... offers an essential supplement to standard histories of music in thrall to big names and vested interests. The trajectory is tortuous and tragic, the future still uncertain.' (David Gutman, International Record Review)"

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Book SynopsisIn this sparkling debut, a young critic offers an original, passionate, and erudite account of what it means to feel Jewish-even when you're not.Trade Review“A scintillating exploration of how feelings stereotypicaly associated with Jewishness are not quite so uncomplicatedly negative as is surmised and, what’s more, increasingly common in a globalised, hyper-connected society.” —Keiron Pim, Spectator"...an immensely informative, interesting and important book... we might well emulate Baum's bold and bracing book by interrogating our feelings, complex and contradictory though they may be, and try to understand what they tell us about ourselves and our world."—Glenn C. Altschuler, Jerusalem Post"Like the phenomenon it describes, this book is intellectually luminous, psychologically penetrating, existentially anxious, and wonderfully funny."—Zadie Smith “Baum has startling clarity about complicated issues. The fluency of her amusement and engagement—her deadpan provocations, her intriguing formulations—gives Feeling Jewish an irresistible originality. After reading this book you will feel differently about your feelings and so about virtually everything else.”—Adam Phillips “Feeling Jewish is a wonderful book for everyone who has feelings, whether or not they are Jewish. Devorah Baum gives us psychoanalysis (Jewish), literature (sometimes Jewish), and feelings (definitely Jewish) and makes them all come alive. She also gives us herself—a great new, neurotic friend.”—Stephen Frosh, Birkbeck College “This marvellous book offers a rich, subtle, and thought-provoking analysis not only of ‘feeling Jewish’ but of a range of questions that go far beyond this. Challenging received ideas, Baum invites us to rethink assumptions and divisions we take for granted, from identity to gender, from love to hate, from doubt to certainty, and from insider to outsider.”—Darian Leader, psychoanalyst and author “Baum guides us with great poise and comic verve through the strange and confusing labyrinth we call ‘feeling.’ As stimulating intellectually as it is involving emotionally, this sparklingly original book brilliantly attests to the intricate and mutually enriching relation of feeling to thinking.”—Josh Cohen, Goldsmiths, University of London

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Book SynopsisThe true story of the Taliban’s remarkable resurgence in Pakistan and war-torn Afghanistan more than a decade after the U.S. military’s post-9/11 incursionTrade Review'Hassan Abbas is one of the world's leading experts on the militant groups of South Asia. In The Taliban Revival he charts the resurgence of the Taliban on both sides of the Afghanistan–Pakistan border. The book is well written, deeply researched, analytically sharp and is an important contribution to our understanding of the Taliban.' - Peter Bergen, author of Manhunt: From 9/11 to Abbottabad - The Ten-Year Search for Osama bin Laden 'A comprehensive, wise, and highly readable assessment of how mistaken policy choices have led to the revival of the Taliban. Hassan Abbas, one of the world's leading experts on the region, shows how regional powers, donor nations, and NATO have pursued their own narrow, short-term interests in the region, often to the detriment of the Afghan people. The result is that Afghanistan still lacks the schools and law-enforcement personnel that are required to fight the distorted version of Islam, and the crime, that the Taliban spreads. Anyone interested in the Taliban and south-west Asia will be saddened, fascinated, and instructed.' - Jessica Stern, author of Terror in the Name of God: Why Religios Militants Kill

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Book SynopsisA paradigm-shifting account of the modern Jewish experience, from one of the most creative young historians of his generationTo understand the organizing framework of modern Judaism, Eliyahu Stern believes that we should look deeper and farther than the Holocaust, the establishment of the State of Israel, and the influence and affluence of American Jewry. Against the revolutionary backdrop of mid-nineteenth-century Europe, Stern unearths the path that led a group of rabbis, scientists, communal leaders, and political upstarts to reconstruct the core tenets of Judaism and join the vanguard of twentieth-century revolutionary politics. In the face of dire poverty and rampant anti-Semitism, they mobilized Judaism for projects directed at ensuring the fair and equal distribution of resources in society. Their program drew as much from the universalism of Karl Marx and Charles Darwin as from the messianism and utopianism of biblical and Kabbalistic works. Once described as a religion consisting of rituals, reason, and rabbinics, Judaism was now also rooted in land, labor, and bodies. Exhaustively researched, this original, revisionist account challenges our standard narratives of nationalism, secularization, and de-Judaization.Trade Review“A daring book”—Brian Horowitz, American Historical ReviewWinner of the Pelikan Award, sponsored by Yale University“With deep erudition and stunningly original analysis, Eliyahu Stern’s Jewish Materialism recovers a lost intellectual revolution to provocatively challenge the master narrative of modern Jewish politics."—James Loeffler, University of Virginia "Earnest and erudite, Stern connects Jewish thought to Jewish experience. This fresh and innovative account of the materialism of the 1870s reveals common origins of later Jewish commitments to Zionism, socialism, and liberalism. Above all, it historicizes Jewish commitments to social justice."—Timothy Snyder, Yale University“This is an outstanding and groundbreaking work which will alter our perception of nineteenth-century eastern European Jewry, the rise of Jewish nationalism and modern Judaism. This should be compulsory reading for anyone studying this period.”—Jonatan Meir, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev "Stern specializes in eye opening! For all those assuming Judaism and materialism were on radically diverging paths in the world of 19th century Russian Jewry, this brilliant book will come as a salutary shock. It chronicles the countless ways in which writers and thinkers struggled to make religion and a realistic understanding of Jewish life come together. The dilemma elegantly set out by Stern has never really gone away, making the book timely in every possible sense."—Simon Schama “Drawing on a wealth of untapped sources, Eliyahu Stern rescues a largely forgotten generation of Russian Jewish intellectuals who came of age in the 1870s. Reversing the age-old stigmatization of Jews as base materialists besotted by worldly riches, Stern’s fascinating history reveals the foundations for a robust secular Jewish identity in thetwenty-first century.”—Martin Jay, author of Reason after Its Eclipse: On Late Critical Theory

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Book SynopsisFrom one of today's keenest critics comes a collection of essays on poetry, religion, and the connection between the two Adam Kirsch is one of today's finest literary critics. This collection brings together his essays on poetry, religion, and the intersections between them, with a particular focus on Jewish literature. He explores the definition of Jewish literature, the relationship between poetry and politics, and the future of literary reputation in the age of the internet. Several essays look at the way Jewish writers such as Stefan Zweig and Isaac Deutscher, who coined the phrase the non-Jewish Jew, have dealt with politics. Kirsch also examines questions of spirituality and morality in the writings of contemporary poets, including Christian Wiman, Kay Ryan, and Seamus Heaney. He closes by asking why so many American Jewish writers have resisted that category, inviting us to consider Is there such a thing as Jewish literature?Trade Review“From one of our most distinguished public intellectuals and an indispensable voice on matters literary and spiritual, Adam Kirsch’s collection of essays on poetry and religion shows him at his very best.”—David Mikics, author of Slow Reading in a Hurried Age

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Book SynopsisThis book answers the most pressing question about the Holocaust: Why did the West do nothing as Hitler's killing machine took hold?

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Book SynopsisEye-opening accounts of heroic resistance to religious extremism.Trade Review"A powerful and captivating tribute to those brave women and men who have stood up to fundamentalist violence in their own countries from Afghanistan to Mali, this book will hopefully inspire a new and improved international human rights response." -- Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights"This work redefines courage in a humbling dimension. Bennoune’s meticulous testament serves as a warning to the complacent and rebukes ‘politically correct’ posturing that makes excuses for the inexcusable and canvasses tolerance for the intolerable." -- Wole Soyinka, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize for Literature"Courageous and passionate, illuminating the confiscated lives of secularists, religious minorities, and Muslims alike. Yet what is striking is not their victimhood but their resilience and resistance—that is where hope lies." -- Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran"For too long, these types of voices, those Muslims who stand for individual freedom, debate, creativity, and compassion, have been ignored. But if we are ever to defeat the extremists, the counter narratives they provide to the distorted version of Islam need to be heard loud and clear." -- Ali Soufan, author of The Black Banners"Bennoune, and those she profiles, bravely meets the tide of extremism with a sense of shared community and nonviolent purpose." -- Kirkus Reviews"Starred review. Her interviews sear with passion as her subjects deconstruct false views of Islam and inaccurate readings of the Qur’an. Again and again, Bennoune shines a spotlight on those who battle with intelligence and creativity against guns and bloodlust. She has created a significant and compelling record of modern life in which she spares no one, from the right wing to the left." -- Booklist"A fascinating and often heartbreaking read… Bennoune’s writing is crisp and conversational, and she possesses a deft sense of how to clearly deconstruct the most ingrained American arguments about violence in the name of Islam." -- Lorraine Ali - Los Angeles Times"A compelling, meticulously researched account of the legions of Muslims whose struggles against fundamentalist violence are almost never reported in our media…. Required reading." -- Rachel Newcomb - Washington Post

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Book SynopsisAn eye-opening survey of the recent Arab revolutions and their political consequences, comparing them to those of a previous generation.Trade Review"Adeed Dawisha has provided both a fluent overview and a useful historical background to the Arab Spring. It will be a book that all concerned with the Middle East need to read." -- Robert D. Kaplan, author of The Revenge of Geography"Adeed Dawisha has written a masterful account of the Arab awakening and its historical roots. His assessment of the prospects for democracy and the challenge from Islamists is both insightful and deeply sobering." -- Seth G. Jones, author of Hunting in the Shadows: The Pursuit of al Qa’ida since 9/11"The call for change that has swept across the Arab world since January 2011 is one of the most significant and historical transformations of our time. Adeed Dawisha provides a wonderful account of why and how this tumult happened and what to expect of it in the years to come. Insightful and well-written this book is one of the most thoughtful analyses of the Arab Spring." -- Vali Nasr, author of The Dispensable Nation and The Shia Revival

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Book SynopsisA celebrated scholar's rich account of Jewish humour: its nature, its development and its vital role throughout Jewish history.Trade Review"Mr Dauber deftly surveys the whole recorded history of Jewish humour..." -- The Economist"Dauber’s history of Jewish comedy is really one of how the past century’s American-Jewish comedy relates to a deeper cultural heritage… it displays impressive mastery of the subject." -- The Spectator

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Book SynopsisA fascinating investigation of America’s only alleged case of blood libel and what it reveals about anti-Semitism in the United States and Europe.Trade Review"Two powerful new books show that anti-Semitism acknowledges no time limits and recognises no borders. Edward Berenson’s The Accusation: Blood Libel in an American Town is a warning against complacency." -- Jim Crace, Books of the Year 2019 - New Statesman"Berenson’s skill in this eye-opening and timely book includes weaving into this local story the larger history of the European blood libel, and how it migrated into the New World — in the 1920s it was rife in Montreal." -- Howard Cooper, Year in Review: Books in 2019 - The Jewish Chronicle"He [Berenson] offers a vivid picture of early twentieth-century America, a time of lynch mobs, urban riots and intolerance towards Jews, Catholics, African Americans and immigrants...The Accusation is part of a fascinating new wave of the social history of modern antisemitism." -- Times Literary Supplement

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