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Cornell University Press Compassionate Communalism
Book SynopsisIn Lebanon, religious parties such as Hezbollah play a critical role in providing health care, food, poverty relief, and other social welfare services alongside or in the absence of government efforts. Some parties distribute goods and services broadly, even to members of other parties or other faiths, while others allocate services more narrowly to their own base. In Compassionate Communalism, Melani Cammett analyzes the political logics of sectarianism through the lens of social welfare. On the basis of years of research into the varying welfare distribution strategies of Christian, Shia Muslim, and Sunni Muslim political parties in Lebanon, Cammett shows how and why sectarian groups deploy welfare benefits for such varied goals as attracting marginal voters, solidifying intraconfessional support, mobilizing mass support, and supporting militia fighters. Cammett then extends her arguments with novel evidence from the Sadrist movement in post-Saddam Iraq and the BharaTrade ReviewOverall, Compassionate Communalism is the kind of work on non-state social welfare that fills a gap in the political economy literature. I highly recommend the book for anyone interested in Lebanese and Middle Eastern politics, political economy in weak states, ethnic politics and consocialism. -- Barea M. Sinno * International Affairs *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Welfare and Sectarianism in Plural Societies 2. Political Sectarianism and the Residual Welfare Regime in Lebanon 3. Political Mobilization Strategies and In-Group Competition among Sectarian Parties 4. The Political Geography of Welfare and Sectarianism 5. Political Loyalty and Access to Welfare 6. Sectarian Parties and Distributional Politics 7. Welfare and Identity Politics beyond Lebanon Conclusion: The Consequences of Welfare Provision by Identity-Based Organizations Appendixes: A. List of Elite Interview Respondents and Provider Questionnaire B. List of Nonelite Interview Respondents and Questionnaire C. National Survey Questions
£97.20
Cornell University Press Growing Up Muslim
Book SynopsisWhile 9/11 and its aftermath created a traumatic turning point for most of the writers in this book, it is telling that none of their essays begin with that moment. These young people were living, probing, and shifting their Muslim identities long before 9/11.... I''ve heard it said that the second generation never asks the first about its story, but nearly all the essays in this book include long, intimate portrayals of Muslim family life, often going back generations. These young Muslims are constantly negotiating the differences between families for whom faith and culture were matters of honor and North America''s youth culture, with its emphasis on questioning, exploring, and inventing one's own destiny.from the Introduction by Eboo PatelIn Growing Up Muslim, Andrew Garrod and Robert Kilkenny present fourteen personal essays by college students of the Muslim faith who are themselves immigrants or are the children of immigrants to the United States. In their essays, the stTrade Review"Growing Up Muslim is a candid portrayal that goes beyond abstract cliches of the 'good' educated and secular Muslims versus the undereducated, `bad’ religious believers. The stories offer insight into the challenges Muslims face as well as the comfort they derive from their religion. Muslims and non-Muslims alike will benefit greatly from this work." -- Geneive Abdo, author of Mecca and Main Street"I thoroughly enjoyed reading Growing Up Muslim. The essays are well written, deeply reflective, and complementary to each other. Their consistency of quality, subject matter, and flow allows the reader to easily observe the salient variations across each person, resulting in a highly humanistic collection of portraits of young adult Muslims living, some only for a time, in North America." -- Louise Cainkar, Marquette University, author of Homeland Insecurity: The Arab American and Muslim American Experience after 9/11"In this beautifully edited collection, veteran scholars of youth autobiography Andrew Garrod and Robert Kilkenny empower young American Muslims to narrate their own lives in the midst of the cacophonous discourse surrounding Islam in America today. They introduce readers to the diverse experiences and religious understandings of immigrant Muslims and invite us to look at American multiculturalism anew through their struggles, hopes, and accomplishments." -- Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, Reed College, author of A History of Islam in AmericaTable of ContentsIntroduction Eboo Patel PART I. STRUGGLES WITH DIVERSITY 1. Far from Getting Lost Zahra Ahmed 2. A World More Complex Than I Thought Ala' Alrababa’h 3. My Expanding World Asyah Saif 4. The Novice’s Story Abdul Moustafa PART II. STRUGGLES WITH ISLAMOPHOBIA 5. A Muslim Citizen of the Democratic West Aly Rahim 6. Living Like a Kite Shakir Quraishi PART III. STRUGGLES WITH SEXUALITY AND RELATIONSHIPS 7. The Burden Abdel Jamali 8. My Permanent Home Sabeen Hassanali PART IV. STRUGGLES WITH PIETY 9. On the Outside Arif Khan 10. Being Muslim at Dartmouth Adam W. 11. Shadowlands Sarah Chaudhry 12. The Headscarf Sara L. PART V. STRUGGLES WITH FAMILY 13. A Child of Experience Tafaoul Abdelmagid 14. A Debt to Those Who Know Us Nasir Nasser About the Editors and Author of the Introduction
£81.00
Cornell University Press Speaking the Unspeakable in Postwar Germany
Book SynopsisIn this an interdisciplinary study of a diverse set of public speeches given by major literary and cultural figures in the 1950s and 1960s, Sonja Boos demonstrates that these speakers both facilitated and subverted the construction of a public discourse about the Holocaust in postwar West Germany.Trade Review"Speaking the Unspeakable in Postwar Germany is a well-honed, meticulously researched, and theoretically grounded study of public speeches that sought to intervene into the memory culture of postwar West Germany. By considering a wide range of sources, Sonja Boos manages to establish the public speech as a genre in its own right, one that became crucial in challenging the biases and blind spots of West German Vergangenheitsbewälitgung. Indeed, Boos's book confers upon the public speech an entirely new status in the study of postwar German culture, history, and memory. From political to psychoanalytical theory, from discourse analysis to memory studies, Boos brings a range of theoretical approaches to bear in her insightful readings of the speeches at hand. The successful integration of classical rhetoric, speech act theory, and public sphere theory in Boos's theoretical framework is particularly laudable." -- Katja Garloff, Reed College"This is an ambitious and important book. Sonja Boos displays extensive familiarity with the early cultural history of West Germany, presenting a valuable series of snapshots of intellectual life there through the mid-1960s, focusing on the engagement of public intellectuals in memory of the Holocaust. Speaking the Unspeakable in Postwar Germany offers complex and insightful analyses of these interventions." -- Russell A. Berman, Walter A. Haas Professor in the Humanities, Stanford UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: An Archimedean PodiumPart I. In the Event of Speech: Performing Dialogue 1. Martin Buber 2. Paul Celan 3. Ingeborg BachmannPart II. "Who One Is": Self-Revelation and Its Discontents 4. Hannah Arendt 5. Uwe JohnsonPart III. Speaking by Proxy: The Citation as Testimony 6. Peter Szondi 7. Peter WeissConclusion: Speaking of the Noose in the Country of the Hangman (Theodor W. Adorno)Bibliography Index
£97.20
Cornell University Press Riots Pogroms Jihad
Book SynopsisIn October 2002 a bomb blast in a Balinese nightclub killed more than two hundred people, many of them young Australian tourists. This event and subsequent attacks on foreign targets in Bali and Jakarta in 2003, 2004, and 2005 brought Indonesia into...Trade Review"Beneath the many phenomena of violence that John T. Sidel has amply researched, he rightly discerns and repeatedly describes a key role for anxieties about religious identity." -- Theodore Friend, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia"John T. Sidel has written an original, wise, and lasting book unlike the vast majority of breathless, ambulance-chasing, and shallow studies of ethnic and religious violence. If you are more interested in the deep historical and structural causes of political violence—in the accumulation of social dynamite—rather than the particular match that lights the fuse, then, this is the only book you'll need to understand contemporary Indonesia." -- James C. Scott, Sterling Professor of Political Science and Anthropology, Yale University"John T. Sidel's method and conclusions—and, indeed, the very aims of his analysis—are pathbreaking. Riots, Pogroms, Jihad is destined to become one of the most important works in Indonesian studies of the post-Suharto period. It will be critical to scholars and policymakers eager to understand the dynamics of Indonesian politics and society. Political scientists, historians, and anthropologists working outside of Southeast Asia will also find in this book a fruitful guide to developing new ways of thinking about religion and violence elsewhere in the world." -- Danilyn Rutherford, University of Chicago"This is an important and original book that compares diverse contexts and manifestations of religious violence across Indonesia. Riots, Pogroms, Jihad is strongly grounded in empirical evidence and the author's deep familiarity with Indonesia." -- Nancy Lee Peluso, University of California, Berkeley
£24.29
Cornell University Press Divine Hiddenness and Human Reason
Book SynopsisWhy, if a loving God exists, are there "reasonable nonbelievers," people who fail to believe in God but through no fault of their own? In Part 1 of this book, the first full-length treatment of its topic, J. L. Schellenberg argues that when we notice...Trade Review"A tightly argued, superbly crafted and religiously sensitive book. . . . Nobody interested in philosophical issues pertaining to our relation to God can afford to miss it."—Mind"This book deserves to be seen as the definitive study to date of its subject. That subject is the implications of the lack of clear cut evidence and argument for the existence of God."—Religious Studies"J. L. Schellenberg has developed the argument from hiddenness against the existence of God in a more thorough way than has ever been done before. I consider this book one of the six or seven most important books on the philosophy of religion published in the last fifteen years."—Richard Swinburne, University of Oxford"This book is a splendid, illuminating study of Divine hiddenness and its implications for the question of whether the God of traditional theism actually exists."—William L. Rowe, Department of Philosophy, Purdue University"Divine Hiddenness and Human Reason is a carefully argued, deeply insightful, and richly rewarding book. J. L. Schellenberg singlehandedly turned the problem of divine hiddenness into a major issue in contemporary philosophy of religion."—Paul Draper, Purdue University
£22.39
Cornell University Press Idols in the East
Book SynopsisRepresentations of Muslims have never been more common in the Western imagination than they are today. Building on Orientalist stereotypes constructed over centuries, the figure of the wily Arab has given rise, at the dawn of the twenty-first century...Trade ReviewAkbari's wide-ranging and ambitious book examines portrayals of the Saracens and the Orient in texts of diverse nature written in Latin and European vernaculars between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries.... It will become essential reading for all who wish to understand the place of the Orient and the Saracen in later medieval thought. -- John Tolan * Journal of Religion *In Idols in the East, Suzanne Conklin Akbari writes a prehistory of Orientalism. In order to consider the possible contours of a medieval Orientalism, Akbari analyzes a wide range of primary and secondary sources. By focusing on texts that represented Muslims and also on texts that structured a cosmology where Muslims and Islam could fit within a Christian worldview, the book provides a conceptual narrative. * Speculum *Provocative yet never overreaching, as compelling as it is meticulously researched, this groundbreaking book now stands as the best treatment of Islam in the medieval Christian imagination that we possess. It will not be easily superseded. * American Historical Review *
£22.79
Cornell University Press Speaking the Unspeakable in Postwar Germany
Book SynopsisSpeaking the Unspeakable in Postwar Germany is an interdisciplinary study of a diverse set of public speeches given by major literary and cultural figures in the 1950s and 1960s. Through close readings of canonical speeches by Hannah Arendt, Theodor W. Adorno, Ingeborg Bachmann, Martin Buber, Paul Celan, Uwe Johnson, Peter Szondi, and Peter Weiss, Sonja Boos demonstrates that these speakers both facilitated and subverted the construction of a public discourse about the Holocaust in postwar West Germany. The author's analysis of original audio recordings of the speech events (several of which will be available on a companion website) improves our understanding of the spoken, performative dimension of public speeches. Speaking the Unspeakable in Postwar Germany emphasizes the social constructedness of discourse, experience, and identity, but does not neglect the pragmatic conditions of aesthetic and intellectual productionmost notably, the felt need to respond to Trade Review"Speaking the Unspeakable in Postwar Germany is a well-honed, meticulously researched, and theoretically grounded study of public speeches that sought to intervene into the memory culture of postwar West Germany. By considering a wide range of sources, Sonja Boos manages to establish the public speech as a genre in its own right, one that became crucial in challenging the biases and blind spots of West German Vergangenheitsbewälitgung. Indeed, Boos's book confers upon the public speech an entirely new status in the study of postwar German culture, history, and memory. From political to psychoanalytical theory, from discourse analysis to memory studies, Boos brings a range of theoretical approaches to bear in her insightful readings of the speeches at hand. The successful integration of classical rhetoric, speech act theory, and public sphere theory in Boos's theoretical framework is particularly laudable." -- Katja Garloff, Reed College"This is an ambitious and important book. Sonja Boos displays extensive familiarity with the early cultural history of West Germany, presenting a valuable series of snapshots of intellectual life there through the mid-1960s, focusing on the engagement of public intellectuals in memory of the Holocaust. Speaking the Unspeakable in Postwar Germany offers complex and insightful analyses of these interventions." -- Russell A. Berman, Walter A. Haas Professor in the Humanities, Stanford UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: An Archimedean PodiumPart I. In the Event of Speech: Performing Dialogue 1. Martin Buber 2. Paul Celan 3. Ingeborg BachmannPart II. "Who One Is": Self-Revelation and Its Discontents 4. Hannah Arendt 5. Uwe JohnsonPart III. Speaking by Proxy: The Citation as Testimony 6. Peter Szondi 7. Peter WeissConclusion: Speaking of the Noose in the Country of the Hangman (Theodor W. Adorno)Bibliography Index
£27.54
Cornell University Press Out of the Shadow
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewOut of the Shadow... remains the most sensitive and insightful first-person account of a particular immigrant experience. * New York History *
£17.84
Cornell University Press Horizons of the Sacred
Book SynopsisHorizons of the Sacred explores the distinctive worldview underlying the faith and lived religion of Catholics of Mexican descent living in the United States. Religious practices, including devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe, celebration of the Day of...Trade ReviewSince the Hispanic or Latino population of the United States represents 20 countries, the editors... have chosen a specific focus for this study: the religious traditions of Mexican American communities. * Theology Digest *This volume is both a welcome contribution to the growing literature on the religious practices of Hispanic immigrants and a useful resource for reflecting on the theological implications of relgiosidad popular (religion of the people). -- John T. Ford, Catholic University of America * Religious Studies Review *Horizons of the Sacred is an inviting multidisciplinary collection of essays about Mexican American Catholics.... The book challenges domination in American culture and shows traditions strengthening Mexican Americans against injustice. The authors are careful not to assume Catholic knowledge on the part of readers. The book is intended for classroom use, scholars, church leaders, pastoral ministers and meets its goals. Audiences may draw different benefits from it but each will be pleased, for the authors are eloquent. Ideas swarm. No review can do justice to Horizons. -- Yanick St. Jean, University of Wisconsin * Catholic Books Review *Those wishing to broaden their perspective will find in this collection a sound resource. Thus, this book will be useful for scholars of liturgy, sacraments, culture and religion, inculturation, popular religion, ritual studies, cultural anthropology, theological anthropology, and history. It is especially good for liturgists and liturgical theologians working in a Mexican American context as well as with other Hispanic/Latino groups since some of the core values and approached presented are shared among them. -- Raul Gomez, S.D.D, Sacred Heart School of Theology * Worship, March 2004 *In Horizons of the Sacred, the authors deal specifically with the Mexican American role and influence within the Catholic Church in the United States. Matovina and Riebe-Estrella state that while at one time the Catholic Church was dominated by European immigrants, the modern Catholic Church remains an entity where Mexican Americans continue to practice their religious custom and traditions, and thus have helped shape many of the rituals, practices, and traditions within the context of modern day Catholicism.... Overall, Matovina and Riebe-Estrella have compiled a valuable and much-needed addition to the understanding of Mexican American Catholic traditions. This book will be of value and interest to students, scholars, church ministers, and lay readers who wish to understand how Mexican American customs and traditions are, and will continue to be, a part of the Catholic tradition in the United States. -- Roy Lujan, New Mexico Highlands University * Western Historical Quarterly *
£20.79
Cornell University Press Antisemitism and Its Opponents in Modern Poland
Book SynopsisFrom the Middle Ages until World War II, Poland was host to Europe's largest and most vibrant Jewish population. By 1970, the combination of Nazi genocide, postwar pogroms, mass emigration, and communist repression had virtually destroyed Poland's...Trade Review"Historians who would integrate Polish history into the history of Europe must come to terms with the enormously complex topic of antisemitism. This book meets that challenge admirably, and is simply indispensable. The team of scholars that Robert Blobaum has assembled includes some of the very best writers on modern Polish history. The result is an unusually coherent volume, seamlessly uniting American and Polish perspectives to ask us to examine the very meaning of Polishness. Antisemitism appears here in all its nationalist, political, ideological, and religious complexity. Antisemitism and its Opponents is essential reading for scholars of Poland and of Jewish history. Any student of European history, too, will find that this book significantly advances our understanding of one of the central problems of modernity."—Padraic Kenney, University of Colorado, Boulder"This state-of-the-art book about modern Polish antisemitism tackles some of the most difficult questions in the still highly sensitive history of Polish-Jewish relations. Robert Blobaum has assembled an impressive team of authors from Poland and the West. Their scholarship is dispassionate, learned, and takes advantage of newly accessible sources. This important volume marks a new stage in the post-Jedwabne debate."—Norman M. Naimark, Stanford University
£33.25
Johns Hopkins University Press After Auschwitz History Theology and Contemporary
Book SynopsisIn this revised and expanded edition, Richard Rubenstein returns to old questions and addresses new issues with the same passion and spirit that characterized his original work.Trade ReviewAll of the essays in this edition are passionate and provocative and some are brilliant. As the summation of decades of burningly honest inquiry into some of the most fundamental issues in modern history, this work will remain one of the seminal books of this generation. Australian Jewish TimesTable of ContentsPreface Preface to the first editionPart I. The Encounter of Christian and JewChapter 1. The Dean and the Chosen People Chapter 2. Person and Myth in the Judeo-Christian Encounter Chapter 3. Religion and the Origins of the Death Camps: A Psychoanalytic InterpretationChapter 4. The Auschwitz Convent Controversy Part II. The Meaning of the HolocaustChapter 5. The Unmastered Trauma: Interpreting the HolocaustChapter 6. Modernization and the Politics of Extermination: Genocide in the Historical ContextChapter 7. Covenant, Holocaust, and Intifada Part III. Theology and Contemporary JudaismChapter 8. Covenant and Divinity: The Holocaust and the Problematics of Religious Faith, Part 1Chapter 9. Covenant and Divinity: The Holocaust and the Problematics of Religious Faith, Part 1Chapter 10. The Rebirth of Israel in Contemporary Jewish TheologyChapter 11. War, Zionism, and Sacred Space Chapter 12. The Meaning of Torah in Contemporary Jewish TheologyChapter 13. Death-of-God Theology and Judaism Chapter 14. Jews, Israel, and Liberation Theology Chapter 15. Muslims, Jews, and the Western World: A Jewish ViewChapter 16. God after the Death of God Notes Acknowledgements Index
£25.20
Johns Hopkins University Press On Being a Jew
Book SynopsisAlthough the book has plenty of the "how toof religious practice, Being a Jew is in the end an eloquent reflection on Judaism's deepest theme: living life as a way of serving God.Trade ReviewIdeal for students, parents, and rabbis, and those who wish to resolve what it means to be a Jew. Judaica News This book is more than a highly readable presentation of the basics of Judaism. It is a provocative and persuasive argument that the true meaning of being a Jew has been obscured for many Jews today as well as a stirring reflection on some of the deepest themes in Jewish practice and belief. Jewish Star A compelling introduction to being a religious Jew. Moment An honest, provocative and important work. Jewish Action For today's generation, this book is a necessary acquisition. Jewish Libraries Newsletter No apologist, and no fan of what he terms the 'halfway affair'of American Judaism, [Kugel] demonstrates the deepest continuities of Jewish history. Economist
£23.85
Johns Hopkins University Press The Jews of Early Modern Venice
Book SynopsisThe constraints of the ghetto and the concomitant interaction of various Jewish traditions produced a remarkable cultural flowering.Trade Review[ The Jews of Early Modern Venice] is a particularly good study of how a minority group can fit into a general culture, yet retain its identity and develop new forms of culture. -- Donald B. Epstein History: Reviews of News Books The Jews of Early Modern Venice is a rich anthology of essays on ethinicity and identity, commerce and culture, and other matters relating to a time well before the great wooden gates of the ghetto of Venice were taken down. -- L. R. N. Ashley Bibliotheque d'Humanism et Renaissance [This volume] contributes to an enhanced understanding of the varied social groups, the traditions of faith and thought, and the art produced in the Venetian ghetto... These essays demonstrate the remarkable cultural and religious complexity of Jewish life in early modern Venice. -- Stephen D. Benin Religious Studies Review We have reason to welcome this collection of essays on the Jews of Venice... [ The Jews of Early Modern Venice] offers a unified portrait that poionts the way toward understanding modes of acculturation: how Jews might be insiders and outsiders at the same time. -- Kenneth Stow Renaissance Quarterly This unusually coherent collection of essays on the theme of Jewish community life in early modern Venice deserves a wide readership. -- John K. Brackett H-Net Reviews The essays in this fine volume are the result of years of intensive research of a diverse collection of source materials by a cadre of some of the most renowned scholars in numerous fields within the history of early modern Venice and early modern Judaism... The volume eloquently contextualizes the history and development of Jewish settlement in Venice and the role of the Jews in the broader city and its territories. -- Dean Phillip Bell HistorianTable of ContentsContents and Contributors: Introduction, Robert C. Davis I. Settlement The Venetian Government and the Jews, Benjamin Ravid * The "City of the Jews," Donatella Calabi II. Ethnicities and Identities Jewish Banks and Monti di Pieta, Brian Pullan * Jews in International Trade: The Emergence of the Levantines and Ponentines, Benjamin Arbel * Jews, Crypto-Jews, and the Inquisition, Pier Cesare Ioly Zorattini * The Ghetto Republic, David J. Malkiel * Jewish Women and Family Life, Inside and Outside the Ghetto, Howard Tzvi Adelman III. Cultures A Cultural Profile, Robert Bonfil * Medicine and Scientific Thought: The World of Tobias Cohen, David B. Ruderman * Jewish Musical Culture: Leon Modena, Don Harran * Processions, Piety, and Jewish Confraternities, Elliott Horowitz
£52.28
Johns Hopkins University Press Amish Enterprise
Book SynopsisIn this new edition, the authors update demographic and technological changes, and describe Amish enterprises outside of Pennsylvania in a new chapter.Trade ReviewUseful in courses in religion and culture; an excellent supplementary text for courses in sociology... Amish and other minority groups... may be inspired and instructed by this heartening document. -- Gene Burd Utopian Studies 2005 Important for anyone interested in the interplay between a small, separate religious group and the dominant culture. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 2005Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I: The Cultural ContextChapter 1. The Roots of Amish LifePart II: Cultural Resources for Entrepreneurship Chapter 2. From Plows to ProfitsChapter 3. A Profile of Amish EnterprisesChapter 4. Homespun Entrepreneurs Chapter 5. Labor and Human ResourcesPart III: Cultural Constraints of EntrepreneurshipChapter 6. The Moral Boundaries of BusinessChapter 7. Taming the Power of TechnologyChapter 8. Small-Scale LimitationsPart IV: The Public Face of Amish EnterpriseChapter 9. Promotion and Professional NetworksChapter 10. Coping with Litigation and LiabilityChapter 11. Negotiating with CaesarChapter 12. Failure and SuccessPart V: The Transformation of Amish SocietyChapter 13. The Fate of a Traditional PeopleChapter 14. National Patters of Amish WorkAppendixes: Research Methods and Data SourcesNotesReferencesIndex
£21.85
Johns Hopkins University Press Guadalupe and Her Faithful
Book SynopsisThis fascinating account reveals the potential force-and the potential limitations-of devotion in people's lives and religious imagination.Trade ReviewMatovina's work is... breath-taking. -- Jose Angel Gutierrez Journal of American Studies Associaton of Texas 2006 Matovina has produced a solid piece of history that will be of interest to and enjoyed by professional historians and laypeople alike. -- Anthony Quiroz Journal of American History 2006 A well-written and insightful evaluation. -- Kathleen Garces-Foley Journal of American Ethnic History 2006 Gaudalupe... is shown in various lights - in all her glory, and at times her mystery is even slightly unveiled. -- Georgie Ann Weatherby Catholic Studies 2007 A focused, well-researched, and generous book that captures well the various ways that Guadalupan devotion has been expressed and transformed over time... This study undoubtedly represents a high point in this ongoing endeavor. -- Chris Tirres Journal of the American Academy of Religion 2007 This is clearly a substantial work of scholarship and a major contribution to Mexican American religious history... It deserves wide readership and acclaim. -- Roberto R. Trevino American Historical Review 2007 Beautifully written to evoke the very practices being studied, Matovina's painstaking work on communal identity provides evidence that group traditions and identities are 'made, not born.' -- Paula Kane Religion and American Culture 2006 Guadalupe and Her Faithful is one of those rare texts that bridge the academy, the church, pastors, grassroots devotees, and a wider public... This book increases appreciation and knowledge of the growing Latino population and its religious traditions. -- Virgilio Elizondo Spiritus: Journal of Christian Spirituality 2007 Timothy Matovina's Guadalupe and her Faithful is a significant contribution to Guadalupan scholarship... Matovina taps into the corazon of the matter with his coverage of the religious and popular aspects of the devotion to La Virgen de Guadalupe. -- Tey Marianna Nunn Pacific Historical Review 2007 Very engaging story... An excellent contribution to Mexican American history and Latino spirituality. -- Gilberto M. Hinojosa Southwestern Historical Quarterly 2007 This study beautifully combines history, theology, and sociology in looking at Catholic worship in the Latino religious community surrounding San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio, Texas. -- Linda B. Hall Americas 2007 In Guadalupe and Her Faithful we have a well researched and readable examination of a vibrant faith community. -- Jesus F. de la Teja Catholic Historical Review 2007 A book that everyone... must read. It should be available in libraries across the nation, because any research on the Guadalupan legacy among Catholics, Hispanic or otherwise, would be incomplete without reference being made to Matovina's work. -- Patrick Foley Hispanic American Historical Review 2008 A well-researched and value addition to the literatures on popular Mexican and Chicano religiosities. -- Matthew Butler Ecclesiastical History This book belongs with other works that signal a welcome trend in scholarship where popular religion is, at last, no longer dismissed with condescension and scorn but deemed worthy or respect and study. -- Ramon Luzarraga American Catholic Studies 2008Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: An Evolving TraditionChapter 1. "Nuestra Madre Querida"Chapter 2. Patroness of la Frontera, 1731–1836Chapter 3. Defender of Dignidad, 1836–1900Chapter 4. Companion in el Exilio, 1900–1940Chapter 5. Celestial Mestiza, 1940–2003Epilogue: The Future of Guadalupan DevotionNotesBibliographyIndex
£23.75
Johns Hopkins University Press Faith in the Great Physician Suffering and Divine
Book SynopsisEmphasizing the centrality of religious practices to the enterprise of divine healing, Curtis sheds light on the relationship among Christian faith, medical science, and the changing meanings of suffering and healing in American culture.Trade ReviewHeather Curtis has done both the historical guild and the church a great favor in so elegantly narrating the history of a movement that challenged long-standing assumptions about the spiritual utility of corporal pain-and, in so doing, remapped our imaginations and transformed our understanding of suffering. -- Lauren F. Winner Books and Culture: A Christian Review 2008 Students of American religious history and American culture will find this work worthy of attention. Recommended. Choice An illuminating and exceedingly careful examination of a historical terrain chock-full of landmines... Its careful attention to the experiences of both laity and elites is as strong as its evenhanded interpretation. -- Mark A. Noll Christian Century 2008 Fascinating story told by Heather D. Curtis. -- Rennie B. Schoepflin Journal of American History 2009 Thoughtfully rendered study. -- Paul Harvey American Studies 2007 Faith in the Great Physician: Suffering and Divine Healing in American Culture, 1860-1900 is an engaging and informative analysis of the divine healing movement, grounded in a wide-ranging view of its social and cultural, medical and religious milieu... Heather Curtis is to be commended for this splendid contribution to the scholarship of the era. -- Nancy A. Hardesty Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era Lyrical and convincing. -- Pamela E. Klassen Church History 2010 Careful historical research that scholars of American religion and American history will find indispensable. -- Lynn S. Neal Journal of Religion 2010Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. A Thorn in the Flesh: Pain, Illness, and Religion in Mid-Nineteenth-Century America2. Resisting Resignation: The Rise of Religious Healing in the Late Nineteenth Century3. Acting Faith: The Devotional Ethics and Gendered Dynamics of Divine Healing4. The Use of Means: Divine Healing as Devotional Practice5. Houses of Healing: Sacred Space, Social Geography, and Gender in Divine Healing6. The Lord for the Body, the Gospel for the Nations: Divine Healing and Social ReformConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
£43.20
Johns Hopkins University Press An Amish Paradox
Book SynopsisAn Amish Paradox captures the complexity and creativity of the Holmes County Amish, dispelling the image of the Amish as a vestige of a bygone era and showing how they reinterpret tradition as modernity encroaches on their distinct way of life.Trade ReviewHurst and McConnell's thorough, readable analysis of the world's largest Amish settlement is fascinating from a variety of perspectives... Highly recommended. Choice 2011 Hurst and McConnell, obviously sympathetic to the Amish they study, are to be commended for their extensive research and their careful attention to nuance and exception. -- Robert Brenneman American Journal of Sociology 2011 A number of excellent books have been written about the Amish in recent years and An Amish Paradox joins the ranks of the best of them. A wonderful book. -- Elizabeth C. Cooksey Journal of Contemporary Religion 2011 A number of excellent books have been written about the Amish in recent years and An Amish Paradox joins the ranks of the best of them. Sociologist Charles Hurst and Anthropologist David McConnell not only bring an interdisciplinary expertise to their study, but also an intimate knowledge of the Amish in Ohio's Holmes County Settlement area, as well as a sense of adventure, as they lead theirreaders on a journey through various domains of Amish life. Their presentation is knowledgeable, measured, and thoughtful and their clear and straightforward style of writing takes one through many facets of Amish life in Ohio at a horse and buggy pace-fast enough to cover the territory and maintain one's interest, but slowly enough to point out the changing scenery en route and to really giveone a sense of the complex nuances that make up everyday Amish life. Journal of Contemporary Religion 2011 An Amish Paradox is a richly detailed and highly readable account of one settlement of Amish, perhaps the most visible ethnic religious minority in the United States. It is well-researched and free of jargon... [A] good choice for an advanced course in anthropology or sociology on religion, ethnicity, community, identity, or social change. -- Jonathan G. Andelson Anthropological Quarterly 2011Table of ContentsList of Figures, Maps, and TablesPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Discovering the Holmes County Amish2. The Origins of Religious Diversity3. Coping with Church Schism4. Continuity and Change in Family Life5. The Changing Landscape of Learning6. Work Within and Outside Tradition7. Health along the Life Cycle8. Stepping Back and Looking ForwardAppendixesA. MethodologyB. Ohio Amish Settlements, 2008C. Holmes County Settlement Amish Church Schisms, 1900–2001NotesBibliographyIndex
£27.00
University of Toronto Press Contemporary Antisemitism
Book SynopsisWith its combination of voices from both scholarship and leadership and its unique assessment of antisemitism in Canada and the struggle against it, Contemporary Antisemitism offers new perspectives on one of the world's most ancient and diffuse hatreds.Trade Review"'Clearly focused and exceptionally readable, Contemporary Antisemitism is a model of scholarly intervention on an urgent public issue. The contributors are all recognized authorities in their fields. No one could address these subjects without referring to their work.' Louis Greenspan, Department of Religious Studies, McMaster University"Table of ContentsPreface Introduction -Derek J. Penslar Part I: Canadian Leaders on Antisemitism Chapter 1 - Antisemitism: An Enduring Reality - The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney Chapter 2 - Law and Antisemitism - The Hounourable R. Roy Mcmurty Part II: Scholars on Antisemitism, New and Old Chapter 3 - The Changing Dimensions of Contemporary Antisemitism -Morton Weinfeld Chapter 4 -Historical reflections on Contemporary Antisemitism -Steven J. Zipperstein Chapter 5 - Antisemitism in Western Europe Today - Todd M. Endelman Chapter 6 - Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism: A Historical Approach - Derek J. Penslar Chapter 7 - The Nature and Determinants of Arab Attitudes Toward Israel-Mark Tessler
£42.30
University of Toronto Press Foundations of Religious Tolerance
Book SynopsisReligious intolerance is very old and widespread – a phenomenon of a highly distinctive nature which defies reduction to a simpler kind of vice. Methods of achieving religious tolerance have long been in dispute because there is much confusion about its nature.In this book, Professor Newman attempts to clarify the concept of religious tolerance in a way that other recent philosophical studies have clarified such concepts as justice, freedom, and equality. While there is a great deal of literature on theological, psychological, sociological, and political aspects of the problem, little has been said about the more fundamental ethical and epistemological issues that arise from philosophical reflection on religious competition and conflict.Newman addresses such questions as: How does religious intolerance differ from religious prejudice? Does being tolerant require commitment to relativism, pluralism, secularism, or universalism? Can a State live up to its promise to allow
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University of Toronto Press A.M. Klein
Book SynopsisThroughout his career A.M. Klein was concerned primarily with his relationship to his community, seeing himself, and all serious artists, as necessarily shaping and being shaped by the community in which they are rooted. Yet Klein's vision of this relationship was profoundly ambivalent, and this ambivalence is reflected most clearly in his troubled attitude to the two dominant strains in his work, Jewishness and modernism.In this study of A.M. Klein's work, Zailig Pollock focuses on 'the story of the poet,' which Klein retells again and again at major turning points in his career. Pollock argues that the story reflects Klein's attempt to mediate between his dual Jewish and modernist ambitions. While Klein's Jewishness gave him a sense of rootedness and vocation, it placed constraints on his personal and artistic freedom. Modernism offered Klein freedom for personal exploration and artistic expression, but the rootlessness implicit in modernism repelled him.The story ofTrade Review'In A.M. Klein: The Story of the Poet, Zailig Pollock has written the most substantial study of Klein since Miriam Waddington's A.M. Klein appeared in 1970. It is an admirable book: expansive, intellectually honest, fastidiously researched. It has all the virtues of a first-rate scholarly monograph.' -- Bruce Taylor Montreal Gazette 'Zailig Pollock's A.M. Klein: The Story of the Poet is one of those rare works of Canadian literary criticism that manages to be both scholarly and stylistically fluid - sophisticated but not turgid.' -- Michael Darling Books in Canada
£29.70
University of Toronto Press Jewish People Yiddish Nation Noah Prylucki and
Book SynopsisUsing hitherto unexplored archival sources, memoirs, interviews, and materials from the vibrant interwar Jewish and Polish presses, Kalman Weiser investigates the rise and fall of Yiddishism and of Prylucki's political party in the post-World War I era.Trade Review'Jewish People, Yiddish is an especially important reminder of just how much "Russian Jewish" history cannot be told without sustained attention to the large Jewish population that lived in Russian Poland, one of the empire's least digestible and most important regions, and to the numerous other Russian Jews outside Congress Poland.' -- Kenneth B. Moss The Journal of Modern History, Vol. 84:2:2012 'This important and impressively researched political biography, contributes greatly to our understanding of the lives of east European nationalist leaders and the issues they championed.' -- Sean Martin H-Poland, January 2015 'Weiser's book is to be commended for its meticulous historical research.' -- Gali Drucker Bar-Am Jews and Their Foodways: Studies in Contemporary Jewry, an annual vol 28: 2015
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University of Nebraska Press DoubleEdged Sword
Book SynopsisThe story of Sidney Franklin, a gay Jewish American bullfighter who triumphed over prejudice and adversity as he achieved what no American had ever accomplished, teaching Ernest Hemingway lessons in grace, machismo, and respect. Trade Review“Interjecting his opinions clearly while letting readers judge Franklin’s motives for themselves, Paul presents an absorbing biography of a twentieth century original, a confidante, lover, narcissist, and bravura performer whose capacity for suffering captured one of America’s greatest literary minds.”—Publishers Weekly “Lovingly and engagingly written.”—Kate McLoughlin, Times Literary Supplement“Finally! A fascinating, in-depth, warts-and-all biography of the legendary Hemingway hero, surely one of the great picaresque and colorful enigmas of modern times. Ears and tail to Bart Paul!”—Barnaby Conrad, author of Matador and The Death of Manolete“A must-read for all those interested in Ernest Hemingway’s life and loves, even if bullfighting leaves them cold.”—Martin Rubin, Washington Times “Since people began writing about the adventurous life of Sidney Franklin, be it Lillian Ross, Ernest Hemingway or others, [his story] seems to be shrouded in hyperbole, mystery, or just plain b.s. It’s taken Bart Paul to come along and tell the whole truth. I am very happy that after all these years, a real biography has finally been written. Congratulations, Bart Paul. Por fin, la verdad.”—Tony Brand, Aficionado práctico and scholar of bullfighting“In this well-researched biography, Bart Paul deftly depicts the extraordinary life of the Jewish boy from Brooklyn who became the most famous American bullfighter. Franklin not only was Ernest Hemingway’s inside informant while he was writing Death in the Afternoon, the writer arranged for the bullfighter to accompany him to Spain while he covered the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s. Mr. Paul captures Franklin’s wavering fortunes, alongside all the glitter, the gossip and the turmoil of the taurine scene in the early to mid twentieth century.”—Valerie Hemingway, author of Running with the Bulls: My Years with the HemingwaysTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsIntroduction:The AlternativeAct One1. The Bull2. Que Viva Mexico3. The Wisdom of the AztecAct Two4. El Niño de la Synagoga5. Thanks, Ma6. Yanqui Flamenco7. Death in the Afternoon –with Drinks and Dinner to Follow8. To the Ear9.Hard TimesAct Three10. The Big Parade11. A Fine Romance12. The Beard13. The Master Horn14. The Sword15. Separate Trails16. Hemingway’s Gay Blade17. The Alternativa18. The New Man19. Servalavari20. Recuerdos21. Sol y SombraAcknowledgments and AfterthoughtsNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of Nebraska Press Laboratory for World Destruction Germans and
Book SynopsisDuring the 60 years between the founding of Bismarck's German Empire and Hitler's rise to power, German-speaking Jews left a profound mark on Central Europe and on 20th-century culture. This title presents a study of the fateful symbiosis between Germans and Jews in Central Europe, which culminated in the tragic denouement of the Holocaust.Trade Review“Robert Wistrich has written a book which is not only profound in its analysis of modern Jewish identity in central Europe and outstanding in its feel for nuance, but is also a study marked by a wonderful clarity of thought and expression.”—Professor Gershon Shaked, Recipient of the Israel Prize in Modern Hebrew Literature“Wistrich argues that during the period between Bismarck’s German Empire and Hitler’s rise to power, the contributions made by German and Austrian Jews significantly imprinted the cultures of Central Europe. Beyond that period, however, he claims, the demise of this cultural history occurred, in part, due to the ‘social psychology of envy.’ . . . It is a collection that will further the reader’s understanding of the periods of social envy and racism.”—Jewish Book World"Well researched with footnotes and bibliography, this book is essential for Jewish, Holocaust, and academic libraries."—Hallie Cantor, Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter"An indispensible work that charts the course of events and ideas that ultimately led to the Holocaust." indispensable—Jack Fischel, New Jersey Jewish News"Wistrich's expertise and clear prose provide reliable information alongside deft analysis, and give food for thought for novice and expert alike."—Daniel Mark Vyleta, European Historical Quarterly“Laboratory for World Destruction is a useful and thoughtful collection of essays about a range of political and cultural figures and their influence on the ‘Jewish Question’ in the Habsburg Empire. . . . Wistrich’s portraits are valuable for illuminating the special circumstances and obstacles to Jewish life in the Late Habsburg Empire.”—German Studies Review
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University of Nebraska Press Sojourners
Book SynopsisFeatures interviews that takes one to the heart of modern German Jewish history. This title offers accounts of the Weimar Republic, the Nazi era, the Holocaust, and the divided Germany of the Cold War era. It includes vivid descriptions of the new united Germany, with its alarming resurgence of xenophobia and anti-Semitism.
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University of Nebraska Press Bringing the Dark Past to Light
Book SynopsisExplores the memory of the Holocaust and the Jewish past in post-communist Eastern EuropeTrade Review"This pioneering work in the field of Holocaust studies should be a part of any library with even the most modest of holdings about the Shoah."—David M. Crowe, Journal of Interdisciplinary History"The manner in which Nazi-occupied nations have responded to the Holocaust since the fall of communism is a subject of no small importance. Fortunately, Bringing The Dark Past To Light addresses this topic seriously and comprehensively."—Sheldon Kirshner, Times of Israel "A remarkable collection."—Kelly McFall, New Books in Genocide Studies"This is a magnificent work of scholarship. The essays in this substantial book provide models of balance and rectitude."—Patterns of Prejudice“An excellent collection that addresses a very timely topic and fills a real gap in our knowledge. It will be of interest not only to specialists on the Holocaust but also to anyone—specialist and nonspecialist alike—interested in the issues and problems of postcommunist Europe.”—Samuel Kassow, professor of history at Trinity College and author of Who Will Write Our History? Rediscovering a Hidden Archive from the Warsaw Ghetto “An extraordinary volume and a feat of editorial ingenuity. . . . No matter what you know or think about contemporary Europe and the politics of Holocaust memory, you will be enlightened and surprised by this remarkable book.”—Doris L. Bergen, Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Professor of Holocaust Studies, University of Toronto, and author of War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction John-Paul Himka and Joanna Beata Michlic1. "Our Conscience Is Clean": Albanian Elites and the Memory of the Holocaust in Postsocialist Albania Daniel Perez2. The Invisible Genocide: The Holocaust in Belarus Per Anders Rudling3. Contemporary Responses to the Holocaust in Bosnia and Herzegovina Francine Friedman4. Debating the Fate of Bulgarian Jews during World War II Joseph Benatov5. Representations of the Holocaust and Historical Debates in Croatia since 1989 Mark Biondich6. The Sheep of Lidice: The Holocaust and the Construction of Czech National History Michal Frankl7. Victim of History: Perceptions of the Holocaust in Estonia Anton Weiss-Wendt8. Holocaust Remembrance in the German Democratic Republic--and Beyond Peter Monteath9. The Memory of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Hungary Part 1: The Politics of Holocaust Memory Paul Hanebrink Part 2: Cinematic Memory of the Holocaust Catherine Portuges10. The Transformation of Holocaust Memory in Post-Soviet Latvia Bella Zisere11. Conflicting Memories: The Reception of the Holocaust in Lithuania Saulius Sužiedlis and Šarūnas Liekis12. The Combined Legacies of the "Jewish Question" and the "Macedonian Question" Holly Case13. Public Discourses on the Holocaust in Moldova: Justification, Instrumentalization, and Mourning Vladimir Solonari14. The Memory of the Holocaust in Post-1989 Poland: Renewal--Its Accomplishments and Its Powerlessness Joanna B. Michlic and Małgorzata Melchior15. Public Perceptions of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Romania Felicia Waldman and Mihai Chioveanu16. The Reception of the Holocaust in Russia: Silence, Conspiracy, and Glimpses of Light Klas-Göran Karlsson17. Between Marginalization and Instrumentalization: Holocaust Memory in Serbia since the Late 1980s Jovan Byford18. The "Unmasterable Past"? The Reception of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Slovakia Nina Paulovičová19. On the Periphery: Jews, Slovenes, and the Memory of the Holocaust Gregor Joseph Kranjc20. The Reception of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Ukraine John-Paul HimkaConclusion Omer BartovContributors Index
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University of Nebraska Press Imaginary Neighbors
Book SynopsisExplores the political topic in Poland: Jewish-Polish relations during and after World War-II. This book examines the manner in which the relations between Poles and Jews are understood in Poland and in the Polish and Jewish diasporas.
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University of Nebraska Press Contemporary Jewish Writing in Poland
Book SynopsisA collection of Polish Jewish writings since WWII. This book brings together the works of several Jewish writers, most of whom remained in Poland. Although the Nazi genocide wiped out nearly all of the Jewish population in the country, the aftermath of the war has not stifled Jewish writing in Poland but has given it a different direction.Trade Review"An important series of contemporary Jewish writing abroad translated into English."—Library Journal"The motif of silence that runs through many of the pieces is in keeping with the paradoxical nature of the book: the writers do after all speak, mute of the spoken but not of the written word. The translations are uniformly lucid and graceful, and the lengthy introduction provides a valuable frame to the book."—Choice"For the non-Polish reader, the superb introduction alone makes the book worthwhile. The editors, Brandeis professor Antony Polonsky and University of Lublin professor Monika Adamczyk-Garbowska, have included a number of Polish Jewish writers who wrote in Polish and dealt with Jewish topics. Although several writers, including Ida Fink, left Poland, most stayed. Some, such as Stryjkowski and Adolph Rudnicki, had begun to write before the war. Like Ms. Krall and Michal Grynberg, others were children or adolescents during the Holocaust. All these writers take a hard and realistic look at Polish-Jewish relations during the war and give readers vital insight into the psychological dilemma of being a Jew in postwar Poland."—ForwardTable of ContentsJulian StryjkowskiStanislaw WygodzkiAdolf RudnickiArtur SandauerZofia GrzesiakLeo LipskiIda FinkStanislaw BenskiBogdan WojdowskiHenryk GrynbergHanna KrallContibutors: Antoni Slonimski Contents:PrefaceIntroduction by Monika Adamczyk-Garbowska and Antony PolonskyJulian Stryjkowski (1905-96)excerpts from Voices in the Darknessexcerpt from Judas Maccabeus: AfterwordStanislaw Wygodzki (1907-91)Blessed Be the Hands ...selected poems from A Memoir of Loveselected poems from PartingAdolf Rudnicki (1912-92)excerpt from The Dead Sea and the Living Sea: AscensionArtur Sandauer (1913-89)Death of a LiberalZofia Grzesiak (1914-)MarriageLeo Lipski (1917-)Roe Deer's BrotherThe WadiIda Fink (1921-)A Scrap of Time*****A DogNight of SurrenderThe Tenth ManTracesStanislaw Benski (1922-88)A Strange CountryMissing PiecesBogdan Wojdowski (1930-94)excerpt from Bread for the DepartedA Little Person, a Songless Bird, a Cage, and the WorldHenryk Grynberg (1936-)Fatherlandselected poems from Antinostalgiaselected poems from Verses from Americaselected poems from Among the Absentselected poems from A Monument on the Potomacselected poems from I Draw in MemoryHanna Krall (1937-)Briefly NowThe Dybbuk [Fragments]The ArmchairAntoni Slonimski (1896-1976)excerpt from How It Really HappenedGlossaryAcknowledgments
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MQ - University of Nebraska Press Under Postcolonial Eyes
Book SynopsisIn the Western literary tradition, the ""jew"" has long been a figure of ethnic exclusion and social isolation - the wanderer, the scapegoat, the alien. But it is no longer clear where a perennial outsider belongs. This provocative study of contemporary British writing points to the figure of the ""jew"" as the litmus test of multicultural society.Trade Review"Remarkably comprehensive."—Devorah Baum, Jewish QuarterlyTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Under Colonial Eyes: Doris Lessing and the Jews 2. Under Postcolonial Eyes: Baumgartner‘s Bombay 3. Hybridity‘s Children: Andrea Levy, Zadie Smith, and Salman Rushdie 4. The Color of Shylock: Caryl Phillips 5. Down Cultural Memory Lane: Ali, Lichtenstein, and Gavron 6. The Postmodern Jew 7. Radically Jewish Bibliography Index
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University of Nebraska Press South African Jews in Israel Assimilation in
Book SynopsisDespite consensus about the importance of multigenerational analysis for studying the long-term impact of immigration, most studies in Israel have focused on the integration of first-generation migrants, neglecting key changes that occur intergenerationally. Rebeca Raijman tackles this important but untold story with respect to Jewish South African immigration in Israel.Trade Review“This book will contribute to a better understanding of immigration and settlement in Israel, contemporary Israeli society, and Israel-diaspora relations, as well as the general corpus of literature on immigration, diasporism, and transnationalism.”—Uzi Rebhun, author of The Wandering Jew in AmericaTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsPreface1. Introduction2. Methodology3. The Process of Migration4. Linguistic Assimilation5. Economic Assimilation6. Identificational Assimilation7. ConclusionAppendix: Letter sent to householdsNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of Nebraska Press The Chosen Game
Book SynopsisTrade Review“A welcome addition to sports literature. . . . Rosen—a former college hoopster, pro coach, and prolific author, packs a ton of information in his compact narrative. . . . Readers familiar with Rosen's previous tomes will no doubt enjoy his witty commentary, elegant prose, and self-deprecating humor.”—Joseph Dorinson, Arete "Readers (from teens to adults) who are interested in Jewish participation in sports will find this book worthwhile."—Fred Isaac, Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews“Before basketball was the ‘city game,’ it was a ‘Jewish game.’ No one is better equipped than roundball aficionado and NBA-insider Charley Rosen to skillfully chronicle Jewish presence in the world of hoops, on and off the court.”—Jeffrey S. Gurock, author of Judaism’s Encounter with American Sports"Packed with a lot of information in less than 200 pages of text, this book makes a good addition to the library of readers who are basketball historians or those who wish to learn more about the role of Jews in the "American" game."—Lance Smith, Guy Who Reviews Sports BooksTable of ContentsPreface: Promise in the Promised Land 1. In the Beginning 2. Busy Izzies Take Over 3. Beyond the Izzies 4. Enter Sir Nat 5. Gotty and the SPAHS 6. Taking over the Game 7. The Barnum of Basketball 8. About All-Americans, Blackbirds, the Olympic Games, and the Rosenblums 9. The SPAHS, the Crown Jewels, and the ABL 10. The War Years 11. The Penguin and the Birth of the BAA 12. Too Many Jews on the Knicks 13. The Iron Man, Moe, and the Apprenticeship of Red Auerbach 14. Gotty Wins Again and a Crooked Ref 15. The Fix and Close Shaves 16. The Scandals of ’51 17. Murray’s in the Mountains 18. If It’s Broken, Keep Fixing It 19. David Beats Goliath Again 20. Molinas Redux 21. The Jewish Olympics 22. Some More Blue-Chip Jewish Hoopers 23. The Coaches 24. NBA Owners and Bigwigs 25. Recent Notable Players 26. The Jewish Jordan Appendix: Jews in the Naismith Hall of Fame Sources
£18.99
University of Nebraska Press Contemporary Jewish Writing in Britain and
Book SynopsisTrade Review"An important series of contemporary Jewish writing abroad translated into English."-Library Journal Library Journal
£28.80
University of Nebraska Press American Jews and Americas Game
Book SynopsisThese stories tell, as no previous book has, the history of the larger-than-life role of Jews in America's pastime.Trade Review“The historian Jacques Barzun was right when he said, ‘Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball.’ Larry Ruttman knows that too, and that is why I chose to write this Foreword to his book American Jews and America's Game. His stories cover almost one hundred years of American history and the place of American Jews in that history. . . . This is a book that celebrates family—baseball’s, yours, and mine.”—from the foreword by Allan H. “Bud” Selig, Commissioner of Major League Baseball"This longtime attorney remains a gentle, always enthusiastic questioner, interested in his subjects' love for the game, their experiences with anti-Semitism and their connection to their faith."—Kirkus"Jews have played a key role in baseball history, as has been frequently noted. There is now a celebratory tone to the topic, and this book is firmly within the new tradition."—Library Journal"American Jews and America's Game is a highly personal, heartfelt collaborative exploration between the interviewer, his subject and its participants and devotees."—Andrew P. Fleischer, Jewish Journal"[American Jews and America's Game is] a tremendous piece of work, and we're lucky to have it."—Rob Neyer, Baseballnation.comTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsForeword by Allan H. "Bud" SeligPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction by Martin AbramowitzThe 1930sHenry "Hank" Greenberg: Hall of Fame Infielder and Outfielder, Revealing the Survival of American Judaism Generation by GenerationThe 1940sThelma "Tiby" Eisen and Anita Foss: Baseball Players and Pioneers for Women's Rights, in a League of Their OwnDr. Martin Abramowitz: Originator of Jewish Major Leaguers Baseball CardsBarney Frank: Fan and CongressmanThe 1950sAl Rosen: First-Ever Unanimous Most Valuable Player Selection, the Luckiest Jew AliveAlan Dershowitz: From Avi the Bum and Ballplayer to Alan the Professor, Defender, and Civil LibertarianSol Gittleman: First-Generation Jewish American, Realizing the American DreamHoward Goldstein, Esquire: Jewish Baseball Memorabilia Collector, Preserving Memory Jewish-StyleRoger Kahn: Author of the Classic Baseball Book The Boys of SummerThe 1960sSandy Koufax: Pitcher Nonpareil and Perfect GentlemanMurray Chass: Hall of Fame New York Times ScribeIra Berkow: New York Times Journalist, Author, Pulitzer Prize Winner, and Jewish SonRabbi Michael Paley: Unorthodox Orthodox RabbiArt Shamsky: Hank Greenberg ReduxRoss Newhan and David Newhan: Hall of Fame Sports Scribe and Major League Baseball Player, Father and SonThe 1970sMarvin Miller: Baseball Game Changer and Former Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Players AssociationKen Holtzman: Winningest Jewish Major League Pitcher Ever, Observant JewRonald Shapiro and Mark Shapiro: Father and Son, the Merging of Judaism into AmericaRon Blomberg: Designated HebrewMarty Appel: Former New York Yankees Public Relations DirectorJoel Mael: Vice Chairman of the Florida Marlins, Orthodox JewElliott Maddox: Major League Outfielder, Black Convert to JudaismThe 1980sDonald Fehr: Former Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Players AssociationJerry Reinsdorf: Owner of the Chicago White Sox and the Chicago BullsSteve Hertz: Major League Infielder, Legendary College CoachAl Clark: Longtime Major League Umpire, Fallen and RedeemedThe 1990sAllan H. "Bud" Selig: Innovative and Controversial Commissioner of Major League BaseballJeffrey Maier: Fan and Tenth PlayerAndrew Zimbalist: Baseball's EconomistLeon Feingold: Israel Baseball League Player of the Year, Jewish Physical and Mental GiantAlan Schwarz: New York Times Columnist and AuthorMarvin Goldklang: Multiple Minor League Team Owner and Baseball Man of InfluenceBrad Ausmus: Gold Glove CatcherRandy Levine: President of the New York YankeesThe 2000sTheo Epstein: The Youngest General Manager in Major League Baseball HistoryGabe Kapler: Major League Outfielder and Minor League ManagerCraig Breslow: Major League Relief Pitcher, Yale University GraduateJeffrey Gurock: Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University, Orthodox Jew, and SportsmanStuart Sternberg: From Canarsie to Tampa Bay by Way of Wall StreetKevin Youkilis: Euclis, the Greek God of WalksThe 2010sDarren Harrison-Panis: On Course to Be a Major League Baseball Owner"Superman" Sam Fuld: Outfielder NonpareilIan Kinsler: Major League All-Star Second BasemanSelected BibliographyIndex
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University of Nebraska Press The Pat Boone Fan Club
Book SynopsisFollow Sue William Silverman, a one-woman cultural mash-up, on her exploration of identity among the mishmash of American idols and ideals that confuse most of us - or should. This searching, bracing, hilarious and moving book tries to make sense of that most troubling American condition: belonging, but to what?Trade Review"A masterly stylist continues her uncompromising examination of the inner life."—Kirkus Reviews“Silverman’s language is, by turns, blunt, wrenching, sophisticated, lyrical, tender, hilarious. She writes with wicked dark humor, splendid intelligence, wry wit, and honest confrontation. There’s no other book quite like it.”—Lee Martin, author of From Our House“Although many of the topics and themes in these essays are somber and sincere, Silverman’s ever-present humor sets a self-deprecating tone. . . . Readers will relate to these stories, for while they’re directly about this writer’s spiritual journey, they’re also about the universal feeling that one doesn’t quite belong, and the fact that Silverman has survived, recovered, and discovered her true self gives hope to the rest of us.” —newpages.com“Silverman’s writing is very alive. As a reader you feel immersed in her world, not just seeing it but feeling, tasting and smelling it.”—The New Book Review“Filled with warmhearted humor and profound compassion, this tour de force exploration of the search for identity is a joy to behold.”—Kaylie Jones, author of Lies My Mother Never Told Me“Silverman is the Tennessee Williams of memoir.”—Robert Vivian, author of The Least Cricket of EveningTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Dear Gent[i]le Reader The Pat Boone Fan Club The Wandering Jew The Mercurialist Gentle Reader The Endless Possibilities of Youth Swimming Like a Gefilte Fish For Jews Only That Summer of War and Apricots The Invisible Synagogue Concerning Cardboard Ghosts, Rosaries, and the Thingness of Things Prepositioning John Travolta Gentle Reader Galveston Island Breakdown: Some Directions Gentle Reader The Fireproof Librarian Fahrvergnügen: A Road Trip through a Marriage Almond Butter in the Ruints I Was a Prisoner on the Satellite of Love (Featuring Crow T. Robot, Star, Mystery Science Theater 3000) 000See the Difference The New Pat Boone Show My Sorted Past Gentle Reader An Argument for the Existence of Free Will and/or Pat Boone’s Induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Encore
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University of Nebraska Press Patterns in Comparative Religion
Book SynopsisDemonstrates universal religious experience and shows how humanity's effort to live within a sacred sphere has manifested itself in myriad cultures from ancient to modern times; and, how certain beliefs, rituals, symbols, and myths have, with interesting variations, persisted.
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University of Nebraska Press Medical Imperialism in French North Africa
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Medical Imperialism in French North Africa adds much to our understanding of French colonial policies towards minority communities in colonial North Africa and of gender and empire in general."—Nancy Gallagher, Journal of the History of Medicine"Park's Medical Imperialism is a very welcome contribution to the study of eugenics, imperialism and religious and ethnic identities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. . . . While Parks's work provides an interesting glimpse into a little known field of French colonial history, this book also raises broader questions that will be of interest to scholars of public health, empire and the state. By focusing on how the project of national regeneration played out in the recently established French protectorate in Tunisia, Parks provides readers with a window into broader scholarly debates about identity, biopolitics and the nature of colonial rule."—Jessica Lynne Pearson, Social History of Medicine"By showing how discourses of public health, urban planning, and hygiene established the difference of Tunisian Jews both from non-Jewish inhabitants of Tunis, as well as from French Jews, Parks adds a valuable contribution to the history of North African Jews."—Aro Velmet, French Politics, Culture and Society"Medical Imperialism is a must-read in the panoply of works on French imperialism for its novelty and thoroughness."—Claudy Delné, French Review"This book represents an attempt to reconstruct the social, cultural, and historical context of the Tunisian Jewish community under French protectorate, in particular the period between the two World Wars. It presents useful information for readers who may not be very familiar with the histories and complex ethnic and religious struggles which were at play in Maghrebi and Middle Eastern societies during the Ottoman and European empires."—Aimée Israel-Pelletier, Reading Religion"[Medical Imperialism in French North Africa] indicates the importance of studying religion in colonial medicine outside of the realm of Christian missionaries."—Hannah-Louise Clark, Journal of Modern History“Richard Parks adds new layers to our understanding of the interactions between colonizer and colonized in Tunisia, demonstrating how European ideologies and methodologies were challenged and reinterpreted on the ground. In doing so, he also sheds a new and powerful light on the complex interethnic landscape of colonial Tunisia.”—Maud S. Mandel, Dean of the College at Brown University and author of Muslims and Jews in France: History of a Conflict “In his highly original study, Richard Parks poses a fundamental question: Did a Tunisian Jewish community historically exist during the colonial era? Ethnographically and conceptually rich, this work employs the notion of regeneration to probe multiple kinds of lived and imagined social space—urban, hygienic, residential, reproductive, and associative. The author’s sustained and nuanced attention to issues of women and gender makes this book particularly compelling.”—Julia Clancy-Smith, professor of history at the University of Arizona and author of Mediterraneans: North Africa and Europe in an Age of Migration, c. 1800–1900Table of ContentsList of Maps Preface Acknowledgments 1. Situating Regeneration: Medicine, Science, and “Modern” Bodies 2. Regenerating Space: Destruction and Divided Communities 3. Regenerating Space, Part 2: Not All Ghettoes Are the Same 4. Regenerating Youth: The Role of the Alliance and the Rise of Zionism 5. Regenerating Women: The Assertion of Reproductive Control Conclusion: A Brief Reflection on Identity Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Nebraska Press Pitching in the Promised Land
Book SynopsisA former minor leaguer gets one last chance at pro ball in the unlikeliest of places, Israel.Trade Review"Mr. Pribble makes his adventure into a fascinating tale, full of both difficulties and thrills. Pitching in the Promised Land makes good reading."-Dorothy Seymour Mills, NY Journal of Books -- Dorothy Seymour Mills NY Journal of Books "[Pitching in the Promised Land] takes us on an interesting and enjoyable jaunt through a unique moment in Israeli and baseball history."-Donald H. Harrison, San Diego Jewish World -- Donald H. Harrison San Diego Jewish World "Aaron Pribble, a former professional baseball player turned schoolteacher, who starred for the Tel Aviv Lightning in the Israel Baseball League's only season, provides readers with a front row seat and his own unvarnished take on the upstart league."-Jonathan Papernick, Jewish Daily Forward -- Jonathan Papernick Jewish Daily Forward "This is, of course, much more than a baseball story. Pribble relates his romantic involvement, developing bonds of comradeship, and his efforts to consider his own Jewish identity within an Israeli society still striving to resolve its own contradictions. Pribble consistently hits the right notes, conveying his experiences with humor, irony, and a sense of novelty."-Jay Freeman, Booklist -- Jay Freeman Booklist "Pribble tells his story with wit, a little self-deprecating humor, and an eye for detail... It's hard to imagine a better introduction to a far-off land and its age-old conflicts."-James Bailey, Baseball America -- James Bailey Baseball America "With a writing style that is approachable, warm, effective, and engrossing, Pitching in the Promised Land will likely appeal to both Jewish seamheads and casual fans."-Joshua Platt, Jewish Book World -- Joshua Platt Jewish Book World "[Pribble's] is a story of coming of age spiritually and athletically in one short season in the throes of romance, Middle Eastern politics, and the dreams of America's pastime far from home."-Shofar ShofarTable of ContentsFirst Half1. Five2. Kfar Hayarok3. Tel Aviv Lightning4. Opening Day5. Safety First6. Call from the Pen7. Al Quds8. Nokona Wreckin Crew9. Arm Trouble10. Fun and Games11. Huelga! Huelga!12. The Mighty Black Sox13. Shabbat Shalom14. Sabras15. Sportek16. Para Bailar La Bomba17. The Love Doctor18. Rainout in the Desert19. Blooming the Desert20. Bus Ride21. Three Fields of Wheat22. Losing SucksAll-Star Break23. Flirting with Ramallah24. All-Star GameSecond Half25. Progress Report; or, Every Five Days26. Fourth Time's a Charm27. The Clara Fashion Bar28. The Road to Peace29. Home Run Derby30. Tikkun Olam31. The Rookie32. Clinched33. A Day in Palestine34. Playoffs35. All Good Things36. The Schnitzel Awards37. Sportsmanship and Character38. YallaEpilogueAcknowledgments
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University of Nebraska Press The Life of Jews in Poland before the Holocaust
Book SynopsisBen-Zion Gold's memoir brings to life the world of a million Jews in pre-World War II Poland who were later destroyed by the Nazis. Warmly recalling the relationships, rituals, observances, and celebrations, Gold evokes the sense of family and faith that helped him through the catastrophe that followed.Trade Review"In this moving memoir, Ben-Zion Gold describes how Jews lived in Poland, and not how they died... It took Rabbi Ben-Zion Gold 20 years to complete his spare, powerful memoir, which originated as a message to his daughters, both of them born in the United States after World War II... Poignant as each individual memory may be, taken together they attest to the wide range of religious experiences that Polish Judaism in full flower provided for an ardent, intelligent seeker like young Gold." - Harvey Blume, Jerusalem Report "Rabbi Gold writes with a rare combination of insight and understanding; the result is a fascinating, instructive and uniquely intimate memoir." - Ruth Anna Putnam, professor emerita of philosophy at Wellesley College and editor of The Cambridge Companion to William James "This beautifully written and moving account of his youth as a member of a traditional religious Jewish family in Radom in central Poland, by Ben-Zion Gold, stands out among Holocaust memoirs. Gold lovingly recreates this destroyed world and attempts to convey its deep spirituality, while distancing himself from its fundamentalism and ethnic self-centeredness. This is one of the most uplifting accounts of the resilience of the human spirit I have read in recent years." - Antony Polonsky, Walter Stern Hilborn Professor of Judaic and Social Studies at Brandeis University and coeditor of Contemporary Jewish Writing in Poland: An Anthology "When my colleague, Rabbi Harold Kushner, visited the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, he said: This place describes how the Jews died better than any other place that I have ever seen. Now we need to have a second museum, one that will tell the story of how the Jews lived. If such a museum is ever built, this book will deserve an honored place within it. For Ben-Zion Gold has told the story of the world of Polish Jewry between the wars, as reflected in his own life, with insight and grace... This is a wonderful memoir, and I learned much from it." - Rabbi Jack Riemer, Jewish Journal: L'Chaim "This book is quite different in character from existing Holocaust memoirs. It is an eyewitness account of a lost milieu and it tells us, as the saying goes, not how European Jews died but how they lived." - Robert Alter, professor of comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with CommentaryTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Jewish Radom2. Home and Family3. My Father's Marriage and Business4. My Religious Upbringing5. Heder6. My Sisters' Education7. Yeshiva8. Jews and Poles9. Rayzel's Engagement10. Pinye's Death11. Finding a Tutor12. The Beit HaMidrash and the Yeshiva13. Encounters with Hasidism14. Musarnikes15. Bathya's Engagement16. Love's First Glance17. Escape to Freedom18. The Encounter19. After Liberation
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University of Nebraska Press Jewish Voices in Feminism Transnational
Book SynopsisNelly Las navigates primarily among three cultures (French, Anglo-American, and Israeli) to present a philosophical and historical analysis of the intersection between contemporary Jewish dilemmas and feminism and its impact on Jewish thinking. She also explains the ambivalent attitude of feminist activists regarding current developments in the Jewish world.Trade Review"This volume privileges the voices and experiences of women and so should be required reading for those interested in feminist theory, Middle Eastern politics, and/or religious identity."—CHOICE"Nelly Las offers a transnational approach to analyzing the intersections of feminism and Jewishness."—Joyce Antler, Springer Journal“On a matter that concerns us today—the question of identity—Nelly Las examines the diversity, contradictions, and complexities of various ‘Jewish voices’ in French and American feminism during the last half century. This thought-provoking book helps us to better hear and understand these voices in the context of our time.”—Michelle Perrot, coeditor of the History of Women in the West series and 2014 winner of the Simone de Beauvoir Prize for Women’s Freedom Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: New Orientations and Commitments in Contemporary Feminism1. Differences and Identities: From Feminist Controversies to Current Jewish Dilemmas2. The Use and Abuse of Jews/Women Analogies in Contradictory Arguments3. Identity through the Feminist Lens: American Responses4. Being Jewish and Feminist in France5. From Confrontation to Dialogue: Jewish Women Face Christian Theologies6. Feminism, Secularism, and Religion in France7. Feminism and Zionism: Conflictual Narratives8. Israel and Zionism in the Global Feminist DebateConclusionSelected BibliographyIndex
£40.50
University of Nebraska Press Religious Feminist Activist
Book SynopsisInvestigates the political and religious identities of women who understand their social-justice activism as religiously motivated. Placing these women in historical context as faith-based activists for social change, this book discusses what their activities reveal about the public significance of religion in the pluralistic context of North America and in an increasingly globalized world.Trade Review"Zwissler's book gives a unique insight into the ways activists of faith create new communities and practices in imagining and bringing about a better world, based on a cosmology of interconnection that goes beyond individualism and recognizes every person's ethical responsibility for the well-being of others. It deserves to be widely read by scholars of religion, politics, and the complex interaction between the two."—Kim Knibbe, Political Theology"Bringing together ideas that are often thought to be incongruent, Zwissler . . . discusses individuals who have deep commitments to religion but also to feminism and activism. . . . Offering a wealth of information, this accessible book is well suited to classroom use as well as secondary reading."—M. M. Veeneman, Choice"Based on their worldview of interconnection, activists come together in communities that provide support, encourage patience and compassion, and connect people. With this ethnography of groups rarely studied with such depth, Zwissler provides an important contribution to scholarship on social movements and feminist and religious studies."—Sharon P. Doetsch-Kidder, Reading Religion"Laurel Zwissler centers her analysis around case studies of three women in Canada from the Catholic, United Church, and Pagan traditions. Both micro perspectives and macro investigation provide readers with insights into important differences among the subjects but equally important commonalities of spirit, politics, and action."—Water Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual"More often than not, the attention given to religious activism focuses on the influence of right-wing evangelical Christians in contemporary North American politics. Less often are we made aware of the ways in which other religious groups (Christian or non-Christian) have advocated for progressive policies that tend to fall on the left side of the political spectrum. The stories told by Laurel Zwissler in her book, Religious, Feminist, Activist: Cosmologies of Interconnection fills this void not only by providing a unique perspective on left-leaning religious activism in North America, but her work is imperative to understand the variety of ways in which religious women actively participate in the public and political spheres."—Stacy Keogh George, Religion and Gender“A valuable window into the complex but important role of religion in many progressive feminist groups. Zwissler’s volume helps us to better reflect on the challenging dance of religion and feminism, within the all-important context of activist work. Focusing on cultural and religious resources, rituals, and discourses that shape and constrain movement activity, this is a beautifully written, thoughtfully argued, and timely contribution.”—Courtney Bender, professor in the Department of Religion at Columbia University“The most effective way to understand activist religion is [through] finely tuned ethnographic work. Laurel Zwissler asks perceptive questions, listens to complex responses, and observes the multiple layers of women engaged in progressive public enactments in Toronto. The result is a convincing, compelling book.”—Ronald L. Grimes, director, Ritual Studies International and professor emeritus of religion and culture at Wilfrid Laurier University“Laurel Zwissler’s comprehensive and up-to-date summary and synthesis of matters pertaining to religious, spiritual, and political uses of ritual, ceremony, and action are critical to every large scale protest movement of our time.”—Mary Keller, assistant academic professional lecturer for the Department of Religious Studies at the University of WyomingTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Changing Rituals, Changing Worlds 2. “The Shrine Was Human Rights”: Pilgrimage and Protest 3. “Spirituality” as Feminist Third Choice: Gendering Religion and the Secular 4. Self, Community, and Social Justice Conclusion Source Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Nebraska Press Falafel Nation Cuisine and the Making of
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[Falafel Nation is] a thought-provoking read for someone interested in a detailed, intellectual exploration of the origins of Israeli identity from a new perspective."—Joy Getnick, Jewish Book Council"Falafel Nation is an extraordinary, insightful study of Zionism and modern Jewish nationalism."—Washington Book Review"Raviv successfully accomplishes a difficult task in a work that foodies, historians and sociologists will find of great interest."—Rachel Esserman, Reporter Group"Informative and intriguing."—Sheldon Kirshner, Times of Israel"This book is an excellent cultural and culinary history in the making of Israel's modern day identity, and how religious and secular ideologies surprisingly worked together to unify the nation. . . . Excellent writing and thorough research."—Jordan Griffith, International Social Science Review"[A] fascinating cultural history."—Jenna Weissman Joselit, Springer Journal“Falafel Nation [is] a book that makes food a partner in the creation of Israel in the twentieth century, set in the context of migrations, politics, intergroup struggles, and state building. This work will be an important addition to the literature on food history and the history of Israel.”—Hasia R. Diner, author of Hungering for America: Italian, Irish, and Jewish Foodways in the Age of Migration “What do Israelis talk about when they talk about food? Yael Raviv explores the food stories emerging from Zionism as they take shape in response to crisis, propaganda, and wave after wave of immigration. This lively and enlightening study of agriculture and cuisine as powerful elements in the task of state-making deserves wide readership in the academy and beyond.”—Laura Shapiro, author of Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century “Original, thought-provoking, and in many ways groundbreaking. Falafel Nation is rich with interesting and insightful ideas and comments that made me think time and again of the ways in which Israel can be observed from the culinary perspective. No doubt, approaching Israeli history, society, and political conflicts from the kitchen and the restaurant allows for a fresh and, indeed, critical view of this society.”—Nir Avieli, author of Rice Talks: Food and Community in a Vietnamese Town “Everybody who is interested in nation-building should read this book. Using falafel as a metaphor, Yael Raviv has done a brilliant job at portraying her native country. Bravo!”—Joan Nathan, author of Quiches, Kugels, and Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking in FranceTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Putting Down Roots: Agricultural Labor and Icons 2. Patriotic Distribution: The “Hebrew” Watermelon 3. Kitchen Lessons: Educating Home Cooks 4. The Virtual Kitchen: Making Room for Pleasure 5. The Professional Kitchen: Articulating a National Cuisine 6. No Table Required: Consumption and the Public Sphere Conclusion Appendix: Historical Context Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Nebraska Press When Basketball Was Jewish
Book SynopsisIn this oral history collection, Douglas Stark chronicles Jewish basketball throughout the twentieth century, focusing on 1900 to 1960. As told by the prominent voices of twenty people who played, coached, and refereed it, these conversations shed light on what it means to be a Jew and on how the game evolved from its humble origins to the sport enjoyed worldwide by billions of fans today.Trade Review"[When Basketball Was Jewish elevates] the voices of twenty distinguished Jewish basketball players, men who played the city game with passion, precision, and pride."—AETHLON"Douglas Stark provides an intimate look into the lives of young Jews whose athletic skills gave them an edge in society."—Fred Isaac, Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews"When Basketball was Jewish is more than a sports record. . . . Both Jewish history and basketball enthusiasts will enjoy this fascinating record of American Jewish life and its impact on American sport."—Jonathan Fass, Jewish Book Council"When Basketball Was Jewish reveals, as no previous book has, the evolving role of Jews in basketball and illuminates their contributions to American Jewish history as well as basketball history."—Phil Jacobs, Jewish Link NJ“A terrific first-person account of basketball life. As I read the stories of people I knew, like Nat Holman and of course my dad, Dolph Schayes, I found myself living the stories of their time in the game. Their accounts are so real and dynamic that the game comes to life as you feel like you are experiencing it with them. A terrific read!”—Danny Schayes, eighteen-year NBA player and son of Hall of Fame and NBA top-fifty player Dolph Schayes “The players and coaches chronicled in this book are not only important figures in Jewish basketball history; they played an important part in the history of the game. As a student of the game, a basketball lifer, and someone who is extremely proud of his Jewish heritage, I can appreciate the doors that they opened, and I’m glad that their stories are being told.”—Ernie Grunfeld, president of the Washington WizardsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Nat Holman Harry “Jammy” Moskowitz Les Harrison Harry Litwack Joel “Shikey” Gotthoffer Moe Spahn Sammy Kaplan Bernard “Red” Sarachek Phil Rabin Moe Goldman Bernie Fleigel Jack “Dutch” Garfinkel Ossie Schectman Ralph Kaplowitz Louis “Red” Klotz Norm Drucker Sonny Hertzberg Jerry Fleishman Max Zaslofsky Dolph Schayes Index
£22.79
Stanford University Press Prophet Reads Scripture Prophet Reads Scripture
Book SynopsisThis book examines the use of older biblical texts in Isaiah 40-66, notably the writings attributed to Deutero-Isaiah. Its discussion of allusions, influence, and intertextuality generates significant questions for both biblicists and literary critics: Why do authors allude? How does the presence of older material in a text affect readers? How can critics identify genuine cases of allusion? Are contemporary theories of intertextuality applicable to ancient texts? The author defends the controversial historical questions asked by scholars of inner-biblical exegesis, modifying some of the dominant (and, in some ways, misleading) categories other biblical scholars have created. In sum, the book aims to refine the study of inner-biblical exegesis through an extensive examination of the use of older texts in one corpus.The redactional complexity of the Book of Isaiah has rendered it central to discussions of canon formation and the final shaping of biblical material. The author deTrade Review"This book is a very careful and well-written consideration of how Second Isaiah uses scripture. It demonstrates a deep knowledge of literature and literary theory that is not often paralleled in the field of biblical studies, and it goes beyond earlier pathbreaking work on 'inner-biblical exegesis.' Especially provocative is Sommer's argument that the prophesies of Isa. 1—39 evidently did not bear any primacy of authority for Second Isaiah. The thesis is closely argued and will certainly attract much attention and further discussion." -- Gary A. Anderson * Harvard Divinity School *“This very impressive work is an original and deeply instructive contribution to biblical studies. Sommer is a finely perceptive reader of biblical texts, has a real mastery of the immense body of biblical scholarship, and moves with remarkable assurance from literary to historical analysis. The book not only enables us to read the prophet Deutero-Isaiah in a new and illuminating way but also leads us to understand the development of later biblical history in a new way.”—Robert Alter, University of California, Berkeley“Sommer has written a very detailed and precise account, arguing that the prophetic figure Deutero-Isaiah knew and used, by allusion and by various modes of reinterpretation, the very words of certain other biblical texts. He defines the different forms of allusion very exactly, and his study, interestingly, does not seek to overturn, but actually supports, familiar source-critical approaches. With present interests in canon and intertextuality, this is a work of first-rate importance.”—James Barr, Oxford UniversityTable of Contents1. Literary theory and the study of inner-biblical allusion and exegesis 2. Deutero-Isiah's use of Jeremiah 3. The appropriation of prophetic tradition 4. From poetry to prophecy: transformations of psalms and laments 5. Deutero-Isiah's use of pentateuchal texts 6. Learned tongue, inspired tongue Appendix Notes Bibliography Chart Indices.
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Stanford University Press Love Marriage Death And Other Essays on
Book SynopsisA pioneering interdisciplinary scholar examines the roles of images in the construction of stereotypes of the Jew's body in 20th-century art and literature.Table of Contents1. Ethnicities: why I write what I write 2. Love + marriage = death: STDs and AIDS in the modern world 3. Max Nordau, Sigmund Freud, and the question of conversion 4. Salome, syphilis, Sarah Bernhardt and the 'modern Jewess' 5. Zwetschkenbaum's competence: madness and the discourse of the Jews 6. Otto Weininger and Sigmund Freud: race and gender in the shaping of psychoanalysis 7. Sibling incest, madness, and the Jews 8. R. B. Kitaj's 'good bad' diasporism and the body in American Jewish post-modern art 8. Who is Jewish? The newest Jewish writing in German and Daniel Goldhagen Notes Index.
£25.19
Stanford University Press Yiddish Fiction and the Crisis of Modernity
Book SynopsisThis book examines representations of modernity in Yiddish literature between the Russian revolution of 1905 and the beginning of the First World War. Within Jewish society, and particularly Eastern European Jewish society, modernity was often experienced as a series of incursions and threats to traditional Jewish life. Writers explored these perceived crises in their work, in the process reconsidering the role and function of Yiddish literature itself.The orientation of nineteenth-century Yiddish fiction toward the shtetl came into conflict with the sense of reality of young writers, who felt themselves part of a rapidly changing modern urban environment. This opposition between the generations was reflected in their principles of plot construction. The conservatives employed cyclical patterns, producing mythological schemes for incorporating the new experience into the traditional order. Modernists emphasized the uniqueness of the new, and therefore preferred a linear organTrade Review"Krutikov's work is a welcome addition to the growing field of Yiddish literary studies." -- The Russian Review"In this remarkably readable book, Krutikov constructs, with elegance and rigor, sturdy bridges built out of the disparate offerings of Yiddish litterateurs spanning the turbulent, shifting historical terrain between the Russian revolution in 1905 and the onset of World War I in 1914 . . . .This book is requisite for scholars and students of history, literary theory and criticism, and twentieth-century Yiddish literature. It will undoubtedly be captivating for the general reader as well." -- Religious Studies Review"His sophisticated deployment of Marxist theory and modern critical methodologies, coupled with his wide reading in several languages, has ensured that his study is not only stimulating in itself, but will create a seedbed for new approaches to Yiddish fiction." -- Journal of Modern Jewish StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Translitcration Introduction: Conceptual Framework and Methodology llTe Economic Crisis The Crisis of Revolution The Crisis of Immigration Love and Destiny: The Crisis of Youth Conclusion: Yiddish Fiction Faces Modernity Biblioragphy Index
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Stanford University Press Social Science and the Politics of Modern Jewish
Book SynopsisWhy did the social sciences become an integral part of Jewish scholarship beginning in the late nineteenth century? What part did this new scholarship play in the ongoing debate over emancipation and assimilation, Zionism and diasporism, the nature of Jewish identity, and the problem of Jewish continuity and survival. To answer these questions, this book traces the emergence and development of an organized Jewish social science in central Europe, and explores the increasing importance of statistics and other social science modes of analysis for Jewish elites throughout Europe and in the United States.The author locates the initial impetus for an organized, institutionalized Jewish social science in the Zionist movement, as Zionists looked to the social sciences to provide them with the knowledge of contemporary Jewish life deemed necessary for nationalist revival. In particular, the social sciences offered empirical evidence of the ambiguous condition of Jewry in the diasporaTrade Review"Hart has made a significant contribution to European Jewish history, to the social scientific study of Jews, and to the intellectual history of the social sciences in his innovative study of the politics of modern Jewish identity within the newly developed field of Jewish social sciences." -- The Journal of Interdisciplinary History"Considering the technical nature of many of the sources, Hart's book is quite readable and in many ways, exciting." Relgious Studies Review"Hart's work provides both a critical contribution to understanding the Jewish social scientific debate as it was framed during its formative decades, and an essential context for the present debates." -- Studies in Contemporary JewryTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. 'Wir mussen mehr wissen': institutional and ideological foundations of a Jewish statistics; 2. The bureau for Jewish statistics and the development of Jewish social science 1904-1931; 3. The wages of modernity: fertility, intermarriage, and the debate over Jewish decline; 4. The pathological circle: medical images and statistics in Jewish social science; 5. The diaspora as cure: non-zionist uses of social science; 6. Measuring and picturing Jews: racial anthropology and iconography; 7. National economy and the debate over Jewish regeneration; Conclusion: a usable knowledge; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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Stanford University Press Rewriting the Jew
Book SynopsisIn the Russian Empire of the 1870s and 1880s, while intellectuals and politicians furiously debated the Jewish Question, more and more acculturating Jews, who dressed, spoke, and behaved like non-Jews, appeared in real life and in literature. This book examines stories about Jewish assimilation by four authors: Grigory Bogrov, a Russian Jew; Eliza Orzeszkowa, a Polish Catholic; and Nikolai Leskov and Anton Chekhov, both Eastern Orthodox Russians. Safran introduces the English-language reader to works that were much discussed in their own time, and she situates Jewish and non-Jewish writers together in the context they shared.For nineteenth-century writers and readers, successful fictional characters were types, literary creations that both mirrored and influenced the trajectories of real lives. Stories about Jewish assimilators and converts often juxtaposed two contrasting types: the sincere reformer or true convert who has experienced a complete transformation, and the secreTrade Review"Intelligently and creatively, Safran compares closely the work of the Jewish author, Grigory Bogrov; the Polish author, Eliza Orzeszkowa; and the Russian writers Nikolai Leskov and Anton Chekhov with characterizations of Jews found in Russian letters throughout the whole of the century. In doing so, she demonstrates a familiarity and comfort with both critical themes of pre-Soviet Russian literature and literary criticism and with the broader context of Jewish life in the empire. Accordingly, her work is of genuine interest to students of Russian literature as well as for those committed to the investigation of both Jewish and Russian cultural history in the Tsarist empire." -- The Russian Review"Writ[ten] in a clear, engaging and distinctive style. . . . [Safran] shares her insights on many important aspects of Jewish identity, issues of national identity, acculturation, assimilation, conversion, and anti-Semitism, among others, while she studies her four writers and their literary milieu. For academic libraries." -- Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter"[Safran's] work makes a serious contribution to our understanding of the complex nexus of Jew and Gentile in late Imperial Russia . . . .[It] should be read by anyone interested in the 'Jewish question,' national identities, and literature in the late Russian Empire. " -- Canadian Slavonic PapersTable of ContentsIllustrations A note on transliteration Introduction 1. An unprecedented type of human being Grigory Bogrov 2. The nation and the wide world Eliza Orzeszkowa 3. Jew as text, Jew as reader Nikolai Leskov 4. Mutable, permutable, approximate, and relative Anton Chekhov Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index.
£52.20
Stanford University Press Politics and the Limits of Law
Book SynopsisThis book explores the emergence of the fundamental political concepts of medieval Jewish thought, arguing that alongside the well known theocratic elements of the Bible there exists a vital tradition that conceives of politics as a necessary and legitimate domain of worldly activity that preceded religious law in the ordering of society.Since the Enlightenment, the separation of religion and state has been a central theme in Western political history and thought, a separation that upholds the freedom of conscience of the individual. In medieval political thought, however, the doctrine of the separation of religion and state played a much different role. On the one hand, it served to maintain the integrity of religious law versus the monarch, whether canon law, Islamic law, or Jewish law. On the other hand, it upheld the autonomy of the monarch and the autonomy of human political agency against theocratic claims of divine sovereignty and clerical authority.Postulating Trade Review"Lorberbaum's intellectual, erudite, and scholarly work is insightful, carefully thought out, substantial, well researched, and complex. . . . Lorberbaum makes a good contribution to the fields of medieval Jewish philosophy, political philosophy, and rabbinics." -- Association of Jewish Libraries" . . . Lorberbaum has provided an excellent study about timely issues in medieval Jewish thought." -- Speculum
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Stanford University Press A Systems Theory of Religion
Book SynopsisThis posthumous and crucial contribution by one of the latter twentieth-century's most important sociologists, overturns a half-century of assumptions about the sociology of religion.Trade Review"This posthumously published book by Niklas Luhmann is arguably one of the most important works in the sociology and philosophy of religion of the last hundred years. It can only be compared in significance and scope to the works of Rudolf Otto, Mary Douglas, René Girard, Émile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Claude Lévi-Strauss. It is not just original, but also generative and indispensable: future discussions will have to refer to it, and it will become de rigueur and uncircumventable."—Eduardo Mendieta, Stony Brook University"Don't be afraid: this book does not preach atheism. This book is not about the existential concerns of one individual. Rather, it approaches religion as a system as vital to society as those of the economy, law, and love. Luhmann shows what makes religion unique to society, its special capacity to guarantee meaning even when meaning defies obvious verification. This book is a further step in Luhmann's general theory of society, a theory that remains unsurpassed as an approach to our times."—Nikolaus Wegmann, Princeton University
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