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Book SynopsisIn 1853 Solomon Nunes Carvalho, proud descendant of a Sephardic Jewish family, accepted the invitation of Col. John Charles Fremont to accompany him on his fifth expedition of discovery through the Rockies to the Pacific Ocean. Westward with Fremont tells the exciting story of one of the great legendary figures in American Jewish history.Table of ContentsSolomon Carvalho Joins Fremont 1. Invitation to Adventure 2. A Way for the Lord 3. Farewell to Friends 4. Packing for the Journey Eastward from St. Louis 5. St. Louis, September 14, 1853 6. Preparing for the Trail 7. Solomon Carvalho, Great Medicine Man 8. Solomon Carvalho, M.D. 9. The Great Divide 10. New Year’s Day, 1854 Hardships of the Trail 11. On Guard 12. The Oath 13. Lost in the Snows 14. Licked! 15. Put Not Your Trust in Princes 16. Parowan 17. Salt Lake City 18. War or Peace? 19. The Hatred Hornadoes After the Adventure 20. All Israel is Responsible for One Another 21. The Charter 22. Mr. Solomon Nunes Carvalho, Author 23. Free Soil, Free Speech, and Fremont 24. Looking Backward

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Book SynopsisIn this first one-volume biography of Abraham Joshua Heschel in English, Edward K. Kaplan tells the engrossing, behind-the-scenes story of the life, philosophy, struggles, yearnings, writings, and activism of one of the twentieth-century’s most outstanding Jewish thinkers. Trade Review"[An] admiring and detailed biography."—Adam Kirsch, Wall Street Journal"The principal author of the definitive Heschel biography has distilled its two large volumes into one for a general readership. . . . Kaplan embeds Heschel's activism in his prolific writing career, affording a blazingly impressive portrait of what it means to be a public intellectual."—Ray Olson, Booklist, starred review"In Abraham Joshua Heschel: Mind, Heart, Soul, Edward Kaplan gives us a beautiful and lucid guide to the most creative Jewish philosopher of religion of the twentieth century. . . . Kaplan eloquently captures Heschel’s life, personality, and the major themes in his writings. He presents the core of Heschel’s teaching by examining nearly all of his works. . . . Kaplan’s love for Heschel shines through. . . . I wholeheartedly recommend Kaplan’s book to anyone interested in [the] life and works of Abrahama Joshua Heschel."—Harold Kasimow, Times of Israel"Kaplan takes the two-volume definitive Heschel biography and distills it to one very readable volume filled with Heschel’s activism and intellectualism."—Reviews by Amos Lassen"Kaplan’s in-depth and multifaceted biography of Abraham Joshua Heschel does justice to this exemplary human being, thinker, activist and Jewish spiritual leader."—Claudia Moscvici, Literaturesalon’s Blog"In Abraham Joshua Heschel: Mind, Heart, Soul, author Edward K. Kaplan not only tells the life story of this great scholar, but also captures the essence of the recurring themes in Heschel's greatest works."—Jennifer MacNeil, America Magazine“Edward K. Kaplan’s magisterial biography of the greatest Jewish prophetic figure of the barbaric twentieth century is a masterpiece! It is also incredibly timely. We need the wisdom, courage, and compassion of the inimitable Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. The very future of our world depends, in part, on the legacy of Heschel’s prophetic witness.”—Cornel West, Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy, Harvard University “I loved this book. Kaplan’s engaging, incisive biography brings alive Heschel’s extraordinary personality, theology, prophetic voice, and monumental contributions to Jewish thought, interfaith understanding, and the moral soul of America. Abraham Joshua Heschel: Mind, Heart, Soul evokes a much richer and deeper understanding of this spiritual giant as it simultaneously rekindles the reader’s passion for the work of Jewish social justice.”—Rabbi David Saperstein, director emeritus, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism “In this wonderful distillation of many years of painstaking research, Ed Kaplan presents us with Heschel the man. Kaplan’s love for his subject is so clear, I anticipate readers will find the love contagious.”—Rabbi Shai Held, author of The Heart of Torah: Essays on the Weekly Torah Portion “Edward Kaplan’s lucid biography of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel illuminates the profound contributions of one of the most outstanding religious figures of the twentieth century. . . . Heschel’s commitment to civil rights, opposition to the Vietnam War, and interreligious relations show us what inspired religious leadership looks like—leadership our world today desperately needs.”—Mary C. Boys, Dean Skinner and McAlpin Professor of Practical Theology, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York Table of ContentsList of Photographs Preface Acknowledgments Notes on This Volume Part I. From Hasidism to Modernity 1. Hasidic Warsaw, 1907–1925 2. Vilna and Berlin, 1925–1931 3. Prophetic Inspiration and Hitler’s Rise, 1929–1935 4. Symbolic or Sacred Religion, 1935–1939 5. Struggling to Escape, 1938–1940 Part II. Theological Foundations in America 6. Becoming an American, 1940–1945 7. Rescuing the American Soul, 1945–1951 8. Theological Revolution, 1952–1956 Part III. Spiritual Activism 9. Biblical Prophecy and Current Events, 1956–1963 10. A Sacred Humanism, 1963–1966 11. Apostle to the Gentiles, 1961–1966 12. Civil Rights, Vietnam, and Israel, 1965–1969 13. Summation of a Life, 1970–1972 Epilogue Notes Note on Sources Selected Bibliography Index of Names

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Book SynopsisJEWels is the first of its kind: the living tradition of Jewish stories and jokes transformed into poems, recording and reflecting Jewish experience from ancient times through the present day, with running commentary and questions for discussion.Trade Review"From wry quotes by Gol­da Meier to bawdy 'Abe and Becky' jokes told by seniors and life-rein­forc­ing philo­soph­i­cal humor in the midst of pain, JEW­els delights with sur­prise. There will be some­thing new here for everyone."—Jewish Book Council"These poems made me laugh, cry or nod with acknowledgment to the wisdom offered. . . . Zeitlin notes that he hopes to give readers a chance to experience a wide range of Jewish perspectives on the world. In that, he has definitely succeeded."—Reporter"Perfect addition to any poetry collections as well as collections with Jewish story and or joke anthologies."—Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews“Steve Zeitlin is a national treasure who celebrates the voices of everyday life. Wise, funny, and poignant, his book JEWels brings Judaism to life in short bursts of words that explode off the page and infuse our hearts with light and truth.”—Dave Isay, founder of StoryCorps“I could not put this book down. JEWels is brilliant, intelligent, well researched, and has heart. It’s an immersive experience in which the whole is greater than the sum of the parts, but the parts are what matter, each jewel standing on its own.”—Amy Shuman, professor in the Department of English at Ohio State University and author of Other People’s Stories“JEWels is a unique, humorous, and sensitive link in the chain of Jewish storytelling, humor, and commentary.”—Rabbi Moshe Waldoks, coeditor of The Big Book of Jewish HumorTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Ancient Living Tradition of Jewish Jokes and Stories The Parrot Traditional joke retold by Zev Shanken The Face of a Human Being Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a story by Rabbi Edward Schecter, based on an old midrash Holocaust Jokes Contemporary joke retold by Zev Shanken Excerpt from “We Tell” By Cherie Karo-Schwartz 1. JEWels . . . in Stories Now the Story Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a tale by Rabbi Nachman of Breslov Stories Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a story by Edgar Hilsenrath Tales Lined out from an inscription in Elie Wiesel’s Souls on Fire The Lubavitcher Rebbe on Stories By Esther Cohen Burning the Scrolls Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a tale retold by Rabbi Edward Schecter A Table with People By Marc Kaminsky 2. JEWels . . . on a Journey Paradise Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a traditional tale retold by Rabbi Edward Schecter The Guru Contemporary joke retold by Steve Zeitlin Mameloshen By Steve Zeitlin Bubba Truth Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a traditional tale retold by Jane Yolen Traveler’s Prayer By Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg 3. JEWels . . . from the Old Country The Sabbath Fish Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from Cherie Karo Schwartz’s version of Jewish folklore from Eastern Europe and Yemen and earlier version from the Babylonian Talmud The Magic Ship Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from Howard Schwartz’s telling of a folktale in the Israel Folktale Archives Tales of the Razbash By Zev Shanken The Rabbis’ Convocation Traditional tale retold by Robert J. Bernstein The Sweeper Traditional joke The Shammes: A Response Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from Rabbi Edward Schecter’s retelling of “The Sweeper” Once Upon a Time in the Old Country Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a traditional tale retold by Rabbi David Holtz The Hunchback Traditional tale retold by Zev Shanken and Steve Zeitlin A Cold Ass Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from an interview with Sylvia Cole An Offspring’s Answer Adapted by Peninnah Schram and Steve Zeitlin from The Memoirs of Glückel of Hameln The Cart Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a summer camp story told by Rabbi David Holtz Blessing the New Moon in Wintertime Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from the poem by Rachel Ray Lehrer Faust The Rabbi and the Balagola Traditional folktale retold by Steve Zeitlin Elijah Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a traditional tale told by Amy Shuman, based on a telling by Dov Noy Parable of the Horse Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a retelling by Jack Tepper Who Said the Jews Killed Jesus? Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from an oral history by Baruch Lumet The Hasid Traditional joke A Nineteenth-Century Hasid Contemplates the Modern World Lined out from a story about the teachings of Abraham Yaakov of Sagadora, as recounted by Martin Buber Philosophy with Noodles Traditional joke retold by Peninnah Schram The Rooster Prince Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a traditional tale attributed to Rabbi Nachman of Breslov Publishing Lined out from a traditional tale by Rebbe Menachem-Mendel of Kotzk, as retold by Elie Wiesel The Teller of Tales Traditional tale retold by Rabbi Edward Schecter and Marc Kaminsky The Temples Rise Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a tale retold by storyteller Roslyn Bresnick-Perry Conversations over a Glass Tea Traditional tale retold by Peninnah Schram Fresh Rolls and Butter By Zev Shanken, inspired by the short story “Bontshe Shvayg” by I. L. Peretz How We Lived: A Tribute to Mayer Kirshenblatt Adapted by Steve Zeitlin and Marc Kaminsky from They Called Me Mayer July by storyteller and painter Mayer Kirshenblatt and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett 4. JEWels . . . in Jokes Passementerie Traditional tale adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a telling by Jack Tepper Telling Jokes in the Shtetl Traditional joke My Mother Liked Telling Jokes By Esther Cohen Taxi Traditional joke Einstein’s Theory of Relativity Traditional joke Schwartz Traditional joke Abe and Becky Traditional joke adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a retelling by Herb Shore The Theater Traditional joke adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a retelling by Herb Shore The Perfect Girl Traditional joke Two Old Jews at a Urinal Traditional joke Time Stamp Traditional joke The Plotkin Diamond Traditional joke Rich Man Traditional joke Golda Traditional joke retold as a clever comeback by Golda Meir The Commandments Traditional joke adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a telling by Rubin Levine Perfect Traditional joke retold by Peninnah Schram Toyota Traditional joke Worry Traditional tale The Summum Bonum Traditional joke adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a retelling by Abe Lass Zoom By Marc Wallace Self-Critique By Sparrow Jewish Mother Telegram Traditional joke retold by Zev Shanken A Freudian Analysis Attributed to, among others, Julia Sweeney, who wrote a book with this title Jewish Mothers Traditional joke Twenty Years Traditional joke Seven Differences between a Joke and a Poem By Zev Shanken Optimism/Pessimism Traditional joke 5. JEWels . . . from Torah The Tsimtsum By Rabbi Edward Schecter Rabbi Simon Said Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a midrash in the name of Rabbi Simon Jacobson Hillel and Shammai Traditional tale retold by Rabbi Edward Schecter What I Would Tell Adam and Eve By Francine Witte The Original Adam and Eve Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a story in Howard Schwartz’s Tree of Souls The Birth of Memory By Steve Zeitlin Enough! Contemporary tale retold by Rabbi Edward Schecter The Razbash Describes God’s Test By Zev Shanken The Prophet Traditional tale retold by Rabbi Edward Schecter Moses and the Superhero By Jack Santino Rabbi Hayim Vital Dreams of Moses Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a traditional tale in Howard Schwartz’s Tree of Souls Miriam’s Wandering Well Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a traditional tale Lamb’s Blood By Steve Zeitlin A Rabbinical Love Poem By Zev Shanken Twelve Rabbis Went to a Party By Annie Lanzillotto The Lamed Vavniks By Arthur Strimling 6. JEWels . . . Shaped by the Holocaust Tickling the Corpse By Steve Zeitlin Holocaust Jokes Contemporary joke retold by Zev Shanken It Is Raining on the House of Anne Frank By Linda Pastan Riding with the Moon Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a true story by Roslyn Bresnick-Perry Last Supper in the Krakow Ghetto Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from oral testimonies by survivors of the Krakow ghetto uprising Hovering above the Pit Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a tale retold by Yaffa Eliach In the Janowska Street Ghetto Adapted by Marc Kaminsky from a story retold by Yaffa Eliach The Twig Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from Renée Fodor Schwarz’s memoir Renée In Memory of Those Who Died in Vain in the Holocaust Excerpted from a poem by Renée Fodor Schwarz Forgotten Acts of Courage Adapted by Steve Zeitlin and Marc Kaminsky from Alex Borstein’s Emmy acceptance speech Rachel By Linda Pastan Death Train Lined out from André Schwartz-Bart’s The Last of the Just Kaddish in the Boxcar of Death By Aaron Zeitlin, translated by Morris M. Faierstein Face in the Mirror Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a true story by Boris Blum, retold by Toby Blum-Dobkin 7. JEWels . . . in Glimpses of Jewish American Lives Rummage By Marc Kaminsky Yiddishe Mama during World War II Lined out from the essay “The Healing Power of Jokes” by Alter Yisrael Shimon Feuerman Plucking the Chicken Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a traditional joke retold by Abe Lass Getting Dressed By Steve Zeitlin No More Birthdays By Hal Sirowitz A Short History of Judaic Thought in the Twentieth Century By Linda Pastan At a Bungalow in the Rockaways Traditional joke Tradition! Traditional joke Jewish and Goyish Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a routine by Lenny Bruce The Great Trick Is to Know Who You Are Lined out from Jackie Mason’s Broadway show The World According to Me Skin Check By Esther Cohen It Reminds Me of Those Old Jokes Traditional joke The Rabbi By Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett Reflection By Zev Shanken True Story By Carol Klenfner To Kvell or Not to Kvell Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a traditional joke retold by Rabbi Edward Schecter The Free-Yarmulke Bin By Steve Zeitlin The Kiss By Mark Solomon The Driver Said By Robert Hershon Clara By Steve Zeitlin Alicia By Steve Zeitlin Sally Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a true story told by Anita Nager Moishe Said Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a story by Jack Kugelmass Abraham Joshua Heschel Goes to Selma By Steve Zeitlin, quoting Abraham Joshua Heschel 8. JEWels . . . in Jewish Foods The Bagel By David Ignatow The Fish By Lila Zeiger Happiness Lined out from a recollection by Moishe Sacks A Jewish Blessing Sung When Placing the Bread in the Oven Anonymous The Atheist By Steve Zeitlin The Jews and Chinese Food Traditional joke The Jewish Waiter Traditional joke The Strudel Traditional joke Aging Parents By Marc Wallace The Schtup Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a tale by Lisa Lipkin Fresh Fish Sold Here Traditional joke retold by Cherie Karo Schwartz How to Make Blintzes Traditional joke retold by Cherie Karo Schwartz 2nd Avenue Kosher By Dennis J. Bernstein and Warren Lehrer From “The Whole Soul” By Philip Levine 9. JEWels . . . in Conversations with God The Messiah #1 Lined out from Michael Gold’s Jews without Money The Messiah #2 Traditional joke Closer By Aaron Zeitlin, translated by Morris M. Faierstein Wrestling with God By Bob Mankoff Somebody Up There Likes Me Traditional joke retold by Bob Mankoff It’s All Relative Traditional joke retold by Peninnah Schram Tevye the Milkman Said Lined out from the story “Tevye Strikes It Rich” by Sholem Aleichem My Aunt’s Ninetieth Birthday Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a quip by Ann Katz The Tailor’s Prayer Traditional tale A Pair of Pants Traditional tale The Do-Over By Steve Zeitlin, inspired by a conversation with Richard Rabinowitz The dna in My Coffee—A True Story Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from the story “God and dna over Coffee” by Lisa Lipkin Deconstructing Heaven Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a tale retold by Rabbi Avraham Weiss Levi Yitzhak Burns the Evidence Traditional tale Six Lines By Aaron Zeitlin, translated by Robert Friend To the Rescue Traditional joke Lifeline Traditional tale 10. JEWels . . . on the Meaning of Life The Meaning of Meaning By Bob Holman Who Knows? Adapted by Flash Rosenberg from one of her father’s favorite jokes Hineni By Flash Rosenberg The Angel of Death Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from an essentially true story in Howard Schwartz’s Tree of Souls The Land Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a traditional tale If Not Higher! Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from the short story “If Not Higher!” by I. L. Peretz Time All at Once Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a story by Caroline Harris Soul Sight Adapted by Marc Kaminsky and Steve Zeitlin from Howard Schwartz’s Tree of Souls The Burning Twig Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a traditional tale retold by Robert J. Bernstein Oy Lined out from a spontaneous observation by Eli Levine The Philosopher Traditional joke Life Traditional joke The Razbash on Old Age By Zev Shanken Doctor, Doctor Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a traditional joke retold by Doris Kirshenblatt Yizkor By Zev Shanken The Razbash on Forgiveness By Zev Shanken The Womb Traditional tale retold by Rabbi Edward Schecter Moishe’s Wisdom Lined out from Moishe Sacks’s comments in The Grand Generation documentary (1993) The Angel of Forgetfulness Lined out from Dara Horn’s novel The World to Come The Laughing Man Lined out from Elie Wiesel’s Souls on Fire, based on writings attributed to Rabbi Nachman of Breslov Wiesel’s Response Lined out from Elie Wiesel’s Souls on Fire The Fiftieth Gate Lined out from a passage by Rabbi Boruch of Medzhybizh, as recounted by Martin Buber Whitewater Rapids Adapted by Marc Kaminsky and Steve Zeitlin from the story “Whitewater” by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi The Ring Adapted by Marc Kaminsky and Steve Zeitlin from a traditional tale The Beautiful Question Traditional tale retold by Steve Zeitlin Lost in the Woods Traditional tale retold by Peninnah Schram Shmuel Discovers a Purpose in Life Traditional tale retold by Rabbi Edward Schecter Coda Traditional tale retold by Rabbi Edward Schecter Concerto Adapted by Steve Zeitlin from a traditional tale retold by Rabbi Eli Rubenstein 11. Final Thoughts Questions for Discussion Source Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Commentator Biographies Index

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Book SynopsisOne of the root causes of Islamophobia is ignorance, often fuelled by stereotyped and negative portrayals of Muslims in media and popular culture. Muslims in Story is a timely and proactive approach to tackling this issue, by engendering friendships and empathy through quality children's and young adult literature.Table of Contents Foreword: Let’s Counter Islamophobia through Stories Acknowledgments Introduction Part I Why Counter Islamophobia through Stories? Chapter 1 An Overview of Muslims in America Chapter 2 Islamophobia and Its Impact Chapter 3 Using Literature to Create Long-Term Systemic Change Part II Reframing the Narrative through Curated Book Lists and Programming Ideas Chapter 4 Muslim Kids as Heroes: Connecting across Cultures Chapter 5 Inspiring Muslim Leaders and Thinkers: Showcasing Current and Historical Contributions Chapter 6 Celebrating Islam: Understanding Religious Practices and Traditions Chapter 7 Folktales from Islamic Traditions: Drawing Wisdom from Tall Tales Conclusion Appendix A Frequently Asked Questions on Islam Appendix B Suggested Guidelines to Evaluate Muslim Children’s Literature Appendix C Timeline of Muslims in America Appendix D Glossary: A Few Unfamiliar Words Appendix E Suggested Educational Resources Index

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Book SynopsisThis illuminating and thought-provoking book questions whether classical Islamic capitalism, which has served Muslims so well for centuries, can provide a viable alternative world economic system.Trade Review'It was a humbling experience to read the product of such a remarkable feat of scholarship. It is all at once an exploration in analytic history and a complete text of Islamic finance theory and application. It is also one of the most succinct renditions of evolution of Islamic finance embedded in comprehensive account of particularities of economies as diverse as Malaysia and Turkey. This is a unique contribution to Islamic finance and Islamic economic history. It has been a rewarding learning experience. It is truly a breathtaking effort.' --Abbas Mirakhor, former IMF Executive Director and the recipient of the Islamic Development Bank Prize in Islamic Economics (2003)'[A] well-written and well-documented work about the economic aspects of Islam since its beginnings.' --Hamid Hosseini, Journal of the History of Economic ThoughtTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Introduction Part I: Value Systems Behind Institutions 1. Two Approaches to Islamic Economics and Finance 2. Basic Principles of Islamic Capitalism Part II: Historical Institutions of Private Enterprise: Capital Accumulation 3. Financing the Entrepreneur: The Medieval Islamic Business Partnerships 4. Evolution of Medieval Islamic Business Partnerships in the Islamic World and the West 5. Commerce and Commercial Institutions Part III: Historical Institutions of Capital Redistribution and Public Finance 6. Obligatory Redistribution of Wealth: Taxation and Institutions of Tax Collection, the Origins of Modern Sukuk 7. Voluntary Redistribution of Wealth (The Waqf) Part IV: Islamic Capitalism and Finance Today 8. Waqfs of Stocks 9. The Birth and Evolution of Modern Islamic Banking 10. Borrowing from the Public: Sukuk 11. Takaful (Islamic Insurance) 12. The Lembaga Urusan Dan Tabung Haji: Financing the Modern Pilgrimage Part V: Future of Islamic Capitalism and Finance 13. The Islamic Gold Dinar 14. Maqasid Al-Shari’ah and Islamic Banking 15. Venture Capital 16. Democracy and the Modern Islamic Capitalism Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAfter barely half a century of experience, Islamic banking has become established as a niche industry across the world, offering new and sophisticated financial products designed to be compliant with Islamic legal principles and common law.Trade ReviewThis wide-ranging guide to the foundations and fundamental principles of this new form of ethics-based financial practice will be of interest for regulators, practitioners, and scholars in the fields of economics, finance, money and banking. --Islamic HorizonsMohamed Ariff and Munawar Iqbal have put together a significant and useful body of productive thinking that will be of use to both academics and practitioners. . . This book is a very good collection of scholarly papers, well worth reading and reflecting upon. It will undoubtedly help students, academics and practitioners to improve their understanding of Islamic financial institutions and Islamic financial markets. It will be equally useful to specialists in economics, finance, money and banking because it combines a comprehensive discussion of theoretical aspects of the Islamic financial market with very rigorous empirical analysis. --Toseef Azid, The Muslim World Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction to Islamic Financial Institutions Mohamed Ariff and Munawar Iqbal PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF ETHICAL FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS 2. Ethics-based Financial Transactions: An Assessment of Islamic Banking Mohamed Ariff 3. Ethical Principles in Islamic Business and Banking Transactions Mervyn K. Lewis 4. Adapting Understanding of Riba to Islamic Banking: Some Developments Abdullah Saeed PART II: ISLAMIC BANKING PRINCIPLES, REGULATIONS AND GOVERNANCE 5. Development, History and Prospects of Islamic Banking Munawar Iqbal 6. Development of Legal Issues of Corporate Governance for Islamic Banking Ishaq Bhatti and Maria Bhatti 7. Corporate Governance and Islamic Banks Michael T. Skully PART III: THE PRACTICE: OPERATING ISLAMIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 8. Performance of Islamic Banks and Conventional Banks Mohamed Ariff, Mohammad K. Badar, Shamsher M. and Taufiq Hassan 9. Shari’ah-consistent Investment Vehicles in Malaysia Kabir Hassan and Eric Girard 10. Takaful Insurance: Concept, History and Development Challenges Syed Othman Alhabshi and Shaikh Hamzah Razak PART IV: A DEBATE ON THE ISSUE OF REWARD FOR PARTING WITH CAPITAL 11. Usury and its Critics: From the Middle Ages to Modernity Constant Mews and Adrian Walsh 12. Riba and Interest in Islamic Banking: An Historical Review Raquib Zaman 13. Tensions in Christian Financial Ethics: An Historical Overview Ibrahim Abraham PART V: EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL BANKING ACCREDITATION 14. Human Capital Development in Islamic Finance: Initiatives and Challenges Syed Hamid Aljunid Index

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Book SynopsisThis illuminating and thought-provoking book questions whether classical Islamic capitalism, which has served Muslims so well for centuries, can provide a viable alternative world economic system.Trade Review'It was a humbling experience to read the product of such a remarkable feat of scholarship. It is all at once an exploration in analytic history and a complete text of Islamic finance theory and application. It is also one of the most succinct renditions of evolution of Islamic finance embedded in comprehensive account of particularities of economies as diverse as Malaysia and Turkey. This is a unique contribution to Islamic finance and Islamic economic history. It has been a rewarding learning experience. It is truly a breathtaking effort.' --Abbas Mirakhor, former IMF Executive Director and the recipient of the Islamic Development Bank Prize in Islamic Economics (2003)'[A] well-written and well-documented work about the economic aspects of Islam since its beginnings.' --Hamid Hosseini, Journal of the History of Economic ThoughtTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Introduction Part I: Value Systems Behind Institutions 1. Two Approaches to Islamic Economics and Finance 2. Basic Principles of Islamic Capitalism Part II: Historical Institutions of Private Enterprise: Capital Accumulation 3. Financing the Entrepreneur: The Medieval Islamic Business Partnerships 4. Evolution of Medieval Islamic Business Partnerships in the Islamic World and the West 5. Commerce and Commercial Institutions Part III: Historical Institutions of Capital Redistribution and Public Finance 6. Obligatory Redistribution of Wealth: Taxation and Institutions of Tax Collection, the Origins of Modern Sukuk 7. Voluntary Redistribution of Wealth (The Waqf) Part IV: Islamic Capitalism and Finance Today 8. Waqfs of Stocks 9. The Birth and Evolution of Modern Islamic Banking 10. Borrowing from the Public: Sukuk 11. Takaful (Islamic Insurance) 12. The Lembaga Urusan Dan Tabung Haji: Financing the Modern Pilgrimage Part V: Future of Islamic Capitalism and Finance 13. The Islamic Gold Dinar 14. Maqasid Al-Shari’ah and Islamic Banking 15. Venture Capital 16. Democracy and the Modern Islamic Capitalism Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTraces the history of diverse Jewish Oregonians and their communities during a period of dramatic change. Drawing on archival sources, including a collection of over five hundred oral histories, the book explores how Jewish Oregonians both contributed to and were shaped by the “Oregon Story”, a political shift that fueled Oregon’s emerging reputation for progressivism and sustainability.

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Book SynopsisA Washington Post Notable Book of the Year "Reading this excellent, thought-provoking biography, one is all too easily reminded of Camus’s 1942 novel, The Stranger." —Philip Kerr, Wall Street JournalTrade Review"On Nov. 7, 1938, a troubled Jewish teenager walked into an embassy in Paris, got in to see a low-level Nazi attache and shot him dead-a killing that gave Hitler a pretext for the savage, anti-Semitic orgy of Kristallnacht." -- Scott Martelle "In his well-crafted study...Jonathan Kirsch manages to put some meat on the skinny frame of his protagonist and also to put a human face on his victim. In so doing, Kirsch has made a valuable contribution to our understanding of Kristallnacht." -- David Clay Large

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Book SynopsisWhat role do objects play in crafting the religions of Southeast Asia and shaping the experiences of believers? The Spirit of Things explores religious materiality in a region marked by shifting boundaries, multiple beliefs, and trends toward religious exclusivism. While most studies of religion in Southeast Asia focus on doctrines or governmental policy, contributors to this volume recognize that religious thingsstatues, talismans, garments, even sacred automobilesare crucial to worship, and that they have a broad impact on social cohesion. By engaging with religion in its tangible forms, faith communities reiterate their essential narratives, allegiances, and boundaries, and negotiate their coexistence with competing belief systems. These ethnographic and historical studies of Southeast Asia furnish us with intriguing perspectives on wider debates concerning the challenges of secularization, pluralism, and interfaith interactions around the world.In this volume, contTrade Review"By focusing on the material dimensions of religious life, this stimulating volume sheds new light on some important sources of both creativity and conflict in Southeast Asia. Through a fascinating range of cases, the authors demonstrate the power of things to provoke, facilitate, and constrain people's religious projects. This book is the fruitful outcome of strong local knowledge brought to bear on questions of wide interest across this complex region."—Webb Keane, University of Michigan, author of Signs of Recognition: Powers and Hazards of Representation in an Indonesian Society and Christian Moderns: Freedom and Fetish in the Mission Encounter

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Book SynopsisIn this volume, contributors offer rich ethnographic analyses of religious practices in the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Burma that examine the roles materiality plays in the religious lives of Southeast Asians.Trade Review"By focusing on the material dimensions of religious life, this stimulating volume sheds new light on some important sources of both creativity and conflict in Southeast Asia. Through a fascinating range of cases, the authors demonstrate the power of things to provoke, facilitate, and constrain people's religious projects. This book is the fruitful outcome of strong local knowledge brought to bear on questions of wide interest across this complex region."—Webb Keane, University of Michigan, author of Signs of Recognition: Powers and Hazards of Representation in an Indonesian Society and Christian Moderns: Freedom and Fetish in the Mission Encounter

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Book SynopsisThe Turkic Muslims known as the Uighur have long faced social and economic disadvantages in China because of their minority status.Trade Review“A valuable case study focusing on the degree of Uighur assimilation or desire for assimilation to the majority Han society.... engagingly written.... Highly recommended.” * CHOICE *“The truth is that there is no cut-and-dry answer to these problems, but this book has done an exceptional job foreshadowing the riots of July 2009 by examining the deep-rooted problems that Xinjiang’s ethnic groups face. It’s the same problems that many people have when forming opinions about Xinjiang, one reason this book would be a beneficial read for them.” * Xinjiang Far West China Blog *

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Book SynopsisRosman shows the influence of the Jews on economic, social, and political life in the Polish, Ukrainian, and Belorussian territories, and offers new perspectives on their relations with magnates. He draws on Polish, Hebrew, and Yiddish sources and literature to detail the socioeconomic development of early modern Europe's largest Jewish community.

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Book SynopsisHighlights the 2,700-year history of Jews in IranTrade Review"The book is a sumptuous and illuminating work of history." -- Jonathan Kirsch * The Jewish Journal *

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Book SynopsisPhilanthropy plays an essential role in Muslim practice around the world. Using a new framing, Philanthropy in the Muslim World contributes to the literature by adding Muslim-majority countries that have not been previously included in cross national philanthropy volumes as well as countries that have important Muslim minority communities.Trade Review‘Philanthropy in the Muslim World is a welcomed comparative volume about how giving is understood and practiced in Islam. This is a must-read for scholars and students who wish to understand the universal but also unique characteristics of giving behavior across the globe. It effectively reconsiders taken-for-granted assumptions about faith-based philanthropy and contributes a framing of Muslim philanthropy to the scholarly and policy-oriented conversations about global generosity.’ -- Susan Appe, University at Albany, SUNY, USA‘The nearly two billion Muslims in the world are not a homogenous population. Indeed, they are spread globally and live in almost every country in the world, and they practice their faith in very many different ways depending on the culture and geographical context. This book takes on the Herculean task of representing the practice of philanthropy by Muslims worldwide. It succeeds in doing so by inviting contributors from across the globe and giving them a voice in articulating the tradition of Muslim philanthropy as they know it. The diversity of viewpoints is refreshing, as not only do they come from different cultures but indeed from different disciplines. This is a must-read for those seeking to understand the contextualization of Muslim philanthropic practices based on politics, history, economics, and culture.’ -- Femida Handy, University of Pennsylvania, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to Philanthropy in the Muslim World 1 Shariq Siddiqui and David A. Campbell 2 What is Muslim philanthropy? 7 Shariq Siddiqui PART I AFRICA 3 Muslim philanthropy in Egypt 28 Kareman M. Shoair 4 Philanthropy in the Muslim world: Ghana 49 Ahmed Hamza Tijani and Ibrahim Abdallah 5 Muslim philanthropy in Nigeria 68 Kole Shettima 6 Embedded giving: Muslim philanthropy in South Africa 82 Halima Mahomed PART II MIDDLE EAST 7 Islamic philanthropy in Jordan 101 Jalal Maqableh 8 Islamic philanthropy in Kuwait 119 Samir Abu-Rumman 9 Philanthropy in Saudi Arabia 133 Esam Gunaid Abdo Al-Nahari and Mohannad Mofawaz 10 Philanthropy in the Republic of Yemen 154 Sumaia A. Al-Kohlani PART III EUROPE 11 Muslim philanthropy in France: a terra incognita to be explored 170 Charles Sellen 12 Muslim civil society and philanthropy in Germany 195 Siri Hummel and Malte Schrader 13 Religion and philanthropy in Turkey 211 Ali ‚arkoğlu PART IV SOUTHEAST ASIA 14 Muslim philanthropy and civil society in Bangladesh: unorganized, but impactful 231 Samiul Hasan 15 Muslim philanthropy in India: the unfolding reform agenda? 252 Sabith Khan 16 Philanthropy in Pakistan 269 Muhammad Ali PART V ASIA 17 Muslim philanthropy in China 287 Lili Wang 18 Reconsidering Muslim philanthropy and sustainable development in Indonesia 305 Hilman Latief PART VI MUSLIM MINORITY COMMUNITIES 19 Islam, Muslims, and philanthropy in Australia 322 David Tittensor 20 Muslim philanthropy and civil society in the Caribbean and The Bahamas 343 Kim Williams-Pulfer 21 Muslim philanthropy in the United States 362 Shariq Siddiqui, Rafeel Wasif and Zeeshan Noor Index

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Book SynopsisProviding a comprehensive account of the progress, potential and challenges facing Islamic finance in Eurasia, this prescient book explores Islamic financeâs history and development across the Asian and European continents and argues that in order for this market to continue to prosper, innovation and adaptation is a necessity.Trade Review‘It is hard to find books focusing on Islamic finance in Eurasia. I congratulate and commend the efforts of the publisher, editors and contributors of this book for compiling various important aspects of the development of Islamic finance in Eurasia which is not limited only to the developments; but potential and challenges as well.’ -- Mansor Ibrahim, Deputy President, INCEIF University, Malaysia‘Through this book we realise that irrespective of the faith convictions and the number of Muslims residing in a particular country or region, Islamic finance is essential to be developed for sustainable development. There is no doubt that today’s Islamic finance has gained momentum in the world as a proxy to conventional financing.’ -- Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin, Professor of Economics, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey‘This book is a source of inspiration to realise the untapped potential of Islamic finance in Eurasia. Through this book it is easy to realise the exponential development of Islamic finance in Eurasia while understanding the significance of strategic leadership role as an essential ingredient for success. The selected case studies discussed in this book are useful to appreciate the innovative practices in Islamic finance.’ -- Zamir Iqbal, Vice President of Finance, Islamic Development Bank, Saudi ArabiaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xv Federica Miglietta Acknowledgement xviii Introduction to Islamic Finance in Eurasia 1 M. Kabir Hassan, Paolo Biancone and Aishath Muneeza PART I PROGRESS OF ISLAMIC FINANCE IN EURASIA 1 The state of Islamic finance in Europe 7 Omar Rehan Baig, Aishath Muneeza, M. Kabir Hassan and Paolo Biancone 2 Developments of Islamic Finance in Eastern Europe and Caucasus Region 27 Madina Kalimullina 3 Islamic Finance in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Countries 44 M. Kabir Hassan, Ismail Mohamed, Shadman Shakib, Muath Mubarak, Aishath Muneeza and Paolo Biancone 4 The driving factors for the advance of Islamic finance in Southern Europe 79 Monsurat Ayojimi Salami 5 Growth of Islamic finance in Northern Europe 101 Mouad Sadallah, Mohammed Soufiane Benmoussa and Saeed A. Bin-Nashwan PART II POTENTIAL OF ISLAMIC FINANCE IN EURASIA 6 Islamic finance and the demand for Islamic home financing solutions within the Dutch Islamic consumer segment 129 Erik Lesterhuis, Aishath Muneeza and M. Kabir Hassan 7 Debt-free diminishing Musharaka home finance in the United Kingdom: An empirical case study of primary finance 150 Salman Hasan and Abu Umar Faruq Ahmad 8 The role of multilateral organizations in the development of Islamic finance in Asia 162 Priyesta Rizkiningsih, Cindhi Cintokowati, Randi Swandaru, Aishath Muneeza and M. Kabir Hassan 9 The role of cash waqf in resolving the financing challenges for human development 184 M. Kabir Hassan, Aishath Muneeza and Paolo Biancone 10 The role of sukuk in developing real estate projects 210 Aishath Muneeza, Sherin Kunhibava, M. Kabir Hassan and Paolo Biancone PART III INNOVATIVE ISLAMIC FINANCE PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES 11 Financial Sustainability Challenges of Hajj Financial Management Agency (BPKH) in Indonesia: What Really Matters? 221 Dony Perdana, Saeed A. Bin-Nashwan, Aishath Muneeza and M. Kabir Hassan 12 Challenges facing the development of Islamic finance in Western Europe 250 Rihab Grassa 13 Challenges in establishing digital Islamic banks in Malaysia 262 Siti Nuraisyah Binti Mohammed Sulaiman and Aishath Muneeza 14 The challenges facing Islamic finance in Uzbekistan 283 Viktoriya Muzaffarova and Aishath Muneeza 15 Blockchain sukuk to assist financing challenges facing microfinance in Indonesia 306 Sherin Kunhibava, Zakariya Mustapha, Maryam Khalid and Aishath Muneeza Index 323

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Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary Handbook examines the relationship between environmental problem solving and religion, addressing how environmental planning often neglects the cultural influences and organizational resources of the worldâs religions. It explores global faiths such as Islam and Buddhism, as well as Indigenous and emerging religions.

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Book SynopsisSince it was first published in 1980, From Generation to Generation has inspired thousands to pursue the unique challenges and rewards of Jewish genealogy. Far more engaging than a mere how-to reference guide, this landmark book is also part detective story and part spiritual quest.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Foreword (Elie Wiesel). Introduction. CHAPTER ONE: Climbing Up My Family Tree: Jewish Genealogy as a Spiritual Pilgrimage. CHAPTER TWO: Getting Started: How to Begin Your Research. First Steps. Gathering Your History: Collecting Stories. Family Legends: Are They True? Ten Common Family Myths—or Truths! What Questions Should You Ask? Tips on Interviewing Relatives. Observations on People Who Don’t Appreciate Genealogy. Following Leads like a Detective. Taking Notes. Visiting Relatives and Others. Family Photographs. Writing Letters. Final Tips on How to Begin. CHAPTER THREE: Are You Ready to Check the Records? Prepare Yourself. Telephone Books. Vital Records. Federal Census Records. State Census Records. Tips on Dealing with Government Agencies. City Directories. Synagogue Records. The National Archives. What if You Were Adopted? Canadian Research. A Few Important Canadian Resources. Cardinal Rules When Dealing with Libraries, Archives, and Other Institutions. Tips on Dealing with Librarians. Publishing Your Family History. CHAPTER FOUR: How Is Jewish Genealogy Different from All Other Genealogy? Memorial Books (Yizkor Books). Are There Memorial Books for Your Towns? The Yizkor Book Project. Other Places to Look for Yizkor Books. How to Obtain Copies for Yourself. The Yizkor Book Special Interest Group (SIG). Two Traditional Sources: Mohel Books and Ketubot. Archives, Libraries, and Organizations. American Jewish Archives. The Center for Jewish History. A Conversation with Robert Friedman. YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. A Conversation with Zachary Baker. The Leo Baeck Institute. American Jewish Historical Society. Jewish Historical Societies Around the World. The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People. A Conversation with Sallyann Amdur Sack. Jewish Genealogical Societies Around the World. The Douglas E. Goldman Jewish Genealogy Center. LDS Family History Library. Other Valuable Jewish Sources. Toledot: The Journal of Jewish Genealogy. The Encyclopedia of Jewish Genealogy. Encyclopedia Judaica. First American Jewish Families. My Generations: A Jewish Genealogical Textbook. Other Jewish Genealogical Publications. Professional Genealogical Assistance. A Conversation with Ladislau Gyémánt. A Conversation with Miriam Weiner. Ten Commandments for Jewish Genealogists. CHAPTER FIVE: Avotaynu: The Premier Publisher in the World of Jewish Genealogy. Avotaynu: The International Review of Jewish Genealogy. What Will You Find in Avotaynu: The International Review of Jewish Genealogy? Avotaynu Back Issues on CD-ROM (1985–2002). Books from Avotaynu. A Conversation with Gary Mokotoff. CHAPTER SIX: JewishGen.org: Jewish Genealogy in Cyberspace. A Few Basics. A Guide to the Site. Learn. Research. Discussion Groups. Projects and Activities. Hosted Organizations. Contributions and Fundraising. A Conversation with Warren Blatt. CHAPTER SEVEN: Were Your Ancestors Great Rabbis? Rabbinic Dynasties. Rabbinic Sources. Rabbinic Texts. Hebrew Subscription Lists. A Conversation with Neil Rosenstein. CHAPTER EIGHT: The Names in Your Family. A Brief History of Jewish Surnames. The Origins of Modern Surnames. Patronymics. Place Names. Vocational Names. Descriptive Names. Names from Abbreviations. Matronymics. Some Jewish Surnames and Their Meanings. Personal Names. For Whom Were You Named? What if Your Name Was Changed? Names as Clues to Dates. Last Names from the Maternal Side. Hebrew, Yiddish, and English Names. Sources for Determining the Meanings of Names. Some Additional Research Suggestions. Back Issues of Avotaynu. The Consolidated Jewish Surname Index (CJSI). Project for the Study of Jewish Names. Information on Jewish Names from JewishGen.org. Some Final Thoughts About Jewish Names. A Conversation with Alexander Beider. CHAPTER NINE: Holocaust Research: Changing Numbers into Names. Holocaust Research: The Search for Victims and Survivors. The International Tracing Service. The Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Center. Yad Vashem. An Indispensable Guidebook. Memorial Books as Sources for Learning About Holocaust Victims. Locating Survivors. Survivor Lists. JewishGen.org’s Holocaust Database. How Can These Lists Serve You? The Jewish Agency Search Bureau for Missing Relatives in Israel. Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) Location Services. The Benjamin and Vladka Meed Registry of Jewish Holocaust Survivors. Deportations from France During the Holocaust. Mauthausen Death Books. Other Death Books. Pre-Holocaust European Phone Books. CHAPTER TEN: Your Immigrant Ancestors. Immigration to the United States. 1654–1825. 1825–1880. 1880–1929. 1929–1945. 1945 to the Present. Immigration to Canada. Aliyah to Israel. Your Immigrant Ancestors: Who Were They? Landsmanshaften. Tracing the Journey. How to Find the Ship That Brought Your Ancestors to America. How to Find Steamship Passenger Lists with Your Ancestors on Them. Passenger Lists Online. Avotaynu Articles Concerning Immigration Records. Canadian Immigration Records. How to Obtain Photographs of Your Ancestors’ Steamships. Naturalization Records: An Important Genealogical Source. The Legitimacy of Sending for Family History Documents. “These Are the Generations”. CHAPTER ELEVEN: Discovering the Old Country. Where Once We Walked. JewishGen ShtetlSeeker. Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People. Encyclopedia Judaica. Locating Landsmanshaften. Sources for Landsmanshaft Records. Your Shtetl or Town During the Holocaust. How to Locate Your Shtetl. Soundex Systems. Genealogical Sources in the Old Country: How to Do Long-Distance Research. Visiting the Old Country. How to Plan Your Trip. Advice Before Traveling to Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. CHAPTER TWELVE: Jewish Cemeteries: Your History Chiseled in Stone. Cemeteries as Family Bonds. A Walk Through a Jewish Cemetery. Visiting Jewish Cemeteries. Tombstones. Cemetery Plots. Tombstone Transcribing. How to Read a Jewish Tombstone. Tombstone Rubbings. Photographing Tombstones. Locating Cemeteries. Death Certificates. Wills. Obituaries. European Jewish Cemeteries. Other Valuable Jewish Cemetery Sources. APPENDIX: Relationship Chart: How Are We Related? The Author. Index.

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Book SynopsisTranscultural Teens provides readers with a window onto the cultural and linguistic creativity of the housing projects, or cité, that ring Paris, showing how young people of Algerian Arab origins play with language in fascinating ways that subvert commonly held notions of intercultural animosity. Provides solid, real-world evidence in the often abstracted theoretical debate on globalization and transnationalism Offers detailed data on linguistic practices that is more focused than generalized anthropological studies Includes the experiences of French-Algerian adolescent girls who remain largely absent from academic and popular discourse Reveals the cultural richness and diversity of a population that is stigmatized and marginalized in a national context Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vi Introduction: Performing Transcultural Youth Identities 1 1 Ethnography in les Cités 8 2 Speech in the Cité: Style and Stigma 34 3 “Sans Problème” or “Cent Problèmes”? Revoicing Stereotypes about les Arabes 58 4 La Racaille and le Respect 91 5 “You Call That a Girl?”: Gender Crossing and Borderwork 114 6 Parental Name-Calling 154 7 Crossing Registers: Voicing the French TV Host 172 Conclusion 195 References 200 Index 213

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Book SynopsisWinner of the 2016 Julian Minghi Distinguished Book Award of the Political Geography Specialty Group at the AAGProviding important insights into political geography, the politics of peace, and South Asian studies, this book explores everyday peace in northern India as it is experienced by the Hindu-Muslim community. Challenges normative understandings of Hindu-Muslim relations as relentlessly violent and the notion of peace as a romantic endpoint occurring only after violence and political maneuverings Examines the ways in which geographical concepts such as space, place, and scale can inform and problematize understandings of peace Redefines the politics of peace, as well as concepts of citizenship, agency, secular politics, and democracy Based on over 14 months of qualitative and archival research in the city of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, India Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface viii Acknowledgements ix List of Abbreviations xii Glossary xiv List of Figures xix 1 Introduction 1 2 The Scalar Politics of Peace in India 35 3 Making Peace Visible in the Aftermath of Terrorist Attacks 67 4 Political life: Lived Secularism and the Possibility of Citizenship 90 5 Civic Space: Playing with Peace and Security/Insecurity 109 6 Economic Peace and the Silk Sari Market 138 7 Becoming Visible: Citizenship, Everyday Peace and the Limits of Injustice 159 8 Conclusions: Questioning Everyday Peace 176 References 191 Index 213

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Book SynopsisModern Islamist Movements provides a clear and accessible examination of the history, beliefs and rationale of Islamist Groups and their grievances with the West and governments within the majority-Muslim world, while examining some of these groups'' visions for a global Islamic empire. A clear and accessible text that examines the history, beliefs and rationale for violence emerging from Islamist movements, while examining some of these groups'' visions for a global Islamic empire Examines Islamist grievances against the West and modern governments in the majority Muslim world, while providing an overview of Islam''s relations with the West from the period of the Crusades to the modern age Discusses the historic development of Islamism in Egypt, the West Bank and Gaza, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Afghanistan Explains classic Islamic understandings of jihad and Bin Laden''s, al-Qaida''s, and other Islamists interpretations of this concept Table of ContentsList of Maps viii Acknowledgments ix 1 Introduction 1 2 Egypt 37 3 The West Bank, Gaza, and Israel 85 4 Saudi Arabia 122 5 Pakistan 164 6 Afghanistan 188 7 Conclusion 218 Index 221

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Book SynopsisAn Introduction to Islam in the 21st Century provides an engaging depiction of Islam as a living religion. Exploring Islam's historical context and core elements of the tradition, the authors provide a global perspective that captures the diversity of Islam in different regions and countries.Trade Review“This unique and challenging textbook describes the historical background and present diversity of political and intellectual currents in Islam in its various forms ... This is a compact and sophisticated text, suitable for graduate students seeking to understand the roots and development of modern Islamic movements and contestations.” (Religious Studies Review, 1 December 2013) Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors xv Acknowledgments xviii Part I Overview: Islam: Image and Reality 1 1 Introduction 3Aminah Beverly McCloud, Scott W. Hibbard, and Laith Saud 2 The Historical Context 13Aminah Beverly McCloud, Scott W. Hibbard, and Laith Saud 3 Religious Structures: Tawhid 31Laith Saud 4 Islamic Beliefs: The Development of Islamic Ideas 51Laith Saud 5 Islamic Political Theology 81Laith Saud Part II Islam and the Modern World 109 6 Islam and the State: Part I 111Scott W. Hibbard 7 Islam and the State: Part II 135Scott W. Hibbard 8 Muslims as Minorities in the West 157Aminah Beverly McCloud Part III Regional Studies 171 9 Islam in Africa 173Babacar Mbengue 10 Islam in South Asia 203Saeed A. Khan 11 Islam in Central Asia 217Maria Louw 12 Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia 233Aminah Beverly McCloud 13 Muslim Histories in Latin America and the Caribbean 249John Tofik Karam Part IV Islam in a Globalized World 269 14 The Ecology of Teaching about Islam and Muslims in the 21st Century 271Aminah Beverly McCloud 15 Terrorism, Islamophobia, and the Media 285Scott W. Hibbard Conclusion: Image and Reality Reconsidered 309Aminah Beverly McCloud, Scott W. Hibbard, and Laith Saud Index 315

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Book SynopsisIn The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism, a team of internationally-renowned scholars offer a comprehensive and authoritative overview of Jewish life and culture, from the biblical period to contemporary times. Provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the main periods and themes of Jewish history, from Biblical Israel, through medieval and early modern periods, to Judaism since the Holocaust, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and Judaism today Brings together an international team of established and emerging scholars across a range of disciplines Discusses how to present Judaism - to both non-Jews and Jews - as a religious system on its own terms and with its own unique vocabulary Explores the latest scholarship on a range of issues, including folk practices, politics, economic structure, the relationship of Judaism to Christianity, and the nature of Zionism diaspora and its implications for contemporary Israel ConsiTrade Review“Consequently, this book can serve as a useful addition for undergraduates collections on Judaism and Jewish history and as an introductory guide for advanced students. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries.” (Choice, 1 December 2012) Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Preface xvii Acknowledgments xix Introduction 1 Part I Ancient Israel 13 1 What Is the Hebrew Bible? 15 Frederick E. Greenspahn 2 How “Historical” Is Ancient Israel? 25 Ehud Ben Zvi 3 Priests and Levites in the Hebrew Bible 35 Stephen A. Geller 4 How Unique Was Israelite Prophecy? 53 Jonathan St€okl 5 Judaism after the Exile: The Later Books of the Bible 70 Daniel C. Snell 6 Translation: The Biblical Legacy to Judaism 83 Leonard Greenspoon Part II From Ancient Israel to Rabbinic Jewry 99 7 Jews in the Land During the Second Temple Period 101 Steven Werlin 8 Jews in Egypt: The Special Case of the Septuagint 121 Peg Kershenbaum 9 Early Christianity in a Jewish Context 142 Julie Galambush 10 The Babylonian Consolidation of Rabbinic Judaism 156 Shai Secunda Part III The Medieval World: Jews in Two Cultures 167 11 Jews in Christian Europe: Ashkenaz in the Middle Ages 169 Eva Haverkamp 12 The Jews in the Medieval Arabic-Speaking World 207 Norman (Noam) Stillman 13 Turning Point: The Spanish Expulsion 224 Jane S. Gerber 14 Medieval Jewish Mysticism 244 Hartley Lachter Part IV The Early Modern Period (Sixteenth–Eighteenth Centuries) 257 15 Judaism and Science in the Age of Discovery 259 Joseph M. Davis 16 A History of Hasidism: Origins and Developments 277 Gadi Sagiv 17 Jews and Judaism in the Early Modern New World: Central and North America 291 Dean Phillip Bell 18 The Jews of the Ottoman Empire 309 Yaron Ayalon Part V The Modern Period 325 19 How Jews Modernized: The Western Nations 327 Carsten Schapkow 20 The Zionist Movement and the Path to Statehood 343 Brian Amkraut 21 The Jews in the Land of the Russian Tsars 361 Jarrod Tanny 22 The Great Migration: 1881–1924 381 Jessica Cooperman 23 Polish Jewry between the World Wars 393 Sean Martin 24 Organized Movements of American Judaism: From 1880 to World War II 409 Michael R. Cohen 25 Paths of Modernity: Jewish Women in Central Europe 422 Kerry Wallach 26 Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Hostility 441 Richard S. Levy Part VI Jews and Judaism since the Holocaust and the Birth of Israel 459 27 The Existential Crisis of the Holocaust 461 Peter Haas 28 American Jews and the Jewish State 476 David Bamberger 29 Judaism(s) in Contemporary America 489 Dana Evan Kaplan 30 Traditional Judaism in the Twenty-First Century 514 Mark I. Dunaevsky 31 Contemporary American Jewish Culture 529 Ted Merwin 32 Israeli Culture from 1948 to the Present 548 Keren Rubinstein 33 The Israeli Economy 571 Paul Rivlin 34 Ethnic Diversity in Israel 586 Ari Ariel Part VII Special Topics 601 35 The World of Jewish Music 603 Marsha Bryan Edelman 36 American Jewry’s Identification with Israel: Problems and Prospects 619 Laurence J. Silberstein 37 The Jewish Holy Days 643 Stanley Schachter Index 661

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Book SynopsisEssays on the contradictory resurgence of religion and liberalism in the twenty-first century by one of the most important voices in the study of the sociology of religionTrade Review"Gorski's arguments are measured and persuasive, both historically and theoretically, and his chapters are judicious in their claims. The Protestant Ethic Revisited is a great book." -Theodore Vial, Associate Professor of Theology at the Iliff School of Theology "An excellent set of essays, among which some are veritable classics. Gorski has established himself as one of the leading sociologists of his generation, and his essays in the sociology of religion have contributed greatly to his high international reputation. He has developed a wide-ranging comparative approach to religious sociology, not to mention some much-needed analytic sophistication, and has helped to reintegrate the area with already vibrant subfields such as historical and comparative sociology, political sociology, and sociological theory. The essays in The Protestant Ethic Revisited are important milestones in the recent transformation of the field. Gorski's work is no flash in the pan. It is enduringly valuable scholarship." -Mustafa Emirbayer,Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-MadisonTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Beyond the Tilly Thesis: How States Did Not Make War and War Did Not Make States Part I: Religion and Politics in Early Modern Europe 1. The Protestant Ethic Revisited: Disciplinary Revolution and State Formation in Holland and Prussia 2. Calvinism and Revolution: The Walzer Thesis Reconsidered 3. The Mosaic Moment: An Early Modernist Critique of Modernist Theories of Nationalism 4. The Making of Prussian Absolutism: Confessional Conflict and State Autonomy under the Great Elector, 1640-1688 5. The Little Divergence: The Protestant Reformation and Economic Hegemony in Early Modern Europe Part II: The Secularization Debate 6. Historicizing the Secularization Debate: Church, State, and Society in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe, circa 1300 to 1700 7. After Secularization? by Philip S. Gorski and Ates Altinordu Conclusion: The Protestant Ethic and the Secular Modern Index

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Book SynopsisShows how Muslims strive to gain recognition of their diverse views and backgrounds and find full equality as French citizens.Trade Review"With xenophobia and anti-immigrant narratives gaining currency is Europe and elsewhere, Fredette’s study is extremely pertinent in its unraveling of the bleak underbellies of republicanism, democracy and the modern nation state in itself. Rightly locating the anti-Muslim discourse as a narrative and affirmative ideology in France, what earmarks Fredette’s study is her intersectional positionality – addressing simultaneously race, gender and ethnic locations of immigrants. Breaking through the homogeneity of official claims on Muslim religiosity, Fredette has moved beyond – with the interviewees at times appropriating or even negating their hybrid identities."--Anthropology Book Forum Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations 1 Introduction: Why Do We Ask Whether Muslims Can Be French? 2 Elusive Citizenship: The Consequences of an Undesirable Public Identity 3 Claiming Membership: French Muslim Identities, Political Goals, and Repertoires of Contention 4 Education: The (Undelivered?) Promise of Republican Equality 5 Employment: The Muslim Experience in (and out of) the Workplace 6 Housing: The Banlieues as a Geographic and Socially Constructed Place 7 The Contentious Concept of Frenchness: French Muslims Embracing, Reimagining, but Not Rejecting the Republican Triad Appendix: Sample Questionnaire Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisShows how Muslims strive to gain recognition of their diverse views and backgrounds and find full equality as French citizens.Trade Review"With xenophobia and anti-immigrant narratives gaining currency is Europe and elsewhere, Fredette’s study is extremely pertinent in its unraveling of the bleak underbellies of republicanism, democracy and the modern nation state in itself. Rightly locating the anti-Muslim discourse as a narrative and affirmative ideology in France, what earmarks Fredette’s study is her intersectional positionality – addressing simultaneously race, gender and ethnic locations of immigrants. Breaking through the homogeneity of official claims on Muslim religiosity, Fredette has moved beyond – with the interviewees at times appropriating or even negating their hybrid identities."--Anthropology Book Forum Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations 1 Introduction: Why Do We Ask Whether Muslims Can Be French? 2 Elusive Citizenship: The Consequences of an Undesirable Public Identity 3 Claiming Membership: French Muslim Identities, Political Goals, and Repertoires of Contention 4 Education: The (Undelivered?) Promise of Republican Equality 5 Employment: The Muslim Experience in (and out of) the Workplace 6 Housing: The Banlieues as a Geographic and Socially Constructed Place 7 The Contentious Concept of Frenchness: French Muslims Embracing, Reimagining, but Not Rejecting the Republican Triad Appendix: Sample Questionnaire Notes References Index

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Book Synopsis “Muslim Americans are at a political crossroads,” write editors Brian Calfano and Nazita Lajevardi. Whereas Muslims are now widely incorporated in American public life, there are increasing social and political pressures that disenfranchise them or prevent them from realizing the American Dream. Understanding Muslim Political Life in America brings clarity to the social, religious, and political dynamics that this diverse religious community faces. In this timely volume, leading scholars cover a variety of topics assessing the Muslim American experience in the post-9/11 and pre-Trump era, including law enforcement; identity labels used in Muslim surveys; the role of gender relations; recognition; and how discrimination, tolerance, and politics impact American Muslims. Understanding Muslim Political Life in America offers an update and reappraisal of what we know about Muslims in American political life. The editors and contributors also con

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Book SynopsisIn this fascinating volume, renowned historian Howard M. Sachar relates the tragedy of twentieth-century Europe through an innovative, riveting account of the continent's political assassinations between 1918 and 1939 and beyond.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Stylistic Note 1. Social Democracy's White Terror 2. The Death of Giacomo Matteotti 3. A Posthumous Imperial Vengeance 4. Who Killed Sergei Kirov? 5. "Richard III" in Germany 6. A Return Visit from Austria's Tatterdemalion Son 7. All Roads Lead to Rome 8. Gallic Fraternit under the Third Republic 9. The Hunt for Leon Trotsky 10. Gallic Fraternit under Vichy's Armistice 11. The Humanist of Yesterday Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTulchinsky employs historical sources not used before to explain how Salsberg's family life and surrounding religious and social milieu influenced his evolution as a Zionist, an important labour union leader, a member of the Communist Party of Canada, and a prominent member of Toronto's Jewish community.Trade ReviewJoe Salsberg: A Life of Commitment is an important book. -- Ester Ritter Canadian Dimension Tulchinsky is a tremendous storyteller whose exceptional writing brings meaning and life to Salsberg and his impact on Canada. -- Joel Ralph Canada's History 'This intriguing and balanced account of a minority activist and politician in shaping Canada's political culture in middle decades of the twentieth century will be of great interest to students of politics, the left, the labour movement, as well as ethnic and immigration history.' -- Carmela Patrias Canadian Historical Review, vol 95:02:2014 This is an important reminder of why, to two generations of Toronto Jews, Salsberg was a folk hero... They saw him as their champion. His was a remarkable career, and this is a remarkable book, to be not simply read, but savoured.' -- Irving Abella University of Toronto Quarterly vol 84:03:2015 'Fascinating biography... Tulchinsky has provided a valuable and absorbing account of one of the most important and intriguing Jewish labour leaders in Canadian History.' -- Ruth A Frager Labour/Le Travail, vol 76: Fall 2015Table of ContentsPreface Spadina Chapter One: From Lagow to Toronto Chapter Two: Party Maverick Chapter Three: Labour Stalwart and Political Novice Chapter Four: "From a Human Point of View" Chapter Five: Family Quarrel Chapter Six: Still Counselling Otherwise Acknowledgements Notes

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Book SynopsisMuch of A.M. Klein's finest prose is to be found in the mass of uncompleted work that he abandoned at the time of his breakdown, and that became accessible only when his papers were deposited in the National Archives. Notebooks offers a generous selection of this work, revealing previously unsuspected facets of Klein's character and artistry.The fiction, criticism, and memoirs collected here focus on Klein's exploration of the role of the artist. The works illuminate crucial periods of his career, especially the early 1940s, when he was transforming himself into a modernist, and the early 1950s, when he was struggling to overcome the misgivings about his art that were to lead to his final breakdown.The semi-autobiographical text which Klein referred to as 'Raw Material' and the unfinished novel of prison life entitled 'Stranger and Afraid' cast a new light on Klein's often frustrating relationship with the Montreal Jewish community. In 'Marginalia' he discusses poetic Trade Review'Notebooks is in fact a wonderful introduction to Klein's interior and physical worlds and provides solid evidence of what he might have been expected to achieve if ill health hadn't intervened. It's also, it turns out, a sketch of a very learned, very kindly, and often very funny man.' -- Douglas Fetherling

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the legal ramifications of Sharia law in the context of rapidly changing Western liberal democracies, Debating Sharia approaches the issue from a variety of methodological perspectives.Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction: Situating the Debate Foreword: Situating the Debate within Others in European and American Contexts Introduction - Situating the Debate in Ontario Part I. Practicing Religious Divorce among North-American Muslims 1. Practicing an 'Islamic Imagination': Islamic Divorce in North America 2. Faith-Based Arbitration or Religious Divorce: What was the Issue? Part II. Regulating Faith-Based Arbitration 3. Multiculturalism Meets Privatisation: The Case of Faith-Based Arbitration 4. 'Sharia' Courts in Canada: A Delayed Opportunity for the Indigenization of Islamic Legal Rulings." Part III. Defining Islamic Law in the West 5. Asking Questions About Sharia: Lessons From Ontario. 6. Islamic Law and the Canadian Mosaic: Politics, Jurisprudence, and Multicultural Accommodation. Part IV. Negotiating the Politics of Sharia-Based Arbitration 7. 'The 'Good' Muslim/'Bad' Muslim Puzzle?: The Assertion of Muslim Women's Islamic Identity in the Sharia Debates. 8. 'The Muslims Have Ruined Our Party:' A Case Study of Ontario Media Portrayals of Supporters of Faith-Based Arbitration. Part V. Analyzing Discourses of Race, Gender, and Religion 9. 'Sharia in Canada?' Mapping Discourses of Race, Gender and Religious Difference. 10. Agency and Representations: Voices and Silences in the Ontario Sharia Debate Part VI. Managing Religion in the Canadian State 11. Managing the Mosaic: The Work of Form in 'Dispute Resolution in Family Law: Protecting Choice, Promoting Inclusion.' 12. Construing the Secular: Implications of the Ontario Sharia Debate Concluding Thoughts Conclusion: Debating Sharia in the West List of Contributors

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Book SynopsisEdward Goldberg shares his sensational discovery of the largest body of surviving correspondence from any Jew in Early Modern Europe. Over the course of six years, Benedetto Blanis a scholar and entrepreneur in the Florentine Ghetto wrote nearly 200 letters to his princely patron Don Giovanni dei Medici. For the first time, these letters are available in a definitive critical edition with full transcriptions in the original Italian, English language summaries, and explanatory notes. This book is a companion volume to Jews and Magic in Medici Florence, in which Goldberg narrates Blanis''s startling rise and fall. Readers can now take a step closer and hear Blanis''s compelling story in his own words tracing his fraught relations with Jews and Christians, his desperate (and often illegal) business schemes, his disastrous strategies for advancement at the Medici Court, and his pursuit of arcane knowledge, including astrology, alchemy, and Kabbalah.Trade Review'It's a terrific companion volume to the first book and the summaries of the letters give the key information in each (which is good for readers who have insufficient Italian). Goldberg's passion for the past is expressed through his wish for us to see Blanis and understand his life, and he gives us all the tools we need. The letters themselves are the pure magic. Goldberg was clever to realise this and facilitate the transit between them and the reader. They're a door opening to give us a peek into something amazing.' -- Gillian Polack Bibliobuffet.com/bookish-dreaming, 12 December 2011 'These are two fascinating books... Edward Goldberg presents us with an excellent edition of the letters of Blains and a monograph on this enigmatic Jew... the two books are a treasure trove of knowledge and details as well as a look into the fascinating era of the late Renaissance and the dei Medici period.' -- Giuseppe Veltri Renaissance Quarterly vol 67:03:2014Table of ContentsIntroduction A Note to Readers The Blanis Letters: A Critical Edition Index: People Index: Places Index: Topics Bibliography

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Book SynopsisRecovering from Genocidal Trauma is a comprehensive guide to understanding Holocaust survivors and responding to their needs. In it, Myra Giberovitch documents her twenty-five years of working with Holocaust survivors as a professional social worker, researcher, educator, community leader, and daughter of Auschwitz survivors.Trade Review"Recovering from Genocidal Trauma is a remarkable book. Breaking the conspiracy of silence surrounding trauma and ageing, this moving and thought-provoking book provides powerful insights that are of deep relevance to practitioners and survivors of genocidal trauma around the globe." -- Myriam Denov, James McGill Professor, School of Social Work, McGill University "Well written, broad in scope, and extremely thorough, Recovering from Genocidal Trauma is an impressive book that contributes to the body of knowledge regarding practice with survivors of mass atrocity and trauma, especially aging Holocaust survivors and their children." -- Sophie Yohani, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta "Recovering from Genocidal Trauma is a unique contribution to the literature on the practical provision of services for the aging Holocaust survivor. Myra Giberovitch's familiarity and personal experience is of enormous benefit in a manual like this." -- Clare Pain, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, and Director of the Psychological Trauma Program at Mount Sinai Hospital "More and more survivors of atrocities are seeking help through health care and social service agencies in Canada, and social work and health care providers need to understand better how to service these people. Recovering from Genocidal Trauma is a much-needed book that looks at the effects of trauma on people who have experienced atrocities and war. Clearly written and quite practical in its content, it offers a wealth of knowledge for academics, practitioners, students and community leaders." -- Linda Kreitzer, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary "The life work of Myra Giberovitch finds expression in this valuable work infused with wisdom and insight. Myra is a professional (social work) and a daughter of parents who survived Auschwitz, Gross Rosen and Dachau. Raised by survivor-parents within a community of survivors, she knows of what she speaks. And thankfully she speaks not only of the damage inflicted through relentless and prolonged cruelty but also of the courage and strength demonstrated by so many Holocaust survivors in reclaiming a life of normality. In fact, she demonstrates that suffering and coping can indeed exist side by side and that understanding and respectful listening can be helpful to those who live life daily in the shadow of a tragic past. This astonishing work reflects a vast experience and provides a framework for those who work with ageing Holocaust survivors as well as victims of contemporary genocides. It is a gift." -- Robert Krell, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia and Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association "Myra Giberovitch has written a unique contribution to the body of literature on the survivors of the Holocaust. Her ethnographic approach to the long-term effects of genocidal trauma combines the research with years of academic, clinical, and community social work practice, and imbues her work with the personal passion and insight of the daughter of Holocaust survivors. This book will provide new insights for genocide scholars and health and social service agencies, as well as family members." -- Paula David, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto 'An essential tool for everyone who studies, interacts, lives or works with survivors of mass atrocity.' -- Mike Cohen The Jewish Tribune May 2014 'Myra's vision, passion, and determination, as well as her compassion for the survivors, are clearly evident. I would strongly recommend this uplifting book as essential reading for anyone working with survivors of genocidal trauma.' -- Judith Hassan Kavod: A journal for Caregivers and Families March 31, 2015Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Survivors of Mass Atrocity Chapter 1 - Mass Atrocity Crimes Chapter 2 - Understanding the Historical Context Chapter 3 - Identifying a Holocaust Survivor Chapter 4 - Changing Perceptions about Holocaust Survivors Part II: Understanding Survivors Chapter 5 - Impact of Trauma: Vulnerability and Resilience Chapter 6 - Environmental Factors that Reduce the Impact of Trauma Chapter 7 - Other Issues Unique to Survivors Part III: Survivor Services and Programs Chapter 8 - Transcending Victimization through Empowerment Chapter 9 - Creating a Specialized Program Chapter 10 - Short-term Group Services Chapter 11 - Long-Term Group Service: An Incubator Environment Chapter 12 - Intergenerational Programs Part IV: Professional Interactions with Survivors Chapter 13 - Therapeutic Responses Chapter 14 - Responses to Environmental Triggers Chapter 15 - Responses to Emotional Reactions Chapter 16 - Professional Considerations Part V: Going Forward Chapter 17 - Recovery Milestones Applicable to Other Communities Afterword Appendix A: Mass Atrocity Crimes Appendix B: Rafael Lemkin: A Survivor's Contribution to Society Glossary References Index

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Book SynopsisThe thirteen essays in Imagining the Jew in Anglo-Saxon Literature and Culture examine visual and textual representations of Jews before 1066.Trade Review‘This impressive collection has a great deal to offer a variety of readers, both in the breadth of its material and the range of its approaches. -- Renée R. Trilling * Speculum vol 93:01:2018 *"Imagining the Jew in Anglo-Saxon England reveals the complexity, variety, and profound significance of early medieval discourse on Jews and, by demonstrating how thoroughly such discourse pervaded Christian thought, points out productive methods for interpreting Anglo-Saxon literature and art." -- Emily V. Thornbury, University of California at Berkeley * Journal of English and Germanic Philology, vol 118:1 *Table of ContentsSamantha Zacher, "Introduction: The Jew in the Anglo-Saxon Imagination" Defining the Jew: A Question of Race, Ethnicity, or Religion? Stephen J. Harris, "Anglo-Saxons, Israelites, Hebrews and Jews" Thomas N. Hall, "Nathan the Jew in the Old English Vindicta Salvatoris" The Jew in Anglo-Saxon Theology and Liturgy Damian Fleming, "Hebraeam scire linguam: Bede's Rhetoric of the Hebrew Truth" Kathy Lavezzo, "Building Anti-Semitism in Bede" Andrew P. Scheil, "Transition and Renewal: Jews and the Church Year in Anglo-Saxon England" Literary Types and Anglo-Saxon Audiences Daniel Anlezark, "Abraham's Children: Jewish Promise and Christian Fulfillment" Thomas D. Hill, "Time, Liturgy and History in the Old English Elene" Charles D. Wright, "Jewish Magic and Christian Miracle in the Old English Andreas" Visual Media: Representations of Jews and Jewish Spaces Catherine Karkov, "Hagar and Ishmael: the Uncanny and the Exile" Adam Cohen, "King Edgar Leaping and Dancing Before the Lord" Asa Mittman, "'In those days': Giants and the Giant Moses in the Old English Illustrated Hexateuch" Epilogue: Pre- and Post-Conquest Identifications: Continuity and Difference Heide Estes, "Reading Aelfric in the Twelfth Century: Anti-Judaic Doctrine Becomes Anti-Judaic Rhetoric"

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Book SynopsisIn writing in English about the classical era, is it more appropriate to refer to “Jews” or to “Judeans”? What difference does it make? Today, many scholars consider “Judeans” the more authentic term, and “Jews” and “Judaism” merely anachronisms.In Judeans and Jews, Daniel R. Schwartz argues that we need both terms in order to reflect the dichotomy between the tendencies of those, whether in Judea or in the Disapora, whose identity was based on the state and the land (Judeans), and those whose identity was based on a religion and culture (Jews).Presenting the Second Temple era as an age of transition between a territorial past and an exilic and religious future, Judeans and Jews not only sharpens our understanding of this important era but also sheds important light on the revolution in Jewish identity caused by the creation of the modern state of Israel.Table of ContentsIntroduction I. Judean Historiography vs. Jewish Historiography: The First and Second Books of Maccabees II. Priestly Judaism vs. Rabbinic Judaism III. From Joseph b. Mattathias, a Priest of Judea, to Flavius Josephus, a Jew of Rome IV. Judeans, Jews, and the Era that Disappeared: On Heinrich Graetz's Evolving Treatment of the Second Temple Period Conclusion Appendix: May We Speak of "Religion" and "Judaism" in the Second Temple Period?

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Book SynopsisIn 2007, Little Mosque on the Prairie premiered on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation network. It told the story of a mosque community that worshiped in the basement of an Anglican church. It was a bona fide hit, running for six seasons and playing on networks all over the world.             Kyle Conway’s textual analysis and in-depth research, including interviews from the show’s creator, executive producers, writers,  and CBC executives, reveals the many ways Muslims have and have not been integrated into North American television. Despite a desire to showcase the diversity of Muslims in Canada, the makers of Little Mosque had to erase visible signs of difference in order to reach a broad audience. This paradox of ‘saleable diversity’ challenges conventional ideas about the ways in which sitcoms integrate minorities into the mainstream. Trade Review‘A valuable study of media and multiculturalism. Highly recommended.’ -- C.L. Clements * Choice Magazine vol 55:01:2017 *‘Conway provides a great deal for the scholar of religion….For those who want to understand the diversity of Muslims in North America; this offers a Canadian perspective that is often left out of the equation. We should certainly add Little Mosque on the Prairie to the list of key works on Muslims in media, television, and cinema.’ -- Kristen Petersen * Reading Religion – December 2017 *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction. Muslims and Sitcoms in Post-9/11 North America 1. Sitcoms, Cultural Translation, and the Paradox of Saleable Diversity 2. Representation Between the Particular and the Universal 3. The Paradoxes of "Humanizing Muslims" 4. Saleable Diversity and International Audiences 5. Religion as Culture Versus Religion as Belief Conclusion. Identity and Difference in North American Sitcoms Notes References

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Book SynopsisThis is a selected, annotated list of some 2,000 books on Asia in English and French currently in print, chosen with the aim of providing a long-term historical perspective for the general reader. The list is presented in four main parts: Asia as a whole; the Islamic world; India, South and Southeast Asia; the Far East. Subdivisions cover such topics as: general and reference works; history, social science, and law; history of literature; literature in translation; religion and ideas; arts, crafts, architecture, and science; and the lands in modern times.

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Book SynopsisPart of The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series, Islam, Politics, Anthropology offers critical reflections on past and current studies of Islam and politics in anthropology and charts new analytical approaches to examining Islam in the post-9/11 world.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii 1 Benjamin Soares & Filippo Osella Islam, politics, anthropology 1 2 Samuli Schielke Being good in Ramadan: ambivalence, fragmentation, and the moral self in the lives of young Egyptians 23 3 Hatsuki Aishima & Armando Salvatore Doubt, faith, and knowledge: the reconfiguration of the intellectual field in post-Nasserist Cairo 39 4 Magnus Marsden A tour not so grand: mobile Muslims in northern Pakistan 54 5 Kai Kresse Muslim politics in postcolonial Kenya: negotiating knowledge on the double-periphery 72 6 Rosa De Jorio Between dialogue and contestation: gender, Islam, and the challenges of a Malian public sphere 91 7 Lara Deeb Piety politics and the role of a transnational feminist analysis 107 8 Julie McBrien Mukadas’s struggle: veils and modernity in Kyrgyzstan 121 9 Irfan Ahmad Genealogy of the Islamic state: reflections on Maududi’s political thought and Islamism 138 10 Maimuna Huq Talking jihad and piety: reformist exertions among Islamist women in Bangladesh 156 11 Daromir Rudnyckyj Market Islam in Indonesia 175 12 Filippo Osella & Caroline Osella Muslim entrepreneurs in public life between India and the Gulf: making good and doing good 194 13 Gregory Starrett Islam and the politics of enchantment 213 Index 231

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Book SynopsisThis volume, part of the successful International Library of Policy Analysis series, brings together for the first time leading figures from both the Israeli public and academic spheres to provide a comprehensive study of policy analysis in Israel.Trade Review"The book successfully challenges existing scholarship about the trajectory of policy analysis in other developing and evolving contexts." Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration"This fascinating book pushes past viewing Israeli developments in terms of headlines, turbulence and shifting borders, addressing the lack of attention to the policy practices that have emerged in a relatively young nation that has borrowed structures and practices from multiple settings." Beryl Radin, Georgetown University"The community of scholars in Israel working on policy analysis have made numerous contributions to the field, especially in understanding how to make policy in conditions of risk. This volume provides an interesting and insightful analysis of those contributions." B. Guy Peters, University of Pittsburgh and President, International Public Policy AssociationTable of ContentsForeword ~ Yehezkel Dror; Introduction: Policy Analysis in Israel: A Late Developer’s Story ~ Amos Zehavi and Gila Menahem; Part One: The Styles and Methods of Public Policy Analysis in Israel; Policy Analysis under Intense Pressures ~ Ira Sharkansky; Policy Analysis Evolution in Israel: Building Administrative Capabilities ~ Jennifer Oser and Itzhak Galnoor; Part Two: Policy Analysis by the Executive and the Legislature; Policy Analysis in the Central Government: Latest development and challenges ahead ~ Gal Alon; Local Government and the Challenge of Policy Analysis ~ Nahum Ben-Elia; Policy Analysis and the Legislature ~ Shirley Avrami; The Making of Disability Policy in Israel: Ad- hoc Advisory Expert Panels ~ Arie Rimmerman and Michal Soffer; Part Three: Policy Analysis in Specific Government Units; Policy Analysis in the Treasury: How does the Israeli Ministry of Finance Arrive at a Policy Decision? ~ Momi Dahan; Policy Analysis in the Bank of Israel ~ Kranit Flug; Part four: Policy Analysis from the Outside; Insiders Within? The Third Sector and Policy Analysis in Israel ~ Hagai Katz; Policy Analysis Education in Graduate Programs in Israel ~ Iris Geva May and Anat Gofen.

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Book SynopsisThis unique textbook enables social work practitioners to gain a deeper understanding of how Islamic principles inform and influence the lives of Muslim populations.Trade Review"An interesting and informative read, for both the social worker and a broader range of practitioners." Professional Social Work, February 2009 (Review of the first edition)"A really valuable and up-to-date resource that addresses all fields of social work. It gets at the questions that practitioners actually ask." David Pitcher, Children’s Guardian, Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service"This excellent teaching and learning aid provides students with an insightful understanding of the Islamic faith to take forward into social work practice." David J. Gaylard, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of ChichesterTable of ContentsIntroduction The Muslim Ummah: context and concepts Social Work Education & Islam principles Gender Relations and the Morphology of the Family Working with Families Health and Muslim Families Ageing & Muslim Communities Muslim communities, crime, victimisation and criminal justice – with Tracey Devanna Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis unique textbook enables social work practitioners to gain a deeper understanding of how Islamic principles inform and influence the lives of Muslim populations.Trade Review"An interesting and informative read, for both the social worker and a broader range of practitioners." Professional Social Work, February 2009 (Review of the first edition)"A really valuable and up-to-date resource that addresses all fields of social work. It gets at the questions that practitioners actually ask." David Pitcher, Children’s Guardian, Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service"This excellent teaching and learning aid provides students with an insightful understanding of the Islamic faith to take forward into social work practice." David J. Gaylard, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of ChichesterTable of ContentsIntroduction The Muslim Ummah: context and concepts Social Work Education & Islam principles Gender Relations and the Morphology of the Family Working with Families Health and Muslim Families Ageing & Muslim Communities Muslim communities, crime, victimisation and criminal justice – with Tracey Devanna Conclusion

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Book SynopsisCompares regional conceptions and variations of welfare in relation to national religious traditions across key parts of Europe. Using comparative case studies, the book examines the transition from research to practical policy recommendations, highlighting the similarities and differences between selected European countries.Trade Review"This new volume brings a fresh perspective... and makes an impressive contribution to our knowledge in this important area." Theology“This is a fascinating, complex, rich book rooted in deep research and providing an innovative and revealing new analysis in the intersection of welfare, women and minorities.” Religion, State & Society"A fascinating volume exploring religion, gender, minorities and welfare in Europe, offering significant insights into the link between values, welfare and social change." Dr Stephanie Sinclair, The Open University"This is a timely and authoritative text - fit for students and experts alike - which builds on the insights of the WaVE research to shed new light on gender issues and minority religious groups in Europe. The comparative perspective encompassing diverse national settings provides an important back-drop for analysing some of the key social welfare implications of an increasingly culturally diverse continent." Rana Jawad, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, University of Bath, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Anders Bäckström Part one: Thinking methodologically: approaches to research and practice; Between contextuality and comparability: a dilemma in qualitative comparative case studies ~ Pål Repstad Using case studies in religion, values and welfare research ~ Olav Helge Angell and Lina Molokotos-Liederman Social cohesion: from research to practice ~ Olav Helge Angell, Marjukka Laiho, Anne Birgitta Pessi and Siniša Zrinš?ak Part two: Thinking regionally: key case studies in welfare and religion in Europe The WaVE project as a record of religious and social transformations in northern Europe ~ Anders Bäckström The intersections of state, family and Church in Italy and Greece ~ Margarita Markoviti and Lina Molokotos-Liederman Religion, welfare and gender: the post-communist experience ~ Siniša Zrinš?ak Part three: Gendered and minority perspectives Understanding religious minority communities as civil society actors ~ Annette Leis-Peters Striving to live the good life: the tension between self-fulfilment and family obligations for women in northern England ~ Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon Religion as a resource or as a source of exclusion?: The case of Muslim women’s shelters ~ Pia Karlsson Minganti The moral and gendered crisis of the Italian welfare system seen through the prism of migrant women’s reproductive health ~ Annalisa Frisina Part four: Drawing the threads together Welfare and values in Europe: insights drawn from a comparative cross-country analysis ~ Effie Fokas Afterword ~ Grace Davie

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Book SynopsisIn 2014 the `Trojan Horse' affair, an alleged plot to `Islamify' several state schools in Birmingham, caused a previously highly successful school to be vilified. Holmwood and O'Toole challenge the accepted narrative and show how it was used to justify an intrusive counter extremism agenda.Trade Review"A compelling alternative analysis of the `Trojan Horse’ affair, shining much-needed light on a serious but neglected vector of educational inequality in the UK." Reza Gholami, University of Birmingham“This highly engaging book charts the pervasive and politically motivated racialization of Muslim communities in Britain today. Detailed in its use of evidence and comprehensive in its analysis, it should be compulsory reading for everybody interested in the working of the state.” Nasar Meer, University of Edinburgh"Makes for important reading not only to rectify the injustices committed in the unfolding of the affair, but as part of the continued debate on what values should be promoted in schools, how these values should be interpreted, and their compatibility with religious expression." Journal of Education Policy“An assiduous, impeccably researched account of the events that took place in Birmingham….utterly devastating reading. I cannot recommend it strongly enough." Peter Oborne, journalist.Table of ContentsIntroduction: A plot to Islamicise schools? Part 1: Context `British values’ and community cohesion Prevent: from hearts and minds to muscular liberalism Community cohesion, schooling and Prevent Religious education, collective worship and publicly funded education Governance, school reform and change management Part 2: The case Introducing the case Enter Ofsted The Clarke and Kershaw Reports The NCTL hearings and their collapse Conclusion: Lessons from the Trojan Horse affair

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Book SynopsisGary R. Bunt is a twenty-year pioneer in the study of cyber-Islamic environments (CIEs). In this new book, he explores the diverse and surprising ways digital technology is shaping how Muslims across vast territories relate to religious authorities in fulfilling spiritual, mystical, and legalistic agendas.

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Book SynopsisCentering Pakistan in a story of transnational Islam stretching from South Asia to the Middle East, Simon Wolfgang Fuchs offers the first in-depth ethnographic history of the intellectual production of Shi'is and their religious competitors in this Land of the Pure.

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Book SynopsisAnalysing classical Muslim literary representations of Muhammad's body as they emerge in Sunni hadith and sira from the eighth to the eleventh centuries, Michael Muhammad Knight argues that early Muslims' theories and imaginings about Muhammad's body contributed in significant ways to the construction of prophetic masculinity and authority.Trade ReviewA stimulating academic analysis of writings about the way Muhammad's body supposedly blessed others during his lifetime and after his death. . . . [Knight] offers fresh insights into Muslim masculinity, esotericism, and power. This is an erudite, provocative tour de force." —Publishers Weekly

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Book SynopsisCombining insights from the best published historical and religious studies scholarship, original research, and rich first-person perspective, this highly readable book offers a comprehensive yet concise introduction to the founder and central figure of the Islamic tradition: the prophet Muhammad.

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