"From his first book, From Spanish Court to Italian Ghetto, to his well-known volume on Jewish memory, Zakhor, to his treatment of Sigmund Freud in Freud’s Moses, Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi (1932–2009) earned recognition as perhaps the greatest Jewish historian of his day, whose scholarship blended vast erudition, unfettered creativity, and lyrical beauty. This volume charts his intellectual trajectory by bringing together a mix of classic a ..."
"He has served as a perennial landmark and point of reference in the construction of modern Jewish identity. This volume brings together excerpts from central works in the Jewish response to Spinoza."
"This fascinating interdisciplinary collection of essays brings gender issues to the foreground in order to redress a profound imbalance in the historiography of the Yishuv, the Jewish community in Palestine, and in the early years of the State of Israel. Although male discourse still dominates this field, some initial studies have begun to create an authentic and multifaceted Hebrew-Israeli voice by examining the activities and contribu ..."
"Jews have long seen the interwar years as a “golden age” for Polish Jewry and hold it in special reverence because of the community’s heroic struggle against the encroaching darkness of antisemitism. During the years 1918 to 1939, Polish Jews constituted the largest Jewish community in noncommunist Europe and were the leading cultural and political force in the Jewish Diaspora. In this volume distinguished American, West European, Israe ..."
Jewish Legal Theories(1st Edition) Writings on State, Religion, and Morality (The Brandeis Library of Modern Jewish Thought) by Leora Batnitzky , Yonatan Brafman Hardcover, 296 Pages, Published 2018 by BrandeisUniversityPress ISBN-13: 978-1-58465-743-9, ISBN: 1-58465-743-X
Louis D. Brandeis(Reprint) American Prophet (Jewish Lives) by Jeffrey Rosen Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2017 by Yale UniversityPress ISBN-13: 978-0-300-23071-0, ISBN: 0-300-23071-0
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