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The Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry Ser.
Glorious, Accursed Europe
by Professor Jehuda Reinharz, Yaacov Shavit
Digital, 280 Pages, Published 2010 by Brandeis Univ
ISBN-13: 978-1-58465-913-6, ISBN: 1-58465-913-0

Glorious, Accursed Europe(1st Edition)
(The Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry)
by Jehuda Reinharz, Yaacov Shavit, Jacob Shavit, M. Engel
Hardcover, 316 Pages, Published 2010 by Brandeis University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-58465-843-6, ISBN: 1-58465-843-6

"This volume offers a fascinating look at the complex relationship between Jews and Europe during the past two hundred years, and how the European Jewish and non-Jewish intelligentsia interpreted the modern Jewish experience, primarily in Germany, Russia, and Central and Eastern Europe. Beginning with premodern European attitudes toward Jews, Reinharz and Shavit move quickly to "the glorious nineteenth century," a period in which Jewish ..."

Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry Ser.(1st Edition)
The Road to September 1939 : Polish Jews, Zionists, and the Yishuv on the Eve of World War II
by Jehuda Reinharz, Yaacov Shavit
Paperback, 408 Pages, Published 2020 by Brandeis University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-68458-007-1, ISBN: 1-68458-007-2

"Preface: "The Birds Left Early"--"A Million Superfluous Jews" -- and More -- "The Dream of a Jewish State" -- "The Wailing Wall in Évian" and Kristallnacht -- Funeral March at St. James's Palace: "They Betrayed Czechoslovakia, Why Should ..."

The Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry
The Road to September 1939 : Polish Jews, Zionists, and the Yishuv on the Eve of World War II
by Jehuda Reinharz, Yaacov Shavit
432 Pages, Published 2018 by Brandeis University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-5126-0154-1, ISBN: 1-5126-0154-3

"Kozińska-Witt, Hanna (2017). “Ha'alimutha'antiyehudit bekrakuv bein shtei milhamot ha'olam veteguvotha'iriyah vemoetzetha'ir aleha,” Gal-Ed 25: 131–157. Koznitsky, Chaim (1999). Ratzitilichyot. Krikler, Bernard (1969). “Boycotting Nazi Germany.” The Wiener Library Bulletin 22(4): 26–32. Krone, Moshe (1987). Moraiverabotai, ahaivere'ai: pirkeizikhronot (Tel Aviv). Krotoshinsky, Isaiah ( Sevek) (2002). Noladeti belodz (Tel Aviv). Krzy ..."

The Road to September 1939
Polish Jews, Zionists, and the Yishuv on the Eve of World War II (The Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry)
by Jehuda Reinharz, Yaacov Shavit
Hardcover, 432 Pages, Published 2018 by Brandeis
ISBN-13: 978-1-5126-0153-4, ISBN: 1-5126-0153-5

"In European and Holocaust historiography, it is generally believed that neither the Zionist movement nor the Yishuv, acting primarily out of self-interest, energetically attempted to help European Jews escape the Nazi threat.Drawing on the memoirs, letters, and institutional reports of Chaim Weizmann, Zeev Jabotinsky, David Ben-Gurion, and many others, this volume sheds new light on a troubled period in Jewish history. Reinharz and Shav ..."

Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology Ser.
Staging and Stagers in Modern Jewish Palestine : The Creation of Festive Lore in a New Culture, 1882-1948
by Yaacov Shavit, Shoshana Sitton
224 Pages, Published 2015 by Wayne State University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8143-4188-9, ISBN: 0-8143-4188-8

"Marcus, Ivan G. Rituals of Childhood: Jewish Acculturation in Medieval Europe. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996. Mazor, Yehoram, ed. ... (In Hebrew). Meyer, Michael A. Response to Modernity: A History of the Reform Movement in Judaism. ... History. 2 vols. Oxford: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 1994, 1997."

Jabotinsky and the Revisionist Movement 1925-1948
by Yaacov Shavit
Published 2013
ISBN-13: 978-1-299-81157-7, ISBN: 1-299-81157-4

Jabotinsky and the Revisionist Movement 1925-1948
by Yaacov Shavit
Published 2013
ISBN-13: 978-1-315-03525-3, ISBN: 1-315-03525-1

Jabotinsky and the Revisionist Movement 1925-1948
by Yaacov Shavit
445 Pages, Published 2013 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-135-17850-5, ISBN: 1-135-17850-X

"Z. Jabotinsky, 'ltaly in the Mediterranean', Ha-Yarden, 21.8.1936. CONCLUSION . On the activities of the Revisionist labour movement and its independent trade union movement, see Y. Ophir, The History of the National Labourer; see also Y. Shavit (ed. and introd.), Documents of the First Two Covenants of the National Labour Federation. During this entire period the membership of the Labour Squads amounted to some 800. . On the Revis ..."

History in Black
African-Americans in Search of an Ancient Past
by Yaacov Shavit
Published 2013
ISBN-13: 978-1-315-81020-1, ISBN: 1-315-81020-4

History in Black
African-Americans in Search of an Ancient Past
by Yaacov Shavit
Published 2013
ISBN-13: 978-1-306-13189-6, ISBN: 1-306-13189-8

History in Black
African-Americans in Search of an Ancient Past
by Yaacov Shavit
456 Pages, Published 2013 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-317-79184-3, ISBN: 1-317-79184-3

"correlation between tradition and the new historical conceptions and perceptions which see two facets of the blacks versus Israel in ... historical literature, depicting the Mediterranean Romans themselves as belonging to a dark-skinned race. ... with the historical truth of biblical narratives, based on an unshakable belief in the verity of the sacred historical traditions. ... In Felder's words: '. . . biblical stories, themes, p ..."

Jabotinsky and the Revisionist Movement 1925-1948
by Yaacov Shavit
445 Pages, Published 2013 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-135-17857-4, ISBN: 1-135-17857-7

"In practical terms the foremost element that the movement absorbed from Jabotinsky's writings on the subject was the slogan of the 'five m's', reflecting the quintessence of the liberal progressive viewon the state's responsibilityfor furnishing a ..."

Studia Judaica--Forschungen Zur Wissenschaft des Judentums Ser.
The Hebrew Bible Reborn : From Holy Scripture to the Book of Books: a History of Biblical Culture and the Battles over the Bible in Modern Judaism
by Yaacov Shavit, Mordechai Eran
Published 2007
ISBN-13: 978-1-282-19525-7, ISBN: 1-282-19525-5

Tel Aviv
naissance d'une ville (1909-1936)
by Yaacov Shavit, Esther Ifrah
232 Pages, Published 2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-222-61543-5, ISBN: 0-222-61543-5

"Retrace l'histoire de la naissance et de la formation de Tel-Aviv, la "ville blanche", inscrite au patrimoine culturel de l'Unesco depuis 2004."

Staging and Stagers in Modern Jewish Palestine
The Creation of Festive Lore in a New Culture, 1882-1948 (Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology)
by Shoshana Sitton, Yaacov Shavit, Chaya Naor, Jacob Shavit, Yaʻaḳov Shaviṭ
Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2004 by Wayne State University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8143-2845-3, ISBN: 0-8143-2845-8

"This fascinating case study describes the work of the people responsible for creating festive lore and its system of ceremonies and festivities-an inseparable part of every culture. In the case of the new modern Hebrew culture of Eretz Israel (modern Jewish Palestine)-a society of immigrants that left behind most of their traditional folkways-the creation of festival lore was a conscious and organized process guided by a national ideolo ..."

History in Black(1st Edition)
African-Americans in Search of an Ancient Past
by Jacob Shavit, Yaacov Shavit
Hardcover, 456 Pages, Published 2001 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-7146-5062-3, ISBN: 0-7146-5062-5

"Burstein, S. M., review of Black Athena, Vol. II, Classical Philology, 88, 2 (1993), 157-162. Burstein, S. M., Graeco-Africana: Studies in the History of Greek Relations with Egypt and Nubia (New Rochelle, NY, 1995). Burstein, S. M. (ed.), Ancient African Civilizations: Kush and Axum (New Haven, CT; 1998). Burt, McK., Black Inventors of America (Portland, OR, 1989). Burton, A., Diodorus Siculus, Book I: A Commentary (Leiden, 1972). ..."

History in Black(1st Edition)
African-Americans in Search of an Ancient Past
by Yaacov Shavit, Jacob Shavit
Paperback, 456 Pages, Published 2001 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-7146-8216-7, ISBN: 0-7146-8216-0

"Leonard 22 Jerome of Palestine 219 Jerusalem 262 Jesuits 98-9 Jesus Christ. black identity 49-50 Jewish Sages 93, 96-7, 309n15; black identity 228; black racism 176-9; Egypt's uniqueness and the Nile 202; influence on Egyptian culture no, 116, 129, 3 19ni2; influence on Greek culture in, 116, 129 Jews: American 275n15; anti-Semitism 182, 187, 359-60n16: black cultural influence 7; black descent 49-50, 182, 187-9, 228-9; and ... Lan ..."

Athens in Jerusalem(Updated)
Classical Antiquity and Hellenism in the Making of the Modern Secular Jew
by Yaacov Shavit, Niki Werner, Chaya Naor, Yaakiv Shavit
Paperback, 576 Pages, Published 1999 by Littman Library Of Jewish Civilization
ISBN-13: 978-1-874774-36-5, ISBN: 1-874774-36-6

"'Ambitious, elaborately structured and wide-ranging . . . Shavit's book will be the fundamental work on Jewish Hellenism for a long time to come.' Tessa Rajak, Times Literary Supplement 'The book is an encyclopedic, if not exhaustive treatment of this subject, which, in its various permutations, is the subject of modern Jewish thought . . . the prodigious scope of the book cannot but elicit astonishment and admiration. The range of s ..."

Athens in Jerusalem(1st Edition)
Classical Antiquity and Hellenism in the Making of the Modern Secular Jew (Littman Library of Jewish Civilization)
by Yaacov Shavit, Niki Werner, Chaya Naor, Jacob Shavit
Hardcover, 576 Pages, Published 1997 by The Littman Library Of Jewish Civilization In Association With Liverpool University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-874774-25-9, ISBN: 1-874774-25-0

"From the 18th Century on, Jews seeking to aquire a modern identify began to take a new interest in classical antiquity and Hellenistic civilization as a key tot he secular Jewish culture they sought to develop. It was of course not the real classical Greece to which they aspired but rather its idealized image as perceived through contemporary eyes, but this image became an important element in the search for a new Jewish self-awareness. ..."