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Gender and Timebound Commandments in Judaism

by Elizabeth Shanks Alexander

Published: 2015-02-12

Paperback: 300 pages

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The rule that exempts women from rituals that need to be performed at specific times (so-called timebound, positive commandments) has served for centuries to stabilize Jewish gender. It has provided a rationale for women's centrality at home and their absence from the synagogue. Departing from dominant...

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The Star and the Stripes: A History of the Foreign Policies of American Jews

by Michael N. Barnett

Published: 2016-03-15

Hardcover: 368 pages

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How do American Jews envision their role in the world? Are they tribal--a people whose obligations extend solely to their own? Or are they prophetic--a light unto nations, working to repair the world? The Star and the Stripes is an original, provocative interpretation of the effects of the...

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Antisemitism: Myth and Hate from Antiquity to the Present

by Marvin Perry

Published: 2005-11-03

Paperback: 332 pages

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In this provocative book, Marvin Perry and Frederick M. Schweitzer analyze the lies, misperceptions, and myths that antisemites have propagated throughout the centuries. The book examines ancient and medieval myths central to the history of antisemitism:

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Tel Aviv Noir (Akashic Noir)

Published: 2014-10-07

Paperback: 280 pages

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Gon Ben Ari's story "Clear Recent History" has been named a finalist for the Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award for Best P.I. Short Story!"This consistently strong collection showcases a group of Israeli writers who are not well known in the U.S. Definitely one of the highlights i...

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The Avengers: A Jewish War Story

by Rich Cohen

Published: 2013-10-02

Kindle Edition: 273 pages

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In 1944, a band of Jewish guerrillas emerged from the Baltic forest to join the Russian army in its attack on Vilna, the capital of Lithuania. The band, called the Avengers, was led by Abba Kovner, a charismatic young poet. In the ghetto, Abba had built bombs, sneaking out through the city...

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In the Shadow of Race: Jews, Latinos, and Immigrant Politics in the United States

by Victoria Hattam

Published: 2007-09-15

Paperback: 290 pages

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Race in the United States has long been associated with heredity and inequality while ethnicity has been linked to language and culture. In the Shadow of Race recovers the history of this entrenched distinction and the divisive politics it engenders. Victoria Hattam locates the origins ...

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The Jews of Capitol Hill: A Compendium of Jewish Congressional Members

by Kurt F. Stone

Published: 2010-12-29

Hardcover: 714 pages

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Since 1841, 200 Jewish men and women have served in the United States Congress. Their ranks have included Democrats and Republicans, Whigs and Socialists, radicals and reactionaries—a microcosm of the political diversity of the United States. Their influence in Congress has been signific...

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Muslims and Jews in America: Commonalities, Contentions, and Complexities

Published: 2011-06-07

Paperback: 232 pages

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This book is an exploration of contemporary Jewish-Muslim relations in the United States and the distinct ways in which these two communities interact with one another in the American context. Each essay discusses a different episode from the recent twentieth and current twenty-first century American...

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Time's Witnesses: Women's Voices from the Holocaust

Published: 2017-01-13

Paperback: 288 pages

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'If we had held one minute's silence for each of the six million Jews who were murdered, we would have remained silent for twelve years.' Blanche Major. In Time's Witnesses: Women's Voices from the Holocaust, Major and nine other Jewish women testify about their horrific experiences in Auschwitz, Theresienstadt,...

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My Russian Grandmother and Her American Vacuum Cleaner: A Family Memoir

by Meir Shalev

Published: 2011-10-04

Kindle Edition: 225 pages

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From the author of the acclaimed novel A Pigeon and a Boy comes a charming tale of family ties, over-the-top housekeeping, and the sport of storytelling in Nahalal, the village of Meir Shalev’s birth. Here we meet Shalev’s amazing Grandma Tonia, who arrived in Palestine by boat from Ru...