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Jewish studies

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Zionism: A Brief HistoryMichael brenner

translated by shelley Frisch

This book explores the origins of Zionism within Jewish tradition, the variety of Zionist ideologies, and the polit-ical circumstances that fostered this movement. Jewish immigration to Palestine, shifting British policies, Arab reactions to Jewish settlements, and the impact of the Holocaust are among the book’s central topics. A final chapter summarizes the major problems and achievements of the Jewish state, and examines possible directions for its post-Zionist future.

“Brenner is a gifted storyteller who gleans the best stories from a rich and dynamic century. Those stories just happen to be true.”—Jewish Book Council “Prof. Michael Brenner’s brilliant short survey of one of the most interesting and embattled movements of the contemporary world is the most reliable introduction available in English into a subject that has become in recent years a matter of much controversy, very often on the basis of ideological prejudice or simply ignorance. This admirably objective review of a multi-faceted movement deals both with its cultural and political origins and manifestations.”—Walter Laqueur, author of The History of Zionism (1972)

HC: 978-155-876-535-1 $68.95PB: 978-155-876-536-8 $26.95

tHe rABBi of BAcHerAcH And otHer stories

heinrich heine

illustrated by Max lieberMann

The book includes two stories by Heinrich Heine, “The Rabbi of Bacherach” and “Shylock,” as well as the poem “Hebrew Melo-dies.” This beautiful edition is illustrated with the lithographs of Max Liebermann, one of of the most prominent turn-of-the-centu-ry European painters.

“The stories illustrate Heine’s fascination with Jewish medieval traditions and condemn an-ti-Semitism. The most haunting tale, ‘The Rabbi of Bacherach,’ vividly describes a Passover feast at the home of a rabbi who lives in the Jewish ghetto of a medieval German town...An interesting prose piece, ‘Shylock,’ skillfully defends the Jewish merchant whose tragic fate in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice has come to represent prejudice against Jews.” — Publishers WeeklyPB: 978-091-012-962-6 $18.95

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Old New laNd

theodor herzl

introduction by Jacques Kornberg

“Old New Land is one of the most remarkable books of the twentieth century. . . . a blueprint of the perfect Jewish state, a technocratic utopia, a socialist dream with all the advantages of capital-ism, an idealistic colonial enterprise, a model of pure reason, a ‘light unto the nations.’ It also helps to explain the extremism of some of those who rebel against the domi-nance of what is widely regarded as the arrogant West. Herzl could not possibly have foreseen the tensions to come, and yet the seeds of tragedy are already buried in this text.”

—The New York Review of Books

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Israel aNd PalestINe: Peace PlaNs aNd

PrOPOsals frOm OslO tO dIseNgagemeNt

galia golan

“Delivering a readable and remarkably evenhanded account, Golan dissects each of the major Israeli and Palestinian peace at-tempts, from Oslo in 1993 to the 2005 Israeli disen-gagement from Gaza. Her conclusion is refreshingly, if ambitiously, optimis-tic: despite the violence and intransigence of both sides, Israelis and Pales-tinians are substantially closer to peace now than when the talks began.”

—Publishers Weekly

“A gem.”—Foreign Affairs

HC: 978-1-55876-502-3$68.95

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the levaNt: a fractured mOsaIc

William harris

uPdated aNd exPaNded 2014 edItION

This updated edition includes a new chapter on the Levant from the Arab Spring until today.

“A well-researched and engaging book.”

—Library Journal

“A frightening summary of the region’s future (and perhaps unsolvable) prospects, which are compounded by rivalries among the mosaic of peo-ples and ubiquitous sects that permeate the area and maintain the divisiveness. The book summarizes libraries of research to provide an up-to-date guide to present and future problems.... Highly recommended.”

—ChoiceHC: 978-1-55876-602-0

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IslamOPhObIa aNd aNtI-semItIsm

hillel schenKer and ziad abu-zayyad, eds

Islamophobes use anti-Se-mitic stereotypes for hate messages. Anti-Semitic ideas are often repeated in anti-Israeli Arab propa-ganda, and Israelis have used Islamophobic imag-es in their media. The use of these texts and images on both sides threatens to transform the Israeli-Pal-estinian conflict from a political into a religious one, and thereby clouds the judgment of anyone attempting to resolve it.

“All of the articles are accessible to a general educated audience, with points of special interest for everyone.” —Journal of Palestine StudiesHC: 978-1-55876-402-6 $68.95PB: 978-1-55876-403-3 $24.95

afrO-JewIsh eNcOuNters:

frOm tImbuktu tO the INdIaN OceaN aNd

beyONd

William F.s. miles ForeWard by ali a.

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Combining the rigors of academic research with a “you are there” delivery, this book is suitable for introductory courses on Africa, ethnography, Jew-ish studies, and religious studies, as well as for the reading pleasure of the ecumenical-minded traveler.

“Miles’ book...is compel-ling. It examines the Jew-ish presence in Africa and the history of interaction between Jews and Afri-cans. ... It is also a wise rumination on the nature of cultural exchange and religious toleration.” —Foreign Affairs Journal

HC: 978-1-55876-581-8$88.95

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germaNy aNd the mIddle east:

1871-1945WolFgang g.

schWanitz, ed.As in WWI, the Germans tried during WWII to incite Arab populations to jihad against the allied nations. Adolf Hitler revealed to the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem in late 1941 that after his victory against the Russians, he would pursue the Jews in the Middle East as he was doing already in occupied Europe.

“A success.”—Journal of Palestine

Studies“Detailed insights into German interest toward the Middle East, German traditions, Afghanistan, the Israeli Palestinian conflict and the struggle about the membership of Turkey in the European Union.”

—Middle East Policy

HC: 978-1-55876-125-4$48.95

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Jews aNd JudaIsm IN afrIcaN hIstOry

richard hull

“This book fills a gap in the broad history of Jews in Africa. Hull teaches courses on the topic, about which he marshals an impressive body of literature in succinct prose with balanced judg-ments. This will be useful for students of all levels and as a text for teaching.” —Choice

“Hull provides the foun-dation for appreciating the longstanding presence and contradictory roles of Jews in African society.”

—African Studies Quarterly

“[This] is a helpful comple-ment to other historical texts on Africa, and any student of African history will be able to use Hull’s book as a source of information demanding future study…this is a valu-able source for all students of Jewish and African History.” – African Studies Review

HC: 978-1-55876-495-8 $86.95PB: 978-1-55876-496-5 $26.95

Jews Of a saharaN OasIs

John hunWicK

“Thoroughly exploiting the extant Arabic writings on the subject, Hunwick exam-ines the rise and purge of a Jewish communal outpost of Tlemcen, which lay in the Touat oasis more than a third of the way to Timbuktu… That he has at last turned a decades-long interest in this event in Jewish and African history into a book should be of satisfaction to [other] academic constituencies.”

—International Journal of African Historical Studies

“John Hunwick pioneered the use of Arabic sources for writing African history. He has devoted his lifelong work to the study of Islamic Africa and to illuminating the importance of… Muslim African heritage… Hunwick is resurrecting Jewish voices silenced by al-Maghili’s vitrolic agenda.”

—African Studies Review

HC: 978-1-55876-345-6 $98.95PB: 978-1-55876-346-3 $24.95

Jews Of NIgerIa: aN afrO-JewIsh

Odyssey

William F.s. miles

“In Jews of Nigeria, Miles shares life stories from this spiritually passionate community, as well as his own Judaic reflections, as he celebrates Hanukka and a bar mitzvah with ‘Jubos’ in Abuja, the capital of Nige-ria.” — Publisher’s Weekly

“A fascinating, sensitive, and insightful addition to the rapidly developing field of studies of Jews and Judaism in Africa. A must-read . . .” —Richard Hull, New York University

“A thought-provoking story of religious discovery… Miles challenges the reader to think about the issues surrounding the intersection of ethnicity, religion, spiritu-ality, sense of belonging, and acceptance by others…” — Jewish Books Review

HC: 978-1-55876-565-8 $69.95PB: 978-1-55876-566-5 $24.95

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trOPIcal dIasPOra: the JewIsh

exPerIeNce IN cuba

robert s. levine

“This well-documented so-cial history . . . contributes to an understanding of Cuban Jewry's unique setting—starting from colonial times, through its second American diaspora following the 1959 communist revolution.”

—Florida Historical Quarterly

“A pathbreaker. . . . Levine's account of the Jews under Fidel Castro is one of the most rewarding aspects of this book.”

—Journal of Latin American Studies

“This book provides a powerful sense of hemi-spheric history repeating itself. . . . It is about the many diasporas which have made the Caribbean Basin what it is.”

—Journal of American Ethnic History

PB: 978-1-55876-521-4$28.95

dr. mOrItz (dON maurIcIO)

hOchschIld, 1881-1965: a germaN JewIsh mININg

eNtrePreNeur IN sOuth amerIca

helmut WaszKis

The colorful life and activities of Dr. Mori-tz Hochschild in Latin America are the center of the first biography of the man, an important mining entrepreneur and ore buyer, and his companies. Moritz Hochschild became one of the infamous “tin barons” of Bolivia. Some people called him the “genius of evil”; others recognized his significant contributions to the industrial development of South America as an innovator of the mining industries.

PB: 978-0-945179-04-7$26.95

ONce Jews: stOrIes Of carIbbeaN

sePhardIm

Josette capriles goldish

In the nineteenth century, Jews of Curaçao left the Dutch island for other Caribbean ports. This is their story.

“A goldmine of historical documents unknown and perhaps largely inaccessible to most researchers. These include unpublished geneal-ogies, family histories, and scrapbooks she seems to have obtained from living descendants. . . . Once Jews is evidence that some of the richest historical and sociological sources for the Jewish Caribbean are in the hands and mouths of its Sephardic descendants.”—New West Indian Guide

HC: 978-1-55876-493-4 $68.95 PB: 978-1-55876-494-1 $28.95

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AmericA in tHe eyes of tHe

GermAns: An essAy on Anti-AmericAnism

dan diner

Forward by sander GilMan, translated by

allison brown

Though the United States was often viewed by the people of Germany as a land of opportunity, a portion of the intelligentsia tended to see the U.S. as the home of greedy mostly Jewish hypocrites, undermining all higher culture. From the beginning of the Romantic period and throughout all the turnings of German history to the end of the Cold War, this theme was embellished differently in each era, but its essence remained un-changed.

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RavensbRück: eveRyday Life in a

women’s concentRation camp, 1939-45

Jack g. Morrison

Attempting to reconstruct the workings of everyday life in the concentration camp at Ra-vensbrück, the only camp in the Nazi system designed for women, Morrison examines the prisoners’ social relation-ships with each other and their overlords; prisoner activities; and the occurrences of sick-ness, death, and killing at the camp. The volume is illustrat-ed with drawings by inmates, and photos by the SS.“A comprehensive picture of the prisoners’ daily lives.”

—Publishers Weekly“This book successfully blends the larger history of Nazi Germany — absolutely essential in order to under-stand how most of the inmates ended up in the camp — with the women’s experiences.”

—Library Journal

HC: 978-155-876-219-0 $49.95

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tHe turninG Point: tHe

AutoBioGrAPHy of KlAus mAnn

Klaus Mann

introduction by shelley Frisch

Klaus Mann, writer of Me-phisto and the oldest son of Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann, describes the life of intellectuals in Europe before the Nazi seizure of power, then moves on to depict the restless existence of the often bohemian liter-ary circles of writers in Paris, Zurich, Amsterdam, New York, and Hollywood in the 30s and 40s.

“A sensitive, cultivated European looks at his world, his life and de-scribes them in an apt and telling phrase. ”

–The New York Times Book Review

PB: 978-091-012-914-5 $18.95

“A delightful modern-romantic group portrait of the Manns en famille.”—The New Yorker

KLAUSMANN

The oldest son of Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann describesthe life of intellectuals in Europe before the Nazi seizure ofpower, then moves on to depict the restless existence of the oftenbohemian literary circles of writers in Paris, Zurich, Amster dam,New York, and Hollywood in the 30s and 40s.

The New Yorker called The Turning Point “a delightful modern-romantic group portrait of the Manns en famille.”

The New York Times hailed Mann’s depiction of “the decay ofFrance, the paranoia of Germany, the shining myth of Europe.A sensitive, cultured European looks at his world, his life, anddescribes them in apt and telling phrase.”

The Bloomsbury Review praised The Turning Point as “one ofthe best biographies of the century, and the definitive one on German exile.”

Shelley Frisch, author of The Lure of the Linguistic and translatorof numerous biographies and historical accounts, provided an introduction to this edition.

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The Autobiography of

KLAUS MANN

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famIly chrONIcle:

aN Odyssey frOm russIa tO amerIca

charles rezniKoFF

This remarkably moving and often funny saga becomes the collective memoir of the celebrated American poet and his family. Drawing upon the childhood stories of his parents, the author weaves together narratives that portray life in 19th-century provincial Russia, capture the tumult of emigration across the Atlantic, and culminate in the beginning of a new life in New York in the 1920s. “Family Chronicle silently imbues its material with a humanity, the forces of which it derives from its tender and eloquent compactness…Tender and eloquent.” — The Times Literary Supplement

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allrIghtNIks rOw:

“hauNch PauNch aNd JOwl”

samuel ornitz

This turn-of-the-century novel portrays people born in the tenements who fight their way out of the slums to make it to the fashion-able Allrightniks Row. Based on historical events, the book is a story about ambition, politics, and op-portunistic affairs, as well as friendship and family traditions.

“An extraordinary book, vigorous and vivid and racy, alive in every page.” — The New York Times

“Comparisons with Defoe and Swift are ringing in my ears. There is genius in Haunch Paunch and Jowl.” — The New York Tribune

“It is a marvelously wrought book with deep, stirring moments.” — The Nation

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frOm PlOtzk tO bOstON:

a yOuNg gIrl’s JOurNey frOm russIa

tO the PrOmIsed laNd

mary antin

From Plotzk to Boston was written while the memory of the journey was still fresh, when Mary Antin was just thirteen years old. She de-scribes her family’s fright-ening and exciting journey to America in the 1890s. Like thousands of other Russian-Jewish immigrants, she and her family had to secretly cross the Russian border and travel through Germany to the port of Hamburg before embarking for the New World. Writ-ten while the memory was still vivid in her mind, this straight-forward and ingen-uous narrative mirrors the experiences of many of our grandparents or great-grand-parents.

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Passage frOm hOme: the erOtIc

awakeNINg Of a yOuNg

INtellectual

isaac rosenFeld

edited by Jonathan d. sarna, introduction by

marK shechner

This outstanding fami-ly novel, set in a Jewish neighborhood of Chicago, is “the fullest articulation of the generational conflict between Jewish fathers and son,” writes Alexander Bloom in his 1986 book Prodigal Sons. The central character, a fifteen-year-old boy in rebellion against the petit bourgeois values of his family, engineers an affair between his flamboyant aunt and his easy-going Gentile cousin by marriage. He then leaves his father and moves into the house of this new couple, where he experienc-es the excitement and prob-lem of an open relationship.

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Jews aNd the fOuNdINg Of the

rePublIc

edited by Jonathan d. sarna, samuel K. Joseph,

and benny Kraut

This curriculum source book teaches students to use orig-inal sources for developing historical theories. The edi-tors provide a commentary to this valuable collection in order to find answers to the following questions and more: How was the Ameri-can Jewish experience in the Revolution like and unlike that of Americans general-ly? How did the founding of the Republic affect the subsequent course of Jewish history in America? How did being Jewish affect one’s be-ing an American in the early Republic? How did being an American affect one’s being Jewish?

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amerIcaN syNagOgue hIstOry: a

bIblIOgraPhy aNd state-Of-the-fIeld

survey

alexandra shecKet Korros and Jonathan d.

sarna

The History of American Jewry is reflected in the history of its synagogues and communities. Now for the first time this history can truly be written from the bot-tom up, beginning with local sources. This guide provides the means to embark on a search for communal, reli-gious and family roots.

This is the first full-scale bibliography of American synagogue histories—more than 1100 of them—plus community histories, select-ed secondary sources, and an appendix dealing with synagogue architecture.

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Israel, Zionism, and Palestine Pages 0–2

Jews in Africa Pages 2–3

Jews in Latin America Page 4

German–American JewishHistory and Literature Pages 5–6

Jewish–American Studiesand Immigration Pages 6–7

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