Explains the major jurisprudential factors driving the halakhic jurisprudence of Rabbi Yehiel Mikhel Epstein, twentieth-century author of the Arukh Hashulchan - the most comprehensive, seminal, and original modern restatement of Jewish law since Maimonides.
Considers the seemingly irreconcilable values and political commitments of Judaism and Libertarianism, stimulating a broad discussion and calling into question what people think they know about both Judaism and Libertarianism.
Showcases the accomplishments and triumphs of women in Russian animation and reveals their past contributions to not only animation, but also world... Læs mere
This bilingual Ukrainian-English collection for the first time makes the major works by Mykola (Nik) Bazhan, one of the most important Ukrainian Modernist poets of the twentieth century, available both to scholars and to the general reader.
Porter draws from the past to explain the present, walking the precarious bridge between allegiance to Israel and the Jewish people and the universal rights of... Læs mere
This first edition of the collected critical prose of Anna Frajlich, scholar of Polish literature and culture and award-winning Polish poet, presents... Læs mere
TheJewish Metropolis: New York from the 17th to the 21stCentury covers the entire sweep of thehistory of the largest Jewish community of all time. With each chapter writtenby an expert in the field, the book provides an introduction to the New YorkJewish experience.
A sweeping examination of how Winston S. Churchill, first as Secretary for War and Air, and then as Colonial Secretary, both formulated... Læs mere
An exhaustive investigation that examines the tradition of prayers in government written in approachable prose, When Rabbis Bless Congress uniquely tells the story of over 400 rabbis giving over 600 prayers since the Civil War days—who they are and what they say.
Yiddishspeaking immigrants formed the milieu of the hugely successful... Læs mere
This book offers significant insights into contemporary Lithuanian folklore research. In a balanced way reflecting upon past and present, tradition... Læs mere
This book springs from the Bristol-Sheffield Hallam Colloquium on Contemporary... Læs mere