Georgy Ivanov’s brilliant and controversial Petersburg Winters (1927), a memoir of blended fact and fiction, and the surrealistic Disintegration of the Atom (1937), a prose poem of Parisian émigré life moving erotically in war’s shadow “at the speed of darkness.”
American Jewish identity has changed significantly over the course of the past half century. Kleinberg analysis of Greenberg’s recognition theology of Hybrid Judaism represents a compelling understanding of contemporary American Jewish identity.
Marianna Tax Choldin has studied censorship in Russia for 40 years. She describes the tension between her strong commitment to freedom of... Læs mere
Professor Magnus Ljunggren looks back over his meetings with leading members of the Russian intelligentsia and their struggle with the totalitarian structures of Soviet and post-Soviet society.
Modern Orthodoxy went from being a threatened entity on the American scene to a well-recognized and respected force in Judaism. This is the story of the renaissance of American Modern Orthodoxy, the story of invigoration and change.
Presents a brief history of the Jewish community of Volodymyr-Volynsky, going back to its first... Læs mere
The book describes the author’s eventful life, which spans over seventy years, in three different countries and on as many continents.
The themes taken up in this book are universal: trauma, traumatic reenactment,... Læs mere
A vivid and unsparing memoir of the experiences of an eight year old child incarcerated in the Warsaw Ghetto. Her escape from the Ghetto and... Læs mere
The postmodernist experience is associated with a strong interest in the concepts of saints and religious genius. In this volume, Dov Schwartz... Læs mere