This volume deals with Dostoevsky’s wide-ranging interests and engagement with philosophical, religious, political, economic, and scientific discourses of his time. It includes contributions by prominent Dostoevsky scholars, social scientists, scholars of religion and philosophy.
This book deals with the spatial concepts that two erstwhile neighboring cultures, Lithuanian and German,... Læs mere
Japan was a party to the Axis Alliance with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. However, it ignored repeated German demands to... Læs mere
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.
Gellman provides an "old-fashioned" Jewish theology for accepting the contemporary critique of Torah and history. The thesis of the book is that for centuries Divine Providence has been guiding toward a non-literal understanding of the Torah. This was from God.
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
The first book-length study of how teachers teach and how students learn to read Talmud. Through a series of classroom studies conducted by... 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
Demonstrates how the experience of East-Central and Eastern Europe needs to be integrated into evolving... Læs mere