This book documents the exponential increase in the number of lawyers tapped to serve as college and university presidents and explores the reasons behind this trend. Many different pathways lawyers have taken to the presidency are discussed.
One of the first ever eyewitness accounts of the harsh reality of Soviet Gulag
Kurt and Sonja Messerschmidt met in Nazi Berlin, married in the Theresienstadt ghetto, and survived Auschwitz. In this book, they tell their intertwined stories in their own words. The text directly expresses their experiences, reactions, and emotions.
Küchlya(1925), the first novel of the great Russian formalist Yury Tynyanov givesus a vividly written and moving recreation of the childhood, youth, beliefs andadventures... Læs mere
The chapters in this volume examine a few facets in the drama of how the beleaguered Jewish people, as a phoenix ascending of ancient legend, achieved national self-determination in the reborn State of Israel within three years of the end of World War II and of the Holocaust.
The chapters in this volume examine a few facets in the drama of how the beleaguered Jewish people, as a phoenix ascending of ancient legend, achieved national self-determination in the reborn State of Israel within three years of the end of World War II and of the Holocaust.
Think of the disaster"" is the first injunction of thought when faced with the disaster that struck European Jews... Læs mere
Digital imaging andprocessing are shown to open new methods of paper research. Early Balticprinted books... Læs mere
This previously unpublished chronicle contains valuable information on the Crimean Khanate... Læs mere
Howshould Jews see themselves and see others—as united by common humanity andpurpose, or divided by something inherent? We Are Not Alone grounds auniversalist vision of Judaism in texts and teachings of the tradition,especially those of Maimonides.
Who is Ilan Stavans? What has he done as a critic? In this book, more than twenty experts in both the Latinx and Jewish American studies field analyze his contributions to those canons.