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Contributes to the growing field of comparative Jewish and American law, presenting twenty-six essays characterized by a number of distinct... Læs mere
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The political and social turmoil of the twentieth century took Magda Nachman from a privileged childhood in St. Petersburg to a refugee existence during the Russian... Læs mere
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Tells the story in their own words, and the words of modern scholars, of how Baghdadi, Russian and Central European Jews found their way to Shanghai, created lives in the world's most cosmopolitan city, and were forced to find new homes in the late 1940s.
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Examines Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's evolution as a literary artist from his early autobiographical novel Love the Revolution to the experimental... Læs mere
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Darwin famously proposed that sexual competition is the driving force of ""art"" production not only in animals, but also in humans.... Læs mere
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Examines the relationship between Jewish education and Jewish identity. The book offers responses that are not merely synonymous replacements for ""identity"". With a selection of... Læs mere
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Offers a theoretical reconsideration of the concept of the ""tragic"" combined with detailed analyses of Japanese literary... Læs mere
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This book is devoted to Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's discussions on the practice of prayer. Prayer is analysed across a broad and complex... Læs mere
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Explores how Arkadi and Boris Strugatskii’s cosmological explorations are among the most fundamental elements of their art. The book also examines how these explorations connect to their predecessors in the Russian literary tradition - particularly to the poetry of Pushkin.
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The three novellas ofFarewell, Aylis take place over decades of transition in a country that rather resembles modern-day Azerbaijan. This volume... Læs mere
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This diverse collectionof essays explore the unique history of Jews inAmerica and the various ways in which they have definedtheir identities both as Americans and as Jews. The topics ofthe essays range from sports and business to religion andbusiness.
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This is a narrative that erupts into critical moments in Jewish, Polish and American history. It is also a story of the hidden... Læs mere