This study explores the consequences of being marked an outsider in the Russian-speaking world through a close study of several... Læs mere
The book is a family saga, presenting an insight into the history of Jews in Russia’s oil industry. It leads to forced migration in the turbulent 20th century endured... Læs mere
The book is a family saga, presenting an insight into the history of Jews in Russia’s oil industry. It leads to forced migration in the turbulent 20th century endured... Læs mere
The majority of Poland’s prewar Jewish population who fled to the interior of the Soviet Union managed to survive World War II and the Holocaust. This collection of original essays tells the story of morethan 200,000 Polish Jews and offers new insights into their experiences.
Isaac’s Fear is a study of a Hebrew encyclopedia ofJudaism from eighteenth-century Ferrara. The encylopedia synthesizes scienceand religion. Its... Læs mere
The most detailed study ever undertaken into the fate of more than 800 Jewish doctors who devoted themselves, in many cases until the day they died, to the care of the sick and the dying in the Warsaw Ghetto.
The introduction and translated poems of Mandelstam within are the gold-standard for critics and... Læs mere
The introduction and translated poems of Mandelstam within are the gold-standard for critics and... Læs mere
Goncharov in theTwenty-First Century brings Ivan Goncharov’s work into atwenty-first-century critical framework, engaging with approachesfrom post-colonial and queer studies, theories of genre andthe novel, desire, laughter, technology, philosophy, and mobility andtravel.
Russia in the 1990s had a “Wild West” vibe, as reformist and conservative... Læs mere
This book explores three schools of fascinating, talented, and gifted scholars who absorbed into their thought the Jewish and secular cultures of their respective homelands.
This book explores three schools of fascinating, talented, and gifted scholars who absorbed into their thought the Jewish and secular cultures of their respective homelands.