An impressive list of contributors addressing the subject of truth in Jewish tradition and in contemporary Jewish life from different perspectives.... Læs mere
This first-ever bilingual edition of the poems of Tuvia Ruebner, published as Ruebner marks his 90th birthday, gives readers in both Hebrew and English access to stunning poetry that insists on shared humanity across all border lines and divides.
When the Karaites successfully dissociated themselves from the Rabbanite Russian Jews with the... Læs mere
The Jewish struggle for survival as a spiritual entity after Jewish communal life began to disintegrate in the latter decades of the nineteenth... Læs mere
The history of a relatively unknown and short-lived Jewish collegiate organization, Yavneh (The National Jewish Religious Students... Læs mere
Describes the many achievements of this extraordinary man whose life straddled two distinct... Læs mere
The first book in any language devoted to the controversial passage of Israel's nation-state law. Israel has no constitution, and though it calls... Læs mere
Based on the Mason Lectures delivered at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies in the winter of 1995, the ten essays in this volume demonstrate the function and dynamic effect Jewish mythologies in social, political, and psychological life.
The printed literature of Spinozism 1665-1832
Solomon Bennett Freehof (1892-1990) was one of America's most distinguished, influential, and beloved rabbis. This book analyses Freehof's views on a number of crucial issues that illustrate the evolution of American Reform Judaism.
Piyyut is the art of Hebrew or Aramaic poetry composed either in place of or as adornments to Jewish statutory prayers. Laura S. Lieber uses the piyyutim of a... Læs mere
This final report presents the archaeological finds from the Iron Age I (circa 1200-950 BCE) levels at Tel Dan, located on a... Læs mere