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Turning the Kaleidoscope: Perspectives on European Jewry
ISBN: 9781845455354 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Far from being a blank space on the Jewish map, or a void in the Jewish cultural world, post-Shoah Europe is a place where Jewry has continued to develop, even though it is facing different challenges and opportunities than elsewhere. Living on a continent characterized by highly diverse patterns of culture, language, history, and relations to Jews, European Jewry mirrors that kaleidoscopic diversity. This volume explores such key questions as the new roles for Jews in Europe; models of Jewish community organization in Europe; concepts of diaspora and galut; a European-Jewish way of life in...
Far from being a blank space on the Jewish map, or a void in the Jewish cultural world, post-Shoah Europe is a place where Jewry has continued to deve...
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144,97 zł |
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The New York Public Intellectuals and Beyond: Exploring Liberal Humanism, Jewish Identity, and the American Protest Tradition
ISBN: 9781557534811 / Angielski / Miękka / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here, a variety of distinguished scholars revisit and rethink the legacy of the New York intellectuals, showing how this small, predominantly Jewish group moved from communist and socialist roots to become a primary voice of liberal humanism and, in the case of a few, to launch a new conservative movement.
Here, a variety of distinguished scholars revisit and rethink the legacy of the New York intellectuals, showing how this small, predominantly Jewish g...
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203,44 zł |
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Verus Israel: Study of the Relations Between Christians and Jews in the Roman Empire, Ad 135-425
ISBN: 9781874774273 / Angielski / Miękka / 554 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'A masterly survey ... indispensable for anyone working in the field.' Judith Lieu, Journal of Religious History
'A masterly survey ... indispensable for anyone working in the field.' Judith Lieu, Journal of Religious History
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161,89 zł |
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Semitism: The Whence and Whither, 'How Dear Are Your Counsels'
ISBN: 9781845190712 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is an incisive attempt by a leading exponent on Christian Muslim relations to unravel and understand the perspectives and complexities of semitic past and present in theological, political and cultural terms. The work tackles sensitive issues of ethnicity, prejudice, persecution and state-making. Cyclone and anti-cyclone are comprehensible contrasts. Semitism and anti-Semitism are of a different order. Semitism is hardly current at all; the latter is all too grimly and darkly familiar. Both terms seem only to have come into use in the 19th century, but the reality of their meanings...
This book is an incisive attempt by a leading exponent on Christian Muslim relations to unravel and understand the perspectives and complexities of se...
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114,39 zł |
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Hasidism Reappraised
ISBN: 9781874774358 / Angielski / Miękka / 540 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Probably the most important analytical study of the Hasidic movement ... can be read by anyone seriously interested in Jewish history.' Jewish Historical Studies
'Probably the most important analytical study of the Hasidic movement ... can be read by anyone seriously interested in Jewish history.' Jewish Histor...
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149,88 zł |
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Studies in East European Jewish Mysticism and Hasidism
ISBN: 9781874774327 / Angielski / Miękka / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'An impressive collection ... the authoritative views of one of the leading experts on Hasidism.' Geza Vermes, Society for Old Testament Study Newsletter
'An impressive collection ... the authoritative views of one of the leading experts on Hasidism.' Geza Vermes, Society for Old Testament Study Newslet...
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131,86 zł |
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Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933
ISBN: 9781845453039 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jews have been well represented in the cinema industry from the beginning of the film era: behind the screen, as producers, distributors, directors, script-writers, composers, set designers; and on the screen, as Jewish actors and as named Jewish characters in the film's plot. Some of these characters are fictional; others, ranging from Rabbi Loew of Prague to Ferdinand Lassalle and Alfred Dreyfus, have a historic original. This book examines how a variety of German and Austrian films treat aspects of Jewish life, at home and in the synagogue, and Jewish interaction with fellow Jews in...
Jews have been well represented in the cinema industry from the beginning of the film era: behind the screen, as producers, distributors, directors, s...
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144,97 zł |
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The Strassmanns: Science, Politics and Migration in Turbulent Times (1793-1993)
ISBN: 9781845454166 / Angielski / Twarda / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Across six generations and two hundred years, this book tells the story of a German- Jewish family who emigrated from Rawicz, Poland, first to Prussian Berlin, and finally to America. In Berlin they found success in politics, medical science, theatre, and aviation and considered themselves German patriots. With the catastrophe of the First World War and its aftermath, they suffered rejection, threats, and persecution as their fellow citizens became unhinged by Nazism, forcing Strassmanns into exile abroad where they again made their mark and rebuilt successful careers. This book is... Across six generations and two hundred years, this book tells the story of a German- Jewish family who emigrated from Rawicz, Poland, first to Pru... |
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513,51 zł |
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Jewish Socialists in the United States: The Cahan Debate, 1925-1926
ISBN: 9781898723981 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1925 Abe (Abraham) Cahan, the strong and influential editor of the most important Jewish newspaper, Forward, and an outstanding leader of the Jewish Labor movement in the United States, visited Palestine in order to come to terms with the problem of Jewish mass migration from East Europe. During and following his trip Cahan published his impressions about the Jewish National Home. His publications stirred a public debate, which lasted almost a year, between the supporters and Bundist antagonists to Palestine. A lmost all major leaders in the Jewish labour movement participated in this...
In 1925 Abe (Abraham) Cahan, the strong and influential editor of the most important Jewish newspaper, Forward, and an outstanding leader of the Jewis...
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546,00 zł |
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Latin American Jewish Cultural Production
ISBN: 9780826516237 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Latin America is home to roughly half a million Jews, preponderantly Ashkenazic Jews. The majority are concentrated in Argentina, but Brazil and Mexico are also home to significant Jewish communities, as are major urban centers in other countries. Jews in Latin America, in addition to their prominent role in business, commerce, and finance, have a significant presence in cultural production and the arts. Like Hollywood, the Argentine and Mexican film industry is heavily Jewish, while the media--print journalism, radio, and television--have long been associated with Jewish interests. The open...
Latin America is home to roughly half a million Jews, preponderantly Ashkenazic Jews. The majority are concentrated in Argentina, but Brazil and Mexic...
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604,30 zł |
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Latin American Jewish Cultural Production
ISBN: 9780826516244 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Latin America is home to roughly half a million Jews, preponderantly Ashkenazic Jews. The majority are concentrated in Argentina, but Brazil and Mexico are also home to significant Jewish communities, as are major urban centers in other countries. Jews in Latin America, in addition to their prominent role in business, commerce, and finance, have a significant presence in cultural production and the arts. Like Hollywood, the Argentine and Mexican film industry is heavily Jewish, while the media--print journalism, radio, and television--have long been associated with Jewish interests. The open...
Latin America is home to roughly half a million Jews, preponderantly Ashkenazic Jews. The majority are concentrated in Argentina, but Brazil and Mexic...
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245,32 zł |
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Jewish Eating and Identity Through the Ages
ISBN: 9780415476409 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the history of Jewish eating and identity, from the Bible to the present. In this colourful history, we get more than a taste of how expressive and crucial eating choices have always been.
This book explores the history of Jewish eating and identity, from the Bible to the present. In this colourful history, we get more than a taste of ho...
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285,23 zł |
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The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: A Jewish Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World
ISBN: 9780060822187 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lucette Lagnado's father, Leon, is a successful Egyptian businessman and boulevardier who, dressed in his signature white sharkskin suit, makes deals and trades at Shepherd's Hotel and at the dark bar of the Nile Hilton. After the fall of King Farouk and the rise of the Nasser dictatorship, Leon loses everything and his family is forced to flee, abandoning a life once marked by beauty and luxury to plunge into hardship and poverty, as they take flight for any country that would have them. A vivid, heartbreaking, and powerful inversion of the American dream, Lucette Lagnado's... Lucette Lagnado's father, Leon, is a successful Egyptian businessman and boulevardier who, dressed in his signature white sharkskin suit, makes dea... |
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72,61 zł |
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Book of Tahkemoni: Jewish Tales from Medieval Spain
ISBN: 9781874774983 / Angielski / Miękka / 732 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The crowning jewel of medieval Hebrew rhymed prose in vigorous translation vividly illuminates a lost Iberian world. With full scholarly annotation and literary analysis.
The crowning jewel of medieval Hebrew rhymed prose in vigorous translation vividly illuminates a lost Iberian world. With full scholarly annotation an...
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161,89 zł |
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When Fairy Tales Kill: The Origins and Transmission of Antisemitic Beliefs
ISBN: 9780595481408 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "When Fairy Tales Kill" offers the reader an understanding of why some beliefs e.g. antisemitism are more enduring than others. "When Fairy Tales Kill" begins with the unexplored region of fairy tales several of which quietly carry antisemitic messages. It then moves on to adult folk beliefs and provides examples of antisemitic folk tales from around the globe. The conclusions are inevitable. A listing of major antisemitic attacks, pogroms and mass killings is juxtaposed to the legend-rumor that triggered the attack. And the reasons that these legends persist in modern times, may surprise you.
"When Fairy Tales Kill" offers the reader an understanding of why some beliefs e.g. antisemitism are more enduring than others. "When Fairy Tales Kill...
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72,44 zł |
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Psalms of Solomon: A New Translation and Introduction
ISBN: 9781596890794 / Angielski / Twarda / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Psalms of Solomon is an ancient Jewish writing from the Second Century BC. As a primary source written by a Jewish writer living during the turmoil of the desecration of the Jerusalem Temple by King Antiochus IV Epiphanes of Syria, who forced Jews to eat non-kosher food, abstain from circumcision, and break the Sabbath Day, Psalms of Solomon accurately depicts the angst and trepidation that seized the whole Jewish populace in Jerusalem. Although the poet-composer of Psalms of Solomon witnessed the eventual victory of Jews over the Syrians in Jerusalem along with other Jewish survivors, he did...
Psalms of Solomon is an ancient Jewish writing from the Second Century BC. As a primary source written by a Jewish writer living during the turmoil of...
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305,45 zł |
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Psalms of Solomon: A New Translation and Introduction
ISBN: 9781596890800 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Psalms of Solomon is an ancient Jewish writing from the Second Century BC. As a primary source written by a Jewish writer living during the turmoil of the desecration of the Jerusalem Temple by King Antiochus IV Epiphanes of Syria, who forced Jews to eat non-kosher food, abstain from circumcision, and break the Sabbath Day, Psalms of Solomon accurately depicts the angst and trepidation that seized the whole Jewish populace in Jerusalem. Although the poet-composer of Psalms of Solomon witnessed the eventual victory of Jews over the Syrians in Jerusalem along with other Jewish survivors, he did...
Psalms of Solomon is an ancient Jewish writing from the Second Century BC. As a primary source written by a Jewish writer living during the turmoil of...
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142,10 zł |
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Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 15: Focusing on Jewish Religious Life, 1500-1900
ISBN: 9781874774723 / Angielski / Miękka / 574 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume highlights new research on Jewish spiritual and religious life in Poland before modern political ideas began to transform the Jewish world. It covers a range of topics. Three articles deal with rabbinic scholarship in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and a fourth presents accounts of Purim festivities at that time. The eighteenth-century studies focus on Jewish spirituality. Four articles deal with the Frankist movement, the main topics being Frankist propaganda; non-Christian Frankists; Jonathan Eibeschuetz and the Frankists; and the influence of Frankism on Polish...
This volume highlights new research on Jewish spiritual and religious life in Poland before modern political ideas began to transform the Jewish world...
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161,89 zł |
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Folklare Of The Jews
ISBN: 9780710311986 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rappoport draws together the popular beliefs, practices, superstitions, and traditional wisdom relating to all aspects of Jewish life.
Rappoport draws together the popular beliefs, practices, superstitions, and traditional wisdom relating to all aspects of Jewish life.
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1115,21 zł |
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Antisemitism: A Reference Handbook
ISBN: 9781576072097 / Angielski / Twarda / 347 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Antisemitism: A Reference Handbook" is the first reference work to present a global survey of antisemitism that goes beyond its history to reveal the roots and nature of antisemitism. Exploring how antisemitism has manifested itself in various countries from pre-Christian times to today's ongoing Palestinian Intifada, which has caused severe reactions in Arab and Muslim communities all over the world, this unique work traces the history of the hatred of Jews worldwide. Approximately 20 biographical sketches profile advocates of antisemitism such as William Marr, who coined the term... "Antisemitism: A Reference Handbook" is the first reference work to present a global survey of antisemitism that goes beyond its history to reveal ... |
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395,19 zł |