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  • Dreaming of Michelangelo

    Jewish Variations on a Modern Theme

    by Asher Biemann ...
    Dreaming of Michelangelo is the first book-length study to explore the intellectual and cultural affinities between modern Judaism and the life and work of Michelangelo Buonarroti. It argues that Jewish intellectuals found themselves in the image of Michelangelo as an "unrequited lover" whose work expressed loneliness and a longing for humanity's response. The modern Jewish imagination thus became ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD

  • Inventing New Beginnings

    On the Idea of Renaissance in Modern Judaism

    by Asher D. Biemann ...
    Series series Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture
    Inventing New Beginnings is the first book-length study to examine the conceptual underpinnings of the "Jewish Renaissance," or "return" to Judaism, that captured much of German-speaking Jewry between 1890 and 1938. The book addresses two very fundamental, yet hitherto strangely understated, questions: What did the term "renaissance" actually mean to the intellectuals and ideologues of the "Jewish ... Read more

    $90.99 CAD

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  • The Pages In Between

    A Holocaust Legacy of Two Families, One Home

    by Erin Einhorn ...
    In a unique, intensely moving memoir, Erin Einhorn finds the family in Poland who saved her mother from the holocaust. But instead of a joyful reunion, Erin unearths a dispute that forces her to navigate the increasingly bitter crossroads between memory and truth.To a young newspaper reporter, it was the story of a lifetime: a Jewish infant born in the ghetto, saved from the Nazis by a Polish ... Read more

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  • The Book of "Genesis"

    A Biography

    by Ronald Hendel ...
    Series series Lives of Great Religious Books
    During its 2,500-year life, the book of Genesis has been the keystone to almost every important claim about reality, humanity, and God in Judaism and Christianity. And it continues to play a central role in debates about science, politics, and human rights. With clarity and skill, acclaimed biblical scholar Ronald Hendel provides a panoramic history of this iconic book, exploring its impact on ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Jews and Magic in Medici Florence

    The Secret World of Benedetto Blanis

    by Edward L. Goldberg ...
    In the seventeenth century, Florence was the splendid capital of the Medici Grand Dukedom of Tuscany. Meanwhile, the Jews in its tiny Ghetto struggled to earn a living by any possible means, especially loan-sharking, rag-picking and second-hand dealing. They were viewed as an uncanny people with rare supernatural powers, and Benedetto Blanis—a businessman and aspiring scholar from a distinguished ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Somewhere a Master

    Hasidic Portraits and Legends

    by Elie Wiesel ...
    The compassion of Reb Moshe-Leib, the vision of the Seer of Lublin, the wisdom of Reb Pinhas, the warmth of the Ba’al Shem Tov, the humor of Reb Naphtali–to their followers these sages appeared as kings, judges, and prophets. They communicated joy and wonder and fervor to the men and women who came to them in the depths of despair. They brought love and compassion to the persecuted Jews of Russia, ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Zionist Paradox

    Hebrew Literature and Israeli Identity

    by Yigal Schwartz ...
    Translated by Michal Sapir ...
    Series series The Schusterman Series in Israel Studies
    Many contemporary Israelis suffer from a strange condition. Despite the obvious successes of the Zionist enterprise and the State of Israel, tension persists, with a collective sense that something is wrong and should be better. This cognitive dissonance arises from the disjunction between “place” (defined as what Israel is really like) and “Place” (defined as the imaginary community comprised of ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • 26th The observer of Genesis. The science behind the Creation story

    by Alberto Canen ...
    More than 300,000 books sold! Genesis, the seven days of Creation ... Where does the text that makes up the first part of the Bible come from? Is its text a mere introductory poem ... or is it a narrative? What's behind its words? Alberto Canen has found an alternative way to answer these and other questions in the Genesis. He has found a route no one had been to before, and invites the reader to ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume V

    Probing the Authenticity of the Parables

    by John P. Meier ...
    Series series The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library
    Since the late nineteenth century, New Testament scholars have operated on the belief that most, if not all, of the narrative parables in the Synoptic Gospels can be attributed to the historical Jesus. This book challenges that consensus and argues instead that only four parables—those of the Mustard Seed, the Evil Tenants, the Talents, and the Great Supper—can be attributed to the historical ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

  • The Messianic Idea in Judaism

    And Other Essays on Jewish Spirituality

    by Gershom Scholem ...
    An insightful collection of essays on the Kabbalah and Jewish spirituality—from the preeminent scholar of Jewish mysticism.Gershom Scholem was the master builder of historical studies of the Kabbalah. When he began to work on this neglected field, the few who studied these texts were either amateurs who were looking for occult wisdom, or old-style Kabbalists who were seeking guidance on their ... Read more

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  • Maybe Esther

    A Family Story

    by Katja Petrowskaja ...
    The International BestsellerMaybe Esther is the inventive, unique, and extraordinarily moving debut memoir that pieces together the fascinating story of one woman's family across twentieth-century Russia, Ukraine, Poland, and Germany.Katja Petrowskaja wanted to create a kind of family tree, charting relatives who had scattered across multiple countries and continents. Her idea blossomed into this ... Read more

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  • Imagining the Kibbutz

    Visions of Utopia in Literature and Film

    by Ranen Omer-Sherman ...
    Series series Dimyonot
    In Imagining the Kibbutz, Ranen Omer-Sherman explores the literary and cinematic representations of the socialist experiment that became history’s most successfully sustained communal enterprise. Inspired in part by the kibbutz movement’s recent commemoration of its centennial, this study responds to a significant gap in scholarship. Numerous sociological and economic studies have appeared, but no ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD