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  • Jewish Masculinities

    German Jews, Gender, and History

    Edited by Benjamin Maria Baader, Sharon Gillerman, Paul Lerner ...
    Studies exploring the history of the German-Jewish male identity from the sixteenth to twentieth centuries, across a myriad of societal occupations.Stereotyped as delicate and feeble intellectuals, Jewish men in German-speaking lands in fact developed a rich and complex spectrum of male norms, models, and behaviors. Jewish Masculinities explores conceptions and experiences of masculinity among ... Read more

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  • The Invention of the Jewish People

    by Shlomo Sand ...
    Translated by Yael Lotan ...
    A historical tour de force, The Invention of the Jewish People offers a groundbreaking account of Jewish and Israeli history. Exploding the myth that there was a forced Jewish exile in the first century at the hands of the Romans, Israeli historian Shlomo Sand argues that most modern Jews descend from converts, whose native lands were scattered across the Middle East and Eastern Europe.In this ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Mischka's War

    A Story of Survival from War-Torn Europe to New York

    by Sheila Fitzpatrick ...
    On a winter's day in 1943, 21-year-old Latvian Mischka Danos chanced on a terrible sight - a pit filled with the bodies of Jews killed by the occupying Germans. In order to escape conscription to the Waffen-SS - the authors of such atrocities - Mischka volunteered to go on a student exchange to Germany. He did not then know that he was part Jewish. Whilst in Germany, he narrowly escaped death in ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

  • The Achilles Effect

    What Pop Culture Is Teaching Young Boys About Masculinity

    by Crystal Smith ...
    A discussion of pop culture messages about masculinity, their impact on boys, and the benefits of introducing more gender balance to boys lives.When most people think about gender stereotypes and children, they envision princesses, dolls, and pink clothing. Few consider the warriors, muscle-bound action figures, and T-shirts covered in graffiti and skulls that are assumed to signify masculinity ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Before All Memory Is Lost

    Women's Voices from the Holocaust

    Edited by Myrna Goldenberg, Myrna Goldberg ...
    Series series The Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs
    In this first Azrieli Foundation anthology, twenty-five women reflect on their experiences of survival – from the heart-stopping fears of hiding to the extreme risks of “passing” as non-Jews, and from the terrors of the Nazi camps to the treacheries of the Soviet Union. This powerful collection, woven together by the common thread of resistance, features a wide variety of narrative styles, ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • The Mossad

    Six Landmark Missions of the Israeli Intelligence Agency, 1960-1990

    by Marc E. Vargo ...
    This book describes the clandestine missions that were defining moments in the evolution of the Mossad, including its pursuit of the Black September terrorists who murdered Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games, its acquisition on the high seas of yellowcake uranium for Israel's undeclared nuclear weapons program, and its role in bringing to justice Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann. The ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Family History of Fear

    A Memoir

    by Agata Tuszynska ...
    “Family History of Fear has been in me for years. Along with this secret. From the instant I found out I was not who I thought I was.”Every family has its own history. Many families carry a tragic past. Like the author’s mother, many Poles did not tell their children a complete story of their wartime exploits—of the underground Home Army, the tragedy of the Warsaw Uprising, the civil war against ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Global Divas

    Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora

    by Judith Halberstam, Lisa Lowe, Martin F. Manalansan IV ...
    Series series a John Hope Franklin Center Book
    A vivid ethnography of the global and transnational dimensions of gay identity as lived by Filipino immigrants in New York City, Global Divas challenges beliefs about the progressive development of a gay world and the eventual assimilation of all queer folks into gay modernity. Insisting that gay identity is not teleological but fraught with fissures, Martin Manalansan IV describes how Filipino ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • Jewish Poland Revisited

    Heritage Tourism in Unquiet Places

    by Erica T. Lehrer ...
    Series series New Anthropologies of Europe
    National Jewish Book Award Finalist: "A fresh and delightful portrait of Jewish renewal in Poland . . . Highly recommended." — ChoiceSince the end of Communism, Jews from around the world have visited Poland to tour Holocaust-related sites. A few venture further, seeking to learn about their own Polish roots and connect with contemporary Poles. For their part, a growing number of Poles are ... Read more

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  • Lessons of the Holocaust

    by Michael R. Marrus ...
    Series series UTP Insights
    Although difficult to imagine, sixty years ago the Holocaust had practically no visibility in examinations of the Second World War. Yet today it is understood to be not only one of the defining moments of the twentieth century but also a touchstone in a quest for directions on how to avoid such catastrophes.In Lessons of the Holocaust, the distinguished historian Michael R. Marrus challenges the ... Read more

    $25.89 USD

  • How I Stopped Being a Jew

    by Shlomo Sand ...
    Translated by David Fernbach ...
    Shlomo Sand was born in 1946, in a displaced person’s camp in Austria, to Jewish parents; the family later migrated to Palestine. As a young man, Sand came to question his Jewish identity, even that of a “secular Jew.” With this meditative and thoughtful mixture of essay and personal recollection, he articulates the problems at the center of modern Jewish identity.How I Stopped Being a Jew ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Masks of the Prophet

    The Theatrical World of Karl Kraus

    by Karl GRIMSTAD ...
    Series series Heritage
    'When the name "Hitler" is mentioned, nothing occurs to me' – so said Karl Kraus. For this leading Viennese Jewish critic and intellectual the touchstone of art was ethics. How could he be speechless in the face of a threat to all that ethics means?To answer this question, the author makes a detailed chronological study of Kraus's intellectual activity as reflected in his work on the theatre. The ... Read more

    $31.69 USD