Judaism

Our nation's founding document, the Declaration of Independence, confidently declares, These truths we hold to be self-evident And yet, America tod...

The Oxford Handbook of the Apocrypha addresses the Old Testament Apocrypha, known to be important early Jewish texts that have become deutero-canon...

This volume examines new developments in the fields of premodern Jewish studies over the last thirty years. The essays in this volume, written by ...

In these pages Jonathan Boyarin invites us to share the intimate life of the Stanton Street Shul, one of the last remaining Jewish congregations on...

The Nuremberg Miscellany [Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg, Bibliothek, 8° Hs. 7058 (Rl. 203)] is a unique work of scribal art and illumination...

A celebration of the beauty of the Hebrew aleph-bet from sacred scrolls to graffiti.  The Beauty of the Hebrew Letter is unique: there are many art...

Truly the perfect Hanukkah gift. . . . Now I honestly cant imagine life before ptcha and schmaltz stickers! Molly Yeh, via Instagram A BAGEL STICKE...

A unique chronicle of the hundred-year period when the Jewish people changed the world and it changed them Marx, Freud, Proust, Einstein, Bernhar...

In this encyclopedic text, completely revised and updated in this second edition, Joshua R. Jacobson presents the history of the ancient Jewish tra...

Given Leopold Zunzs difficult German style and the tight conciseness of his presentation, it is hardly surprising that no English translation of hi...

With a rare combination of erudition and insight, the author investigates the major aspects of Yiddish language and culture, showing where Yiddish ...

Jews often consider Hinduism to be Avoda Zara, idolatry, due to its worship of images and multiple gods. Closer study of Hinduism and of recent Jew...

A landmarkIf you have time to read only one book on the Bible this year, make sure that it is this one.Katherine J. Dell, Church TimesExcellentWith...

A dramatic misinterpretation of the Jewish tradition has shaped the history of the West: Christianity is the religion of love, and Judaism the reli...

Abby Chava Stein was raised in a Hasidic Jewish community in Brooklyn, profoundly isolated in a culture that lives according to the laws and practi...