Judaism

Most writing about Jewish education has been preoccupied with two questions: What ought to be taught? And what is the best way to teach it? Ari Y K...

The period immediately following World War II was an era of dramatic transformation for Jews in America. At the start of the 1940s, President Roose...

The period immediately following World War II was an era of dramatic transformation for Jews in America. At the start of the 1940s, President Roose...

The Biblical story of Eden is one of innocence, suffering, estrangement, displacement, self-consciousness, awakening, and separation. But it is als...

This book uses three examples of violent biblical stories about women, explored through the lens of conceptual metaphor theory in relation to culin...

The Texts of Hate examines a selection of anti-Jewish texts throughout history with accompanying introductions, setting them in their appropriate c...

The collection of essays in this book represents more than twenty years of research on the history and archeology of Judah, as well as the study of...

Written by the great medieval Jewish philosopher Maimonides, The Guide of the Perplexed attempts to explain the perplexities of biblical languagean...

Justin Martyrs Dialogue with Trypho is the oldest preserved literary dialogue between a Jew and a Christian and a key text for understanding the de...

Ritual and practice are some of the most defining features of religion, linked with its central beliefs. Discussing the wide range of Jewish ritual...

An account of how Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch promulgated an inclusive vision of Judaism in the context of advancing the civic equality of German J...

An account of how Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch promulgated an inclusive vision of Judaism in the context of advancing the civic equality of German J...

Elie Wiesel, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, studies four different rebbes in eighteenth-century Eastern Europe, delving into their lives, their w...

Judaism and the Economy is an edited collection of sixty-nine Jewish texts relating to economic issues such as wealth, poverty, inequality, charity...

Orthodox Judaism is one of the fastest-growing religious communities in contemporary American life. Anyone who wishes to understand more about Juda...

In October 2018, a white supremacist murdered eleven Jewish worshipers and wounded six others at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylv...

This insightful book critically reviews and presents an accessible introduction to the life and work of one of the most celebrated modern psychoana...