Category: Jewish Studies

Israel Independence Day Reading

Yigal Allon, Native Son: A Biography Anita ShapiraTranslated by Evelyn Abel 392 pages | 6 x 9 | 29 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4028-3 | $49.95 | £32.50 A… READ MORE

Culture Front–Now Available

Culture Front: Representing Jews in Eastern Europe Edited by Benjamin Nathans and Gabriella Safran 344 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4055-9 | $65.00 | £42.50 A… READ MORE

Shapira’s Allon Biography Raises Questions

In a Daily Jewish Forward review of Yigal Allon, Native Son: A Biography, Miriam Shaviv asks why the former "golden boy" of Israel has faded into relative obscurity.

Jewish Art Book Sparks Companion Web Project

As the official release of The Art of Being Jewish in Modern Times approaches, co-editors Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett and Jonathan Karp have extended their collaboration from the printed page to the… READ MORE