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Softbound. Zustand: Very Good. Octavo, glossy paper cvoers, xii, 180 pp., index Preface by Fishbane. Articles are "Introduction: Leah Levitz Fishbane and "The Road to Renaissance" Jonathan D. Sarna, "Common Bonds: A Collective Portrait," Leah Levitz Fishbane, "On the Road to Renaissance: The Young Men's Hebrew Associations of New York and Philadelphia, 18771883," Leah Levitz Fishbane, "A Renaissance of Jewish Readers in Victorian Philadelphia," Arthur Kiron, "Preserving the Past to Fashion the Future: The Editorial Board of the Jewish Encyclopedia," Shuly Rubin Schwartz, "Leah's Hope: The Legacy of German-Jewish Humanism in America," Paul Mendes-Flohr, "Revival through Celebrity: American Fame, Jewish Identity, and the Early 1960s," David Kaufman, "Renewal and Havurah: American Movements, European Roots," Arthur Green. Afterword by Arnold Eisen.…

Softbound. Zustand: Very Good. Octavo, glossy paper covers, xiv, 292 pp., index Articles are "Family Formation, Educational Choice, and American Jewish Identity," Riv-Ellen Prell, "The Differential Impact of Jewish Education on Adult Jewish Identity," Steven M. Cohen, "Who Is Being Taught? Early Childhood Education's Adult-Centered Approach," Shaul Kelner, "Why Jewish Parents Send Their Children to Day Schools," Steven M. Cohen and Shaul Kelner, "Schools for Parents: What Parents Want and What They Get from Their Children's Jewish Day School," Alex Pomson, "Expectations, Perceptions, and Preconceptions: How Jewish Parents Talk about 'Supplementary' Religious Education," Jeffrey S. Kress, "Generating Jewish Connections: Conversations with JewishTeenagers, Their Parents, and Jewish Educators and Thinkers," Sylvia Barack Fishman, "Cultures of Jewish Education: How Communities Address Local Educational Needs," Jack Wertheimer, "Toward the Study of Community Effects on Jewish Engagement: The Case of Educational Enrollment," Shaul Kelner and Steven M. Cohen.…

Softbound. Zustand: Very Good. Octavo, glossy paper covers, xxii, 282 pp., tables, bibliography, index.

Softbound. Zustand: Very Good. Octavo, glossy paper covers, xviii, 269 pp., glossary, notes, bibliography, index.

Softbound. Zustand: Very Good. Octavo, paper covers, xxii, 254 pp., notes, references, index.

Softbound. Zustand: Very Good. Octavo, paper covers, xiv, 432 pp., b/w illustratations, notes, glossary, index This fascinating interdisciplinary collection of essays brings gender issues to the foreground in order to redress a profound imbalance in the historiography of the Yishuv, the Jewish community in Palestine, and in the early years of the State of Israel. Although male discourse still dominates this field, some initial studies have begun to create an authentic and multifaceted Hebrew-Israeli voice by examining the activities and contributions of women.This research has led to a number of basic questions: What was the reality of life for women in Jewish society in Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine (Eretz Israel), and in the early years of the State? What was the contribution of women to the renewal of Israeli society and culture? What is the place of gender perceptions in the study of the new local identity? The original articles in this anthology forge an innovative response to one or more of these questions, and reflecting the state of research in the field.…

Softbound. Zustand: Very Good. Octavo, paper covers, xxvi, 205 pp., notes, bibliography, index Translated by Kaeren Fish.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean, unmarked with DJ in VG+ condition. BP/Art history/Art crit.

Hardbound. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Octavo in dust jacket, xii, 308 pp., b/w photos, notes, bibliography, index.

Hardcover. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket As Issued. No DJ by issued; Red cloth hardback. vi + 153 pp. Index; Small 8vo; vi + 153 pages Very Good+ No dust jacket as issued.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Quarto in dust jacket, frontispiece map, xxii, 236 pp., many b/w photos, index Articles are "Ten Percent of American Jews," Ira Sheskin, "Alligators and Matzo Balls: A Historical Overview of the Florida Jewish Community," Marcia Kerstein Zerivitz, "Blood and Sand: The Jewish Community of South Florida," Stephan J. Whitfield, "Anti-Semtiism in Florida Culture," Henry Abramson, "Cuban Jews in South Florida: Exile Redux," Stephen Benz, "Sephardic Jews in South Florida," Annette B. Fromm, "From Swamp to 'Shayna Platz': Jewish Life in Broward County (Historical Photos from the Jewish Museum of Florida)," Zerivitz, "Jews of Boca Raton," Linda Brockman, "Yiddishkeit in South Beach: 'IWant to Be With You to Sing My Songs,'" Joel Saxe, "Life on South Beach: A Photographic Portfolio," Gary Monroe, "Jewish Gangsters Starring Meyer Lansky," Jack B. Moore, "Leon Kronish: Miami Beach's Twentieth-Century Prophet," Henry A. Green, "Synagogues in the Sand," Zev Ben Beitchman "Jewish Education in South Florida," Susan Neimand, "A History of the National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Miami Section," Joanie Glickstein, "Yizkor: Survivor Narratives at the Miami Holocaust Memorial," Andrea Greenbaum, "Behind the Cultural Facade: Yiddish Cultural Revival in Miami," David Weintraub. "When we think of Jewish South Florida, we may think first of the generation of aging Jews who moved to South Beach from the 1940s to the 1970s to create a rich Yiddish culture on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. Yet these "snowbirds" are just one group in what has become an increasingly diverse South Florida Jewish population. The tri-county area of Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach is home to a community of more than 625,000 Jews- about --10 percent of American Jews and comprises nearly 200 congregations, 3 major Jewish federations, 20 Hebrew day schools, a world-recognized Holocaust memorial, and more. Yet no single book offers an overview of this vital Jewish community.The South Florida Jewish community is distinguished from other Jewish communities in the U.S. by its diverse population. Like the post-war generation of snowbirds, tens of thousands of retirees (most from the Atlantic seaboard but some from cold climates elsewhere in the United States), currently live in "gated communities," like Century Village in Boca Raton, and maintain strong ties with the communities they left behind. But the Jewish community in South Florida also has a distinctive Latin flavor, which began with the post-Castro migration of Cubans. Hispanic Jews have moved to South Florida from several Latin American nations, and these Spanish-speaking Jews have worked hard to maintain their cultural heritage even as they have adapted to life in the United States. South Florida is also home to the largest community of Holocaust survivors in the country. More recent Jewish immigrants from Arab nations, the Soviet Union, and Israel have added to the distinctive diversity of Jewish life in South Florida." from the flap copy.…

Softbound. Zustand: Very Good. Octavo, paper covers, xviii, 274 pp., b/w photos, notes, bibliography, index.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. HARDCOVER; gift inscription on half-title page; a couple of very light stains on fore-edge; o/w in very good condition. This is a heavy volume; extra shipping may be required for priority mail or international orders. Book.

Zustand: As New. Like New condition. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

Hardbound. Zustand: Very Good. Octavo in dust jacket, xiv, 191 pp., notes, index "Born in rural Hesse, Germany, Leo Strauss (18991973) became an active Zionist and philosopher during the tumultuous and fractious Weimar Republic. As Eugene R. Sheppard demonstrates in this groundbreaking and engaging book, Strauss gravitated towards such thinkers as Franz Rosenzweig, Martin Heidegger, and Carl Schmitt as he sought to identify and overcome fundamental philosophical, political, and theological crises. The rise of Nazism impelled Strauss as a young Jewish émigré, first in Europe and then in America, to grapple withand accommodate his thought tothe pressing challenges of exile. In confronting his own state of exile, Strauss enlisted premodern Jewish thinkers such as Moses Maimonides and Baruch Spinoza who earlier addressed the problem of reconciling their competing loyalties as philosophers and Jews.This is the first study to frame Strauss's political philosophy around his critique of liberalism and the problem of exile. Sheppard follows Strauss from Europe to the United States, a journey of a conservative Weimar Jew struggling with modern liberalism and the existential and political contours of exile. Strauss sought to resolve the conflicts of a Jew unwilling to surrender loyalty to his ancestral community and equally unwilling to adhere to the strictures of orthodox observance. Strauss saw truth and wisdom as transcending particular religious and national communities, as well as the modern enlightened humanism in which he himself had been nurtured. In his efforts to navigate between the Jewish and the philosophical, the ancient and the modern, Berlin and New York, Strauss developed a distinctively programmatic way of reading and writing "between the lines." Sheppard recaptures the complexity and intrigue of this project which has been ignored by those who both reject and claim Strauss's legacy." from the flap copy.…

Paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. Crisp, bright, clean; no owners' marks; except for nominal edgewear at corners of soft cover, as new. xvi, 543pp. incl. index. Blondin, Mallory (illustrator).

PAPERBACK, very good, attractive copy, little used if at all. INGALL, CAROL K., ed. . The women who reconstructed American Jewish education, 1910-l965. Waltham, Mass: Brandeis University Press, 2010, 1st printing number line ending in 1, xiv, 243pp., . HBI series on Jewish women. - "The conventional history of Jewish education in the United States focuses on the contributions of Samson Benderly and his male disciples. This volume tells a different story - the story of the women who either influenced or were influenced by Benderly or his closest friend, Mordecai Kaplan. In ten profiles, the contributors illuminate the impact of these often unheralded women who introduced American Jews to Hebraism and Zionism and laid the foundation for contemporary Jewish experiential education. Taken together, these ten portraits highlight the important and hitherto unexamined contribution of women to the development of American Jewish education." - CONTENTS: Redefining Jewish womanhood through informal education: Ethel Feineman and Grace Weiner / Miriam Heller Stern -- Jessie Sampter and the Hadassah school of Zionism / Rebecca Boim Wolf -- Rebecca Aaronson Brickner: Benderly boy? / Shuly Rubin Schwartz -- Libbie L. Braverman: a woman for all seasons / Alan D. Bennett -- Mamie Gamoran: modeling an American Jewish life / Lisa D. Grant -- Sadie Rose Weilerstein through the looking glass: K'tonton and the American Jewish zeitgeist / Jonathan Krasner -- "Three cheers for Anna!": Anna G. Sherman, adult Jewish educator / Carol K. Ingall -- Temima Gezari: an art education pioneer / Ofra Arieli Backenroth -- Hava n'halela: Tzipora Jochsberger and her vision for the Hebrew Arts School / Carol K. Ingall -- Sylvia C. Ettenberg: a portrait in practical wisdom / Carol K. Ingall. ISBN 9781584658559.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Limited Edition. Hardcover. This edition limited to 600 copies. Grey cloth over boards, gilt text on spine. Clean, square copy. Text unmarked. Leaf 529/530 has a 1-inch tear. tbrc/am.

paperback. Zustand: Very Good.

hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. includes dust-jacket. DETAILS: very good dust-jacket, near fine brown cloth, slight ding to top right corner of pages. FREEZE, CHAERAN Y. / FRIED, SYLVIA FUKS / SHEPPARD, EUGENE R., ed. . The individual in history: essays in honor of Jehuda Reinharz. ChaeRan Y. Freeze, Sylvia Fuks Fried, and Eugene R. Sheppard, editors. Waltham, Massachusetts: Brandeis University Press, 2015, 1st printing number line 54321, 558pp., . Series: Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series Includes biographical introduction on Reinharz and bibliography of his works - CONTENTS: pt. I Ideology and Politics -- 1. Theodor Herzl: Charisma and Leadership / Derek J. Penslar -- 2. The President before Weizmann: David Littwak and the Politics of "Old New Land" / Michael Brenner -- 3. Herzl, Ahad Ha'am, and the Altneuland Debate: Between Utopia and Radicalism / Eran Kaplan -- 4. The Vilna Gaon and His Disciples as Precursors of Zionism: The Vicissitudes of a Myth / Immanuel Etkes -- 5. Me'ir Ya'ari and Hashomer Hatza'ir: The Movement Is Me / Aviva Halamish -- 6."The Wise Woman of Givat Brenner": Jessie Sampter on Kibbutz, War, and Peace, 1934 -- 1938 / Meir Chazan -- 7. Robert Briscoe, Jewish Lord Mayor of Dublin: Revisiting the Irish-Jewish Connection / Frances Malino -- 8. The Zionist Leadership of Louis D. Brandeis / Evyatar Friesel -- 9. America's Most Memorable Zionist Leaders / Jonathan D. Sarna -- 10. The Rise of Stephen S. Wise as a Jewish Leader / Mark A. Raider -- pt. II Statecraft -- 11. Weizmann and Ben-Gurion: Portraits in Contrast / Anita Shapira -- 12. Role, Place, and Time: The Case of Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham in Palestine, 1945 -- 1948 / Motti Golani -- 13. Bold Decisions: Three Israeli Prime Ministers Who Went against the Grain / Itamar Rabinovich -- 14. Leadership in the Arab-Israeli Conflict / Shai Feldman -- 15. At the Crossroads: Ben-Gurion at War / Shlomo Avineri -- 16. Roosevelt, American Jews, and Rescue Attempts / Yehuda Bauer -- 17. Wash al-Tall: An Iconic Incarnation of Jordanianism / Asher Susser -- pt. III Intellectual, Social, and Cultural Spheres -- 18. Particularism, Exclusivity, and Monopoly: The History of a Talmudic Statement / Moshe Halbertal -- 19."The Individual in Jewish History": A Feminist Perspective / Shulamit Reinharz -- 20. Thomas Carlyle versus Henry Thomas Buckle: "Great Man" versus "Historical Laws" / Yaacov Shavit -- 21. The Evolution of Roza Georgievna Vinaver: The Making of a Jewish Liberal Politician's Wife in Imperial Russia / Chaeran Y. Freeze -- 22. Spatial Coherence as Sovereignty / Arnold J. Band -- 23. Exemplary Leaders: Martin Buber and Franz Rosenzweig / Paul Mendes-Flohr -- pt. IV Witnessing History -- 24. Inside Kishinev's Pogrom: Hayyim Nahman Bialik, Michael Davitt, and the Burdens of Truth / Steven J. Zipperstein -- 25. Julian Tuwim: Confronting Antisemitism in Poland / Antony Polonsky -- 26. The Terrible Secret: Some Afterthoughts / Walter Laqueur -- 27.A Testimony to the World of German Orthodox Judaism: A Translation of Rabbi Jehiel Jacob Weinberg's Introduction to His Seridei Eish / David Ellenson -- 28. Authors/Survivors/Witnesses -- Aharon Appelfeld, Abba Kovner, Primo Levi, and Elie Wiesel between Literature and Testimony / Dina Porat -- pt. V In the Academy -- 29. On a Desperate Postdoc and the Emergence of Modern German Antisemitism / Daniel R. Schwartz -- 30. Lawrence H. Fuchs: The Scholar as Citizen / Stephen J. Whitfield -- 31. Three Brandeis Presidents: Open Leadership in an American University / David Hackett Fischer. ISBN 9781611687323 34.00. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. 6 X 1.8 X 9 inches; 581 pages; minor shelf wear on the covers. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings.; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…

1st ed. Pages clean; binding tight. Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket).

Softbound. Zustand: Very Good. Octavo, paper covers, xiv, 338 pp., notes, bibliography,index.

Softbound. Zustand: Very Good. Royal octavo, paper covers, xviii, 442 pp., b/w photos, Appendix: Alternate Films, index.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 189pp paperback, reissued.

Blue Cloth. Zustand: Very Gentle Edge Wear. No Jacket. Limited Edition. TWO VOLUMES. Limited to 600 copies. A reprint of the 1885 edition. 603-314pp. The first part gives initial and pseudonyms followed by the real names. The second part starts with real names. Size: Octavo.

First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 465 pages; Description: 465 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-450) and index. Subjects: Sakharov, Andrei, 1921-1989. Dissenters --Physicists --Political prisoners --Human rights workers --Biography. Soviet Union --Politics and government --1953-1985 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good +. xviii, 141; with 211 illustrations; 8.5 x 11"; original textured cloth, gilt title on spine and upper cover. Catalogue of an exhibition to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of Brandeis University. 212 bibles and other theological books and manuscripts are described in detail. Presentation bookplate on ffep. Clean and bright; overall, a very good copy.…

, Dwyer-Ryan, Meaghan / Porter, Susan L. / Davis, Lisa Fagin. Becoming American Jews : Temple Israel of Boston. Waltham: Brandeis University Press, 2009, xvii, 259pp., PAPERBACK, very good. INSCRIBED to a recipient with first name only and SIGNED by all three authors on half-title page. CONTENTS: Foreword / by Ronne Friedman -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The synagogue and the community, 1842-1874 -- Becoming a reform temple, 1874-1911 -- The era of optimism, 1911-1928 -- The "menace of these tragic times," 1928-1953 -- Prophetic Judaism and the "symphony of American life," 1953-1973 -- "A home for every constituency," 1973-1988 -- "A community of communities," 1988-2009. - PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION: From its beginning in 1854 as a traditional German shul to its current status as the largest Reform synagogue in New England, Temple Israel has been an important force in Boston and American Jewish life. The congregation's ongoing efforts to adapt to changes in American society while preserving balancebetween tradition and innovation, between acculturation and distinctivenessexemplify the transformations in religious worship practices, education, and social justice that mark modern American Reform Judaism. This volume, based on hundreds of archival documents, demographic data, and oral histories, and illustrated with more than 200 images, brings to life the stories of the men, women, and children who have built and maintained this vital Jewish community for more than 150 years. ISBN 9781584657903. …

, Dwyer-Ryan, Meaghan / Porter, Susan L. / Davis, Lisa Fagin. Becoming American Jews : Temple Israel of Boston. Waltham: Brandeis University Press, 2009, xvii, 259pp., very good dust-jacket, very good blue cloth, tiny tiny 1mm tear along side of first page, scarce HARDCOVER WITH DUST-JACKET. CONTENTS: Foreword / by Ronne Friedman -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The synagogue and the community, 1842-1874 -- Becoming a reform temple, 1874-1911 -- The era of optimism, 1911-1928 -- The "menace of these tragic times," 1928-1953 -- Prophetic Judaism and the "symphony of American life," 1953-1973 -- "A home for every constituency," 1973-1988 -- "A community of communities," 1988-2009. - PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION: From its beginning in 1854 as a traditional German shul to its current status as the largest Reform synagogue in New England, Temple Israel has been an important force in Boston and American Jewish life. The congregation's ongoing efforts to adapt to changes in American society while preserving balancebetween tradition and innovation, between acculturation and distinctivenessexemplify the transformations in religious worship practices, education, and social justice that mark modern American Reform Judaism. This volume, based on hundreds of archival documents, demographic data, and oral histories, and illustrated with more than 200 images, brings to life the stories of the men, women, and children who have built and maintained this vital Jewish community for more than 150 years. ISBN 9781584657903. …