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Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies

Space and Spatiality in Modern German-Jewish History (Hardcover): Simone Lassig, Miriam Rurup Space and Spatiality in Modern German-Jewish History (Hardcover)
Simone Lassig, Miriam Rurup
R3,527 R3,028 Discovery Miles 30 280 Save R499 (14%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

What makes a space Jewish? This wide-ranging volume revisits literal as well as metaphorical spaces in modern German history to examine the ways in which Jewishness has been attributed to them both within and outside of Jewish communities, and what the implications have been across different eras and social contexts. Working from an expansive concept of "the spatial," these contributions look not only at physical sites but at professional, political, institutional, and imaginative realms, as well as historical Jewish experiences of spacelessness. Together, they encompass spaces as varied as early modern print shops and Weimar cinema, always pointing to the complex intertwining of German and Jewish identity.

The Jewish Lives Project. Science (Hardcover): Abigail Morris The Jewish Lives Project. Science (Hardcover)
Abigail Morris
R700 Discovery Miles 7 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Jewish Population and Identity - Concept and Reality (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Sergio Della Pergola, Uzi Rebhun Jewish Population and Identity - Concept and Reality (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Sergio Della Pergola, Uzi Rebhun
R2,654 Discovery Miles 26 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines the fundamentals of Jewish demography and sociology around the world. It is not only concerned with documenting patterns of population change but also with an intriguing and ever-present issue like "Who is a Jew?" The latter transcends the limits of quantitative assessment and deeply delves into the nature, boundaries, and quality of group identification. A growing challenge is how to bridge between concept - related to ideals and theory - and reality - reflecting field research. Divided into six sections, the book discusses historical demography, immigration and settlement, population dynamics, social stratification and economy, family and Jewish identity in the U.S., and Jewish identity in Israel. The volume represents the dynamic and diverse nature of the study of world and local Jewish populations. It shows how that field of study provides an important contribution to the broader and now rapidly expanding study of religious and ethnic groups. Scholars in disciplines such as history, geography, sociology, economics, political science, and especially demography follow and analyze the social and cultural patterns of Jews in different places around the globe, at various times, and from complementary perspectives. They make use of historical sources that have recently become accessible, utilize new censuses and surveys, and adopt advanced analytical methods. While some of their observations attest to consistency in the Jews' demographic and identificational patterns, others evolve and ramify in new directions that reflect general processes in the areas and societies that Jews inhabit, internal changes within Jewish communities, and intergenerational trends in personal preferences of religious and ethnic orientations. This volume brings together contributions from scholars around the world and presents new and updated research and insights.

Jewish Politics in Eastern Europe - The Bund at 100 (Hardcover): Jack Jacobs Jewish Politics in Eastern Europe - The Bund at 100 (Hardcover)
Jack Jacobs
R3,116 Discovery Miles 31 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"This book is basic for any attempt to understand interwar Polish Jewry as well as the holocaust period and offers many new points of view."
--"Religious Studies Review"

The Bund was the first modern Jewish political party in Eastern Europe and, arguably, the strongest Jewish party in Poland on the eve of the Second World War. Though 100 years have passed since its inception, the Bund and its legacy continue to be of abiding interest.

Founded illegally and operated under the most adverse conditions, the Bund grew dramatically in the years immediately after its 1897 creation in Czarist Russia. It helped to organize the Russian Social Democratic Workers Party, it organized armed self-defense groups to fight against pogroms, and it played a significant role in the Russian Revolution of 1905. The Bundist became for many the symbol of the new Jew--enlightened, willing to fight for Jewish rights and needs, and unwilling to accept the status quo of Jewish communities dominated by the orthodox and the wealthy, and of a Russia oppressed by the Czar. Later, Bundist members were among those who contributed substantially to armed resistance in Nazi occupied Poland.

"Jewish Politics in Eastern Europe" makes use of previously unexamined source materials to offer a range of new perspectives on the significance of the Bund and its ideas. Its fresh and insightful approaches will be of interest to all those concerned with Eastern European Jewry, Russian, Polish, and Ukranian history, and the history of socialist and labor movements.

Religious Otherness and National Identity in Scandinavia, c. 1790-1960 - The Construction of Jews, Mormons, and Jesuits as... Religious Otherness and National Identity in Scandinavia, c. 1790-1960 - The Construction of Jews, Mormons, and Jesuits as Anti-Citizens and Enemies of Society (Hardcover, Translated, expanded and revised edition of "Nasjonens antiborgere. Forestillinger om religiose minoriteter som samfunnsfiender, 1814-1964". Oslo: Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2017.)
Frode Ulvund
R2,974 Discovery Miles 29 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The author discusses how religious groups, especially Jews, Mormons and Jesuits, were labeled as foreign and constructed as political, moral and national threats in Scandinavia in different periods between c. 1790 and 1960. Key questions are who articulated such opinions, how was the threat depicted, and to what extent did it influence state policies towards these groups. A special focus is given to Norway, because the Constitution of 1814 included a ban against Jews (repelled in 1851) and Jesuits (repelled in 1956), and because Mormons were denied the status of a legal religion until freedom of religion was codified in the Constitution in 1964. The author emphasizes how the construction of religious minorities as perils of society influenced the definition of national identities in all Scandinavia, from the late 18th Century until well after WWII. The argument is that Jews, Mormons and Jesuits all were constructed as "anti-citizens", as opposites of what it meant to be "good" citizens of the nation. The discourse that framed the need for national protection against foreign religious groups was transboundary. Consequently, transnational stereotypes contributed significantly in defining national identities.

Essential Papers on Hasidism (Hardcover, New): Gershon David Hundert Essential Papers on Hasidism (Hardcover, New)
Gershon David Hundert
R2,685 Discovery Miles 26 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A comprehensive view of the history, beliefs and practices, and sociology of the Hasidic movement founded by Israel Baal Sheen Tov, this simultaneously provides a reflection of the development of the scholarly understanding of Hasidism from the 18th century to the present.

Spiritual Homelands - The Cultural Experience of Exile, Place and Displacement among Jews and Others (Hardcover): Asher D... Spiritual Homelands - The Cultural Experience of Exile, Place and Displacement among Jews and Others (Hardcover)
Asher D Biemann, Richard I. Cohen, Sarah Wobick-Segev
R4,055 Discovery Miles 40 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Homeland, Exile, Imagined Homelands are features of the modern experience and relate to the cultural and historical dilemmas of loss, nostalgia, utopia, travel, longing, and are central for Jews and others. This book is an exploration into a world of boundary crossings and of desired places and alternate identities, into a world of adopted kin and invented allegiances.

The Age of Haskalah - Studies in Hebrew Literature of the Enlightenment in Germany (Paperback, Revised): Moshe Pelli The Age of Haskalah - Studies in Hebrew Literature of the Enlightenment in Germany (Paperback, Revised)
Moshe Pelli
R1,588 Discovery Miles 15 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Age of Haskalah is a seminal study of the beginnings of the Haskalah (Hebrew Enlightenment) in Germany in the last quarter of the 18th century. The Haskalah was a literary and cultural movement that reshaped and re-formed Judaism and the Jews in accordance with the needs of modern times, i.e. the European Enlightenment. Leaders of the movement were known as Maskilim and included the poet and grammarian, Naphtali Herz Wessely; the physician, Mordechai Gumpel Schnaber; the writer, Isaac Satanow; the rabbi, Saul Berlin; and the editor and writer Isaac Euchel. With detailed textual and historical evidence, author Moshe Pelli examines the backdrop of the Hebrew Enlightenment and the impact of the European Deism on the pundits of Haskalah. He further probes into early intimations of religious reform, the methodology of reform seen in the first reform temple controversy of 1818, and the attitude of the Maskilim toward the Talmud and the revival of the Hebrew language.

Flight from Fear - A Rabbi's Holocaust Memoir (3rd Edition) (Hardcover, 3rd Flight from Fear: A Rabbi's Holocaust... Flight from Fear - A Rabbi's Holocaust Memoir (3rd Edition) (Hardcover, 3rd Flight from Fear: A Rabbi's Holocaust Memoir ed.)
Rabbi Samuel Cywiak; As told to Jeff Swesky
R574 Discovery Miles 5 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Partisan from Vilna (Hardcover, New): Rachel Margolis A Partisan from Vilna (Hardcover, New)
Rachel Margolis; Translated by F. Jackson Piotrow; Introduction by Antony Polonsky
R2,572 R2,354 Discovery Miles 23 540 Save R218 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"A Partisan from Vilna" is the memoir of Rachel Margolis, the sole survivor of her family, who escaped from the Vilna Ghetto with other members of the resistance movement, the FPO (United Partisan Organization), and joined the Soviet partisans in the forests of Lithuania to sabotage the Nazis. Beginning with an account of Rachel's life as a precocious, privileged girl in pre-war Vilna, it goes on to detail life in the Vilna Ghetto, including the development and struggles of the FPO against the Nazis. Finally, the book chronicles the escape of a group of FPO members into the forest of Belorussia, where Rachel became a partisan fighter. Rachel Margolis received a Ph.D. in biology in and taught until the late 1980's. She then co-founded Lithuania's only real Holocaust museum, the Green House in Vilnius. She is also responsible for the discovery and transcription of the Kazimierz Sakowicz diary, published here in the US under the title, "Ponary Diary: A Bystander's Account of Mass Murder" (Yale University Press, 2004). The book opens with an introductory essay by renowned Polish historian, Antony Polonsky.

Jews of Rhode Island, 1658-1958 (Hardcover): Geraldine S Foster, Eleanor F Horvitz, Judith Weiss Cohen Jews of Rhode Island, 1658-1958 (Hardcover)
Geraldine S Foster, Eleanor F Horvitz, Judith Weiss Cohen
R723 Discovery Miles 7 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Czechs, Slovaks and the Jews, 1938-48 - Beyond Idealisation and Condemnation (Hardcover): J. Lanicek, Jan Lani?Ek Czechs, Slovaks and the Jews, 1938-48 - Beyond Idealisation and Condemnation (Hardcover)
J. Lanicek, Jan Lani?Ek
R1,976 Discovery Miles 19 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Covering the period between the Munich Agreement and the Communist Coup in February 1948, this volume provides the first full account of the Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile in London. In examining attitudes towards the Jews during World War 2 and its aftermath Jan Lani ek explores the notion that Czechoslovak treatment of the Jews was shaped by resurgent Czech and Slovak nationalism/s caused by the war and by the experience of the occupation by the German army. He challenges the official history of Czechoslovak policy towards the Jews between 1918 and 1948, which still presents Czechoslovakia as an exceptional case study of an East-Central European state that rejected antisemitism and treated the Jews decently. This groundbreaking work offers a novel, provocative analysis of the political activities and plans of the Czechoslovak exiles during and after the war years, and of the implementation of the plans in liberated Czechoslovakia after 1945.

Evolving Jewish Identities in German Culture - Borders and Crossings (Hardcover, New): Linda E. Feldman, Diana Orendi Evolving Jewish Identities in German Culture - Borders and Crossings (Hardcover, New)
Linda E. Feldman, Diana Orendi
R2,775 Discovery Miles 27 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Jewish identity in German culture remains in a critical state of flux. Analyzing its construction and perception in public discourse, the contributors of this volume discuss the works of a number of authors--from Kafka to new writers such as Irene Dische and Maxim Biller. In addition, topics covered include: American-Jewish writers in Germany, minority culture, homosexuality, and Jewish magazines.

Arizal - Prince of the Kabbalists (Hardcover, Kab ed.): Raphael Afilalo Arizal - Prince of the Kabbalists (Hardcover, Kab ed.)
Raphael Afilalo
R733 R654 Discovery Miles 6 540 Save R79 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Political and Social Philosophy of Ze'ev Jabotinsky - Selected Writings (Paperback): Mordechai Sarig, Shimshon Feder,... The Political and Social Philosophy of Ze'ev Jabotinsky - Selected Writings (Paperback)
Mordechai Sarig, Shimshon Feder, Daniel Carpi
R660 Discovery Miles 6 600 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this collection of writings by Ze''ev Jabo tinsky, the reader is offered an insight into his thinking o n Zionism, the Hebrew language, society & economics, the Jew ish-Arab conflict and the Diaspora amongst many things '

Ezekiel's Message of Hope and Restoration - Redaction-Critical Study of Ezekiel 1-7 (Hardcover): Hei Yin Yip Ezekiel's Message of Hope and Restoration - Redaction-Critical Study of Ezekiel 1-7 (Hardcover)
Hei Yin Yip
R3,212 Discovery Miles 32 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The first twenty-four chapters of the book of Ezekiel are characterised by vehement declarations of judgement. This observation leaves the impression that Ezekiel 1-7 is devoid of references to hope and restoration. However, there is a redactional stratum in this section that supplemented the texts with material that conveys restoration and hope for the future. In Ezekiel 1-7, many of these additions focus on priestly topics. The motif of restoration in the redactional material of Ezekiel 3-5 is expressed by the reinstatement of Ezekiel in his priestly role. This editorial emphasis on Ezekiel as priest in the redactional material suggests that the redaction was influenced by Zechariah 3, a text that depicts the reinstitution of the exiled Zadokite priesthood. Moreover, the redactional material of Ezekiel 6-7 drew inspiration from the Law of the Temple in Ezekiel 43-46, as the redactors sought to enhance Ezekiel's priestly role. The study provides new insights into how redactors, who may have been associated with the Zadokite priesthood, inserted the message of hope and restoration into the literary unit Ezekiel 1-7 during the post-exilic period.

Mordechai Gebirtig - His Poetic and Musical Legacy (Hardcover, New): Gertrude Schneider Mordechai Gebirtig - His Poetic and Musical Legacy (Hardcover, New)
Gertrude Schneider
R3,872 Discovery Miles 38 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Mordechai Gebirtig was one of the most influential and popular writers of Yiddish songs and poems. Born in 1877, he became a prolific poet and song writer, using everything he saw, heard and knew about people. His legacy, therefore, is not only one of melodies and lyrics, but also a treatise on Jewish life in Poland under the benign neglect of the Austrians, the ever growing hostility of the Poles, and finally, the terror of the Germans, who destroyed the people, their culture, and, to a great measure, their memory. Schneider's book for the first time brings his work to an English-speaking audience, offering a collection of all of his major works, complete with the scores, transliterated Yiddish text, and English translation. Her book offers a rare insight into the world of Eastern European Jews, their culture, and their music.

Gebirtig's most famous song Es Brent--It's Burning--was written in response to a 1936 pogrom. It became a stirring hymn for the survivors of the Holocaust, who felt that the words suited their own situation very well. Gebirtig himself was shot in the Cracow Ghetto in June 1942. Neither he nor any of his close family survived the war. However, as this volume shows, his songs and poems remain an enduring voice for a Jewish community nearly lost to the Nazis. They constitute a precious legacy for anyone interested in the world of Eastern Europe Jews, their culture, and their music.

Byron and the Jews (Hardcover): Byron and the Jews (Hardcover)
R1,962 Discovery Miles 19 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Investigates why, of all the British Romantic poets, Byron is the most frequently translated into Hebrew and Yiddish and how Jews used translations of Byron's works to help construct a new Jewish identity. Scholars of Byron, Jewish identity, and those interested in translation and reception studies will appreciate this insightful volume.

Rainbow Jews - Jewish and Gay Identity in the Performing Arts (Paperback): Jonathan C Friedman Rainbow Jews - Jewish and Gay Identity in the Performing Arts (Paperback)
Jonathan C Friedman
R1,312 Discovery Miles 13 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Rainbow Jews deals with the intersection of gay and Jewish identity in American and Israeli film and theater, from the 1960s to the present. Its main area of interest is the extent to which Jewish creative voices in the performing arts have constructed multidimensional images of, and a welcoming public space for, the gay, lesbian, and transgendered community as a whole. Through a close reading of the texts of numerous American and Israeli plays and films (some famous, but mostly lesser known), the author evaluates some of the key conventions and tropes that have been employed to construct, critique, and reflect the social reality of the connection between Jewishness and gay identity in the United States and Israel. Secondarily, the author explores ways in which gay-Jewish playwrights and filmmakers have assisted the re-evaluation of sexual norms within Judaism over the past three decades, inspiring and reinforcing measures across the spectrum of belief geared towards integrating Jewish members of the GLBT community into the overall Jewish historical narrative.

The Aishes Chayil Song - Discover How Each Verse Illuminates a Unique and Exceptional Woman of Valor from Tanach (Hardcover):... The Aishes Chayil Song - Discover How Each Verse Illuminates a Unique and Exceptional Woman of Valor from Tanach (Hardcover)
Tropper Yosef
R793 Discovery Miles 7 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Dancing Jewish - Jewish Identity in American Modern and Postmodern Dance (Hardcover): Rebecca Rossen Dancing Jewish - Jewish Identity in American Modern and Postmodern Dance (Hardcover)
Rebecca Rossen
R4,087 Discovery Miles 40 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

While Jews are commonly referred to as the "people of the book," American Jewish choreographers have consistently turned to dance as a means to articulate personal and collective identities; tangle with stereotypes; advance social and political agendas; and imagine new possibilities for themselves as individuals, artists, and Jews. Dancing Jewish delineates this rich history, demonstrating that Jewish choreographers have not only been vital contributors to American modern and postmodern dance, but that they have also played a critical and unacknowledged role in the history of Jews in the United States. By examining the role dance has played in the struggle between Jewish identification and integration into American life, the book moves across disciplinary boundaries to show how cultural identity, nationality, ethnicity, and gender are formed and performed through the body and its motions. A dancer and choreographer, as well as an historian, Rebecca Rossen offers evocative analyses of dances while asserting the importance of embodied methodologies to academic research. Featuring over fifty images, a companion website, and key works from 1930 to 2005 by a wide range of artists-including David Dorfman, Dan Froot, David Gordon, Hadassah, Margaret Jenkins, Pauline Koner, Dvora Lapson, Liz Lerman, Sophie Maslow, Anna Sokolow, and Benjamin Zemach-Dancing Jewish offers a comprehensive framework for interpreting performance and establishes dance as a crucial site in which American Jews have grappled with cultural belonging, personal and collective histories, and the values that bind and pull them apart.

Tales from My Father's Home Kupishok, Lithuania (Hardcover): Shlomo Kodesh Tales from My Father's Home Kupishok, Lithuania (Hardcover)
Shlomo Kodesh; Cover design or artwork by Rachel Kolokoff Hopper; Index compiled by Jonathan Wind
R1,121 Discovery Miles 11 210 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Figures who Shape Scriptures, Scriptures that Shape Figures - Essays in Honour of Benjamin G. Wright III (Hardcover): Geza G.... Figures who Shape Scriptures, Scriptures that Shape Figures - Essays in Honour of Benjamin G. Wright III (Hardcover)
Geza G. Xeravits, Greg Schmidt Goering
R3,381 Discovery Miles 33 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The papers of the volume investigate how authoritative figures in the Second Temple Period and beyond contributed to forming the Scriptures of Judaism, as well as how these Scriptures shaped ideal figures as authoritative in Early Judaism. The topic of the volume thus reflects Ben Wright's research, who-especially with his work on Ben Sira, on the Letter of Aristeas, and on various problems of authority in Early Jewish texts-creatively contributed to the study of the formation of Scriptures, and to the understanding of the figures behind these texts.

The Studia Philonica Annual XXI, 2009 (Hardcover, New): David T. Runia, Gregory E. Sterling The Studia Philonica Annual XXI, 2009 (Hardcover, New)
David T. Runia, Gregory E. Sterling
R779 Discovery Miles 7 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Train Journey - Transit, Captivity, and Witnessing in the Holocaust (Paperback): Simone Gigliotti The Train Journey - Transit, Captivity, and Witnessing in the Holocaust (Paperback)
Simone Gigliotti
R717 R553 Discovery Miles 5 530 Save R164 (23%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Deportations by train were critical in the Nazis' genocidal vision of the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." Historians have estimated that between 1941 and 1944 up to three million Jews were transported to their deaths in concentration and extermination camps. In his writings on the "Final Solution," Raul Hilberg pondered the role of trains: "How can railways be regarded as anything more than physical equipment that was used, when the time came, to transport the Jews from various cities to shooting grounds and gas chambers in Eastern Europe?" This book explores the question by analyzing the victims' experiences at each stage of forced relocation: the round-ups and departures from the ghettos, the captivity in trains, and finally, the arrival at the camps. Utilizing a variety of published memoirs and unpublished testimonies, the book argues that victims experienced the train journeys as mobile chambers, comparable in importance to the more studied, fixed locations of persecution, such as ghettos and camps.

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