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From Russia to Israel - And Back? - Contemporary Transnational Russian Israeli Diaspora (Hardcover): Vladimir Ze'ev Khanin From Russia to Israel - And Back? - Contemporary Transnational Russian Israeli Diaspora (Hardcover)
Vladimir Ze'ev Khanin
R3,679 Discovery Miles 36 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Of about a million Jews that arrived to Israel from the (former) USSR after 1989 some 12% left the country by the end of 2017. It is estimated that about a half of them left "back" for the FSU, and the rest for the USA, Canada and the Western Europe. The book provides a comprehensive analysis of this specific Jewish Israeli Diaspora group through cutting-edge approaches in the social sciences, and examines the settlement patterns of Israeli Russian-speaking emigrants, their identity, social demographic profile, reasons of emigration, their economic achievements, identification, and status vis-a-vis host Jewish and non-Jewish environment, vision of Israel, migration interests and behavior, as well as their social and community networks, elites and institutions. Vladimir Ze'ev Khanin makes a significant contribution to migration theory, academic understanding of transnational Diasporas, and sheds a new light on the identity and structure of contemporary Israeli society. The book is based on the unique statistics from Israeli and other Government sources and sociological information obtained from the author's first of this kind on-going study of Israeli Russian-speaking emigrant communities in different regions of the world.

The Politics of Trauma and Memory Activism - Polish-Jewish Relations Today (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Janine Holc The Politics of Trauma and Memory Activism - Polish-Jewish Relations Today (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Janine Holc
R1,767 Discovery Miles 17 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book analyses four case studies of Holocaust memory activism in Poland, contextualized within recent debates about Polish-Jewish relations and approached through a theoretical framework informed by critical theory. Three cases are advocacy groups, each located in a different region of Poland-Lublin, Krakow, and Sejny-and each group is presented with attention to the local context and specific dynamics of its vision and strategy. The fourth case study is the state, which has emerged as a powerful memory actor. Using research based on extensive fieldwork, including interviews and direct observation, the author argues that memory activism must grapple with emotional attachments to identity if it is to move beyond a reconciliation paradigm. Drawing on works from semiotics and critical trauma studies, the volume analyzes the assumptions each memory actor makes about three dimensions of Holocaust memory: 1) the relationship of the individual to Polish national identity; 2) the possibility of a reconciled Polish-Jewish history; and 3) the assignment of traumatic suffering to a particular group or event.

Creating Beauty from the Abyss - The Amazing Story of Sam Herciger, Auschwitz Survivor and Artist (Hardcover): Lesley Ann... Creating Beauty from the Abyss - The Amazing Story of Sam Herciger, Auschwitz Survivor and Artist (Hardcover)
Lesley Ann Richardson
R800 Discovery Miles 8 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook and Jewish Spirituality (Hardcover, New): Lawrence J. Kaplan, Kayann Short, Abouali Farmanfarmaian Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook and Jewish Spirituality (Hardcover, New)
Lawrence J. Kaplan, Kayann Short, Abouali Farmanfarmaian
R3,114 Discovery Miles 31 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935) was the first Ashkenazic chief rabbi of mandatory Palestine. Admired for the incredible diversity of his talents and interests--talmudist, halakhist, kabbalist, mystic, theologian, moralist, poet, and communal leader--Rav Kook's world outlook extolled breadth and derided narrow specialization. More than any other Orthodox thinker in modern times, he addressed, squarely and boldly, the confrontation between Judaism and the modern world. Kook serves as a natural model to those Jews who seek a religious understanding of and response to the culture and politics of the modern age.
These essays, most published here for the first time, offer a range of analyses and interpretations covering, in an accessible, systematic, and comprehensive fashion the major areas of Rav Kook's thought. Among the issues discussed are: his relationship to the Jewish mystical, philosophical, and halakhic traditions; poetry and spirituality; harmonism and pluralism; tolerance and its limits; Zionism, messianism, and politics; and Rav Kook today.

Medicine Ethics and the Third Reich - Historical and Contemporary Issues (Paperback): John J. Michalczyk Medicine Ethics and the Third Reich - Historical and Contemporary Issues (Paperback)
John J. Michalczyk
R593 Discovery Miles 5 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Medical experimentation on human subjects during the Third Reich raises deep moral and ethical questions. This volume features prominent voices in the filed of bioethics reflecting on a wide rang of topics and issues. Amid all contemporary discussions of ethical in science, many ethicists, historians, Holocaust specialists and medical professionals strongly feel that we should understand the past in order to make more enlightened ethical decisions.

Symbiosis and Ambivalence - Poles and Jews in a Small Galician Town (Hardcover): Rosa Lehmann Symbiosis and Ambivalence - Poles and Jews in a Small Galician Town (Hardcover)
Rosa Lehmann
R3,018 Discovery Miles 30 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In Poland and elsewhere there has been a noticeable increase of interest in various aspects of the Polish-Jewish past which can be explained, the author argues, in terms of a broader intellectual need to explore the "blank spots" of Poland's national history. This quest begins and ends with Polish anti-Semitism and the Shoah, during which most of Europe's Jews were annihilated on Polish soil, but also focuses on the events of 1946-1968, the years of pogroms, anti-Semitic campaigns, and mass emigration of the Jews from Poland. All these became main issues of public reflection in Poland after a silence for almost forty years and led to the widespread view that Polish-Jewish relations are irredeemably poisoned by anti-Semitism. If this is the case, how is it possible then, the author asks, that Jews still play an important role in the cultural expressions and the consciousness of the Polish people? To find an answer, she explored Polish-Jewish relations in a small Galacian town from the early 19th century to the end of World War II. Detailed analysis of archival materials as well as interviews with Polish inhabitants of this town and Jewish survivors living elsewhere reveal a pattern of Polish-Jewish interdependence that has led to a far more complex picture than is generally assumed.

Jewish-Polish Coexistence, 1772-1939 - A Topical Bibliography (Hardcover): Halina Lerski Jewish-Polish Coexistence, 1772-1939 - A Topical Bibliography (Hardcover)
Halina Lerski
R2,096 Discovery Miles 20 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This bibliography provides comprehensive coverage of Polish-Jewish relations from the first partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772 up to the outbreak of World War II in 1939. It demonstrates the immensity of the writing dedicated to Jewish-Polish coexistence during the last two centuries. The rich heritage of this coexistence, during times of partitions and interwar independence, is presented here in an incisive documentary collection of sources for academic research. These sources are entered topically under thirty-four distinct chapter headings that represent a wide variety of subject matter, including cultural activity, labor and political movements, social reform, religion, and demography.

Deja Views of an Aging Orphan - Growing Up in the Hebrew National Orphan Home (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Sam George Arcus Deja Views of an Aging Orphan - Growing Up in the Hebrew National Orphan Home (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Sam George Arcus; Foreword by E.M. Nathanson
R932 R834 Discovery Miles 8 340 Save R98 (11%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Rafalovka Memorial Book (Hardcover): Pinhas And Malkah Hagin Rafalovka Memorial Book (Hardcover)
Pinhas And Malkah Hagin; Cover design or artwork by Rachel Kolokoff Hopper; Index compiled by Jonathan Wind
R1,215 Discovery Miles 12 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Wysokie-Mazowieckie - Memorial Book (Hardcover): I Rubin Wysokie-Mazowieckie - Memorial Book (Hardcover)
I Rubin; Cover design or artwork by Rachel Kolokoff Hopper; Index compiled by Jonathan Wind
R972 Discovery Miles 9 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Essential Jewish Baking Cookbook - 50 Traditional Recipes for Every Occasion (Paperback): Beth A Lee The Essential Jewish Baking Cookbook - 50 Traditional Recipes for Every Occasion (Paperback)
Beth A Lee
R429 R392 Discovery Miles 3 920 Save R37 (9%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Complete Black Book of Russian Jewry (Hardcover, New edition): Ilya Ehrenburg, Vasily Grossman The Complete Black Book of Russian Jewry (Hardcover, New edition)
Ilya Ehrenburg, Vasily Grossman; Edited by David Patterson; Translated by David Patterson
R4,532 Discovery Miles 45 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Complete Black Book of Russian Jewryis a collection of eyewitness testimonies, letters, diaries, affidavits, and other documents on the activities of the Nazis against Jews in the camps, ghettoes, and towns of Eastern Europe. Arguably, the only apt comparism is to The Gulag Archipelago of Alexander Solzhenitsyn. This definitive edition of The Black Book, including for the first time materials omitted from previous editions, is a major addition to the literature on the Holocaust. It will be of particular interest to students, teachers, and scholars of the Holocaust and those interested in the history of Europe.

By the end of 1942, 1.4 million Jews had been killed by the Einsatzgruppen that followed the German army eastward; by the end of the war, nearly two million had been murdered in Russia and Eastern Europe. Of the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, about one-third fell in the territories of the USSR. The single most important text documenting that slaughter is The Black Book, compiled by two renowned Russian authors Ilya Ehrenburg and Vasily Grossman. Until now, The Black Book was only available in English in truncated editions. Because of its profound significance, this new and definitive English translation of The Complete Black Book of Russian Jewry is a major literary and intellectual event.

From the time of the outbreak of the war, Ehrenburg and Grossman collected the eyewitness testimonies that went into The Black Book. As early as 1943 they were planning its publication; the first edition appeared in 1944. During the years immediately after the war, Grossman assisted Ehrenburg in compiling additional materials for a second edition, which appeared in 1946 (in English as well as Russian).

Since the fall of the Soviet regime, Irina Ehrenburg, the daughter of Ilya Ehrenburg, has recovered the lost portions of the manuscript sent to Yad Vashem. The texts recovered by Ms. Ehrenburg include numerous documents that had been censored from the original manuscript, as well as items that had been hidden by the Grossman family. In addition, she verified and, where appropriate, corrected the accuracy of documents that had already appeared in earlier editions of The Black Book.

Letters to My Father (Hardcover): Kathleen A Balgley Letters to My Father (Hardcover)
Kathleen A Balgley
R1,794 R1,465 Discovery Miles 14 650 Save R329 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Land of Many Bridges - My Father's Story (Hardcover): Bela Ruth Samuel Tenenholtz Land of Many Bridges - My Father's Story (Hardcover)
Bela Ruth Samuel Tenenholtz
R741 Discovery Miles 7 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Forgers - The Forgotten Story of the Holocaust’s Most Audacious Rescue Operation (Paperback): Roger Moorhouse The Forgers - The Forgotten Story of the Holocaust’s Most Audacious Rescue Operation (Paperback)
Roger Moorhouse
R478 Discovery Miles 4 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Crime and Punishment in Jewish Law - Essays and Responsa (Paperback): Walter Jacob, Moshe Zemer Crime and Punishment in Jewish Law - Essays and Responsa (Paperback)
Walter Jacob, Moshe Zemer
R762 Discovery Miles 7 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Bible presents only a small portion of the laws necessary for a state to function. Nevertheless, whole tractates of the Talmud discuss a wide variety of legal issues both civil and criminal. Although the jurisdiction of the beth din was limited in every land where Jews have lived, the scholars felt that it was important to develop a system which dealt with every aspect of life. Quite a few of the issues were discussed at a purely theoretical level. But faced with specific problems in their respective communities, the rabbinic scholars were forced to be practical and go beyond the traditional halakhah in order to protect the community. This mixture of idealism and reality shape the later rabbinic discussions, some elements of which have been incorporated into modern Israeli law, but also shape modern Jewish thinking in the Diaspora. This area of the halakhah has been rather neglected, but this volume will no doubt stimulate further research. Published in Association with the Solomon B. Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah

Judaism Without Jews - Philosemitism and Christian Polemic in Early Modern England (Hardcover): E. Glaser Judaism Without Jews - Philosemitism and Christian Polemic in Early Modern England (Hardcover)
E. Glaser
R1,514 Discovery Miles 15 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Oliver Cromwell's readmission of the Jews to England in 1656 has traditionally been regarded as a watershed in the history of the Jews in England; the culmination of a Christian enthusiasm for Jewish ideas which had been gathering strength since the Reformation. As well as providing a critical account of the historiography of readmission as a definitive act of toleration, this book reinterprets Christian philosemitism of the early modern period in the context of historically specific religious and political debates.

Uncivil War: The Israel Conflict in the Jewish Community (Paperback): Keith Kahn-Harris Uncivil War: The Israel Conflict in the Jewish Community (Paperback)
Keith Kahn-Harris
R362 Discovery Miles 3 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Israel Conflict in the Jewish Community.

Unlikely History - The Changing German-Jewish Symbiosis,1945-2000 (Hardcover): J. Zipes, L Morris Unlikely History - The Changing German-Jewish Symbiosis,1945-2000 (Hardcover)
J. Zipes, L Morris
R2,896 Discovery Miles 28 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Since 1945, the Jewish population in Germany has grown steadily and there has been a flourishing of "Jewish" culture in Germany. Does this development mean that Jews are playing a significant role in German social life or that the German-Jewish relationship, often referred to as a kind of symbiosis, has re-emerged? The essays in this book cover the changes in German society since 1945 in Jewish communities, literature, theater, film, architecture, and other areas including an examination of the resurgence of anti-Semitism in Austria.

Rokitno-Wolyn and Surroundings - Memorial Book and Testimony Translation of Rokitno (Volin) ve-ha-seviva; Sefer Edut ve-Zikaron... Rokitno-Wolyn and Surroundings - Memorial Book and Testimony Translation of Rokitno (Volin) ve-ha-seviva; Sefer Edut ve-Zikaron (Hardcover)
Eliezer Leoni
R1,577 Discovery Miles 15 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Turning the Kaleidoscope - Perspectives on European Jewry (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed): Sandra Lustig, Ian Leveson Turning the Kaleidoscope - Perspectives on European Jewry (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)
Sandra Lustig, Ian Leveson
R3,016 Discovery Miles 30 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Far from being a blank space on the Jewish map, or a void in the Jewish cultural world, post-Shoah Europe is a place where Jewry has continued to develop, even though it is facing different challenges and opportunities than elsewhere. Living on a continent characterized by highly diverse patterns of culture, language, history, and relations to Jews, European Jewry mirrors that kaleidoscopic diversity. This volume explores such key questions as the new roles for Jews in Europe; models of Jewish community organization in Europe; concepts of diaspora and galut; a European-Jewish way of life in the era of globalization; and European Jews' relationship to Israel and to non-Jews. Some contributions highlight experiences of Jews in Britain, Sweden, Norway, Hungary, Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands. Helping us to understand the special and common characteristics of European Jewry, this collection offers a valuable contribution to the continued rebuilding of Jewish life in the postwar era.

The Choynski Chronicles - A Biography of Hall of Fame Boxer Jewish Joe Choynski (Hardcover): Christopher J. Laforce The Choynski Chronicles - A Biography of Hall of Fame Boxer Jewish Joe Choynski (Hardcover)
Christopher J. Laforce; Foreword by Herbert G. Goldman
R1,350 R1,212 Discovery Miles 12 120 Save R138 (10%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this first and only biography of light-heavyweight champion and boxing legend Joe Choynski, author Chris LaForce chronicles the life and career of a pioneer of the gloved era of pugilism. Joe Choynski was one of the greatest, most courageous, brilliant, and respected Jewish boxers in history. Born in San Francisco, California in 1868, Joe Choynski fought nearly all of the greatest heavyweights of that division s first Golden Age, despite weighing less than 170 pounds. He was one of the few who did not draw the color line. Included is a complete account of Joe s professional fights. Come follow Choynski s boxing career in such legendary matches as the battle on the Sacramento River barge with Gentleman Jim Corbett, his war with Bob Fitzsimmons, the classic brawls with Sailor Tom Sharkey, knockout of future heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, and his 20-round draw with soon-to-be heavyweight king Jim Jeffries. This book features over 180 photographs, many of them rare and published here, for the first time, anywhere The book includes a Foreword by Herbert G. Goldman, former Managing Editor of Ring magazine and Editor-in-Chief of Boxing Illustrated, and a testimonial by renowned boxing historian, Tracy Callis. Chris LaForce has been a member of IBRO (the International Boxing Research Organization) since 1984. He has written several articles for the IBRO newsletter, and is a contributing writer for the Cyber Boxing Zone, Western States Jewish History and other historical societies.

Tractates Peah and Demay (Hardcover, Reprint 2014): Heinrich W. Guggenheimer Tractates Peah and Demay (Hardcover, Reprint 2014)
Heinrich W. Guggenheimer
R7,304 Discovery Miles 73 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First Order: Zeraim / Tractate Peah and Demay is the second volume in the edition of the Jerusalem Talmud, a basic work in Jewish Patristic. It presents basic Jewish texts on the organization of private and public charity, and on the modalities of coexistence of the ritually observant and the non-observant. This part of the Jerusalem Talmud has almost no counterpart in the Babylonian Talmud. Its study is prerequisite for an understanding of the relevant rules of Jewish tradition.

A Shadow of Good Things to Come - The Testimony of Christ Through the Old and New Testaments Book 1 of a two-part series... A Shadow of Good Things to Come - The Testimony of Christ Through the Old and New Testaments Book 1 of a two-part series (Hardcover)
Louise A. Fugate
R1,031 Discovery Miles 10 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Tractate Berakhot - Edition, Translation, and Commentary (Hardcover, Reprint 2012): Heinrich W. Guggenheimer Tractate Berakhot - Edition, Translation, and Commentary (Hardcover, Reprint 2012)
Heinrich W. Guggenheimer
R10,192 Discovery Miles 101 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

After World War II, Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich (1921-2007) published works in English and German by eminent Israeli scholars, in this way introducing them to a wider audience in Europe and North America. The series he founded for that purpose, Studia Judaica, continues to offer a platform for scholarly studies and editions that cover all eras in the history of the Jewish religion.

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