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Peter Beinart
The Crisis of Zionism

Times Books, 2012

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In his new book The Crisis of Zionism, (Times Books, 2012), Peter Beinart, Schwartz Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation and Associate Professor of Journalism and Political Science at The City University of New York, questions the… Read More

Robert F. Barsky and Noam Chomsky, “Zellig Harris: From American Linguistics to Socialist Zionism” (MIT Press, 2011)

Robert Barsky
Zellig Harris
From American Linguistics to Socialist Zionism
MIT Press, 2011

New Books in American Studies New Books in Biography New Books in History New Books in Jewish Studies New Books in Language New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Religion New Books in Religion & Faith New Books Network March 7, 2012 Chris Cummins

Zellig Harris’s name is famous in linguistics primarily for his early work on transformational grammar and his influence on his most famous student, Noam Chomsky. However, much of his linguistic work has since fallen into comparative obscurity. Moreover, his political… Read More

Sol Stern
A Century of Palestinian Rejectionism and Jew Hatred

Encounter Books, 2011

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In his new book, A Century of Palestinian Rejectionism and Jew Hatred, (Encounter Books, 2011), Sol Stern, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and contributing editor to City Journal, provides an eye-opening analysis of the history surrounding the… Read More

Jarrod Tanny, “City of Rogues and Schnorrers: Russia’s Jews and the Myth of Old Odessa” (Indiana UP, 2011)

Jarrod Tanny
City of Rogues and Schnorrers
Russia's Jews and the Myth of Old Odessa
Indiana University Press, 2011

New Books in History New Books in Jewish Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Religion New Books in Religion & Faith New Books in Russian and Eurasian Studies New Books Network December 9, 2011 Kevin Rothrock

“Ah, nostalgia is such an illness, and what a beautiful illness. There is no medicine for it! And thank God there isn’t.” This was how one of the Soviet Union’s most famous jazz singers and actors, Leonid Utyosov, concluded his… Read More

Charles King
Odessa
Genius and Death in the City of Dreams
W. W. Norton, 2011

New Books in History New Books in Jewish Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Religion New Books in Religion & Faith New Books in Russian and Eurasian Studies New Books Network August 22, 2011 Sean Gillory

“Look up the street or down the street, this way or that way, we only saw America,” wrote Mark Twain to capture his visit to Odessa in 1867. In a way, it’s not too farfetched that Twain saw his homeland… Read More