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Shai Held, “Abraham Joshua Heschel: The Call of Transcendence” (Indiana UP, 2013)
Shai Held
Abraham Joshua Heschel
The Call of Transcendence
Indiana University Press, 2013

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in BiographyNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Jewish StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & Faith February 16, 2016 Jason Schulman

In Abraham Joshua Heschel: The Call of Transcendence (Indiana University Press, 2013), Shai Held, Co-Founder, Dean and Chair in Jewish Thought at Mechon Hadar, offers a sympathetic, yet critical, examination of the thought of this influential mid-twentieth century theologian,… Read More
Aviya Kushner, “The Grammar of God: A Journey into the Words and Worlds of the Bible” (Spiegel and Grau, 2015)
Aviya Kushner
The Grammar of God
A Journey into the Words and Worlds of the Bible
Spiegel and Grau, 2015

New Books in Biblical StudiesNew Books in Christian StudiesNew Books in Jewish StudiesNew Books in LanguageNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network February 16, 2016 Garrett Brown

Aviya Kushner grew up in a Hebrew-speaking family, reading the Bible in the original Hebrew and debating its meaning over the dinner table. She knew much of it by heart–and was later surprised when, while getting her MFA from the… Read More
Keren R. McGinity, “Marrying Out: Jewish Men, Intermarriage, and Fatherhood” (Indiana UP, 2014)
Keren R. McGinity
Marrying Out
Jewish Men, Intermarriage, and Fatherhood
Indiana University Press, 2014

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in Jewish StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books in Sociology February 8, 2016 Jason Schulman

In Marrying Out: Jewish Men, Intermarriage, and Fatherhood (Indiana University Press, 2014), Keren R. McGinity, founding director of the Love and Tradition Institute and a Research Associate at Brandeis University, seeks to challenge the common assumption that when American… Read More
Yael Raviv, “Falafel Nation: Cuisine and the Making of National Identity in Israel” (University of Nebraska Press, 2015)
Yael Raviv
Falafel Nation
Cuisine and the Making of National Identity in Israel
University of Nebraska Press, 2015

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in FoodNew Books in Israel StudiesNew Books in Jewish StudiesNew Books in Middle Eastern StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Popular CultureNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network December 17, 2015 Ari Ariel

In the late nineteenth century, Jewish immigrants inspired by Zionism began to settle in Palestine. Their goal was not only to establish a politically sovereign state, but also to create a new, modern, Hebrew nation. With the establishment of the… Read More
Ted Merwin, “Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli” (NYU Press, 2015)
Ted Merwin
Pastrami on Rye
An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli
NYU Press, 2015

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in FoodNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Jewish StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network December 14, 2015 Jason Schulman

In Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli (New York University Press, 2015), Ted Merwin, Associate Professor of Religion and Judaic Studies at Dickinson College, serves up the first full-length history of the New York Jewish… Read More

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