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Michael Brenner, “A History of Jews in Germany Since 1945: Politics, Culture, and Society” (Indiana UP, 2018)

Michael Brenner
A History of Jews in Germany Since 1945
Politics, Culture, and Society
Indiana University Press, 2018

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In A History of Jews in Germany Since 1945: Politics, Culture, and Society (Indiana University Press, 2018), edited by Michael Brenner, Professor of Jewish History and Culture at the University of Munich and Seymour and Lillian Abensohn Chair in Israel Studies at the American University in Washington DC, has assembled a number... Read More

M. L. Rozenblit and J. Karp, “World War I and the Jews: Conflict and Transformation in Europe, the Middle East, and America” (Berghahn, 2017)

Marsha L. Rozenblit and Jonathan Karp, eds.
World War I and the Jews
Conflict and Transformation in Europe, the Middle East, and America
Berghahn Books, 2017

New Books in American Studies New Books in European Studies New Books in History New Books in Jewish Studies New Books in Middle Eastern Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Religion & Faith New Books Network October 30, 2018 Robin Buller

How was Jewish life affected by the First World War? How did Jews around the world understand, engage with, and influence the Great War and surrounding events? And why has the impact of World War I so often overlooked Jewish historical narratives? In this fascinating and important new edited volume, World... Read More

Naomi Seidman, “The Marriage Plot, Or, How Jews Fell In Love With Love, And With Literature” (Stanford UP, 2016)

Naomi Seidman
The Marriage Plot
Or, How Jews Fell In Love With Love, And With Literature
Stanford University Press, 2016

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Eastern European Studies New Books in European Studies New Books in History New Books in Jewish Studies New Books in Literary Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Religion & Faith New Books Network October 29, 2018 Max Kaiser

In The Marriage Plot, Or, How Jews Fell In Love With Love, And With Literature (Stanford University Press, 2016), Naomi Seidman, Chancellor Jackman Professor in the Arts at the University of Toronto, considers the evolution of Jewish love and marriage through the literature that provided Jews with a sentimental education. She... Read More

Shannon Fogg, “Stealing Home: Looting, Restitution, and Reconstructing Jewish Lives in France, 1942-1947” (Oxford UP, 2017)

Shannon Fogg
Stealing Home
Looting, Restitution, and Reconstructing Jewish Lives in France, 1942-1947
Oxford University Press, 2017

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in European Studies New Books in French Studies New Books in Genocide Studies New Books in History New Books in Jewish Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Religion & Faith New Books Network October 25, 2018 Robin Buller

While the history of the Second World War and Jewish persecution in France has been widely studied, the return of survivors in the aftermath of deportation and genocide has not received sufficient attention. With Stealing Home: Looting, Restitution, and Reconstructing Jewish Lives in France, 1942-1947 (Oxford University Press, 2017), Shannon Fogg, Professor and... Read More

David E. Fishman
The Book Smugglers
Partisans, Poets, and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis
ForeEdge, 2017

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Eastern European Studies New Books in Genocide Studies New Books in History New Books in Jewish Studies New Books in Literary Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Religion & Faith New Books Network October 23, 2018 Max Kaiser

In The Book Smugglers: Partisans, Poets, and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis (ForeEdge, 2017), David E. Fishman, Professor of Jewish history at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, tells the amazing story of the paper brigade of Vilna. The paper brigade were ghetto inmates who rescued thousands... Read More