Jewish Studies
A panoramic cultural and legal history that traces the roots of antisemitism and racism to early Christian theology
A richly detailed history of the Bacris and the Busnachs, two renowned Jewish families whose influence and reputation shook the capitals of Europe and America
A major new history of the genocide of Roma and Jews during World War II and their entangled quest for historical justice
A groundbreaking reinterpretation of early Judaism, during the millennium before the study of the Bible took center stage
How a nineteenth-century lawsuit over the estate of a wealthy Tunisian Jew shines new light on the history of belonging
A groundbreaking new history of the shared legacy of expulsion among Jews and Christian moneylenders in late medieval Europe
How the Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center informed the PLO’s relationship to Zionism and Israel
An examination of how the Jews—real and imagined—so challenged the Christian majority in medieval Europe that it became a society that was religiously and culturally antisemitic in new ways
A comprehensive study of the New Christian elite of Jewish origin—prominent traders, merchants, bankers and men of letters—between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries
The life and politics of an American Jewish activist who preached radical and violent means to Jewish survival
A compelling account of how a group of Hasidic Jews established its own local government on American soil
The controversial Jewish thinker whose tortured path led him into the heart of twentieth-century intellectual life
How encounters with the Roman Empire compelled the Jews of antiquity to rethink their conceptions of Israel and the Torah
From acclaimed historian Michael Brenner, a mesmerizing portrait of Munich in the early years of Hitler's quest for power
For the first time, the full story of the conflict between two of the twentieth century’s most important thinkers—and the lessons their disagreements continue to offer
A bold reevaluation of Spinoza that reveals his powerful, inclusive vision of religion for the modern age
The untold story of the founding father’s likely Jewish birth and upbringing—and its revolutionary consequences for understanding him and the nation he fought to create
An in-depth look at why non-Jewish Poles are trying to bring Jewish culture back to life in Poland today
The first comprehensive history of American Jewish philanthropy and its influence on democracy and capitalism
The little-known history of public school teachers across the Arab world—and how they wielded an unlikely influence over the modern Middle East
A new investigation that shows how conversionary preaching to Jews was essential to the early modern Catholic Church and the Roman religious landscape
A revealing look at Jewish men and women who secretly explore the outside world, in person and online, while remaining in their ultra-Orthodox religious communities
From Pulitzer Prize-finalist Steven Nadler, an engaging guide to what Spinoza can teach us about life’s big questions
The dramatic story of the last stand of a group of Jewish rebels who held out against the Roman Empire, as revealed by the archaeology of its famous site