Jewish Studies


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

A compelling account of how a group of Hasidic Jews established its own local government on American soil

From the Nobel Prize–winning writer, a new collection of literary and personal essays

A feminist biography of the only woman to become prime minister of Israel

Revelatory talks about art and life with internationally acclaimed Israeli novelist Amos Oz

The life and politics of an American Jewish activist who preached radical and violent means to Jewish survival

A compelling book that casts the Qur’anic encounter with Jews in an entirely new light

An authoritative economic history of Israel from its founding to the present

A bold reevaluation of Spinoza that reveals his powerful, inclusive vision of religion for the modern age

From acclaimed historian Michael Brenner, a mesmerizing portrait of Munich in the early years of Hitler's quest for power

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

A new investigation that shows how conversionary preaching to Jews was essential to the early modern Catholic Church and the Roman religious landscape

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

How an antisemitic legend gave voice to widespread fears surrounding the expansion of private credit in Western capitalism

A revealing look at the Jewish American encounter with Buddhism

The first comprehensive history of how Jews became citizens in the modern world

A comprehensive and accessible guide to the Hebrew Bible

From Pulitzer Prize-finalist Steven Nadler, an engaging guide to what Spinoza can teach us about life’s big questions

A landmark book that changed the story of Poland’s role in the Holocaust

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

How a controversial biblical tale of conquest and genocide became a founding story of modern Israel