Jewish Studies
The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton
Andrew Porwancher
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
American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York
Nomi M. Stolzenberg and David N. Myers
A compelling account of how a group of Hasidic Jews established its own local government on American soil
Old Truths and New Clichés: Essays by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Isaac Bashevis Singer
From the Nobel Prize–winning writer, a new collection of literary and personal essays
The Only Woman in the Room: Golda Meir and Her Path to Power
Pnina Lahav
A feminist biography of the only woman to become prime minister of Israel
What Makes an Apple?: Six Conversations about Writing, Love, Guilt, and Other Pleasures
Amos Oz
Revelatory talks about art and life with internationally acclaimed Israeli novelist Amos Oz
Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical
Shaul Magid
The life and politics of an American Jewish activist who preached radical and violent means to Jewish survival
Jews and the Qur'an
Meir M. Bar-Asher
A compelling book that casts the Qur’anic encounter with Jews in an entirely new light
The Israeli Economy: A Story of Success and Costs
Joseph Zeira
An authoritative economic history of Israel from its founding to the present
Spinoza's Religion: A New Reading of the Ethics
Clare Carlisle
A bold reevaluation of Spinoza that reveals his powerful, inclusive vision of religion for the modern age
In Hitler's Munich: Jews, the Revolution, and the Rise of Nazism
Michael Brenner
From acclaimed historian Michael Brenner, a mesmerizing portrait of Munich in the early years of Hitler's quest for power
Professor of Apocalypse: The Many Lives of Jacob Taubes
Jerry Z. Muller
The controversial Jewish thinker whose tortured path led him into the heart of twentieth-century intellectual life
Jews and Their Roman Rivals: Pagan Rome's Challenge to Israel
Katell Berthelot
How encounters with the Roman Empire compelled the Jews of antiquity to rethink their conceptions of Israel and the Torah
Catholic Spectacle and Rome's Jews: Early Modern Conversion and Resistance
Emily Michelson
A new investigation that shows how conversionary preaching to Jews was essential to the early modern Catholic Church and the Roman religious landscape
Masada: From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth
Jodi Magness
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
The Promise and Peril of Credit: What a Forgotten Legend about Jews and Finance Tells Us about the Making of European Commercial Society
Francesca Trivellato
How an antisemitic legend gave voice to widespread fears surrounding the expansion of private credit in Western capitalism
American JewBu: Jews, Buddhists, and Religious Change
Emily Sigalow
A revealing look at the Jewish American encounter with Buddhism
Jewish Emancipation: A History across Five Centuries
David Sorkin
The first comprehensive history of how Jews became citizens in the modern world
The Hebrew Bible: A Critical Companion
Edited by John Barton
A comprehensive and accessible guide to the Hebrew Bible
Think Least of Death: Spinoza on How to Live and How to Die
Steven Nadler
From Pulitzer Prize-finalist Steven Nadler, an engaging guide to what Spinoza can teach us about life’s big questions
Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland
Jan T. Gross
A landmark book that changed the story of Poland’s role in the Holocaust
Hidden Heretics: Jewish Doubt in the Digital Age
Ayala Fader
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
The Joshua Generation: Israeli Occupation and the Bible
Rachel Havrelock
How a controversial biblical tale of conquest and genocide became a founding story of modern Israel