Alan L Mittleman Founded in Germany in 1912, Agudat Israel was the first comprehensive, international political movement among Orthodox Jews. This study examines the forces that led to its formation,...

Simcha H Benyosef A guide to the Sabbath and Jewish Holy Days based on the teachings of Rabbi Rafael Moshe Luria, a modern master of the Kabbalah and a direct...

Peter Christen Asbjornsen and Jorgen Moe Long a treasure in Norway, the folktales collected by Peter Christen Asbjornsen and Jorgen Moe have been acclaimed for their richness of humor, fullness...

Kevin Crossley-Holland Here are thirty-two classic myths that bring the Viking world vividly to life. The mythic legacy of the Scandinavians includes a cycle of stories filled with magnificent images...

James Pool James Pool's powerful exposé, Who Financed Hitler: The Secret Funding of Hitler's Rise to Power, 1919-1933, was praised by The New Yorker as "one of the most useful and illuminating studies of...

Bernard Wasserstein Traces the life of Trebitsch Lincoln, a con man, revolutionary, spy, missionary, and British member of Parliament and attempts to portray his complex personality. January 1, 1988 by...

Aaron Wildavsky How to behave in the diaspora has been a central problem for Jews over the ages. They have debated whether to assimilate by adopting local customs or whether...

Michael Brenner This landmark book is the first comprehensive account of the lives of the Jews who remained in Germany immediately following the war. Gathering never-before-published eyewitness accounts from Holocaust...

Michael Fishbane The lines of Michael Fishbane's book trace the spiritual face of Judaism in one of its many appearances. Fishbane explores the quest for spiritual perfection in early rabbinic...

Raymond Sokolov Examining how the "discovery" of the Americas set in motion a transformation of food cultures around the world, this look at the five-hundred-year revolution in food history explains...

Eliezer Schweid This book focuses on some of the main ethical and spiritual problems raised by the Holocaust. It is divided into two parts, addressing first the views and moral...

John Romer One of the best-known historians working today, and a world-renowned expert on the ancient world, presents a brilliant account of the lives of the stonemasons, scribes, and painters...