Jewish Book Week 2021

Jewish Book Week 2021

For Jewish Book Week (27th February – 24th March) we’re highlighting our new and forthcoming books in Jewish Studies.

Take 30% discount off any of the following titles with the code CSF2021JBW

New and forthcoming titles in Jewish Studies:

At Wit's End

Fordham University Press

Between Iran and Zion

Stanford University Press

Cain v. Abel

The Jewish Publication Society

The Star and the Scepter

The Jewish Publication Society

Conceiving Agency

Indiana University Press

Contested Utopia

The Jewish Publication Society

Degrees of Separation

Temple University Press

Heavenly Sex

NYU Press

It Is Impossible to Remain Silent

Indiana University Press

Jesuit Kaddish

University of Notre Dame Press

Jewish Bible Translations

The Jewish Publication Society

Jews and Germans

The Jewish Publication Society

Osnabrück Station to Jerusalem

Fordham University Press

Radiance

The Jewish Publication Society

Sanctified Sex

The Jewish Publication Society

The Biblical Hero

The Jewish Publication Society

The Jews Should Keep Quiet

The Jewish Publication Society

Unbinding Isaac

The Jewish Publication Society

Warsaw Ghetto Police

Cornell University Press

Comrades Betrayed

Cornell University Press

Fritz Bauer

Indiana University Press

Yiddish Writers in Weimar Berlin

Indiana University Press

Invisible Enlighteners

University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.

Missionaries, Converts, and Rabbis

University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.

Rabbi Leo Baeck

University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.

The Jewish Body

University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.

The Rise and Fall of Jewish American Literature

University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.

The Touch of an Angel

Indiana University Press

The JPS Jewish Heritage Torah Commentary

The Jewish Publication Society

How to Measure a World?

Indiana University Press

The Jewish Eighteenth Century

Indiana University Press

Israeli Community Action

Indiana University Press

A Best-Selling Hebrew Book of the Modern Era

University of Washington Press

Revolutionary Jews from Spinoza to Marx

University of Washington Press

Jews and the Mediterranean

Indiana University Press

The Memory Work of Jewish Spain

Indiana University Press

With Us More Than Ever

Stanford University Press

Dear Palestine

Stanford University Press

Genocide in the Carpathians

Stanford University Press

Blaming the Jews

Indiana University Press

Prologue to Annihilation

Indiana University Press

Seekers of the Face

Stanford University Press

The Light of the Eyes

Stanford University Press

Jewish Autonomy in a Slave Society

University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.

Iberian Moorings

University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.

The Christian Jew and the Unmarked Jewess

University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.

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Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture

Stanford University Press

This series features novel approaches to examining the Jewish past in the form of innovative work that brings the field into productive dialogue with the newest scholarly concepts and methods. Open to a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches, from history to cultural studies, this series publishes exceptional scholarship balanced by an accessible tone, illustrating histories of difference and addressing issues of current urgency. Books in this list push the boundaries of Jewish Studies and speak compellingly to a wide audience of scholars and students.

The Jewish Publication Society

Founded in 1888, the Jewish Publication Society is the preeminent publisher of classic and contemporary Jewish texts for readers of English worldwide. The current list includes nearly three hundred scholarly and popular works of history, philosophy, ethics, and theology. JPS is best known for its acclaimed Bible commentary and its widely read English translation of the Hebrew Bible, the JPS TANAKH.

JPS Essential Judaism Series

From the Blog:

Emmanuel Navon – The Star and The Scepter

Describe your book

The Star and the Scepter: A Diplomatic History of Israel is the first all-encompassing book on Israel’s foreign policy, with a wide historical perspective going back to biblical times. The book originated in a class I have been teaching for many years at Tel Aviv University and at the Interdisciplinary Centre Herzliya (IDC). I came to realize that a comprehensive book on Israel’s foreign policy was missing and that a gap needed to be filled. Read More…