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  • Books Received
Altshuler, M., Religion and Jewish Identity in the Soviet Union 1941–1964. Brandeis University Press (Waltham, 2012).
Amanat, M., Jewish Identities in Iran: Resistance and Conversion to Islam and the Baha’I Faith. I.B. Tauris (New York, 2011).
Bak, S., Adam and Eve in the Art of Samuel Bak. Syracuse University Press (Syracuse, NY, 2012).
Baumel-Schwartz, J. T., Never Look Back: The Jewish Refugee Children in Great Britain, 1938–1945. Purdue University Press (West Lafayette, IN, 2012).
Bejarano, M. and Aizenberg, E. (eds.), Contemporary Sephardic Identity in the Americas: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Syracuse University Press (Syracuse, NY, 2012).
Berkowitz, J. and Henry, B., Inventing the Modern Yiddish Stage: Essays in Drama, Performance, and Show Business. Wayne State University Press (Detroit, 2012).
Brinkmann, T., Sundays at Sinai: A Jewish Congregation in Chicago. University of Chicago Press (Chicago, 2012).
Cardozo, N.L. (ed.), The Tent of Avraham: Gleanings from the David Cardozo Academy. Urim Publications (New York, 2012).
Connelly, J., From Enemy to Brother: The Revolution in Catholic Teaching on the Jews, 1933–1965. Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 2012).
Cymet, D., History vs. Apologetics: The Holocaust, The Third Reich, and the Catholic Church. Lexington Books (Lanham, MD, 2011).
Dayan, M., Mordechai Bar-On: Israel’s Controversial Hero (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012).
Dowty, A., Israel/Palestine, 3rd ed. Polity Press (Malden, MA, 2012).
Dubnov, A. M., Isaiah Berlin: The Journey of a Jewish Liberal. Palgrave Macmillan (New York, 2012).
Dunlap, A. B., The Gambler’s Daughter. State University of New York Press (Albany, NY, 2012).
Firestone, R., Holy War in Judaism: The Fall and Rise of a Controversial Idea. Oxford University Press (New York, 2012).
Fishbane, E., The Sabbath Soul: Mystical Reflections on the Transformative Power of Holy Time. Jewish Lights Publishing (Woodstock, Vt., 2012).
Forrest, E., Your Voice in My Head: A Memoir. Other Press (New York, 2011).
Friedman, J. L., Social Functions of Synagogue Song: A Durkheimian Approach. Lexington Books (Lanham, MD, 2012).
Glowacka, D., Disappearing Traces: Holocaust Testimonials, Ethics, and Aesthetics. University of Washington Press (Seattle 2012).
Hochstadt, S., Exodus to Shanghai: Stories of Escape from the Third Reich. Palgrave Macmillan (New York, 2012).
Irshai, R., Fertility and Jewish Law: Feminist Perspective on Orthodox Responsa Literature. Brandeis University Press (Waltham, 2012). [End Page 369]
Israeli, R., Blood Libel and its Derivatives: The Scourge of Antisemitism. Transaction Publishers (New Brunswick, NJ, 2012).
Jardim, T., The Mauthausen Trial: American Military Justice in Germany. Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 2012).
Katz, B. Z., A Journey Through Torah: A Critique of the Documentary Hypothesis. Urim Publications (New York, 2012).
Katzburg-Yungman, M., Hadassah: American Women Zionists and the Rebirth of Israel. Littman Library of Jewish Civilization (Oxford, 2012).
Kavka, M., Braiterman, Z. and Novak, D. (eds.), The Cambridge History of Jewish Philosophy: The Modern Era. Cambridge University Press (New York, 2012).
Klein-Braslavy, S., Maimonides as Biblical Interpreter. Academic Studies Press (Boston, 2011).
Kurtzer, Y., Shuva: The Future of the Jewish Past. Brandeis University Press (Waltham, 2012).
Kuznets, S., Jewish Economies: Development and Migration in America and Beyond, vol. 1, The Economic Life of American Jewry; and vol. 2, Comparative Perspectives on Jewish Migration. Transaction Publishers (New Brunswick, NJ, 2012).
Leonard, M., Socrates and the Jews: Hellenism and Hebraism from Moses Mendelssohn to Sigmund Freud. University of Chicago Press (Chicago, 2012).
Liberles, R., Jews Welcome Coffee: Tradition and Innovation in Early Modern Germany. Brandeis University Press (Waltham, 2012).
Mendelssohn, M., Last Works. University of Illinois Press (Champaign, IL, 2012).
Meng, M., Shattered Spaces: Encountering Jewish Ruins in Postwar Germany and Poland. Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 2011).
Pekar, H., and Waldman, J. T., Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me. Hill and Wang of Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York, 2012).
Perl, G. S. (ed.), The Pillar of Volozhin. Academic Studies Press (Brighton, MA, 2012).
Plaut, J. E., A Kosher Christmas: ‘Tis the Season to Be Jewish. Rutgers University Press (Piscataway, NJ, 2012).
Probst, C. J., Demonizing the Jews: Luther and the Protestant Church in Nazi Germany. Indiana University Press (Bloomington, 2012)
Resnick, I. M., Marks of Distinction: Christian Perceptions of Jews in the High Middle Ages. Catholic University of America Press (Washington, DC, 2012).
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