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Jewish Studies

Folklore and Anthropology

Kumove: More Words, More ArrowsMore Words, More Arrows: A Further Collection of Yiddish Folk Sayings

Shirley Kumove

A collection of more than two thousand Yiddish folk sayings from Eastern Europe and North America.

Patai: Arab Folktales from Palestine and IsraelArab Folktales from Palestine and Israel

Introduction, Translation, and Annotation by Raphael Patai

Translations of Arab fables, with notes and commentary on Arab culture.

Ben-Ami: Saint Veneration among the Jews in MoroccoSaint Veneration among the Jews in Morocco

Issachar Ben-Ami

A classic text in the study of the history, culture, and religious practices of Moroccan Jewry.

Patai: Jadid al-IslamJadid al-Islam: The Jewish “New Muslims” of Meshhed

Raphael Patai

An account of an Iranian Jewish community forced to convert to Islam.

Patai: The Jews of HungaryThe Jews of Hungary: History, Culture, Psychology

Raphael Patai

The first comprehensive history of the Jewish community of the Carpathian Basin from Roman times to the present.

Haskell: From Sofia to JaffaFrom Sofia to Jaffa: The Jews of Bulgaria and Israel

Guy H. Haskell

A study of the Bulgarian Jewish community and their mass relocation to Israel.