Jewish Studies
Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology
The Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology publishes books illuminating the diverse and culturally rich Jewish heritage. The series is named in honor of the many contributions of its founder and original editor, Raphael Patai.
Series Editor: Dan Ben-Amos, University of Pennsylvania
Jewish Studies Categories: Jewish Studies: Folklore, History, Holocaust Studies, Israel and the Middle East, Literature and Poetry, Thought, Women and Judaism, Jewish Life and Tradition
Jewish Studies Series: America Holy Land Series, American Jewish Civilization Series, Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology, A Guide to Jewish Practice Series
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Seeing Israeli and Jewish Dance
Edited by Judith Brin Ingber A comprehensive survey of historical and contemporary Jewish dance. Price: $34.95s (Cloth) |
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Mediterranean Israeli Music and the Politics of the Aesthetic
By Amy Horowitz Examines a pan-ethnic style of music created by North African and Middle Eastern Israeli musicians in the late twentieth century.
Price: $29.95s (Paper) |
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Perspectives on Israeli Anthropology
Edited by Esther Hertzog, Orit Abuhav, Harvey E. Goldberg, and Emanuel Marx Surveys past and present research on Israeli anthropology for students and researchers.
Price: $45.00s (Paper) |
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Unwitting Zionists
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Settling in the Hearts
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Seeing Israeli and Jewish Dance A comprehensive survey of historical and contemporary Jewish dance. |
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Mediterranean Israeli Music and the Politics of the Aesthetic Examines a pan-ethnic style of music created by North African and Middle Eastern Israeli musicians in the late twentieth century. |
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Perspectives on Israeli Anthropology Surveys past and present research on Israeli anthropology for students and researchers. |
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Unwitting Zionists A study of the Iraqi Jewish community of Zakho that investigates the community’s attachment to the Land of Israel, the effects of Zionist activity, and immigration to Palestine and Israel. |
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Settling in the Hearts Describes and examines the attempts of Gush Emunim, a religious nationalistic social movement, to construct Israeli identity, collective memory, and sense of place. |
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Maqm and Liturgy Explores the cultural connection between Syrian Jewish life and Arab culture in present-day Brooklyn, New York, through liturgical music. |
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Journey to a Nineteenth-Century Shtetl The first annotated English edition of a classic early-twentieth-century Yiddish memoir that vividly describes Jewish life in a small Eastern European town. |
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Sister in Sorrow A compassionate and insightful study of Hungarian women who lived through the Holocaust, with an appendix containing their complete stories. |
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The Heart Is a Mirror A groundbreaking and comprehensive study of the Sephardic folktale as it relates to group identity and narrative culture. |
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Ex-Soviets in Israel A groundbreaking study of personal stories from ex-Soviet immigrants in Israel, bringing together scholarship in anthropology, sociology, linguistics, semiotics, and social psychology. |
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