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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 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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1  Perspectives on Israeli Anthropology

Perspectives on Israeli Anthropology
Edited by Esther Hertzog, Orit Abuhav, Harvey E. Goldberg, and Emanuel Marx
Available November 2009
$45.00s (Paper) - 9780814330500

Surveys past and present research on Israeli anthropology for students and researchers.

2  Unwitting Zionists

Unwitting Zionists
The Jewish Community of Zakho in Iraqi Kurdistan

By Haya Gavish
Available November 2009
$54.95s (Cloth) - 9780814333662

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.

3  Settling in the Hearts

Settling in the Hearts
Jewish Fundamentalism in the Occupied Territories

By Michael Feige
Published April 2009
$54.95s (Cloth) - 9780814327500

Describes and examines the attempts of Gush Emunim, a religious nationalistic social movement, to construct Israeli identity, collective memory, and sense of place.

4  MaqÄm and Liturgy

Maqm and Liturgy
Ritual, Music, and Aesthetics of Syrian Jews in Brooklyn

By Mark L. Kligman
Published January 2009
$34.95s (Cloth) - 9780814332160

Explores the cultural connection between Syrian Jewish life and Arab culture in present-day Brooklyn, New York, through liturgical music.

5  The Heart Is a Mirror

The Heart Is a Mirror
The Sephardic Folktale

By Tamar Alexander-Frizer
Published 2008
$65.00s (Cloth) - 9780814329719

A groundbreaking and comprehensive study of the Sephardic folktale as it relates to group identity and narrative culture.

6  Sister in Sorrow

Sister in Sorrow
Life Histories of Female Holocaust Survivors from Hungary

Edited by Ilana Rosen
Published 2008
$27.95s (Paper) - 9780814331293

A compassionate and insightful study of Hungarian women who lived through the Holocaust, with an appendix containing their complete stories.

7  Ex-Soviets in Israel

Ex-Soviets in Israel
From Personal Narratives to a Group Portrait

By Larisa Fialkova and Maria N. Yelenevskaya
Published 2007
$49.95s (Cloth) - 9780814331699

A groundbreaking study of personal stories from ex-Soviet immigrants in Israel, bringing together scholarship in anthropology, sociology, linguistics, semiotics, and social psychology.

8  A Narrative Community

A Narrative Community
Voices of Israeli Backpackers

By Chaim Noy
Published 2006
$29.95s (Paper) - 9780814331767

An intertextual examination of the storytelling of Israeli backpackers that analyzes their unique patterns of communication to create a thorough picture of this “narrative community.”

9  The Stains of Culture

The Stains of Culture
An Ethno-Reading of Karaite Jewish Women

By Ruth Tsoffar
Published 2005
$27.95s (Paper) - 9780814332238

Portrays the experiences of Egyptian Karaites in the San Francisco Bay Area as it explores the relationship between text and everyday life, between literal reading and its translation into bodily practices—especially as related to the female body.

10  Israeli Folk Narratives

Israeli Folk Narratives
Settlement, Immigration, Ethnicity

By Haya Bar-Itzhak
Published 2005
$29.95s (Paper) - 9780814330470

Provides a broad, engaging view of Israeli society through folk stories that have circulated among settlers in the kibbutz, immigrants, and ethnic groups.

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