Jewish Studies

History

“Peering Through the Lattices”: Mystical, Magical, and Pietistic Dimensions in the Tosafist Period

Ephraim Kanarfogel

A new approach to the intellectual history of Ashkenazic Jewry.

The Transformation of German Jewry, 1780–1840

David Sorkin

A study of German Jewry’s contribution to Jewish and German culture.

Constructing Modern Identities: Jewish University Students in Germany, 1815–1914

Keith Pickus

Examining the lives and social dynamics of Jewish university students, Pickus shows how German Jews rearranged their self-images and redefined what it meant to be Jewish.

Ambiguous Relations: The American Jewish Community and Germany Since 1945

Shlomo Shafir

An analysis of the uneasy relationship between American Jews and one of their country’s major allies.

Profiles in Diversity: Jews in a Changing Europe, 1750–1870

Edited by Frances Malino and David Sorkin

A collection of twelve biographies portraying the social and ideological shifts experienced by European Jews.

Marketing Identities: The Invention of Jewish Ethnicity in Ost und West

David Brenner

A study of the first Jewish magazine to explore ethnic identity in early twentieth century Germany.