Jewish Studies

History

Jew in the American World: A Source Book

Edited by Jacob Rader Marcus

A documentary history of the Jewish people in North America from the late sixteenth century to the present.

The 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.

A Bibliography of Jewish Education in the United States

Compiled and edited by Norman Drachler

Fifteen years in preparation, this massive bibliography documents three centuries of Jewish education in the United States.

Before Catastrophe: The Distictive Path of German Zionism

Hagit Lavsky

Demonstrates the importance of German Zionism within the framework of the World Zionist Movement.

Odyssey of Exile: Jewish Women Flee the Nazis for Brazil

Edited by Katherine Morris

The historical, political, and private memories of Jewish women who fled Germany and Poland after Hitler’s rise to power in 1933.

“Your Voice Like a Ram’s Horn”: Themes and Texts in Traditional Jewish Preaching

Marc Saperstein

An examination of the Jewish sermon from the High Middle Ages to the Emancipation.