Jewish Studies

Literature and Poetry

Other Things Being Equal

Emma Wolf  •  Introduction by Barbara Cantalupo

A nineteenth century novel examining the role of the “new woman” within the traditions of the Jewish home.

Storm in the Community: Yiddish Political Pamphlets of Amsterdam Jewry, 1797–1798

Selected, translated, edited, and introduced by Jozeph Michman and Marion Aptroot

A bilingual edition of satirical dialogues in Yiddish between members of the established and the breakaway Jewish communities in late eighteenth century Amsterdam.

No Sign of Ceasefire: An Anthology of Contemporary Israeli Poetry

Edited and translated by Warren Bargad and Stanley F. Chyet

A thought-provoking exploration of contemporary Israeli society through the work of eleven distinguished poets.

“To Reveal Our Hearts”: Jewish Women Writers in Tsarist Russia

Carole B. Balin

Examines the lives and works of five Jewish women writers in ninteenth century Russia.

Theology and Poetry: Studies in the Medieval Piyyut

Jakob J. Petuchowski

Petuchowski provides the texts, English translations, and commentaries on a number of theological poems, introducing each with a survey of Jewish thought on the poem’s particular theme.

Profane Scriptures: Reflections on the Dialogue with the Bible in Modern Hebrew Poetry

Ruth Kartun-Blum

Explores aspects of the complex relationship between modern Hebrew poetry and the Bible, incorporating the perspectives of intertextuality, deconstruction, and feminist criticism.