The Lives of Jewish Things
Tracing the paths of Jewish things across time, place, and culture, this collection reveals complex stories of individual and collective struggles to survive.
Funny, You Don't Look Funny
Offering ample evidence and examples along the way, Caplan guides readers through a series of phenomenological and ideological changes across generations, concluding with commentary regarding the potential influences on Jewish humor of later Millennials, Gen Z, and beyond.
Louis Graveraet Kaufman
Author Ann Berman highlights Kaufman's remarkable journey from "barefoot boyto trailblazing branch banking giant, proving LG was not just a man of his time but one worth reading about over a century later.
Yiddishlands
Yiddishlands is essential reading for students of the recent Jewish past and the living Yiddish present.
Eating at God's Table
This rich exploration of kosher Orthodox foodways and their meanings demonstrates the inadequacy of limited or simple definitions of Orthodox Jewishness and offers insight into the religious diversity in American communities.
Return to the Place I Never Left
As racism, antisemitism, and Islamophobia resurge and continue to pollute the modern era, his pain—imparted through concise, rhythmic verse—serves as a reminder of our collective humanity and a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit.
A Jew in the Street
These investigations illuminate the entangled experiences of Jews who sought to balance the pull of communal, religious, and linguistic traditions with the demands and allure of full participation in European life.
Beyond the Land
This dynamic understanding of both an Israeli and a Jewish diaspora works to envision a non-hegemonic Jewish nationalism that can negotiate both political imagination and reality.
