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Sepher Yosippon
Publication Date: November 2022
Bowman’s translation of Flusser’s notes, as well as his own scholarship, offers a well-wrought story for scholars and students interested in Jewish legend and history in the medieval period, Jewish studies, medieval literature, and folklore studies.
The Angel and the Cholent
Publication Date: October 2021
Readers, scholars, and students interested in folkloristic and anthropological foodway studies or Jewish cultural studies will delight in these tales and find the editorial commentary illuminating.
Embodying Hebrew Culture
Publication Date: August 2020
Students and teachers of Israel studies, performance studies, and Jewish cultural history will appreciate Embodying Hebrew Culture.
Overlooking the Border
Publication Date: October 2018
It is certain to be of value to scholars and advanced undergraduate and graduate students of Middle Eastern studies, history, urban ethnography, and Israeli and Jewish studies.
For Our Soul
Publication Date: February 2018
Based on fieldwork conducted over several years, For Our Soul describes the ongoing process of adjustment and absorption that the Ethiopian Jewish immigrants, known as Falasha or Beta Israel, experienced in Israel.
Tradition and Politics
Publication Date: February 2018
He concludes with an analysis of the special significance of the religious parties in the Israeli political system.
Jewish Moroccan Folk Narratives from Israel
Publication Date: February 2018
In contrast to most anthologies of Jewish folktales, the texts in this book were recorded in the natural context of narration and in the language of origin (Judaeo-Arabic), meeting the most vigorous standards of current folklore scholarship.
Twenty Israeli Composers
Publication Date: February 2018
The book includes a bibliography, discography, and information for further study.
Transnational Identities
Publication Date: November 2016
Transnational Identities integrates theories from various disciplines, including art history, citizenship studies and critical political theory, gender studies, cultural studies, and migration studies in an interdisciplinary manner that those teaching and studying in these fields will find relevant to their continued research.
Jewish Honor Courts
Publication Date: June 2015
Scholars of Jewish, European, and Israeli history as well as readers interested in issues of legal and social justice will be grateful for this detailed volume.
In the Company of Others
Publication Date: June 2015
Abuhav brings a firsthand perspective to the crises and the highs, lows, and upheavals of the discipline in Israeli anthropology, which will be of interest to anthropologists, historians of the discipline, and scholars of Israeli studies.
Vladimir Jabotinsky's Story of My Life
Publication Date: May 2015
As Jabotinsky is gaining a reputation for the quality of his fictional and semi-fictional writing in the field of Israel studies, this autobiography will help reading groups and students of Zionism, Jewish history, and political studies to gain a more complete picture of this famous leader.
The Case Against Academic Boycotts of Israel
Publication Date: November 2014
The book gathers essays by an international cohort of scholars from Britain, Israel, and the United States.
Our Exodus
Publication Date: August 2010
Readers interested in Israel studies, Jewish history, and American popular culture will appreciate Silver’s unique analysis.
Unwitting Zionists
Publication Date: November 2009
Folklore, oral history, anthropology, and Israeli studies scholars, as well as anyone wanting to learn more about religion, commuity, and nationality in the Middle East will appreciate Unwitting Zionists.
Settling in the Hearts
Publication Date: April 2009
Its novel way of understanding one of the most crucial factors affecting Israeli society and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict will be of interest to Israeli and Middle Eastern studies scholars and readers wanting to learn more about the complex dynamics of politics in the Middle East.
King Solomon and the Golden Fish
Publication Date: August 2004
These folktales remain a powerful link between modern-day Spanish Jews and the Hispano-Jewish legacy—this collection passes along that legacy and provides a source of the customs and values of Sephardic Jews.
