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A Jew in the Street
Publication Date: June 2024
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.
Asian Americans in Michigan
Publication Date: March 2015
Readers interested in Michigan history, sociology, and Asian American studies will enjoy this volume.
No Place in Time
Publication Date: September 2021
This volume will be of interest to scholars of nineteenth- and turn-of-the-century American literature, American Jewish literature, and literature as it intersects with immigration, religion, or temporality, as well as anyone interested in Jewish studies.
Homicide: Life on the Street
Publication Date: September 2021
Fans of the works of David Simon, as well as students and scholars of television studies and Critical Race Theory, will enjoy this enlightening book.
A Jew in the Public Arena
Publication Date: February 2010
Jewish studies scholars as well as students and teachers of late Victorian to Modernist British literature and culture will appreciate this insightful look at Israel Zangwill.
The Jew in the American World
Publication Date: May 1996
The ideal companion to Marcus's United States Jewry, 1776-1985, The Jew in the American World is an invaluable work, essential for studying and understanding the American Jew.
Greening the Black Urban Regime
Publication Date: August 2020
Scholars and students in the social sciences, as well as general readers with social and environmental justice concerns, will find great value in this research.
The Origins of the Modern Jew
Publication Date: April 1972
By 1824, liberal Judaism had not yet produced a vision of it future as a separate entity within European society, but it had been exposed to and grappled with all the significant problems that still confront the Jew in the West.
Art in Detroit Public Places
Publication Date: August 2008
Art and architecture enthusiasts, along with anyone interested in the cityscape of Detroit, will enjoy this useful volume.
Louis Graveraet Kaufman
Publication Date: June 2025
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.
Trumbull Ave.
Publication Date: April 2015
All readers of poetry will enjoy the musical and vivid verse in Trumbull Ave.
Detroit 1967
Publication Date: May 2017
Readers of Detroit history and urban studies will be drawn to and enlightened by these powerful essays.
Toast of the Town
Publication Date: February 2018
An influential insider’s perspective, Toast of the Town fills a void in the documented history of Detroit’s black and entertainment community from the 1920s to the present.
Yudisher Theriak
Publication Date: November 2016
Scholars and students of Jewish-Christian relations and early modern Jewish historical and cultural studies will appreciate the availability of this previously inaccessible text.
Bridging the Straits
Publication Date: February 1986
Nonetheless, the Mackinac Bridge became a reality.
Knots Landing
Publication Date: May 2015
Fans of the series as well as readers interested in popular culture, television history, representations of gender, and constructions of celebrity will find much to enjoy in this volume.
From the Ghetto to the Melting Pot
Publication Date: December 2005
While some issues addressed in From the Ghetto to the Melting Pot are uniquely Jewish, others are universal and typical of the negotiation of self-presentation by ethnic and minority groups, particularly within the American experience.
The En Yaaqov
Publication Date: October 2011
This insightfully researched book will be informative to scholars of Talmud and Rabbinic Literature, late-medieval intellectual history and culture, Sephardic history, and the history of the Jewish book as well as to readers interested in the still-popular En Yaaqov.
Running Scared
Publication Date: August 2007
Scholars of film studies, cultural studies, and gender studies and general readers interested in representations of gender and sexuality will appreciate this valuable text.
Connecting the Dots
Publication Date: June 2007
Artists, art historians, and those interested in Detroit cultural affairs will enjoy this comprehensive and intriguing book.
The Life and Work of Ludwig Lewisohn
Publication Date: February 2018
Poised to face the unfinished marital battle at home, but anxious to engage in the coming struggle for Jewish survival and the future of Western civilization, he set sail, unsure of what lay ahead.
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.
Reveal Your Detroit
Publication Date: September 2013
Anyone with roots in Detroit or an interest in community-based art will appreciate the multilayered picture created by Reveal Your Detroit.
Anti-Semitic Stereotypes Without Jews
Publication Date: December 2017
Anti-Semitic sentiments are seen here as reflecting deep-seated, irrational responses to the Jewish people, rooted in the teachings of the church and exploited by men who needed an outlet for religious, social, and economic frustrations.
Rebecca Gratz
Publication Date: December 2015
Rebecca Gratz is the first book to examine Gratz's life, her legend, and our memory.
Fear and Other Stories
Publication Date: May 2022
Students and scholars of history and culture, women’s literature, and translation studies will wonder how they’ve gone this long without reading Blankshteyn’s work.
Anthonius Margaritha and the Jewish Faith
Publication Date: October 2012
Scholars of Jewish and Christian history as well as those interested in German history, Hebrew pedagogy, and religious conversion will appreciate this thorough study.
Other Things Being Equal
Publication Date: March 2002
A woman need not give up marriage and home to be strong, independent, and unconventional; a Jew does not have to be orthodox to remain close to her heritage and her faith.
Without Bounds
Publication Date: December 2017
Human- and demon-bound, holy and impure, Jew and Muslim, old and young, Rabbi Ya'aqov Wazana dissolved the boundaries of the major social categories in Morocco and integrated them into his identity.
Rowing Inland
Publication Date: February 2017
Readers of contemporary poetry with a regional persuasion will enjoy this collection.
Religious Diversity and Early Modern English Texts
Publication Date: October 2013
Scholars of religious, literary, and cultural history will enjoy this illuminating collection.
The Story's Not Over
Publication Date: May 2025
The diverse forms and structures of graphic narratives discussed in this volume by a range of international scholars demonstrate the ways in which Jewish women's graphic narratives reach into the past by way of stories and histories, both individual and collective, that provide a touchstone for the shape of identity.
Bound Up
Publication Date: September 2024
Both timely and timeless, this work is an address to history and the contemporary moment, relevant to Jews, diasporic scholars, and all exploring ethical relationships with history and with other humans.
Welcome to Replica Dodge
Publication Date: March 2019
Anybody who has ever felt like they didn’t belong will take comfort in this enchanting memoir.
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.
The Light Between
Publication Date: February 2012
Students and teachers of writing and fans of poetry will enjoy this beautifully crafted collection.
Adam of Ifé
Publication Date: January 2006
The title refers to Ifé, a city in Nigeria which, according to legend, was the birthplace of mankind.
United States Jewry, 1776-1985
Publication Date: February 2018
The third volume covers the period from 1860 to 1920, beginning with the Jews, slavery, and the Civil War, and concluding with the rise of Reform Judaism as well as the increasing spirit of secularization that characterized emancipated, prosperous, liberal Jewry before it was confronted by a rising tide of...
Looking Within/Mirar Adentro
Publication Date: December 2002
One can find in her work the tensions between colonizer and colonized, dominator and dominated, and at the same time enjoy the sheer beauty of images depicting suffering, strength, and hope.
Voices of the Self
Publication Date: July 1991
Encompassing the perspectives of both the "streetand the "academy,Voices of the Self presents an eloquent argument for cultural and linguistic pluralism in American public schools.
