Brandeis University Press New and Backlist Titles HBI SERIES ON JEWISH WOMEN Shulamit Reinharz, General Editor; Sylvia Barack Fishman, Associate Editor The HBI Series on Jewish Women, created by the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, publishes a wide range of books by and about Jewish women in diverse contexts and time periods. Of interest to scholars and the educated public, the HBI Series on Jewish Women fills major gaps in Jewish, Women’s, and Gender Studies. The Strangers We Became Lessons in Exile from One of Iraq’s Last Jews Cynthia Kaplan Shamash A smart, funny, and lyrical memoir of an Iraqi Jewish girl’s experiences in five countries before settling in the United States “Shamash’s writing beautifully communicates the confusion, imagination, and resilience that she experienced as a child from the trauma, displacement, and possibility of immigration, all caused by anti-Semitism. She weaves her story so well that the reader truly feels what the author has lived.” — Jewish Book World Hardcover, $27.95 978-1-61168-805-4 Ebook, $22.99 978-1-61168-806-1 Love, Marriage, and Jewish Families Paradoxes of a Social Revolution Edited by Sylvia Barack Fishman Illustrates the complex and diverse ways that Jews in the United States and Israel are reshaping dating, marriage, and family life—with some surprising consequences Paperback, $40.00 978-1-61168-860-3 The concepts of gender, love, and family have become more fluid under a society-wide softening of boundaries, hierarchies, and protocols. In this volume, Sylvia Barack Fishman gathers the work of social historians and legal scholars who study transformations in the intimate realms of partnering and family construction among Jews in the United States and Israel. Ebook, $34.99 978-1-61168-861-0 2 800-421-1561 • www.upne.com/series/BSJW.html HBI SERIES ON JEWISH WOMEN Knish In Search of the Jewish Soul Food Laura Silver The one and only absolutely definitive biography of the knish “A whimsical, mouthwatering and edifying odyssey through New York neighborhoods and beyond.” —Sam Roberts, New York Times Hardcover, $24.95 978-1-61168-312-7 “If you need to know anything about the knish, this is your book.” —Forward Ebook, $14.99 978-1-61168-545-9 The Days Between Blessings, Poems, and Directions of the Heart for the Jewish High Holiday Season Marcia Falk An elegantly designed volume of new English and Hebrew prayers and reflections for the High Holidays from a contemporary American poet “Thorough, heartfelt, and impressive.” — Library Journal (starred review) Hardcover, $24.95 978-1-61168-605-0 “A fascinating supplement to the traditional High Holidays liturgy.” —American Jewish World Ebook, $21.99 978-1-61168-606-7 Holocaust Mothers and Daughters Family, History, and Trauma Federica K. Clementi An astonishing analysis of Jewish mother-daughter relations before, during, and after the Shoah as described in daughters’ memoirs “Outstanding. . . . [An] important addition to the historical record.” — Modern Judaism Paperback, $40.00 978-1-61168-476-6 “[A] brilliant and erudite study. . . . This is a welcome and important book.” —Women’s Review of Books Ebook, $39.99 978-1-61168-477-3 www.upne.com/series/BSJW.html • 800-421-1561 3 THE TAUBER INSTITUTE SERIES FOR THE STUDY OF EUROPEAN JEWRY Jehuda Reinharz, General Editor; Sylvia Fuks Fried, Associate Editor; Eugene R. Sheppard, Associate Editor The Tauber Institute Series is dedicated to publishing books with compelling and innovative approaches to the study of modern European Jewish history, thought, culture, and society. The series features scholarly works related to the Enlightenment, modern Judaism and the struggle for emancipation, the rise of nationalism and the spread of antisemitism, the Holocaust and its aftermath, as well as the contemporary Jewish experience. The Individual in History Essays in Honor of Jehuda Reinharz Edited by ChaeRan Y. Freeze, Sylvia Fuks Fried, and Eugene R. Sheppard Essays in honor of the scholarly work and institutional leadership of Jehuda Reinharz, focusing on the role of the individual in history Hardcover, $35.00 978-1-61168-732-3 Ebook, $34.99 978-1-61168-733-0 This volume offers a panoramic view of modern Jewish history through engaging essays that celebrate Reinharz’s rich contribution as a pathbreaking and prolific scholar, teacher, and leader in the academy and beyond. Jewish Philosophical Politics in Germany, 1789–1848 Sven-Erik Rose A provocative look at how Jewish intellectuals thought about Jewish religion and existence within a German philosophical tradition Paperback, $40.00 978-1-61168-579-4 Ebook, $37.99 978-1-61168-580-0 “[I]n terms of the rigor of its arguments and the ease and elegance with which Rose moves between interpretations of texts by Jewish intellectuals and equally trenchant analysis of texts by their interlocutors in the German philosophical tradition, this book is truly without peers.” —Jonathan Hess, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Sites of European Antisemitism in the Age of Mass Politics, 1880–1918 Edited by Robert Nemes and Daniel Unowsky With an afterword by Hillel Kieval Explores local incidents of antisemitism and antisemitic violence across Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Paperback, $40.00 978-1-61168-582-4 Ebook, $39.99 978-1-61168-583-1 4 This innovative collection of essays on the upsurge of antisemitism across Europe in the decades around 1900 shifts the focus away from intellectuals and well-known incidents to less-familiar events, actors, and locations. 800-421-1561 • www.upne.com/series/TAUB.html THE TAUBER INSTITUTE SERIES FOR THE STUDY OF EUROPEAN JEWRY Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady The Origins of Chabad Hasidism Immanuel Etkes The only biography in English of the founder of the Chabad movement in Hasidism Hardcover, $45.00 978-1-61168-677-7 “Etkes draws a vivid picture of the entire generation that came under Rabbi Shneur Zalman’s influence. This comprehensive biography will appeal to scholars and students of the history of Hasidism, East European Jewry, and Jewish spirituality.” — Jewish Media Review Ebook, $44.99 978-1-61168-679-1 The Faith of Fallen Jews Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi and the Writing of Jewish History Edited by David N. Myers and Alexander Kaye Brings together key writings by one of the most distinguished and renowned Jewish historians of our time Paperback, $40.00 978-1-61168-487-2 “A challenging, moving, provocative collection of essays, lectures, and reviews (as well as an unexpected short story) by the author of Zakhor. A multifaceted, fragmented, half-involuntary selfportrait of a major twentieth-century historian.” —Carlo Ginzburg, UCLA Ebook, $39.99 978-1-61168-413-1 Everyday Jewish Life in Imperial Russia Select Documents, 1772–1914 Edited by ChaeRan Y. Freeze and Jay M. Harris An astounding compilation of primary source documents dealing with all aspects of Jewish daily life in the Russian empire “Essential for any reader interested in Jewish religious life and Jewish life in general in the Czarist Empire.” — Religious Studies Review Paperback, $40.00 978-1-61168-455-1 Ebook, $39.99 978-1-61168-456-8 “This massive volume contains a fascinating collection of documents exploring every aspect of quotidian life for Jews in Imperial Russia. . . . Suitable for scholars, this book will also interest lay people who just want to dabble in the chapters. Highly recommended.” —Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews www.upne.com/series/TAUB.html • 800-421-1561 5 THE BRANDEIS LIBRARY OF MODERN JEWISH THOUGHT Eugene R. Sheppard and Samuel Moyn, Editors This series aims to redefine the canon of modern Jewish thought by publishing primary source readings from individual Jewish thinkers or groups of thinkers in reliable English translations. Designed for courses in modern Jewish philosophy, thought, and intellectual history, each volume features a general introduction and annotations to each source with the instructor and student in mind. Modern Middle Eastern Jewish Thought Writings on Identity, Politics, and Culture, 1893–1958 Edited by Moshe Behar and Zvi Ben-Dor Benite The first anthology of modern Middle Eastern Jewish thought “This anthology is a remarkable achievement and an outstanding selection of original texts written by important Jewish intellectuals in the modern period.” —H-Net Paperback, $27.95 978-1-58465-885-6 Ebook, $25.99 978-1-61168-386-8 Jews and Diaspora Nationalism Writings on Jewish Peoplehood in Europe and the United States Edited by Simon Rabinovitch An anthology of Jewish diaspora nationalist thought across the ideological spectrum Paperback, $29.95 978-1-58465-762-0 Ebook, $25.99 978-1-61168-362-2 “This excellent reader takes on an important but often neglected theme in modern Jewish history: the efflorescence of theories of Jewish ethnic nationalism from the later 19th century until after WW II.” —Choice Jews and Race Writings on Identity and Difference, 1880–1940 Edited by Mitchell B. Hart An anthology of writings by Jewish thinkers on Jews as a race “Published as part of Brandeis’ exciting new Library of Modern Jewish Thought, Jews and Race is fascinating and challenging reading.” —Tablet Paperback, $27.95 978-1-58465-717-0 Ebook, $24.99 978-1-61168-030-0 6 800-421-1561 • www.upne.com/series/TMJT.html BRANDEIS SERIES IN AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY, CULTURE, AND LIFE Jonathan D. Sarna, General Editor; Sylvia Barack Fishman, Associate Editor Brandeis University Press has established this series to publish books that break new ground in the study of American Jewry. The series encompasses all areas of American Jewish civilization, including history, religion, thought, politics, economics, sociology, anthropology, literature, and the arts. The series emphasizes contemporary and interdisciplinary studies, and volumes that tie together divergent aspects of the American Jewish experience. American Jewish History A Primary Source Reader Edited by Gary Phillip Zola and Marc Dollinger A treasure trove of primary source documents on American Jewish history, culture, and life Paperback, $40.00 978-1-61168-510-7 Ebook, $39.99 978-1-61168-511-4 “Setting the gold standard for the field, Zola and Dollinger’s source reader is indispensable for those teaching modern Jewish history.” —Pamela S. Nadell, American University Overweight Sensation The Life and Comedy of Allan Sherman Mark Cohen A groundbreaking biography of the song parodist and Jewish humorist “Lively and meticulously researched.” — Chicago Tribune Hardcover, $29.95 978-1-61168-256-4 Ebook, $24.99 978-1-61168-427-8 “In bringing context to the life of a now largely forgotten one-hit wonder, Cohen adds a valuable chapter to the history of American popular culture.” —Booklist Woody on Rye Jewishness in the Films and Plays of Woody Allen Edited by Vincent Brook and Marat Grinberg A critical assessment of Jewishness in Woody Allen’s films and plays Paperback, $35.00 978-1-61168-480-3 Ebook, $29.99 978-1-61168-481-0 “The best book about movies in years. Some of the essays are stylistically, referentially difficult. That is part of their value—nothing glib, nothing facile, and not much attention to gossip or scandal. This book will thrill all readers. . . . Highly recommended.” —Choice www.upne.com/series/BSAJ.html • 800-421-1561 7 BRANDEIS SERIES ON GENDER, CULTURE, RELIGION, AND LAW Lisa Fishbayn Joffe and Sylvia Neil, Series Editors The Brandeis Series on Gender, Culture, Religion, and Law focuses on the conflict between women’s claims to gender equality and legal norms justified in terms of religious and cultural traditions. It seeks work that develops new theoretical tools for conceptualizing feminist projects for transforming the interpretation and justification of religious law, examines the interaction or application of civil law or remedies to gender issues in a religious context, and engages in analysis of conflicts over gender and culture/religion in a particular religious legal tradition, cultural community, or nation. Legalizing Plural Marriage The Next Frontier in Family Law Mark Goldfeder Offers a legal and historical context for reforming family law and legalizing plural marriage Paperback, $40.00 978-1-61168-835-1 Ebook, $34.99 978-1-61168-836-8 Tackling the issue of polygamy in the United States from a legal perspective, this book will engage anyone interested in constitutional law, family law, or criminal law, along with sociologists and those who study gender and culture in modern times. March 2016 Marriage and Divorce in the Jewish State Israel’s Civil War Susan M. Weiss and Netty C. Gross-Horowitz A comprehensive look at how rabbinical courts control Israeli marriage and divorce Paperback, $40.00 978-1-61168-364-6 Ebook, $39.99 978-1-61168-365-3 “What to do about get refusal has become, at last, a major issue of concern for the Modern Orthodox community. . . . A timely and useful book. . . . Compulsively readable, gory with injustice. ” —Forward Fertility and Jewish Law Feminist Perspectives on Orthodox Responsa Literature Ronit Irshai A comprehensive comparative study of Jewish law on contemporary reproductive issues from a gender perspective Paperback, $40.00 978-1-61168-240-3 Ebook, $34.99 978-1-61168-241-0 8 “This book is a first class pioneering effort in what may eventually become a critical area of research for students of Jewish law— uncovering the extent to which unstated gender assumptions have informed halakhic process over the generations.” —Tamar Ross, Bar-Ilan University 800-421-1561 • www.upne.com/series/HBGC.html THE SCHUSTERMAN SERIES IN ISRAEL STUDIES S. Ilan Troen, Series Editor The Schusterman Series in Israel Studies publishes original scholarship of exceptional significance on the history of Zionism and the State of Israel. It draws on disciplines across the academy, from anthropology, sociology, political science, and international relations to the arts, history, and literature. It seeks to further an understanding of Israel within the context of the modern Middle East and the modern Jewish experience. Israeli Society in the Twenty-First Century Immigration, Inequality, and Religious Conflict Calvin Goldscheider A data-based analysis of social life and social problems in contemporary Israel that draws a vivid portrait of a dynamic and rapidly changing society Paperback, $35.00 978-1-61168-747-7 Ebook, $34.99 978-1-61168-748-4 “The scholarship of this updated work is outstanding. Goldscheider is the established authority in combining the approaches of demography and sociology into a sociocultural analysis of Israeli society. . . . None of the others in the field have achieved a book of this scope and magnitude in English.” —Russell Stone, professor emeritus of sociology, American University Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1929 Hillel Cohen A new and provocative reassessment of the origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict “With great precision and strident care, Hillel Cohen engages Arabs and Jews and tells the definitive story of the 1929 violence in Palestine. Bristling with new information and insight, this is a must read in every Israel/Palestine and Modern Middle Eastern history course.” —Zvi Ben-Dor Benite, chair, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University Paperback, $29.95 978-1-61168-811-5 Ebook, $22.99 978-1-61168-812-2 www.upne.com/series/SSIS.html • 800-421-1561 9 THE SCHUSTERMAN SERIES IN ISRAEL STUDIES Becoming Israeli National Ideals and Everyday Life in the 1950s Anat Helman A fresh and lively assessment of the pleasures and hardships of daily life in Israel during the 1950s Paperback, $35.00 978-1-61168-557-2 “Helman’s intriguing book may be seen as a nuanced portrayal which manages to navigate the winding terrain between ‘top,’ ‘middle’ and to some extent ‘bottom’ segments of a growing, diverse society. . . . Helman makes use of a wide range of sources to put together this rich and often evocative study.” —Journal of Israeli History Ebook, $34.99 978-1-61168-558-9 A Jewish Kapo in Auschwitz History, Memory, and the Politics of Survival Tuvia Friling Intriguing biography of Eliezer Gruenbaum, the communist Jewish Kapo whose controversy-ridden story spans Europe and Israel “Tuvia Friling writes well and with deep feeling . . . offers us an allembracing and fair presentation of some of the painful pages of our history.” —Jerusalem Post Magazine Paperback, $40.00 978-1-61168-587-9 Ebook, $39.99 978-1-61168-577-0 The Zionist Paradox Hebrew Literature and Israeli Identity Yigal Schwartz A comprehensive reinterpretation of the development of Hebrew and Israeli literature against the backdrop of the Zionist ideal “Yigal Schwartz’s pathbreaking book on modern Hebrew literature is a daring, original, and very readable study of many crucial aspects of our contemporary literature.” —Amos Oz Paperback, $40.00 978-1-61168-601-2 Ebook, $39.99 978-1-61168-602-9 10 800-421-1561 • www.upne.com/series/SSIS.html THE MENAHEM STERN JERUSALEM LECTURES The Menahem Stern Jerusalem Lectures Sponsored by the Historical Society of Israel Since 1993, the Historical Society of Israel has been hosting an annual series of lectures in memory of Menahem Stern. Focusing on history, the lectures have been given special status by their depth and breadth of focus, and by their availability as a series of publications. Altered Pasts Counterfactuals in History Richard J. Evans A thought-provoking survey and critique of “what-if?” history “[A] stimulating, thought-provoking and in places quite humorous book that will be of interest to professionals and lay readers alike.” — London Times “Evans makes a very good case for real history.” —The Guardian Paperback, $29.95 978-1-61168-538-1 Ebook, $28.99 978-1-61168-539-8 Religion in China and Its Modern Fate Paul R. Katz The fate of Chinese religions during the modern era “Any summary of the sections [of this book] cannot possibly do justice to the richness of the discussion so concisely presented. . . . In an increasingly crowded market, this is a volume that stands out.” —China Quarterly Paperback, $40.00 978-1-61168-543-5 Ebook, $39.99 978-1-61168-544-2 “Katz’s study of religious innovation challenges narratives of Chinese religious conservatism and decline, and its mapping of elite religious activity overturns conventional depictions of the secularism of China’s leading modernizers.” —David Palmer, coauthor of The Religious Question in Modern China www.upne.com/series/MSL.html • 800-421-1561 11 THE MANDEL LECTURES IN THE HUMANITIES The Mandel Lectures in the Humanities bring to the Mandel Center for the Humanities each year a prominent scholar who gives a series of three lectures and conducts an informal seminar during his or her stay on campus. The Mandel Lectures are unique in their rotation of disciplines or fields within the humanities and humanistic social sciences: the speakers have ranged from historians to literary critics, from classicists to anthropologists. The published series of books therefore reflects the interdisciplinary mission of the center and the wide range of extraordinary work being done in the humanities today. The Nearest Thing to Life James Wood On the meaning of fiction “Rich in verbal artistry . . . [Wood] provides virtuoso displays of eloquence and insight.” —Publishers Weekly “[Wood’s] head is the vessel in which the treasures of literature are gathered to be protected from time. But the treasury Wood guards is not merely aesthetic: books are safety-deposit boxes for human affection, like urns that contain words not ashes.” —The Guardian Paperback, $19.95 978-1-61168-742-2 Ebook, $16.99 978-1-61168-743-9 Aesthetic Theology and Its Enemies Judaism in Christian Painting, Poetry, and Politics David Nirenberg The role of Judaism in the formation of Western aesthetics Paperback, $24.95 978-1-61168-778-1 “Aesthetic Theology and Its Enemies is a book of great intellectual subtlety and scope. In elegant prose, Nirenberg explores how, over many centuries and in manifold ways, Christian poets, artists, and political theorists used Judaism and Jews to think about and express the vexed relationship between visible and invisible, material and spiritual realms.” —Sara Lipton, State University of New York at Stony Brook Ebook, $19.99 978-1-61168-779-8 12 800-421-1561 • www.upne.com/series/MCHL.html OTHER BRANDEIS JEWISH BOOKS OF INTEREST On the Edge of the Holocaust The Shoah in Latin American Literature and Culture Edna Aizenberg Sheds new light on the views and attitudes of Latin American writers during the Nazi era Paperback, $40.00 978-1-61168-856-6 “Exciting, eye-opening . . . Edna Aizenberg’s book breaks new ground in the field of Jewish studies and fills a void that many often discuss, but few have dared to undertake.” —Alejandro Meter, associate professor of Spanish, University of San Diego Ebook, $34.99 978-1-61168-857-3 Jewish Soul Food Traditional Fare and What It Means Carol Ungar A lighthearted introduction to the art of traditional Jewish cooking, which links Jewish foods and Jewish beliefs Paperback, $27.95 978-1-61168-501-5 “Alongside scores of delightful recipes, Carol Ungar brings to life the meaning and history behind well-known and more obscure Jewish dishes from across the centuries and shares recipes with the warmth and wisdom of the grandmothers she never knew.” —Jewish Herald Voice Ebook, $24.99 978-1-61168-693-7 Jewish Rhetorics History, Theory, Practice Edited by Michael Bernard-Donals and Janice W. Fernheimer Addresses the plurality of Jewish approaches to rhetoric and traditions from ancient times to the present day Paperback, $40.00 978-1-61168-640-1 “Sweeping in its historical range, provocatively eclectic in its archives, and wonderfully inventive in its approaches, [this] collection is a valuable guide to an increasingly important scholarly field.” —John Schilb, professor of English, Indiana University, Bloomington Ebook, $39.99 978-1-61168-641-8 www.upne.com/brandeis.html • 800-421-1561 13 OTHER BRANDEIS TITLES OF INTEREST Curtains? The Future of the Arts in America Michael M. Kaiser A passionate and provocative assessment of the decline of performing arts institutions in the United States and how to save them “Kaiser’s thin book is pragmatic, structured and thick with facts, ideas and anecdotes, including telling and knowing observations about technology.” —The Georgetowner Hardcover, $26.95 • 978-1-61168-703-3 / Ebook, $21.99 • 978-1-61168-704-0 The Cycle A Practical Approach to Managing Arts Organizations Michael M. Kaiser Offers practical advice, based on the notion of a “family” of supporters, for managing healthy arts organizations “The third in Kaiser’s trilogy on managing arts organizations, this volume is prescriptive, straightforward, and realistic.” —Publishers Weekly Hardcover, $27.95 • 978-1-61168-400-1 / Ebook, $26.99 • 978-1-61168-478-0 Leading Roles 50 Questions Every Arts Board Should Ask Michael M. Kaiser A concise, practical, and timely guide for board members of arts organizations “A rich yet tidy cornucopia of solutions for the challenges facing the American arts scene . . . The author is compelling as he scopes the horizon, sizing up a future in which global cooperation will loom large for the arts.” —Washington Post Hardcover, $27.95 • 978-1-58465-906-8 / Ebook, $22.99 • 978-1-58465-951-8 The Art of the Turnaround Creating and Maintaining Healthy Arts Organizations Michael M. Kaiser Practical advice (supported by extensive case studies) for fixing troubled arts organizations “This book is a valuable management resource; arts administrators could do worse than emulate Kaiser’s work ethic, boldness of vision and ability to learn from mistakes. Those interested in keeping America’s arts institutions vital ignore his insights at their peril.” —Opera News Hardcover, $29.95 • 978-1-58465-735-4 / Ebook, $25.99 • 978-1-58465-814-6 14 800-421-1561 • www.upne.com/brandeis.html ORDERING INFORMATION For proposal or manuscript queries, please contact: Dr. Phyllis Deutsch, Editor-in-Chief 603-448-1533, ext. 222 phyllis.deutsch@dartmouth.edu Ordering Information UPNE Order Department One Court Street, Suite 250 Lebanon, NH 03766, U.S.A. 800-421-1561 tel 603-448-9429 fax university.press@dartmouth.edu Orders may be placed online, by phone, or by mail. We accept checks payable to UPNE, as well as MasterCard, Visa, American Express, and Discover. Orders from individuals must be prepaid and include postage. Desk Copies for Faculty College and university professors may request desk copies of eligible books for their courses. 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