Judaism: life and practice

Hebrew University Professor Emeritus and Israel Prize recipient Eliezer Schweid (1929-2022) is widely regarded as one of the greatest historians of Jewish thought of our era.

Hebrew University Professor Emeritus and Israel Prize recipient Eliezer Schweid (1929-2022) is widely regarded as one of the greatest historians of Jewish thought of our era.

Yeshayahu Leibowitz and Emmanuel Levinas were amongst the two leading Jewish thinkers to have emerged in the second half of the twentieth century.

Yeshayahu Leibowitz and Emmanuel Levinas were amongst the two leading Jewish thinkers to have emerged in the second half of the twentieth century.

As a scientist, philosopher and scholar in Jewish thought, Yeshayahu Leibowitz was one of the most noteworthy thinkers in the twentieth century.

As a scientist, philosopher and scholar in Jewish thought, Yeshayahu Leibowitz was one of the most noteworthy thinkers in the twentieth century.

Kurt and Sonja Messerschmidt were among the last Jews deported from Nazi Berlin.

Kurt and Sonja Messerschmidt were among the last Jews deported from Nazi Berlin.

In the sixteenth century, the famous kabbalist Isaac Luria transmitted a secret trove of highly complex mystical practices to a select groups of students.

In the sixteenth century, the famous kabbalist Isaac Luria transmitted a secret trove of highly complex mystical practices to a select groups of students.

Isaac's Fear is a wide-ranging study of a Hebrew encyclopedia of Judaism by Isaac Lampronti, a rabbi and physician from eighteenth-century Ferrara, in Italy; this is the first encyclopedia of Judaism, with entries on thought and praxis.

Isaac's Fear is a wide-ranging study of a Hebrew encyclopedia of Judaism by Isaac Lampronti, a rabbi and physician from eighteenth-century Ferrara, in Italy; this is the first encyclopedia of Judaism, with entries on thought and praxis.

This book is a collection of two dozen essays published over the past four decades on American Jewish history and culture.

In San Isidro, Lima, the only Jewish school in Peru stands on a street widely known as "e;Los Manzanos"e; ("e;The Apple Trees"e;) but whose name changes to "e;Maimonides"e; (the Jewish sage) depending on which sign you look at.

In San Isidro, Lima, the only Jewish school in Peru stands on a street widely known as "e;Los Manzanos"e; ("e;The Apple Trees"e;) but whose name changes to "e;Maimonides"e; (the Jewish sage) depending on which sign you look at.

Inthis volume, Bible Studies scholar Yitzhak (Itzik) Peleg offers an educational,values-based approach to the cycle of Jewish holidays festivals and holy days asfound in the Jewish calendar.

Inthis volume, Bible Studies scholar Yitzhak (Itzik) Peleg offers an educational,values-based approach to the cycle of Jewish holidays festivals and holy days asfound in the Jewish calendar.

A Winner of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa 2023 Bernard Lewis PrizeThe chapters in this volume examine a few facets in the drama of how the survivors of the Holocaust contended with life after the darkest night in Jewish history.

A Winner of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa 2023 Bernard Lewis PrizeThe chapters in this volume examine a few facets in the drama of how the survivors of the Holocaust contended with life after the darkest night in Jewish history.

Self-Portrait, with Parents and Footnotes is a story of movement.

Self-Portrait, with Parents and Footnotes is a story of movement.

The fifty years between 1680-1730 were one of the most fascinating in the history of Europe and in Ottoman history.

Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed addressed Jews of his day who felt challenged by apparent contradictions between Torah and science.