shylock and the jewish question

Shylock and the Jewish Question

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Yaffe, Martin D., PUBLISHER: Johns Hopkins University Press, "Yaffe provides a wide-ranging and probing reflection on the portrayal of Jews and Judaism in early modern thought. His innovative approach to the problem of Shakespeare's treatment of Shylock can stand for the originality of his book as a whole... Yaffe's interpretations are likely to prove controversial, but they are always thought-provoking." -- Virginia Quarterly Review Much attention has been paid to the place of Shylock in the history of anti-Semitism. Most scholars have agreed with Harold Bloom that Shakespeare's famous villain is drawn with a "murderous anti-Semitism" and that Shakespeare uncritically mirrors the rife anti-Semitism of his times. While others see only gross caricature in The Merchant of Venice, however, Martin Yaffe finds a subtle analysis of the Jew's place in a largely Christian society. In Shylock and the Jewish Question, Yaffe challenges the widespread assumption that Shakespeare is, in the final analysis, unfriendly to Jews. He finds that Shakespeare's consideration of Judaism in The Merchant of Venice provides an important contrast to Marlowe's virulent The Jew of Malta. In many ways, he argues, Shakespeare's play is even more accepting than Francis Bacon's notably inclusive New Atlantis or the Jewish philosopher Benedict Spinoza's argument for tolerance in the Theologico-Political Treatise. "Although Yaffe focuses on the Jewish question, his study is a lead-in to a study of the rise of liberal democracy, the development of religious toleration, the relation of church and state, and the inter-relation between politics, economics and religion -- all of these being vital in history's evolution towards modernity." -- Serge Liberman, Australian JewishNews "In a critique that promises to refuel scholarly controversy over the portrait of Shylock... Yaffe's retro-prospective approach to its political philosophy suggests interesting possibilities for contrasting popular anti-Semitic culture and the more tolerant, enlightened statesmanship of the seventeenth-century." -- Frances Barasch, Shakespeare Bulletin

The Creative Jewish Wedding Book: A Guide to Making the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kaplan-Mayer, Gabrielle, PUBLISHER: Jewish Lights Publishing, Addresses the "conscious" bride and groom, who are independent thinkers, savvy consumers, and are seeking spiritual honesty and integrity in their wedding experience.

Ambiguous Relations: The American Jewish Community and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shafir, Shlomo, PUBLISHER: Wayne State University Press, This monograph, based on extensive research in many archival collections in the United States, Germany, and lsrael, focuses on the time period from the end of World War II until and deals with the American Jewish community's ambiguous attitude towards Germany since the Holocaust years. Examining the community's early intercessions with the American administration and its impact on American public opinion and on the West German government, this study develops a picture of ambiguity and denial in a pivotal time in American Jewry. Rationales and strategies of major Jewish organizations are discussed as well as the subsequent rise of Holocaust consciousness and the role of the survivors effect on the tension between special Jewish interests and American national interest.

Complete Jewish Bible-OE

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stern, David H., PUBLISHER: Messianic Jewish Resources International, Translated by David H. Stern Focuses on "Jewishness" Names and key terms presented in easy-to-understand transliterated Hebrew enabling readers to pronounce them the way Yeshua (Jesus) did pp. Presenting the Word of God as a unified Jewish book, the Complete Jewish Bible is a translation for Jews and non-Jews alike. It connects Jews with the Jewishness of the Messiah, and non-Jews with their Jewish roots. Names and key terms are returned to their original Hebrew and presented in easy-to-understand transliterations, enabling the reader to say them the way Yeshua (Jesus) did For readers familiar with the Jewish New Testament, the Complete Jewish Bible is a welcome sight

Maggid: A Journal of Jewish Literature, Number 3

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kramer, Michael P., PUBLISHER: Toby Press, Maggid showcases the best new Jewish writing, in all genres, from around the world. This third edition is built around the theme Jewish Bodies: The Flesh Made Words, which illustrates the variety of ways in which Jewish writers imagine and represent their bodies. Among the contributors are the emerging and established writers Melvin Jules Bukiet, Rodger Kamenetz, Etgar Keret, Daniel Mendelsohn, Alicia Ostriker, Steve Stern, and Eleanor Wilner. Also includes new translations of S.Y. Agnon and Hanoch Levin. This issue is dedicated to the memory of Shaindy Rudoff. Acquista Ora

Jewish Community of Chattanooga

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Adams, Joy / Effron Abelson Adams, Joy, PUBLISHER: Arcadia Publishing (SC), Chattanooga is truly a city that reflects Americaas diverse history, possessing a rich, antebellum heritage combined with the energy and determination of the many brave immigrants who transformed this area from a traditional Southern town into a cosmopolitan center of the New South. One of Chattanoogaas most important contributors, the Jewish community has played an integral role in improving and diversifying the life and culture of this historic Tennessee town. In this volume of over 200 photographs, you will enjoy a celebration of the struggles, the stories of heroism and of common life, and the many successes of Chattanoogaas Jewish citizens. Touching upon all aspects of Jewish life, the Jewish Community of Chattanooga will take you on an exciting visual tour of the Jewish experience with beautiful and rare photographs of different Life Cycle events, Hebrew-oriented schools, such as the Jewish Day School, Jewish cemeteries, past and present-day synagogues, and its people, including many families, prominent businesspersons, special achievers, and community and civic leaders. Acquista Ora

The Jerusalem Anthology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hammer, Reuven, PUBLISHER: Jewish Publication Society of America, As "Library Journal" notes: This massive anthology celebrates the -year anniversary of the founding of the city of Jerusalem. It describes, from a Jewish perspective, the history and sociology of the city. Lavishly illustrated, the volume contains biblical quotations, rabbinic literature, travel writings, poems, songs, and fiction excerpts, the majority dating from the last 100 years. The living city amid a world of war is a theme present throughout. In the excerpts by S.Y. Agnon and Amos Oz, we are brought close to the modern dilemma and the eternal. This anthology shows and tells us how Jerusalem has lived in the hearts of the Jewish people.

The Good Jewish Home

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bloom, Emily Haft / Jayjay Studios, PUBLISHER: M Q Publications, The Good Jewish Home offers thoughts, ideas, and guidance on how to celebrate your Jewish heritage in a modern family setting. Track the origins of the Jewish faith, understand the events in the Jewish life cycle from the bris or baby naming to the rituals of shiva, how-to hold a Jewish wedding and what to do during the major festivals throughout the year, including Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Passover, Purim and Hanukkah. The Good Jewish Home includes a brief history of Jewish thought, passages and ideas from biblical text and how they can guide modern daily life, inspiration from great Jewish thinkers and leaders, a discussion of Jewish family roles as they appear in the Torah, and Shabbat's importance as a weekly ritual to reinforce Jewish tradition. As a special bonus throughout the book, Emily Haft Bloom has included simple recipes for traditional Jewish dishes that the modern family can create in their own kitchen: everything from a traditional Shabbat dinner menu to holiday dishes like latkes, honey cake, vegetable kugel, hamantaschen, brisket, stuffed cabbage and tzimmes. The Good Jewish Home gives recommendations on how to meld established religious observance with practical contemporary practices. Let this book guide your family to good Jewish living.

Remember My Soul: A Guided Journey Through Shiva and the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Palatnik, Lori, PUBLISHER: Leviathan Press, The Jewish experience of mourning is divided into a seven day period--Shiva, and then a thirty day period. This book does three things) Explores the ideas of the soul, death and the afterlife.) Guides the mourner through the traditions and rituals of the Shiva period.) Offers a thirty day guided excercise that both comforts the mourner and--according to Jewish mystical tradition--provides spiritual elevation for the soul of the departed.

Chapters in American Jewish History

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Feldberg, Michael, PUBLISHER: Ktav Publishing House, Since January , the American Jewish Historical Society has published a weekly newspaper feature entitled "Chapters in American Jewish History." The present volume offers 120 of the best columns, organized according to subject and period. Blessings of Freedom is not a complete history of American Jewry but a collection of vignettes and episodes that taken together illustrate the overriding directions and tendencies of the much larger tapestry that comprises the American Jewish experience. Each chapter is a window on an interesting and illuminating glimpse at an important and often colorful aspect of the American Jewish story. Bibliographical information is given for those interested in learning more about the topic. Blessings of Freedom is recommended for young adults in addition to adult readers.

Jewish Values in Health and Medicine

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Meier, Levi, PUBLISHER: University Press of America, This book integrates the foundations of the values of the Jewish heritage with the actual experiences of patients. Through clinical guidelines and anecdotes, the reader will gain insight into complex issues involving life, death, pain, suffering, illness and health as they affect patients, health care providers and family members. The book discusses contemporary issues such as AIDS, hospice and Baby M based on the value system of the Jewish heritage. It is unique in that it combines the personal reflections of patients with expert discussions of psychological and medical aspects of these issues. Includes a contribution by the winner of the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion.

Fate and Destiny: From the Holocaust to the State of Israel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Soloveitchik, Joseph Dov, PUBLISHER: Ktav Publishing House, One of the classics of modern Jewish thought, Kol Dodi Dofek, is here translated into English. In it Rabbi Soloveitchik presents an extended theological meditation on the Holocaust and the rise of the State of Israel, the Jewish "covenant of faith," and the "covenant of fate and destiny" which links all Jews, religious, irreligious, and nonreligious. Rabbi Dr. Walter S. Wurzberger, a prominent discipline of the Rav, has provided an introduction.

American Jewry and the Civil War

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Korn, Bertram Wallace, PUBLISHER: Jewish Publication Society of America, War has long been considered a classic text on the Jewish role in early American history -- on the Jewish community as a whole during the tumultuous years of the war, and on its effort to raise the concept of human rights and equality above restrictions based on race or religion. This extensive volume features a new foreword and new afterword, as well as an author's preface to the original edition, an author's preface to the first paperback edition (), an epilogue, four appendixes, notes, a bibliography, and an index.

Jewish Year Bk

ISBN: , SKU: , PUBLISHER: Mitchell Vallentine & Company, The Jewish Year Book provides a comprehensive directory of the communal institutions and organisations that make up the fabric of British Jewish society. It is a guide to the structures and networks of the religious, social, educational, cultural and welfare organisations of the Jewish community across the British Isles and reports the ever-changing pattern of websites, now such a pervasive feature of communal management and presentation. It also offers an extensive guide to the primary organisations of the Jewish communities of the world and a substantial survey of Israel and its organisations that have associations with British Jewry, including a comprehensive list of Israel s overseas embassies and missions. It sets out the basic facts of the history of Jewish settlement in Britain and an up-to-date statement of UK legislation specifically concerned with the place of the Jews and Jewish identity in Britain. Updated annually, edited to provide the latest up-to-date information, it includes contact details for Jewish institutions, local and international organisations, details on leading Jewish personalities, obituaries and major events as well as principal festivals and fasts. There is also a detailed calendar, including the Jewish calendar for thirty years and evening twilight regional variations. The Jewish Year Book includes the following essays: "On Israel's Scientific Achievements " by Professor Yitzchak Apeloig, President of the Technion "On the Tel Aviv Centenary " by Professor Colin Shindler, SOAS "On 'Mendelssohn and Jewishness'" by Dr. David Conway "On the Career of Ruth Winston-Fox, MBE ()" by Willow Winston and Stephen Massil

Treasury of Jewish Humor

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ausubel, Nathan, PUBLISHER: BBS Publishing Corporation, Illuminating the Jewish heritage in a manner no other book can, Nathan Ausubel's classic A Treasury of Jewish Humor brings together the many voices of that great oral and written tradition. Here are sermons of anonymous rabbis from the shtetlach as well as writings from the great authors. Always prodding, always making you laugh and always making you think.

Kabbalah of Stone

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Reti, Irene Helen, PUBLISHER: Juniper Lake Press, Girona, Spain, -Rabbi Raphael Halevi seeks to save his community from the Inquisition. Help comes in the unexpected form of the spirit of the biblical prophet, Huldah, and a Christian scribe who has discovered his hidden Jewish identity. This lyrical and suspenseful novel of Jewish history, magic, and Kabbalah offers a feminist reinterpretation of an intriguing Hebrew prophet.

Seven Pillars of Jewish Denial: Shekinah, Wagner, and the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Chernin, Kim, PUBLISHER: North Atlantic Books, Raised by an activist mother, Kim Chernin was taught that the politics of religion are just that: politics. As her beliefs evolved, she came to understand the necessity of embracing her Jewish heritage while questioning the notion of taking on Jewishness as a role, religion, and qualifying trait, particularly with respect to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. The essays in "Seven Pillars of Jewish Denial" set forth a justifiable criticism of Israel. Chernin explores memory, survivor's guilt, and denial as debilitating to Jewish consciousness, which cannot see criticism of Israel as morally feasible in an anti-Semitic world. In her view, creating true peace requires understanding and believing that the lives of other human beings matter more than Jewish ideology.

Children During the Holocaust

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Heberer, Patricia / Tec, Nechama / Browning, Christopher R., PUBLISHER: Altamira Press, Children during the Holocaust, from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, tells the story of the Holocaust through the eyes, and fates, of its youngest victims. The ten chapters follow the arc of the persecutory policies of the Nazis and their sympathizers and the impact these measures had on Jewish children and adolescents-from the years leading to the war, to the roundups, deportations, and emigrations, to hidden life and death in the ghettos and concentration camps, and to liberation and coping in the wake of war. This volume examines the reactions of children to discrimination, the loss of livelihood in Jewish homes, and the public humiliation at the hands of fellow citizens and explores the ways in which children's experiences paralleled and diverged from their adult counterparts. Additional chapters reflect upon the role of non-Jewish children as victims, perpetrators, and bystanders during World War II. Offering a collection of personal letters, diaries, court testimonies, government documents, military reports, speeches, newspapers, photographs, and artwork, Children during the Holocaust highlights the diversity of children's experiences during the nightmare years of the Holocaust.

The Girls: Jewish Women of Brownsville, Brooklyn,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ford, Carole Bell, PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press, This book tells the stories of the Jewish women who came of age in Brownsville, Brooklyn, in the s and s. Through in-depth interviews with more than forty women, Carole Bell Ford explores the choices these women made and the boundaries within which they made them, offering fresh insights into the culture and values of Jewish women in the postwar period. Not content to remain in the past, The Girls is also a story of women who live in the present, who lead fulfilling lives even as they struggle to adjust to changes in American society that conflict with their own values and that have profoundly affected the lives of their children and grandchildren.

Ghosts and Golems: Haunting Tales of the Supernatural

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Palmer, Michele / Penn, Malka / Black, Theodor, PUBLISHER: Jewish Publication Society of America, Here is a collection of contemporary tales with 21st-century children as the main characters. The stories are suspenseful and haunting: The spirits are the forces for momentous change in the lives of the children who encounter them--helping them to gain a new understanding of themselves and of their Jewish tradition. So, too, will these stories have a lasting impact upon young readers.

Fast & Festive Meals for the Jewish Holidays: Complete

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sorosky, Marlene, PUBLISHER: William Morrow & Company, Marlene Sorosky, America's favorite party planner and James Beard Award-winning author of" Entertaining on the Run," makes the Jewish holidays come alive with simple, festive menus providing nearly 150 recipes and essential prayers and rituals that make it easy for home cooks to celebrate all year round. From Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Hanukkah to the Sabbath, Passover, and celebrations, including the Bar Mitzvah, each holiday chapter contains menus, game plans, table decorations, fascinating historical information, important prayers, and celebration ideas. Here's the must-have cookbook for the modern home cook who has little time but lots of enthusiasm for keeping up with Jewish traditions.

Quebec in Question

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rioux, Marcel / Boake, James, PUBLISHER: James Lorimer & Company, This new edition of Marcel Rioux's bestselling history of Quebec offers an interpretation of the dramatic events of the seventies and the victory of the Parti Quebecois. Written by an advocate of Quebec independence, this lucid and scholarly book is the best introduction available for English-language readers to the intellectual foundations of the independence movement. "Quebec in Question" has sold more than copies and continues to be widely read and referred to.

The English Question

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hazell, Robert, PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press, England remains a gaping hole in the devolution settlement. Devolution will not be complete, and the settlement may not be stable, until the English Question has been solved. This book explains the different formulations of the question--does England need to find its own political voice, following devolution to Scotland and Wales? Do the English seem to want an English Parliament; Regional assemblies in England; or "English votes on English laws?" Are the English content to muddle through, with no separate representation or political voice?

Tell Me What You Eat and I'll Tell You If You Are Jewish

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kravva, Vasiliki, PUBLISHER: VDM Verlag, The book examines the role of food and eating in the maintainance and negotiation of a community's boundaries. The author draws material from from her fieldwork among the Jews in the city of Thessaloniki in Northern Greece. The past of this community is characterised by many dramatic changes that resulted in its gradual marginalisation. The author attempts to examine this dialectic relationship beteween the past and the present through examining food and food narratives. Food is also seen as playing a crucial role in giving meaning to notions of 'being' and 'feeling' Jewish in a non-Jewish city. The centrality of food and eating in solidifying the feeling of 'belonging' to the community is also discussed. The book offers insights to the topics of food, memory and in the course of the analysis notions such as 'traditionality' and 'authenticity' are analysed and assessed. What is attempted is to co-examine issues drawn from the anthropology of food and memory and the study of ethnic and religious groups. As it is argued food creates real or imagined distincions between Self and Other and sustains images of cultural continuity.

The Invisible Thread: A Portrait of Jewish American Women

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bletter, Diana / Grinkler, Lori / Grinker, Lori, PUBLISHER: Jewish Publication Society of America, A unique and vibrant portrait of 60 women, which explores how they blend their faith and/or sense of Jewishness with their lives, their families, their expectations, and their commitments. Includes 120 black and white photographs.

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