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Bodies and Souls
In the second half of the nineteenth century, several thousand impoverished young Jewish women from Eastern Europe were forced into prostitution in the frontier colonies of Latin America, South Africa,…
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Gendering Disgust in Medieval Religious Polemic
In Gendering Disgust in Medieval Religious Polemic, Alexandra Cuffel analyzes medieval Jewish, Christian, and Muslim uses of gendered bodily imagery and metaphors of impurity in their visual and verbal polemic…
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On Three Pillars
On Three Pillars: Torah, Worship, and Practice of Loving Kindness, The Synagogues of Brooklyn is not meant to be a complete visual inventory of Brooklyn synagogues, past or present, but…
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Philo’s Portrayal of Moses in the Context of Ancient Judaism
Philo’s Portrayal of Moses in the Context of Ancient Judaism presents the most comprehensive study of Philo’s De Vita Mosis that exists in any language. Feldman, well known for his…
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The Book of Customs
“The Book of Customs serves as an essential handbook to Jewish practice. Accessible, well-researched, practical–and elegantly designed.”“Scott-Martin Kosofsky’s brilliant work vividly brings back to life a lost genre of Jewish…
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The Holy Thief
Mark Borovitz was a mobster, gangster, con man, gambler, thief, and a drunk. He’s seen it all. In this inspiring memoir, he takes you on a journey from the streets…