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41. The Global Impact of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion

    A Century-Old Myth

    Edited by Esther Webman

    Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

    The Protocols of the Elders of Zion has attracted the interest of politicians and academicians, and generated extensive research, since the tract first appeared in the early twentieth century. Despite having repeatedly been discredited as a historical document, and in spite of the fact that it...

    Published June 13th 2011 by Routledge
42. Referring to God

    Jewish and Christian Perspectives

    By Paul Helm

    Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

    There is a long tradition of discussion in the philosophy of religion about the problems and possibilities involved in talking about God. This book presents accounts of the problem within Jewish and Christian philosophy....

    Published April 6th 2011 by Routledge
43. From Falashas to Ethiopian Jews

    The External Influences for Change, c. 1860-1960

    By Daniel Summerfield

    Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

    In the light of the Israeli government's plan to halt Ethiopian immigration, this book provides original research into the transformation of the Falashas to Ethiopian Jews during the twentieth century which made them eligible for immigration into Israel, adding a new dimension to the question...

    Published April 6th 2011 by Routledge
44. Philosophy and Rabbinic Culture

    Jewish Interpretation and Controversy in Medieval Languedoc

    By Gregg Stern

    Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

    Philosophy and Rabbinic Culture is a study of the great, and curiously underappreciated, engagement of a Medieval European Jewish community with the philosophic tradition. This lucid description of the Languedocian Jewish community's multigenerational cultivation of - and acculturation to -...

    Published December 6th 2010 by Routledge
45. Studies of the Holocaust

    Lessons in Survivorship

    Edited by Roberta R Greene

    It has been more than sixty years since the end of World War II and the liberation of the survivors of the Holocaust. Since then, many rich personal and historical accounts have been written of the horrific events of those times. Mental health workers have strived to give survivors solace for their...

    Published November 11th 2010 by Routledge
46. Judaism, Philosophy, Culture

    Selected Studies by E. I. J. Rosenthal

    By Erwin Rosenthal

    Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

    One of the outstanding interpreters of Jewish culture in the twentieth century has been Erwin Rosenthal. This book contains some of his most influential work, ranging from the nature of Jewish political thought, both classical and medieval, to Christian reactions to Judaism and to varying...

    Published September 28th 2010 by Routledge
47. A Minyan of Women

    Family Dynamics, Jewish Identity and Psychotherapy Practice

    Edited by Beverly Greene, Dorith Brodbar

    This book explores the diverse manner in which family dynamics shaped Jewish identities in ways that were unique and directly connected to their experiences within their families of origin. Highlighted is the diversity of experience of ethnic identity within members of a group of women who are...

    Published September 22nd 2010 by Routledge
48. Fifty Key Thinkers on the Holocaust and Genocide

    By Paul R. Bartrop, Steven L. Jacobs

    Series: Routledge Key Guides

    This unique volume critically discusses the works of fifty of the most influential scholars involved in the study of the Holocaust and genocide. Studying each scholar’s background and influences, the authors examine the ways in which their major works have been received by critics and supporters,...

    Published August 25th 2010 by Routledge
49. Collaboration with the Nazis

    Public Discourse after the Holocaust

    Edited by Roni Stauber

    Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

    This book examines the changes in representing collaboration, during the Holocaust, especially in the destruction of European Jewry, in the public discourse and the historiography of various countries in Europe that were occupied by the Germans, or were considered, at least during part of the war,...

    Published August 3rd 2010 by Routledge
50. Philosophy of the Talmud

    By Hyam Maccoby

    Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

    This is a new presentation of the philosophy of the Talmud. The Talmud is not a work of formal philosophy, but much of what it says is relevant to philosophical enquiry, including issues explored in contemporary debates. In particular, the Talmud has original ideas about the relation between...

    Published July 31st 2010 by Routledge