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 elcome to Brandeis University Press,
a member press of the University Press of New England (UPNE). Brandeis
University Press publishes in a variety of scholarly and general
interest fields, including books in the Brandeis Series in
American Jewish History, Culture, and Life, the HBI Series on Jewish Women,
the Schusterman Series
in Israel Studies, the Tauber Institute for the
Study of European Jewry Series, the Brandeis
Library of Modern Jewish Thought, the Brandeis Series on Gender,
Culture, Religion, and Law, and the Menahem Stern Jerusalem
Lectures (sponsored by the Historical Society of Israel). Our
critically acclaimed, award-winning books cover diverse subjects and
perspectives relating to politics, culture, history, gender, religion,
philosophy, language, and literature. While we are committed to
publishing compelling and innovative approaches to the study of the
Jewish experience worldwide, Brandeis University Press's broader goal
is to illuminate subjects of all stripes with intelligence, curiosity,
and care.
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FEATURE
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Israel
A History
Anita Shapira
A history of Israel in the context of the
modern Jewish experience and the history of the Middle East
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Winner of the
2012 National Jewish Book Award
in History |
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Holocaust Literature
A History and Guide
David G. Roskies, Naomi Diamant
A comprehensive assessment of Holocaust literature, from World War II to the present day
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Jewhooing the Sixties
American Celebrity and Jewish Identity—Sandy Koufax,
Lenny Bruce, Bob Dylan, and Barbra Streisand
David E. Kaufman
A
lively look at four major Jewish celebrities of early 1960s America,
who together made their mark on both American culture and Jewish
identity |
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Gender, Religion, and Family Law
Theorizing Conflicts between Women’s Rights
and Cultural Traditions
Lisa Fishbayn Joffe, ed.; Sylvia Neil, ed.
Groundbreaking theoretical and legal approaches to resolving conflicts between gender equality and cultural practices |
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