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  • Jews on the Move: Modern Cosmopolitanist Thought and its Others

    Edited by Cathy Gelbin, Sander L Gilman ...
    Jewish cosmopolitanism is key to understanding both modern globalization, and the old and new nationalism. Jewish cultures existing in the Western world during the last two centuries have been and continue to be read as hyphenated phenomena within a specific national context, such as German-Jewish or American-Jewish culture. Yet to what extent do such nationalized constructs of Jewish culture and ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Cosmopolitanisms and the Jews

    by Cathy Gelbin, Sander Gilman ...
    Series series Social History, Popular Culture, And Politics In Germany
    Cosmopolitanisms and the Jews adds significantly to contemporary scholarship on cosmopolitanism by making the experience of Jews central to the discussion, as it traces the evolution of Jewish cosmopolitanism over the last two centuries. The book sets out from an exploration of the nature and cultural-political implications of the shifting perceptions of Jewish mobility and fluidity around 1800, ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Jewish Culture in the Age of Globalisation

    Edited by Cathy Gelbin, Sander Gilman ...
    This interdisciplinary anthology explores the impact of current globalization processes on Jewish communities across the globe. The volume explores the extent to which nationalized constructs of Jewish culture and identity still dominate Jewish self-expressions, as well as the discourses about them, in the rapidly globalizing world of the twenty-first century. Its contributions address the ways in ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

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    The word ‘fascism’ sometimes appears to have become a catch-all term of abuse, applicable to anyone on the political right, from Hitler to Donald Trump and from Putin to Thatcher. While some argue that it lacks any distinctive conceptual meaning at all, others have supplied highly elaborate definitions of its ‘essential’ features. It is therefore a concept that presents unique challenges for any ... Read more

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  • Israel in History

    The Jewish State in Comparative Perspective

    by Derek Penslar ...
    Covering topical issues concerning the nature of the Israeli state, this engaging work presents essays that combine a variety of comparative schemes, both internal to Jewish civilization and extending throughout the world, such as:modern Jewish society, politics and culturehistorical consciousness in the twentieth centurycolonialism, anti-colonialism and postcolonial state-building.With its open ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Jews Did Count But for the Wrong Reasons

    by Simon Cohen ...
    As the so-called 'antisemitism crisis' in the UK Labour Party hardens into an unassailable 'truth,' it becomes more important to challenge it. This book is the voice of a Jewish person saying 'no' to it; saying 'no' to the political leveraging of antisemitism which was part of a patchwork of disinformation largely designed to eradicate the possibility and hope of a deep seated change from a ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Defending Identity

    Its Indispensable Role in Protecting Democracy

    by Natan Sharansky ...
    Who is better prepared to confront challenges and defend principles in a volatile modern world? Those with strong national, religious, ethnic, or tribal identities who accept democracy, or democrats who renounce identity as a kind of divisive prejudice?Natan Sharansky, building on his personal experience as a dissident, argues that valueless cosmopolitanism, even in democracies, is dangerous. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • Holocaust Survivors in Canada

    Exclusion, Inclusion, Transformation, 1947-1955

    by Adara Goldberg ...
    Series Book 14 - Studies in Immigration and Culture
    In the decade after the Second World War, 35,000 Jewish survivors of Nazi persecution and their dependants arrived in Canada. This was a watershed moment in Canadian Jewish history. The unprecedented scale of the relief effort required for the survivors, compounded by their unique social, psychological, and emotional needs challenged both the established Jewish community and resettlement agents ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • On Antisemitism

    Solidarity and the Struggle for Justice

    by Jewish Voice for Peace Leadership and Culture Lab ...
    When the State of Israel claims to represent all Jewish people, defenders of Israeli policy redefine antisemitism to include criticism of Israel. Antisemitism is harmful and real in our society. What must also be addressed is how the deployment of false charges of antisemitism or redefining antisemitism can suppress the global progressive fight for justice. There is no one definitive voice on ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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  • From Memory to Transformation

    Jewish Women's Voices

    Edited by Sarah Silberstein Swartz, Margie Wolfe ...
    Not satisfied by the established roles assigned to them, Jewish women have begun to uncover their history, religion and culture using tradition and memory to inspire and transform their lives. In From Memory to Transformation, women activists, rabbis, sch ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Whatever Happened to Antisemitism?

    Redefinition and the Myth of the 'Collective Jew'

    by Antony Lerman ...
    'This elegantly written, erudite book is essential reading for all of us, whatever our identifications' - Lynne SegalAntisemitism is one of the most controversial topics of our time. The public, academics, journalists, activists and Jewish people themselves are divided over its meaning. Antony Lerman shows that this is a result of a 30-year process of redefinition of the phenomenon, casting Israel ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Like Everyone Else but Different, Second Edition

    The Paradoxical Success of Canadian Jews

    by Morton Weinfeld ...
    Series Book 245 - Carleton Library Series
    Liberal democratic societies with diverse populations generally offer minorities two usually contradictory objectives: the first is equal integration and participation; the second is an opportunity, within limits, to retain their culture. Yet Canadian Jews are successfully integrated into all domains of Canadian life, while at the same time they also seem able to retain their distinct identities ... Read more

    $31.49 USD