In 1996 the world commemorates the 900th anniversary of the First Crusade or, more precisely, of the pogroms unleashed by the crusade upon the Jews of the Rhineland. In the Year 1096 ... presents a clear, highly readable chronicle of the events of 1096. Noted teacher and histori…
In 1996 the world commemorates the 900th anniversary of the First Crusade or, more precisely, of the pogroms unleashed by the crusade upon the Jews of the Rhineland. In the Year 1096 ... presents a clear, highly readable chronicle of the events of 1096. Noted teacher and histori…
Woman's status in historical perspective. p. 273.
The first complete look at the social status and daily life of medieval Jewish women.
Woman's status in historical perspective. p. 273.
When Hitler marched into Austria in March 1938, the country's Jewish population numbered nearly 200,000. Those Jews who were able to find refuge in neutral countries were safe; those who fled to countries subsequently overrun by the Nazis were eventually hunted down. Between 193…
When Hitler marched into Austria in March 1938, the country's Jewish population numbered nearly 200,000. Those Jews who were able to find refuge in neutral countries were safe; those who fled to countries subsequently overrun by the Nazis were eventually hunted down. Between 193…
Northeastern Hungary was once full of places like the village of Vaja, where Jews had farmed for generations. Elaine Naves's ancestors had tilled Hungarian soil since the eighteenth century. They had married into similar farming families and maintained a lifestyle at once agricu…
Northeastern Hungary was once full of places like the village of Vaja, where Jews had farmed for generations. Elaine Naves's ancestors had tilled Hungarian soil since the eighteenth century. They had married into similar farming families and maintained a lifestyle at once agricu…
The author examines the connections between the film of the Yishuv (Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine) and the Zionist idea. The book follows the plans to create the figure of the New Jew in Eretz Yisrael as part of a personal, national and universal revolution, and explores the f…
Drawing from both the Old and New Testaments, this book explores how God chooses, how humans participate, what we know from the Bible about God's intentions, and whether God's plan for the chosen people succeeds.