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Bark A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast
ISBN: PB: 9781684580316, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, September 2020
280 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 283 colour plates, 151 halftones, 65 maps
What kind of tree is that? Whether you're hiking in the woods or simply sitting in your backyard, from Maine to New York you'll never be without an answer to that question, thanks to this handy companion to the trees of the Northeast. Featuring detai...
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Learning on the Left Political Profiles of Brandeis University
ISBN: HB: 9781684580118, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, May 2020
400 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Brandeis University is the United States' only Jewish-sponsored nonsectarian university, and while only being established after World War II, it has risen to become one of the most respected universities in the nation. The faculty and alumni of the u...
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Eddie Cantor Story A Jewish Life in Performance and Politics
ISBN: HB: 9781512600483, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, November 2017
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
This absorbing biography chronicles the life and work of one of the most important entertainers of the twentieth century. Eddie Cantor (1892-1964) starred in theater, film, radio, and television. His immense popularity across a variety of media, his...
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Marriage and Divorce in the Jewish State Israel's Civil War
ISBN: HB: 9781611683639, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, December 2012
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Israel currently has two recognized systems of law operating side by side: civil and religious. Israeli religious courts possess the exclusive right to conduct and terminate marriages. There is no civil marriage or divorce in Israel, irrespective of...
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New Jewish Leaders Reshaping the American Jewish Landscape
ISBN: PB: 9781611681833, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, December 2011
376 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
By the end of the twentieth century, a new generation of leaders had begun to assume positions of influence within established organizations. They quickly launched a slew of new initiatives directed at their age peers. Born during the last quarter of...
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Jewish Dimensions in Modern Visual Culture Antisemitism, Assimilation, Affirmation
ISBN: HB: 9781584657958, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, December 2009
356 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
In modern western history, the cultural and social developments of modernism have long been associated with Jews. For conservative groups this has been a negative association: the perceived breakdown of traditional norms was blamed on Jewish influenc...
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Learning and Community Jewish Supplementary Schools in the Twenty-First Century
ISBN: PB: 9781584657705, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, July 2009
400 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
At a time of heightened interest in Jewish supplementary schooling, this volume offers a path-breaking examination of how ten diverse schools have remade themselves to face the new challenges of the twenty-first century. Each written by an academic o...
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Covenant of Circumcision New Perspectives on an Ancient Jewish Rite
ISBN: PB: 9781584653073, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, April 2003
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
According to Jewish law, the ritual practice of circumcising male infants signals the male child's entry into the covenant his forefather Abraham made with God. Circumcision, now a common medical procedure for male infants in the United States, has c...
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In Search of American Jewish Culture
ISBN: PB: 9781584651710, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, October 2001
333 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
In drama and in musical comedy, in popular song and in symphonic music, in movies and in literature, Jews have contributed to American culture in the 20th century to a degree out of all proportion to their numbers. But does this vast creative output...
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Women and Water Menstruation in Jewish Life and Law
ISBN: PB: 9780874519600, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, November 1999
290 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
The term Niddah means separation. During her menstrual flow and for several days thereafter, a Jewish woman is considered Niddah – separate from her husband and unable to practice the sacred rituals of Judaism. Purification in a miqveh (a ritual bath...
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