Suddenly Jewish

Suddenly Jewish
Title Suddenly Jewish PDF eBook
Author Barbara Kessel
Publisher UPNE
Pages 145
Release 2007
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1584656204

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Dramatic personal stories of the unexpected discovery of a Jewish heritage

Suddenly Jewish

Suddenly Jewish
Title Suddenly Jewish PDF eBook
Author Barbara Kessel
Publisher UPNE
Pages 146
Release 2012-04-01
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1611683025

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Dramatic personal stories of the unexpected discovery of a Jewish heritage.

Suddenly, a Knock on the Door

Suddenly, a Knock on the Door
Title Suddenly, a Knock on the Door PDF eBook
Author Etgar Keret
Publisher FSG Originals
Pages 210
Release 2012-03-27
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1466816201

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Bringing up a child, lying to the boss, placing an order in a fast-food restaurant: in Etgar Keret's new collection, daily life is complicated, dangerous, and full of yearning. In his most playful and most mature work yet, the living and the dead, silent children and talking animals, dreams and waking life coexist in an uneasy world. Overflowing with absurdity, humor, sadness, and compassion, the tales in Suddenly, a Knock on the Door establish Etgar Keret—declared a "genius" by The New York Times—as one of the most original writers of his generation.

The Ethiopian Jewish Exodus

The Ethiopian Jewish Exodus
Title The Ethiopian Jewish Exodus PDF eBook
Author Gadi BenEzer
Publisher Routledge
Pages 274
Release 2003-09-02
Genre History
ISBN 1134480946

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This book presents new research into the exodus of 16 thousand Jewish immigrants from Ethopia to Israel between 1977 and 1985. Issues from trauma and memory to race and migration are raised.

The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies

The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies
Title The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies PDF eBook
Author Martin Goodman
Publisher Oxford Handbooks Online
Pages 1060
Release 2002
Genre History
ISBN 9780199280322

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The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies reflects the current state of scholarship in the field as analyzed by an international team of experts in the different and varied areas represented within contemporary Jewish Studies. Unlike recent attempts to encapsulate the current state of Jewish Studies, the Oxford Handbook is more than a mere compendium of agreed facts; rather, it is an exhaustive survey of current interests and directions in the field.

The Blackbird Girls

The Blackbird Girls
Title The Blackbird Girls PDF eBook
Author Anne Blankman
Publisher Penguin
Pages 354
Release 2021-01-19
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 1984837370

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NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD WINNER A SYDNEY TAYLOR MIDDLE GRADE HONOR BOOK Like Ruta Sepetys for middle grade, Anne Blankman pens a poignant and timeless story of friendship that twines together moments in underexplored history. On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry red sky. A reactor at the nuclear power plant where their fathers work--Chernobyl--has exploded. Before they know it, the two girls, who've always been enemies, find themselves on a train bound for Leningrad to stay with Valentina's estranged grandmother, Rita Grigorievna. In their new lives in Leningrad, they begin to learn what it means to trust another person. Oksana must face the lies her parents told her all her life. Valentina must keep her grandmother's secret, one that could put all their lives in danger. And both of them discover something they've wished for: a best friend. But how far would you go to save your best friend's life? Would you risk your own? Told in alternating perspectives among three girls--Valentina and Oksana in 1986 and Rifka in 1941--this story shows that hatred, intolerance, and oppression are no match for the power of true friendship.

Boundaries of Jewish Identity

Boundaries of Jewish Identity
Title Boundaries of Jewish Identity PDF eBook
Author Susan A Glenn
Publisher University of Washington Press
Pages 240
Release 2011-07-01
Genre Religion
ISBN 0295800836

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The subject of Jewish identity is one of the most vexed and contested issues of modern religious and ethnic group history. This interdisciplinary collection draws on work in law, anthropology, history, sociology, literature, and popular culture to consider contemporary and historical responses to the question �Who and what is Jewish?� These essays are focused especially on the issues of who creates the definitions, and how, and in what social and political contexts. The ten leading authorities writing here also look at the forces, ranging from new genetic and reproductive technologies to increasingly multicultural societies, that push against established boundaries. The authors examine how Jews have imagined themselves and how definitions of Jewishness have been established, enforced, challenged, and transformed. Does being a Jew require religious belief, practice, and formal institutional affiliation? Is there a biological or physical aspect of Jewish identity? What is the status of the convert to another religion? How do definitions play out in different geographic and historical settings? What makes Boundaries of Jewish Identity distinctive is its attention to the various Jewish �epistemologies� or ways of knowing who counts as a Jew. These essays reveal that possible answers reflect the different social, intellectual, and political locations of those who are asking. This book speaks to readers concerned with Jewish life and culture and to audiences interested in religious, cultural, and ethnic studies. It provides an excellent opportunity to examine how Jews fit into an increasingly diverse America and an increasingly complicated global society.