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Mishpachah: The Jewish Family in Tradition and in Transition

By Leonard J. Greenspoon (editor)

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9781557537577 | Purdue Univ Pr, October 15, 2016, cover price $35.00

Wealth and Poverty in Jewish Tradition

Product Description: Economic inequity is an issue of worldwide concern in the twenty-first century. Although these issues have not troubled all people at all times, they are nonetheless not new. Thus, it is not surprising that Judaism has developed many perspectives, theoretical and practical, to explain and ameliorate the circumstances that produce serious economic disparity...read more

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9781557537225 | Purdue Univ Pr, October 15, 2015, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Economic inequity is an issue of worldwide concern in the twenty-first century.

Who Is a Jew?: Reflections on History, Religion, and Culture

Product Description: Jewish identity is a perennial concern, as Jews seek to define the major features and status of those who âbelong,â while at the same time draw distinctions between individuals and groups on the âinsideâ and those on the âoutside...read more

By Leonard J. Greenspoon (editor)

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9781557536921 | Purdue Univ Pr, October 15, 2014, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Jewish identity is a perennial concern, as Jews seek to define the major features and status of those who âbelong,â while at the same time draw distinctions between individuals and groups on the âinsideâ and those on the âoutside.

Fashioning Jews: Clothing, Culture, and Commerce

By Leonard J. Greenspoon (editor)

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9781557536570 | Purdue Univ Pr, October 15, 2013, cover price $35.00

Jews in the Gym: Judaism, Sports, and Athletics

By Leonard J. Greenspoon (editor)

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9781557536297 | Purdue Univ Pr, September 28, 2012, cover price $35.00

Jews and Humor

By Leonard J. Greenspoon (editor)

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9781557535979 | Purdue Univ Pr, September 15, 2011, cover price $35.00

Rites of Passage:: How Today's Jews Celebrate, Commemorate, and Commiserate; Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual symposium of the Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilizati

Product Description: Scholars tend to call them Ârites of passage.â Most people prefer to speak of them as life-cycle events or milestones. Jews like to speak of simchas, when thereâs something (a birth, bar or bat mitzvah, or a wedding) to celebrate...read more

By Leonard J. Greenspoon (editor)

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9781557535771, titled "Rites of Passage: How Today's Jews Celebrate, Commemorate, and Commiserate; Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual symposium of the Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilizati" | Purdue Univ Pr, October 15, 2010, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Scholars tend to call them Ârites of passage.

The Book of Esther in Modern Research

Product Description: The proceedings of a symposium entitled Esther 2000 held in Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska in April 2000, the book contains a collection of essays that engages all aspects of the biblical book of Esther. From questions of textual criticism to the history of rabbinic interpretation to speculation on the modern form of commentary, this collection is sure to contain something for everyone interested in the book of Esther...read more

By Sidnie White Crawford (editor) and Leonard J. Greenspoon (editor)

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9780826466631 | Sheffield Academic Pr, May 1, 2004, cover price $140.00 | About this edition: The proceedings of a symposium entitled Esther 2000 held in Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska in April 2000, the book contains a collection of essays that engages all aspects of the biblical book of Esther.

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9781441103055, titled "Book of Esther in Modern Research" | Bloomsbury USA Academic, May 15, 2009, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: The proceedings of a symposium entitled Esther 2000 held in Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska in April 2000, the book contains a collection of essays that engages all aspects of the biblical book of Esther.

American Judaism in Popular Culture: American Judaism in Popular Culture

Product Description: The series Studies in Jewish Civilization, based on the annual symposium of the Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization and Harris Center for Judaic Studies, examines Jewish history and culture around the world and throughout history...read more

By Leonard J. Greenspoon (editor) and Ronald A. Simkins (editor)

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9781881871569 | Creighton Univ Pr, September 1, 2007, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: The series Studies in Jewish Civilization, based on the annual symposium of the Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization and Harris Center for Judaic Studies, examines Jewish history and culture around the world and throughout history.

The Jews of Eastern Europe

Product Description: Most American Jews have roots in Eastern Europe. The experiences of our nineteenth- and twentieth-century ancestors continue to influence, in one way or another, thinking about Jewish art, literature, theater, education, religious observance, and political activities...read more

By Leonard J. Greenspoon, Brian J. Horowitz (editor) and Ronald A. Simkins (editor)

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9781881871477 | Creighton Univ Pr, January 1, 2006, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Most American Jews have roots in Eastern Europe.

Studies in Jewish Civilization: Women and Judaism

By Jean Axelrad Cahan (editor), Leonard J. Greenspoon (editor) and Ronald A. Simkins (editor)

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9781881871439 | Creighton Univ Pr, January 1, 2004, cover price $29.95

Spiritual Dimensions of Judaism

Product Description: What is the enduring spiritual power of Judaism? How have Jewish men and women from different walks of life, past and present, drawn on their faith to find spiritual meaning in their lives? In this absorbing collection of essays, scholars from a range of disciplines examine different paths to and expressions of spirituality in Judaism...read more

By Leonard J. Greenspoon (editor) and Ronald A. Simkins (editor)

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9781881871422 | Ill edition (Creighton Univ Pr, June 1, 2003), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: What is the enduring spiritual power of Judaism?

Studies in Jewish Civilization: Millennialism from the Hebrew Bible to the Present

Product Description: The concept of millennialismâof a looming End of Days that will usher in salvation and a new worldâis prevalent in Jewish history and culture and also serves as a cornerstone for a number of Christian faiths. Millennialism has also sprung up among certain disenfranchised, marginalized, or conquered peoples at different times and places throughout history...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Leonard J. Greenspoon (editor) and Ronald A. Simkins (editor)

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9781881871415 | Creighton Univ Pr, September 1, 2002, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: The concept of millennialismâof a looming End of Days that will usher in salvation and a new worldâis prevalent in Jewish history and culture and also serves as a cornerstone for a number of Christian faiths.

A Land Flowing With Milk and Honey": Visions of Israel from Biblical to Modern Times

Product Description: "A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey" examines how the promised land of Israel has been seen and interpreted differently over the course of Jewish history by those who call it home and by the many other individuals and cultures it has affected...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Leonard J. Greenspoon (editor)

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9781881871408 | Creighton Univ Pr, December 1, 2001, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: "A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey" examines how the promised land of Israel has been seen and interpreted differently over the course of Jewish history by those who call it home and by the many other individuals and cultures it has affected.

The Historical Jesus Through Catholic and Jewish Eyes