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Spanning the history of Judaism, from the kingdom of David to the Oslo Accords, an eminent scholar argues that the Jewish people have been corrupted by powerlessness and their role as perpetual victims and addresses concerns that the strategies of the Diaspora continue to shape the Jewish state. 25,000 first printing.

A powerful look at Jewish politics and culture urges Jews not to abandon their liberal values despite the persistence and recent resurgence of anti-Semitism.

Product Description: What makes a great Jewish book? In fact, what makes a book "Jewish" in the first place? Ruth R. Wisse eloquently fields these questions in The Modern Jewish Canon, her compassionate, insightful guide to the finest Jewish literature of the twentieth century...read more

Presents selections of the author's best work in every genre, including short stories, nonfiction, and selections from his autobiography

Product Description: The five short novellas which comprise this anthology were written between 1890 and World War I. All share a common setting-the Eastern European Jewish town or shtetl, and all deal in different ways with a single topic-the Jewish confrontation with modernity...read more

Analyzes the development and changing forms of the prototypal innocent through Jewish literature and contemporary works by Jewish authors