Brandeis imprint: 83 books
Women and Water
Menstruation in Jewish Life and Law
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
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) following her period restores full status as...
American Jewish History
A Primary Source Reader
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Presenting the American Jewish historical experience from its communal beginnings to the present through documents, photographs, and other illustrations, many of which have never before been published, this entirely new collection of source materials complements existing textbooks on American Jewish...
Religious Crisis and Civic Transformation
How Conflicts over Gender and Sexuality Changed the West German Catholic Church
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
This book offers a fresh interpretation of the connection between the West German Catholic Church and post-1950s political debates on women’s reproductive rights and the protection of life in West Germany. According to Tichenor, Catholic women in West Germany, influenced by the culture of consumption,...
Gender and Justice in Family Law Disputes
Women, Mediation, and Religious Arbitration
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Recently, new methods of dispute resolution in matters of family law—such as arbitration, mediation, and conciliation—have created new forms of legal culture that affect minority communities throughout the world. There are now multiple ways of obtaining restitution through nontraditional alternative...
Strategic Planning in the Arts
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Planning today is more important than ever. Both acquisition and allocation of resources are increasingly difficult for arts organizations as a result of emerging technologies, reduced arts education, aging donors, and the advent of new forms of entertainment. It is essential for arts organizations...
The Kosher Baker
Over 160 Dairy-free Recipes from Traditional to Trendy
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
Producing flavorful and appealing kosher desserts has been a challenge in Jewish households throughout the ages. Without access to butter, cream, milk, cheese, yogurt, or other dairy products, creating a tasty and memorable dessert for family and friends requires more than simple substitutions and...
Knish
In Search of the Jewish Soul Food
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
When Laura Silver’s favorite knish shop went out of business, the native New Yorker sank into mourning, but then she sprang into action. She embarked on a round-the-world quest for the origins and modern-day manifestations of the knish. The iconic potato pie leads the author from Mrs. Stahl’s...
A Season of Singing
Creating Feminist Jewish Music in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
In the 1960s, Jewish music in America began to evolve. Traditional liturgical tunes developed into a blend of secular and sacred sound that became known in the 1980s as “American Nusach.” Chief among these developments was the growth of feminist Jewish songwriting. In this lively study, Sarah...
Legalizing Plural Marriage
The Next Frontier in Family Law
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
Polygamous marriages are currently recognized in nearly fifty countries worldwide. Although polygamy is technically illegal in the United States, it is practiced by members of some religious communities and a growing number of other “poly” groups. In the radically changing and increasingly multicultural...
Girls of Liberty
The Struggle for Suffrage in Mandatory Palestine
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Following the Balfour Declaration and the British conquest of Palestine (1917–1918), the small Jewish community that lived there wanted to establish an elected assembly as its representative body. The issue that hindered this aim was whether women would be part of it. A group of feminist Zionist...
The Eddie Cantor Story
A Jewish Life in Performance and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
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 pride in his Jewish heritage, and his engagement...
Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady
The Origins of Chabad Hasidism
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady (1745–1812), in imperial Russia, was the founder and first rebbe of Chabad, a branch of Hasidic Judaism that flourishes to the present day. The Chabad-Lubavitch movement he founded in the region now known as Belarus played, and continues to play, an important part in...
by Sven-Erik Rose
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
In this book Rose illuminates the extraordinary creativity of Jewish intellectuals as they reevaluated Judaism with the tools of a German philosophical tradition fast emerging as central to modern intellectual life. While previous work emphasizes the “subversive” dimensions of German-Jewish thought...