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New Books, Journals and Other Resources
New Books. Recent Vallentine-Mitchell titles.
Recent Vallentine-Mitchell titles Photographs of Childhood and Parenting on Kibbutz: Collective Memories and Private Memorials Edna Barromi-Perlman What is it that we wish to see in our photo albums? Reality as it was, or a selected, upgraded version of our past? Can we control the memories we pass on? These are some of the thought-provoking … [Further information]
Jewish Studies Titles from Combined Academic Publishing
Jewish Studies Titles from Combined Academic Publishing Natasha Goldman, Memory Passages: Holocaust Memorials in the United States and Germany Temple University Press Hardback: 9781439914236. £41.00. February 2020 This book can be pre-ordered within 2 months of the publication date http://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/memory-passages For … [Further information]
New Book. Philo of Alexandria and Greek Myth. Narratives, Allegories, and Arguments
Philo of Alexandria and Greek Myth. Narratives, Allegories, and Arguments (Studies in Philo of Alexandria, Volume: 10) Editors: Francesca Alesse and Ludovica De Luca In Philo of Alexandria and Greek Myth: Narratives, Allegories, and Arguments, a fresh and more complete image of Philo of Alexandria as a careful reader, interpreter, and critic of … [Further information]
New Book. “The Jewish Calendar Controversy of 921/2 CE”.
The Jewish Calendar Controversy of 921/2 CE Series: Time, Astronomy, and Calendars, Volume: 7 Publisher: Brill Author: Sacha Stern In the year 921/2, the Jewish leaders of Palestine and Babylonia disagreed on how to calculate the calendar. This led the Jews of the entire Near East to celebrate Passover and the other festivals, through two … [Further information]
New Book. “Nearly the New World: The British West Indies and the Flight from Nazism, 1933-1945”.
Nearly the New World: The British West Indies and the Flight from Nazism, 1933-1945 By Joanna Newman Publisher: Berghahn Books Berghahn Books is pleased to announce the recent release of Nearly the New World: The British West Indies and the Flight from Nazism, 1933–1945 by Joanna Newman (September 2019, Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-78920-649-4; 320 … [Further information]