New Books, Journals and Other Resources

New Books. Combined Academic Publishers.   Jews and Journeys: Travel and the Performance of Jewish Identity Edited by Joshua Levinson and Orit Bashkin University of Pennsylvania Press 9780812252958 | HB | £56.00 | August 2021 https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/9780812252958/jews-and-journeys/ Journeys of dislocation and return, of … [Further information]

New Books: Vallentine Mitchell Publishers * Zev’s Children: An International Jewish Family  by Kenneth Collins I have never come across a family as widely dispersed, with as many branches, and with such a variety of very different experiences and careers. Equally, it is a little unusual to find an author who has kept in touch, or managed to … [Further information]

New books from the Littman Library of Jewish Civilization Rupture and Reconstruction by Haym Soloveitchik September 2021, Hardback, pp. 144, 9781906764388, £29.95 A cogent analysis of Orthodoxy’s ‘swing to the right’: a rupture with existing attitudes and patterns of behaviour that has had major consequences for Jewish society and spirituality. … [Further information]

Canadian Jewish Studies / Études juives canadiennes  Vol. 32, Fall 2021.   Special Issue: Canadian Holocaust Literature / Littérature canadienne sur l'Holocauste    Table of Contents  The editorial team of Canadian Jewish Studies / Études juives canadiennes is pleased to announce the online publication of Volume 32, guest edited by Ruth … [Further information]

New books. Vallentine Mitchell Publishers. * Jews by the Seaside: The Jewish Hotels and Guesthouses of Bournemouth. By Pam Fox A visit to a Jewish hotel in Bournemouth in post-war Britain was greatly anticipated - for many, it was both a regular family and communal event. Pam Fox’s incisive investigation has reclaimed the underlying meaning of … [Further information]