Recent Acquisitions in the Jewish Division: November 2015

The following titles on our Recent Acquisitions Display are just a few of our new books, which are available at the reference desk in the Dorot Jewish Division. Catalog entries for the books can be found by clicking on their covers.

Becoming Un-Orthodox
Ben-Gurion
Jewish Culture in Early Modern Europe
Jewish-Greek Tradition
Maimonides
Making of Jewish Revolutionaries
Migrating Tales
Poverty, Charity, and Image of the Poor
Scots Jews
Spanish Attitudes Towards Jerusalem
Tales of Three Cities
Traditional Society in Transition
A Vocabulary of Desire
Urban Origins of American Judaism

Becoming Un-Orthodox: Stories Of Ex-hasidic Jews by Lynn Davidman

Ben-Gurion: Father Of Modern Israel by Anita Shapira (also available as e-book)

Disappeared Science: Biographical Dictionary Of Jewish Scholars From Bohemia And Moravia by Michal V. Šimůne (ed.)

I Thought I'd Never Taste This Again by Mercedes Castiel

Jewish Culture In Early Modern Europe by Richard I. Cohen (ed.)

Jewish-Greek Tradition In Antiquity And The Byzantine Empire edited by James K. Aitken

Maimonides And The Shaping Of The Jewish Canon by James A. Diamond

Making Of Jewish Revolutionaries In The Pale Of Settlement by Inna Shtakser

Mame-loshn fun Naḥum Sṭuṭshḳoṿ: redaḳṭirṭ fun Leyzer Burḳo

Migrating Tales: The Talmud's Narratives And Their Historical Context by Richard Kalmin

Our City!: Jewish Vienna -- Then To Now by Werner Hanak-Lettner (published)

Poverty, Charity And The Image Of The Poor In Rabbinic Texts From The Land Of Israel by Yael Wilfand

Scots Jews: Identity, Belonging And The Future photographs by Judah Passow

Spanish Attitudes Toward Judaism by Adolfo Kuznitzk

Tales Of Three Cities: Urban Jewish Cultures In London, Berlin, And Paris (c. 1880-1940) by Tobias Metzler

Traditional Society In Transition: The Yemeni Jewish Experience by Bat-Zion Eraqi Klorman

Urban Origins Of American Judaism by Deborah Dash Moore (also available as e-book through Project Muse)

Vocabulary Of Desire: The Song Of Songs In The Early Synagogue by Laura S. Lieber