This is the first in-depth biography of Rebecca Gratz (1781-1869), the foremost American Jewish woman of the nineteenth century. Perhaps the best-known ...

Originally published in Warsaw in 1913, this beautifully written memoir offers a panoramic description of the author’s experiences growing up in ...

Violence has been a topic of continued concern within American culture and society. Although there have been numerous sociological and historical studies ...

As global cinema becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish, characterizations of horror films from various geographical and cultural locations seem ...

In Comparative Perspectives on Judaisms and Jewish Identities author Stephen Sharot uses his work published in journals and collected volumes over the ...

This compilation of sixteen plays written during the Harlem Renaissance brings together for the first time the works of Langston Hughes, George S. Schuyler ...

Backpacking, or Tarmila’ut, has been a time-honored rite of passage for young Israelis for decades. Shortly after completing their mandatory military ...

When the lights go down and the film starts to roll, we give ourselves over to the magic of movies. But as George Toles observes, what we experience in ...

Anne-Marie Oomen uses a wealth of vivid language and personal details to bring scenes from her childhood on a family farm to life in House of Fields. ...

Called the 'Quintessence of the Baroque' and 'Bridge to the Enlightenment,' Mexican writer and nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz has also been celebrated ...