Newest Books
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A Season of Singing: Creating Feminist Jewish Music in the U.S. |
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Girls of Liberty: The Struggle for Suffrage in Mandatory Palestine |
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Jewish Families in Europe: History, Representation, and Memory |
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Love, Marriage, and Jewish Families: Paradoxes of a Social Revolution |
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Feminist Rereadings of Rabbinic Literature |
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The Days Between: Blessings, Poems, and Directions of the Heart for the Jewish High Holiday Season Marcia Falk |
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Knish: In Search of the Jewish Soul Food |
HBI Series on Jewish Women
The HBI Series on Jewish Women publishes a wide range of books about Jewish women and gender issues in diverse contexts. By offering fresh perspectives on Jewish women’s history, lives and experiences worldwide, the series aims to close a major gap in Jewish learning.
Books in the HBI Series on Jewish Women are appropriate for course adoption in Jewish studies, women’s studies, gender studies, history, religion and many other fields of study.
Authors may submit proposals to either Series Editor Sylvia Barack Fishman, Ph.D. or Associate Editor Lisa Fishbayn Joffe, S.J.D.
Below, is a list of some of our publications in the Series. For a complete list, visit the University Press of New England website.
The German-Jewish Cookbook: Recipes and History of a Cuisine Gabrielle Rossmer Gropman and Sonya Gropman The first German-Jewish cookbook in a century, a history and memoir with over 100 recipes Buy the book |
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A Poetics of Trauma: The Work of Dahlia Ravikovitch Ilana Szobel Astute analysis of the work of a great Israeli poet through the lens of psychoanalysis, gender, nationalism, and trauma theory Buy the book |
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American Jewish Women and the Zionist Enterprise |
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Double or Nothing? Jewish Families and Mixed Marriage |
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National Jewish Book Award Winner! |
Eternally Eve: Images of Eve in the Hebrew Bible, Midrash, and Modern Jewish Poetry |
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National Jewish Book Award Finalist! |
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National Jewish Book Award Winner! |
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Feminist Rereadings of Rabbinic Literature |
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Forsaken: The Menstruant in Medieval Jewish Mysticism |
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Four Centuries of Jewish Women's Spirituality |
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Gaby Brimmer: An Autobiography in Three Voices |
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Gender and American Jews: |
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A Jewish Ceremoney for Newborn Girls: The Torah's Covenant Affirmed |
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Jewish Feminism in Israel Some Contemporary Perspectives |
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Jewish Marriage and Divorce in Imperial Russia |
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Jewish Portraits, Indian Frames: Women’s Narratives from a Diaspora of Hope |
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Jewish Women in Pre-State Israel |
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Holocaust Mothers and Daughters: Family, History, and Trauma |
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Knish: In Search of the Jewish Soul Food |
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The Kosher Baker |
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Leaving Leningrad: The True Adventures of a Soviet Émigré |
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National Jewish Book Award Finalist! |
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National Jewish Book Award Winner! |
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Midrashic Women: Formations of the Feminine in Rabbinic Literature |
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Pious and Rebellious: Jewish Women in Medieval Europe |
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National Jewish Book Award Finalist! |
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Promised Lands: New Jewish American Fiction on Longing and Belonging |
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Sexual Violence against Jewish Women during the Holocaust |
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The Best School in Jerusalem: Annie Landau's School for Girls, 1900 - 1960 |
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The Days Between: Blessings, Poems, and Directions of the Heart for the Jewish High Holiday Season |
The Song of Songs: Love Lyrics from the Bible Marcia Falk An acclaimed translation of the Bible’s celebrated collection of love poetry Buy the book |
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The Covenant of Circumcision: New Perspectives on an Ancient Jewish Rite Elizabeth Wyner Mark, Editor Scholars and rabbis examine the complex history and contemporary challenges of the Jewish rite of circumcision. Buy the book |
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The Men's Section: Orthodox Jewish Men in an Egalitarian World Elana Maryles Sztokman A provocative look at the inner world of Orthodox Jewish men who attend partnership synagogues Buy the book |
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The Plough Woman: Records of the Pioneer Women of Palestine Mark A. Raider and Miriam B. Raider-Roth, Editors The classic text on the pioneer women of pre-state Israel, updated in 2002 Buy the book |
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The Women Who Reconstructed American Jewish Education, 1910-1965 Carol K. Ingall, ed. The first volume to examine the contributions of women who brought the forces of American progressivism and Jewish nationalism to formal and informal Jewish education Buy the book |
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Uncertain Travelers: Conversations with Jewish Women Immigrants to America Marjorie Agosín An evocative exploration of Jewish women’s immigration to America Buy the book |
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Wedding Song: Memoirs of an Iranian Jewish Woman Farideh Goldin A riveting personal account of growing up in the shadow of religious fundamentalism Buy the book |
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What Makes Women Sick? Maternity, Modesty, and Militarism in Israeli Society Susan Sered An eye-opening look at Israeli women’s life expectancy and health Buy the book |
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Women and American Judaism Historical Perspectives Pamela S. Nadell and Jonathan D. Sarna, Editors New portrayals of the religious lives of American Jewish women from colonial times to the present Buy the book |
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Women and Water: Menstruation in Jewish Life and Law Rahel R. Wasserfall, Editor Provocative essays address women’s menstrual rituals in Jewish law, history and culture. Buy the book |
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Women, Birth, and Death in Jewish Law and Practice |