Jewish Studies

How the Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center informed the PLO鈥檚 relationship to Zionism and Israel

A major biography of a mesmerizing statesman whose complex bond with the Jewish people forever shaped their lives鈥攁nd his legacy

A groundbreaking reinterpretation of early Judaism, during the millennium before the study of the Bible took center stage

A critical look at the difficulties women face in the field of Jewish studies, drawing on quantitative data, personal stories, and the gendered history of the field

An examination of how the Jews鈥攔eal and imagined鈥攕o challenged the Christian majority in medieval Europe that it became a society that was religiously and culturally antisemitic in new ways

How, over the course of five centuries, one particular god and one particular Christianity came to dominate late Roman imperial politics and piety

Marx for the twenty-first century
The first new English translation in fifty years鈥攁nd the only one based on the last German edition revised by Marx himself
Featuring extensive original commentary, including a foreword by acclaimed political theorist Wendy Brown
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A collection of colorful and candid essays and other pieces about Freud and his legacy today, featuring twenty-five leading writers
With original contributions by Andr茅 Aciman 鈥 Sarah Boxer 鈥 Jennifer Finney Boylan 鈥 Susie Boyt 鈥 Gerald Early 鈥 Esther Freud 鈥...

A comprehensive study of the New Christian elite of Jewish origin鈥攑rominent traders, merchants, bankers and men of letters鈥攂etween the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries

WINNER OF THE 2025 PULITZER PRIZE
A "riveting history" (Wall Street Journal) of the Soviet dissident movement, which hastened the end of the USSR and still provides a model of opposition in Putin鈥檚 Russia鈥攁nd beyond

A richly illustrated new exploration of the painting, photography, and illustration of the politically progressive American artist

A richly detailed history of the Bacris and the Busnachs, two renowned Jewish families whose influence and reputation shook the capitals of Europe and America

鈥淭his is the kind of book that haunts your dreams. Essential reading for anyone who has known what it is like to live within a totalitarian state鈥攐r is worried they鈥檙e about to find out.鈥濃擹adie Smith, author of White Teeth
The hidden history of a nation sleepwalking...

The dark history of eugenic thought in Germany from the nineteenth century to today鈥攁nd the courageous countervoices

A staggering new account of the civilian death toll of the world wars鈥攁nd what it reveals about the true nature and cost of modern war

A major new history of the genocide of Roma and Jews during World War II and their entangled quest for historical justice