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Humor is the most celebrated of all Jewish responses to modernity. In this book, Ruth Wisse evokes and applauds the genius of spontaneous Jewish joking--as well as the brilliance of comic masterworks by writers like Heinrich Heine, Sholem Aleichem, Isaac Babel, S. Y. Agnon, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and Philip Roth. At the same time, Wisse draws atten

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Traces the rise of Jewish secularism through the visionary writers and thinkers who led its development. Presenting the history of Judaism from the Bible onwards, this book shows how the secular tradition these visionaries created is a uniquely Jewish one, and how the emergence of Jewish secularism was not merely a response to modernity.

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The uses and abuses of antisemitism in the 21st Century, collected by Jewish Voice for Peace.

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Demonstrates that the concept of Jewish self-hatred once had decidedly positive connotations. This title traces the genesis of the term to Anton Kuh, a Viennese-Jewish journalist who coined it in the aftermath of World War I, and shows how the German-Jewish philosopher Theodor Lessing came to write a book that popularized "Jewish self-hatred.

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This series of meditations on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict argues that it represents a struggle not as much about land and history as about space, time and memory.

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Across much of the world today, Muslim women of all ages are increasingly choosing to wear the veil. Is this trend a sign of rising piety or a way of asserting Muslim pride And does the veil really provide women freedom from sexual harassment This title examines the inconsistent and inadequate reasons given for the veil.

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Articles included in this collection discuss how Islam seeks to orient economic agents towards ethical and socially responsible behaviour against a background of the collapse of state-managed economics.

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Suggesting a number of proposals to provide interest-free finance for rural development, this text shows how Islamic banks can play an active role in improving the lot of the rural poor.

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The first volume in a new translation of of Sahih Muslim, the second most authentic collection of Prophetic traditions, with Imam Nawawi's commentary.

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Explores the genesis of Islam for insight into the nature of ideological transformation.

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In the decades leading up to the Arab Spring in 2011, when Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian regime was swept from power in Egypt, Muslim women took a leading role in developing a robust Islamist presence in the country's public sphere. Soft Force examines the writings and activism of these women--including scholars, preachers, journalists, critics, ac

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In the decades leading up to the Arab Spring in 2011, when Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian regime was swept from power in Egypt, Muslim women took a leading role in developing a robust Islamist presence in the country's public sphere. Soft Force examines the writings and activism of these women--including scholars, preachers, journalists, critics, ac

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These papers present a picture of the growth of Islamic economics, money, interest and "quirad", interest-free banking, fiscal policy and "zakat".

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A powerful memoir about hope, courage, and faith. . .

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By 1492 the Jewish people had become a small group of literate urbanites specializing in crafts, trade, moneylending, and medicine in hundreds of places across the Old World, from Seville to Mangalore. What caused this radical change This book presents a new answer to this question.

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