Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Academic Studies Press is pleased to announce the publication of five new
titles in June!
The Pillar of Volozhin: Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin and the World of
19th Century Lithuanian Torah Scholarship
By Gil Perl
ISBN 978-1-936235-70-4
291 pp. (cloth)
$80.00
The work of Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, the Neziv, ranks amongst the
most often read rabbinic literature of the nineteenth century. His breadth
of learning, unabashed creativity, and penchant for walking against the
stream of the rabbinic commentarial establishment has made his commentaries
a favorite amongst rabbinic scholars and scholars of rabbinics alike. Yet,
to date, there has been no comprehensive and systematic attempt to place his
intellectual oeuvre into its historical context - until now.
In The Pillar of Volozhin, Gil Perl traces the influences which helped mold
and shape the Neziv's thinking while also opening new doors into the world
of early nineteenth century Lithuanian Torah scholarship, an area heretofore
almost completely untouched by academic research.
Review:
Perl's work reflects an intimate knowledge of the broad range of books
printed in the nineteenth century by the Lithuanian circle of rabbinic
scholars, and shows how those works reflect new interests and emphases in
traditional Torah study. Through careful precise nuanced textual analysis,
coupled with familiarity with the broad canvas of early modern rabbinic
creativity and Lithuanian Haskalah, Perl elucidates, in particular, the
originality and significance of nineteenth century Lithuanian midrash
commentary and provides very important correctives to the work of scholars
who have previously written on this subject. It is a major contribution to
the field.
--- Jacob J. Schacter, University Professor of Jewish History and Jewish
Thought, Yeshiva University
Series: Studies in Orthodox Judaism
Lives Lived and Lost: East European History Before, During, and After World
War II as Experienced by an Anthropologist and Her Mother
By Kaja Finkler and Golda Finkler
ISBN 978-1-936235-90-2
350 pp. (cloth)
$55.00
Lives Lived and Lost stands at the intersection of biography, autobiography,
memory and history. It narrates a mother's and daughter's separate
perspectives of their experiences before, during and after World War II. The
book is also an ethnography of lives of women and children during a
transformative period in Eastern Europe and opens a window to the crucial
events of that epoch. The challenge of the narratives provides the urgency
of the story and the richness of the historical record. It is also an
unforgettable story of love, loss and longing for family engulfed by war.
The book will resonate with those interested in the lives of individual
women and children, mothers and daughters; scholars, and students of
history, World War II, gender, and religion, especially Hasidism,
immigrants, and with mainstream readers in this and future generations
unfamiliar with life during the first half of the twentieth century in
Europe.
Review:
This is a highly unusual and powerful Holocaust survivor memoir of mother
and daughter...A remarkable and poignant mother-daughter odyssey.
--- Christopher R. Browning, Frank Porter Graham Professor of History,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Have a wonderful week!
Best,
Stephanie Monasky
Sales and Marketing
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