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 **To order, please visit our website at <http://www.academicstudiespress.com/> www.academicstudiespress.com, alternatively you can always order online at Amazon or through most major retailers including Ingram and Baker &Taylor** Have a wonderful week! Best, Stephanie Monasky Sales and Marketing Academic Studies Press
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