Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Academic Studies Press is pleased to announce the publication of four new titles in December! Hating the Jews: The Rise of Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century By Gregg Rickman ISBN 978-1-936235-25-4 250 pp. (cloth) $49.00 With an increase in Muslim attacks on the Jewish people in Western Europe, Jews are now facing levels of genocide and hatred not seen since WWII. In this volume Gregg Rickman, the first United States Special Envoy to monitor and combat Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century, offers an in-depth examination of the striking rise in Anti-Semitism in recent years, exploring how many Muslims are attempting to substitute the plight of the Jewish people with their own claims of victimhood. These calls for recognition are often accompanied by acts of public disobedience, violent street protests, and petty crimes. Rickman's firsthand account reveals just how much the Arab-Israeli struggle has worsened, extending the hatred directed towards Jews in Israel to those in Europe as well. Review: "From Jeddah to Geneva, U.S. Special Envoy Gregg Rickman battled antisemites the world over with courage and conviction. He also had to overcome fierce resistance to his pioneering post within the State Department. Scholarly analysis, lively memoir, and call to action, this book is a must-read for anyone who cares about understanding-and combating-the oldest hatred."-Hillel C. Neuer, Executive Director of UN Watch Series: Anti-Semitism in America The Liberal-Republican Quandary in Israel, Europe, and the United States: Early Modern Thought Meets Current Affairs Edited by Thomas Maissen and Fania Oz-Salzberger ISBN 978-1-936235-55-1 300 pp. (cloth) $85.00 The Liberal-Republican Quandary in Israel, Europe and the United States edited and compiled by Thomas Maissen and Fania Oz-Salzberger, with contributions by distinguished international scholars, offers an innovative examination of the liberal-republican tension-field. The volume conjoins Israeli political scholarship with its European and American counterparts, juxtaposing early modern political thought with 21st century political concerns. Topics include Israeli-Palestinian relations, law and justice, commerce and citizenship, and post-Holocaust historical memory. This book will be of interest to researchers and advanced students of intellectual history, political philosophy, political science, international relations, and European, Jewish and Israel studies. Series: Israel: Society, Culture, and History Her Glory All Within: Rejecting and Transforming Orthodoxy in Israeli and American Jewish Women's Fiction By Barbara Landress ISBN 978-1-618111-71-5 215 pp. (cloth) $75.00 In Her Glory All Within Barbara Landress explores representations of the religious sector in modern Israeli literature, a practice unprecedented in writing prior to the 1970s. This book delves into the complexities of fiction stories about contemporary Orthodox women, considering the greater impact of the many small yet significant matters of conflict they face while negotiating between tradition and modernity in their daily lives. Landress offers insight into the distinctive approaches that Orthodox women take to family roles, politics, and matters of personal interest, rendering a perceptive and multidimensional picture of the Orthodox female experience. Review: "This is a must-read, not only for those interested in the fraught relationship between feminism and orthodoxy, but also for those curious about the tensions between national, religious, and gender identities in America and Israel, and the provocative parallels between the two."-Jill Aizenstein, Ph.D., author of Engaging America: Immigrant Jews in American Hebrew literature Series: Studies in Orthodox Judaism God's Kindness Has Overwhelmed Us: A Contemporary Doctrine of the Jews as the Chosen People By Jerome (Yehuda) Gellman ISBN 978-1-618111708-16-0 148 pp. (cloth) $59.00 In this volume Jerome Gellman presents a new theology of the Jews as the Chosen People, addressing self-serving ethnocentric supremacy, cultural isolation, and defamation of religions other than Judaism. His book is traditional, in seriously acknowledging the truth of Judaism, and in eschewing a theology of multiple covenants. At the same time, it is both critical and innovative, rejecting previous concepts of chosenness and offering a fresh way of seeing the Jews' place in the world for the Twenty-First Century. On this foundation, Gellman suggests a new approach to inter-religious understanding from a Jewish point of view, and examines the impact of his proposal on traditional Jewish liturgy. Review: "Taking up a critical-traditional stance to the great debates about this issue, Gellman clearly and helpfully promotes a new approach to the Jews as God's chosen people. Anyone interested in either inter-faith dialog with Judaism, current Christian discussion of cessationism, or with contemporary Jewish theology, will find this stimulating book to be essential reading."-Alan G. 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