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Explore discounted titles in our Jewish Studies Sale now and use promo code JSS26 at checkout for 40% off. Sale ends on April 27.

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Enemies, a Love Story

Mizrahi-Arab-Ashkenazi Relations Since the Dawn of Zionism

Hillel Cohen, Translated by Haim Watzman

“As in his previous histories, Cohen refuses to allow preconceptions and the taken for granted to distort his narrative. He insists on allowing the historical agents speak for themselves, and enables the often astonishing complexities of history appear in their fullest. This book is bound to challenge most readers’ view of the past, put in question any naive reading of the present, and further complicate any vision for the future for Israelis, Palestinians, and the Middle East at large.”
—Yaacov Yadgar, author of Israel’s Jewish Identity Crisis: State and Politics in the Middle East

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Cartographies of Exclusion

Anti-Semitic Mapping in Medieval England

Asa Simon Mittman

Winner of the 2026 HBA Book Award for Exemplary Scholarship on the Period before 1600

A 2025 Choice Outstanding Academic Title


“This is an important, timely, and unique contribution! Complimented by abundant photos, maps, and a rich bibliography, this must-read volume covers topics that remain under researched.”
—L. Yacher, Choice

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Traces of a Jewish Artist

The Lost Life and Work of Rahel Szalit

Kerry Wallach

“This masterful historical reconstruction gives welcome due to a forgotten talent.”—Publishers Weekly

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Jews of Iran

A Photographic Chronicle

Hassan Sarbakhshian, Lior B. Sternfeld, and Parvaneh Vahidmanesh

“The eclectic photographs in this attractive coffee-table volume run the gamut from two Jewish carpet merchants working in their shop in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar to a group of Jewish boys playing football at a Hebrew school. Still other photos illuminate the diversity of Jewish life in contemporary Iran.”
—Sheldon Kirshner, Times of Israel

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Kabbalah and Sex Magic

A Mythical-Ritual Genealogy

Marla Segol

“Segol makes a groundbreaking contribution to the history of kabbalah, Jewish studies, and the history of religion, opening up innovative perspectives for our understanding of sex magic and its reception.”—Nicole Maria Bauer, Religious Studies Review

Offer valid on US orders only, while supplies last. Sale ends 4/27.

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