By presenting scholarship from a diverse range of disciplines, including history, sociology, psyc...

Hasidism, a kabbalah-inspired movement founded by Israel Ba'al Shem Tov (c1700-1760), transformed...

Hasidism is a Kabbalah-inspired Jewish spiritual revival that centers on charismatic leaders and ...

In nineteenth-century Eastern Europe, the Jewish-run tavern was often the center of leisure, hosp...

This book provides a rigorous social historical study of Eastern and East Central European Jewry ...

This book provides a rigorous social historical study of Eastern and East Central European Jewry ...

Warsaw was once home to the largest and most diverse Jewish community in the world. It was a cent...

Warsaw was once home to the largest and most diverse Jewish community in the world. It was a cent...

The Light of Learning is a pioneering study that belies notions of late Hasidic decadence and dec...