Michael Friedlander: 4 books

This earnest 1891 scholarly work by a renowned Biblical expert stood for many years as a standard handbook on the Jewish faith, rites, and ceremonies. The author discusses how ancient Jewish traditions, such as dietary laws, fit into the modern world, and guides the reader through some of the Old Testament’s more ambiguous passages.

Scientific discoveries are constantly in the news. Almost daily we hear about new and important breakthroughs. But sometimes it turns out that what was trumpeted as scientific truth is later discredited, or controversy may long swirl about some dramatic claim. What is a nonscientist to believe? Many...

This collection of essays presents a sampling of film and television texts, interrogating images of U.S. masculinity. Rather than using “postfeminist” as a definition of contemporary feminism, this collection uses the term to designate the period from the late 1980s on—as a point when feminist...

"What have I in common with Jews? I hardly have anything in common with myself!" --Franz Kafka Kafka's quip--paradoxical, self-questioning, ironic--highlights vividly some of the key issues of identity and self-representation for Jewish writers in the 20th century. No group of writers...