Palaces of Time : Jewish Calendar and Culture in Early Modern Europe, by Elisheva Carlebach. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011. In her new book Prof. Elisheva Carlebach focuses on the role manuscript and printed calendars (sifre evronot) played in the life of pre-modern and early modern European Jews. She notes in her [...]
Archive for April, 2011
New Books From Our Faculty
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011New Books From Our Faculty
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011Festivals of Faith : Reflections on the Jewish Holidays by Norman Lamm; edited by David Shatz. RIETS Yeshiva University Press & OU Press, 2011. Rabbi Norman Lamm’s latest collection of sermons, Festivals of Faith, focuses on different themes of the Jewish holidays throughout the year. Who is the avaryan with whom we ask permission to [...]