S.Y. Agnon's first book-length, breakthrough work, originally published in Hebrew in 1912 and now available in English for the first time in a fully annotated edition. This novella depicts an impossible moral dilemma faced by the tragic hero Menasheh Chaim, in mid-19th century Buczacz (in today's western Ukraine). In the framework of a traditional Jewish folktale of old world Eastern European Jewry, Agnon delivers a profoundly modern piece of literature, which benefits from the tension between plot and genre. - New volume of Agnon's fiction in first-time English translation. - Volume 14 in the Toby Press' S.Y. Agnon Library the fullest collection of the Nobel laureate's work in annotated English translation. - Critical introduction to the novella by translator, Professor Michael P. Kramer, unlocking the themes of exile and redemption and providing the historical context for Agnon's achievement with this breakthrough work. - 50 pages of annotations, unpacking Agnon's rich symbolism and sources with which he built his intertextual masterpiece. - Annotated bibliography of criticism and scholarship on the work by series editor Jeffrey Saks. - Woodcut illustrations from the 1919 Hebrew edition published in Berlin.

And the Crooked Shall Be Made Straight

Literature & Fiction

Agnon, S. Y.

Literary

Toby Press Ltd

Turning to the Hebrew Bible for inspiration, solidarity, comfort, and purpose, as the members of the First Continental Congress did, is a common theme in American history. In fact, one cannot understand the American political tradition without understanding America's relationship with the Five Books of Moses. This sourcebook assembles the primary sources of American public history and allows the reader to hear the Hebraic echoes that have formed the cultural vocabulary of the Puritan settlers, revolutionaries, African slaves, leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, and the broader population.

Proclaim Liberty Throughout the Land: The Hebrew Bible in the United States: A Sourcebook

History

Stuart W. Halpern

Americas

For the Sake of Zion is a wonderful road map to one of the great journeys of human history the return of the Jewish people to Israel. Dr. Tuvia Book combines the head of a knowledgeable expert with the heart of a passionate educator to produce a volume rich in facts, ideas, and creative pedagogy.

For the Sake of Zion: A Curriculum of Israel Studies

Book, Tuvia

Middle East

We tend to look at the history of Jewish life in a linear way, ignoring or dismissing the influences and the stimulators from beyond the comfort zone of traditional Judaism. But we must ask ourselves: What were the outside factors that influenced what happened on the inside? How did the Shabbetai Tzvi and Emden-Eybeschutz controversies affect how we live our lives as Jews in the twenty-first century? How did the Get of Cleves controversy influence Jewish law going forward, so that rulings arrived at today are determined by this seemingly marginal episode? The uniting theme of Mavericks, Mystics &amp; False Messiahs is the very individual personalities of these marginal characters and the impact they had during the time in which they lived. All the mavericks whose lives are explored in this book somehow represent in their individuality and their unique stories aspects of the broader narrative of their eras. What they prove, in all their fascinating oddity, is how aspects of Jewish history which occur outside of the spotlight have a residual effect on what is happening in today's world.

Mavericks, Mystics & False Messiahs: Episodes from the Margins of Jewish History

Dunner, Pini

World

The Scroll is a multi-generational historical novel about the survivors of Masada. It draws from an authentic archaeological find: the divorce document of a woman named Miriam. This fictionalized version of Miriam s story begins in the year 73 CE on Masada's final horrific day, where enemies within and without bring about the downfall of the last Jewish fortress. Its survivors are forced to choose between nation and family, and finally, between life and death. Will they learn the lessons of Masada's downfall? Although it tells of events that took place two millennia ago, The Scroll sheds extraordinary light on the complexities of modern Israeli society and the dilemmas faced by Israel and its leaders today.

The Scroll

Vamosh, Miriam Feinberg

Mordecai Chertoff came to Palestine in 1947 as a twenty-five-year-old, determined to make his contribution to the emerging Jewish state. In vivid and often moving letters to his family Mordecai describes the news of the UN vote for partition, the siege of Jerusalem, the bombing of the Palestine Post, the declaration of the State of Israel, his travels along the dangerous Jerusalem-Tel-Aviv highway, and, inevitably, the loss of friends. The correspondence, filled with details of everyday life in Jerusalem and meetings with famous and soon-to-be-famous people, includes historical information never before disclosed. Mordecai Chertoff's powerful first-person account allows us to re-experience a momentous turning point in Jewish history, while we accompany his son, Daniel, on his journey to penetrate into the heart and mind of his father.

Palestine Posts: An Eyewitness Account of the Birth of Israel

Chertoff, Daniel S

A number of major nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Hebrew authors had an immense influence on their audience. They also played a key role in the evolution of the modern Hebrew language and the emergence of Zionism as a historic force in Jewish life. Yet Hebrew novelists, essayists, and poets like Josef Perl, Peretz Smolenskin, Ahad Ha'am, Micha Yosef Berdichevsky, Chaim Nachman Bialik, Rahel, Yosef Chaim Brenner, and S. Y. Agnon are far from being of only historical significance. All were highly accomplished writers who owe their place in the pantheon of Hebrew literature to the skill, depth, and power of their work. It is impossible to fully understand the modern Jewish experience, or the issues of Jewish identity that continue to roil Israel and the Diaspora, without a knowledge of them. In The Lady of Hebrew and Her Lovers of Zion, acclaimed writer and master translator Hillel Halkin offers a captivating glimpse into the lives of these authors and their writing in an unusual book that is a work of literary criticism, intellectual history, virtuoso translation, and personal reflection all in one. Book jacket.

The Lady of Hebrew and Her Lovers of Zion

Religion & Spirituality

Halkin, Hillel

Judaism

Contraband County: Sussex Smuggling in the 19th Century

Politics & Social Sciences

Mark Bullen

Social Sciences

Mr. Prime Minister is a Hebrew version of the successful The Prime Ministers by former Ambassador Yehuda Avner. Avner served as close personal advisor, author of speeches and diplomatic secretary of four prime ministers: Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin and Menachem Begin. In his wide-ranging autobiographical work, Avner provides a rare glimpse into the inner circle of the Prime Minister's Bureau, in the intimate moments of the nation's leaders. Avner documents some of the most dramatic events in Israel's history: the Six Day War, the Yom Kippur War, the Entebbe Operation, the peace treaty with Egypt and the bombing of the Iraqi reactor. He describes the ideological dilemmas and political party struggles, the diplomatic embarrassments and the military disasters, the weaknesses and the points of crisis - but also the moments of victory and heroism, brilliant political maneuvers, blazing speeches and historic achievements. The book, based on Avner's personal diary, contains drafts of speeches, transcripts and official correspondence (some of which are revealed here for the first time in Hebrew), tells the story of the Israeli leadership from the time of the establishment of the state to now, and exposes the prime ministers with their greatness and humanity. The original version of the book became an international masterpiece, and became a successful documentary with Michael Douglas, Sandra Bullock and Christopher Waltz.

אדוני ראש הממשלה (Hebrew Edition)

Avner, Yehuda

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