With the March 2008 publication of his Ongelos volume on Leviticus, four volumes of Rabbi Wagner's five volume project are not published, with volume five schedules for early 2010!

Visit Amazon for the newest volume: http://www.amazon.com/Onkelos-Torah-Understanding-Bible-Leviticus/dp/965229425X/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_3.

 

Explore early Jewish Denver through fantastic photographs and historical overviews in Jeanne Abrams new book!
Images of America: Jewish Denver 1859-1940.

This 128 page paperback book features over 175 beautiful and evocative historical photos, documents, and artifacts – many of which have never been seen before in print. These important historical artifacts are housed in the Beck Archives, Special Collections, Penrose Library, and the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver. In addition, the book features an informative historical overview of the Jewish Denver community.

Jeanne E. Abrams, Ph.D., is a professor at Penrose Library and the longtime director of the Beck Archives and the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society. She is also the author of numerous books and articles, including Blazing the Tuberculosis Trail and Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail: A History in the American West.

Images of America: Jewish Denver 1859-1940 is available for $16 for RMJHS members and $20 for nonmembers. Books can be ordered for cost plus $2.50 shipping and handling. To order your copy call or email Jeanne Abrams at jabrams@du.edu or 303-871-3016.

Leah Garrett, associate professor of English Literature and Judaic Studies at the University of Denver, is the editor of a new book from Yale University Press, Lamed Shapiro: The Cross And Other Jewish Stories.

Lamed Shapiro (1878-1948), who was born in Ukraine and came to the United States in 1905, personifies the struggles of Jewish modernists adrift in a changing culture. In Shapiro's writings, violence is grotesque and horrific. It brings in its wake a moral wasteland, and gives rise to a chain of violence. Suffering strips people of their character; similarly, war is portrayed as brutal rather than heroic.

To purchase a copy of Dr. Garrett’s new book for $25 plus shipping and handling(proceeds benefit the Center for Judaic Studies), contact Marlene Tolman at marlene.tolman@du.edu. or call the Center at 303-871-3020.

Jewish Women:Pioneering the Frontier Trail by Dr. Jeanne Abrams

In Dr. Jeanne Abram’s book, in many ways, the Jewish experience in the West was distinct. Given the still forming social landscape, beginning with the 1848 Gold Rush, Jews were able to integrate more fully into local communities than they had in the East. Jewish women in the West took advantage of the unsettled nature of the region to “open new doors” for themselves in the public sphere in ways often not yet possible elsewhere in the country. Women were crucial to the survival of the early communities and made distinct contributions both inside and outside Jewish communal life. Western Jewish women’s level of involvement at the vanguard of social welfare and progressive reform, commerce, politics and higher education and the professions is stiking given their relatively small numbers. This engaging work illuminates their pivotal role on the frontier.

Jewish Women: Pioneering the Frontier Trailis available for $16 for RMJHS members and $20 for non-members. Books can be ordered for cost plus $2.50 shipping and handling. To order your copy call or email Dr. Jeanne Abrams at jabrams@du.edu or 303-871-3016.

New book Caryn Aviv and David Shneer!

“Breaking new ground, these talented authors shake our foundational assumptions about Diaspora. A must-read not only for Jewish studies scholars, but for those who wrestle with the ambiguities of being “at home” in more than one place. Aviv and Shneer provide us with a grand journey and a grand book.” -Debra Renee Kaufman, author of Rachel’s Daughters: Newly Orthodox Jewish Women.

For many contemporary Jews, Israel no longer serves as the Promised Land, the center of the Jewish universe and the place of final destination. In New Jews, DU faculty Caryn Aviv and David Shneer provocatively argue that there is a new generation of Jews who don’t consider themselves to be eternally wandering, forever outsiders within their communities and seeking to one day find their homeland. Instead, these New Jews are at home, whether it be in Buenos Aires, San Francisco or Berlin, and are rooted within communities of their own choosing. Aviv and Shneer argue that Jews have come to the end of their diaspora; wandering no more, today’s Jews are settled.

To purchase a signed copy for $20 plus shipping & handling, please contact Marlene Tolman at 303-871-3020 or via email at marlene.tolman@du.edu. A portion of the proceeds benefit the Center for Judaic Studies.

The Center for Judaic Studies offers a large selection of books and videos for sale, including some hard to find and one of a kind titles. Substantial price discounts are available for quantity purchases. For a small fee books can be shipped to you. Please contact the Center at 303-871-3020 or e-mail your order to marlene.tolman@du.edu if you are interested in purchasing any of these interesting publications.

Other Publications for Sale

BOOKS

Avoda and Ibada, Liturgy and Ritual in Islamic and Judaic Studies – Special Edition of Medieval Encounters: Jewish, Christian and Muslim Culture in Confluence and Dialogue. April 1999.

A Colorado Jewish Family Album – 1993 (88 pp paperback) – $15.00

Colorado Jewish History: A Guide for Teachers – Jeanne Abrams & Norma Schier Hitch, 1983 (37 pp. spiralbound, includes video “A Pioneering Legacy: An Early History of the Jews of Colorado”) – $25.00

Contemporary Ethical Issues in the Jewish and Christian Traditions – Frederick E. Greenspahn, editor, 1986 (229 pp. hardback) – $25.00

Essential Papers on Israel and the Ancient Near East – Frederick E. Greenspahn, editor, 1991 (464 pp. paperback) - $25.00

Exploring Jewish Colorado – Phil Goodstein, 1992 (184 pp. paperback) – $14.95

God Speaks Naturally – Nathan A. Barack, 1983 (245 pp. hardback) – $12.50

Great Confrontations in Jewish History – Allen Breck & Stanley M. Wagner, editors, 1977 (135 pp. hardback) – $4.50

Great Schisms in Jewish History – Raphael Jospe & Stanley M. Wagner, editors, 1981 (260 pp. hardback) – $17.50

Historic Jewish Denver – Jeanne Abrams, 1982 (22 pp. paperback) – $2.00

The Human Condition in the Jewish and Christian Traditions – Frederick E. Greenspahn, editor, 1986, (258 pp. hardback) – $25.00

The Iliff Review: Papers from Conference on Religion and Gender – 1988 (50 pp. paperback) – $2.50

The Jewish Experience – $2.50

Jewish Law in our Time – Ruth Link-Salinger, editor, 1982 (183 pp.) paperback $12.95 – hardback $22.95

Letters: From Colorado Holocaust Survivors to Future Generations – Published by the Holocaust Awareness Institute, Center for Judaic Studies, Universtiy of Denver, 2005 (172 pp. paperback) – $36.00 plus $4.00 shipping and handling

Medicine in the Mishneh Torah of Maimonides – Fred Rosner, M.D., 1984 (325 pp. paperback) – $9.95

Paradigms in Jewish Philosophy – Raphael Jospe, editor, 1997 (290 pp. paperback) – $40.00

Peril of the Planet: Ecology and Western Religious Traditions – Alce Knotts, editor, 1990 (67 pp. paperback) – $2.50

A Piece of My Mind – Stanley M. Wagner, 1980 (346 pp. hardback) – $15.00

Psychological Reflections on the Holocaust – Steven A Luel & Paul Marcus, editors, 1984 (239 pp. hardback) – $20.00

Pushing the Faith: Proselytism and Civility in a Pluralistic World – Martin E Marty & Frederick E Greenspahn, editors, 1988 (190 pp. hardback) – $19.95

Religion and Community – Tamara C Eskenazi & Alice Knotts, editors, 1990 (61 pp paperback) – $2.50

Religion, Freedom and Oppression – (paperback), $2.50

The Sabbath in Jewish and Christian Traditions – Tamara C Eskenazi, Daniel Harrington & William Shea, editors, 1991 (272 pp. hardback) – $19.95

Scripture in the Jewish and Christian Traditions – Frederick E Greenspahn, editor, 1982 (236 pp. paperback) – $10.95

Studies in Islamic and Judaic Traditions Volume I – William M Brinner & Stephen D Ricks, editors, 1986 (273 pp. paperback) – $24.95

Studies in Islamic and Judaic Traditions Volume II William M Brinner & Stephen D Ricks, editors, 1989 (247 pp. hardback) – $39.95

Targum Onkelos to Deuteronomy – by Israel Drazin, 1982 (349 pp. hardback) – $59.50

Targum Onkelos to Exodus – Isreal Drazin , 1990, (383 pp. hardback) – $59.50

Targum Onkelos to Genesis – Moses Aberbach & Bernard Grossfeld, 1982 (376 pp. hardback) $35.00

Targum Onkelos to Leviticus – Israel Drazin, 1994 (278 pp. hardback) – $59.50

Targum Onkelos to Numbers – (362 pp. hardback) $59.50.

The Triumphant Spirit: Portraits & Stories of Holocaust Survivors in Their Messages of Hope & Compassion – Nick Del Calzo, 1997 (172 pp. softcover) – $29.95

Uncivil Religion: Interreligious Hostlility in America – Robert N Bellah & Frederick E Greenspahn, editors, 1987 (235 pp. hardback) – $17.95

When Brothers Dwell Together: The Preeminence of Younger Siblings in the Hebrew Bible – Frederick E Greenspahn, 1994 (193 pp. hardback) – $25.00

VIDEOS

The Center has a wide variety of video tapes for purchase as well as for borrowing. Below are some of the videos available for purchase.

A Pioneering Legacy: An Early History of the Jews of Colorado – (1988) $29.00 (Included in Curriculum Guide)

A Grocery Store on Every Corner: A Century of Jewish Grocers in Colorado – (2002)

And Justice You Shall Pursue: Early Colorado Jewish Lawyers – (2003)

A Legacy of Caring: Early Colorado Jewish Women – (2004)

A Legacy of Healing: Colorado Jews in Medicine – (2005)

From Peddlers to Merchant Princes: Colorado’s Early Jewish Entreprenuers – (2006)

Citizens of the State: Colorado’s Early Jewish Politicians – (2007)