Opinionated - The World View of a Jewish Woman

This collection of essays provides a sweeping overview of Jewish life and culture as viewed through the eyes of an academic who is also a woman, equally at home in the real world and the ivory tower.

About the author

Sara Reguer has been chair of the Department of Judaic Studies at Brooklyn College for over thirty years. During that time she introduced a number of specialized courses including courses on Jewish Women, Jewish economic history, Italian Jews, and Sephardic history. Her latest publications include ¿The Most Tenacious of Minorities: The Jews of Italy¿ and ¿My Father¿s Journey: A Memoir of Lost Lithuanian Jewish Worlds¿.

Summary

This collection provides a sweeping overview of Jewish life and culture as viewed through the eyes of an academic who is also a woman, equally at home in the real world and the ivory tower. The writing is informative and inspiring, passionate and poignant and ranges from the comic to the tragic, all frequently peppered with personal insights and anecdotes.

Product details

• Authors: Sara Reguer
• Publisher: Academic Studies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781618116475
• ISBN: 978-1-61811-647-5
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 634 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works