On Jewish Folklore by Raphael Patai Holocaust History and the mere fact of

and the mere fact of living in such a wealthy neighborhood

Jewish anarchists drew from a matrix of secular

Telushkin reveals why Hillel’s teachings about ethics as God’s central demand and his willingness to encourage the process of conversion began to be ignored in favor of the stricter and less inclusive teachings of his rabbinic adversary

and the rise of feminism

Glaser resurrects their poems from the pages of forgotten Yiddish communist periodicals

On Jewish Folklore by Raphael Patai Holocaust History and the mere fact ofOn Jewish Folklore spans a half century of scholarly inquiry by the noted anthropologist and biblical scholar Raphael Patai. He essays collected in this volume, some of which are presented for the first time in English translation, provide a rich harvest of Jewish customs and traditional beliefs, gathered from all over the world and from ancient to modern times. Among the subjects Dr. Patai investigated and recorded are the history and oral traditions