Offers a complete sociological perspective of Jews and Jewish life in Israel from 1948 to the present.

In this era of globalization, Jewish diversity is marked more than ever by transnational expansion of competing movements and local influences on specific condi

A historical tour de force, The Invention of the Jewish People offers a groundbreaking account of Jewish and Israeli history. Exploding the myth that there was

What is a homeland and when does it become a national territory? Why have so many people been willing to die for such places throughout the twentieth century? W

The author analyzes ever reference to the Land of Israel in the 54 Torah portions read on Shabbat and the Jewish Holidays. He shows how living in the Holy Land