What does it mean to move away from the shadow of one’s mother, parents, or family in order to come into being within this world? As collective memory within

Illuminates tensions and transformations in today's Germany by examining literary, filmic, and musical treatments of the ghetto metaphor. Accounts of how German

Spanning 350 years of Jewish experience in this country, A History of the Jews in America is an essential chronicle by the author of The Course of Modern Jewish

A new interview with the philosopher of speed, addressing the ways in which technology is utilized in synchronizing mass emotions. We are living under the admin

This book examines what literature and film reveal about the urban USA. Subjects include culture, class, race, crime, and disaster.