Shofar Journal

Shofar, a peer-reviewed, triannual, interdisciplinary journal of Jewish Studies, publishes original scholarly work and reviews a wide range of books in Judaica.

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Shofar 41.1 features a book forum on Nathaniel Deutsch and Michael Casper's book A Fortress in Brooklyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Making of Hasidic Williamsburg (@yalepress, 2022). Check out the book at https://t.co/n9mFuapXnE and then read the forum at https://t.co/xIxrctULss!

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Shofar 41.1 is live! Articles on post-WWII Bialystok & Jewish education past & present, a forum on the figure of the Muselmann in Holocaust narrative, a book forum on _A Fortress in Brooklyn: Race, Real Estate & the Making of Hasidic Williamsburg_ + more! https://t.co/xIxrctULss

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Shofar 40.3 features a book forum on the collection Key Concepts in the Study of Antisemitism. Glenn Dynner's introduction to the forum is our free article for this issue. Read it and see our other content here: https://t.co/tYDW2JioXm

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Each issue of Shofar features one article free to the public. For Shofar 40.2, it's "Ethnogenesis and the Interrelationship of Musical Repertoires Among the Jews of Eastern Europe" by guest editor Walter Zev Feldman! Read it and other articles here: https://t.co/hFdEWuOcS2

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"Questions of Love and Truth: New Perspectives on the Controversy between R. Avraham of Kalisk and R. Shneur Zalman of Liady" in @ShofarJournal
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Shofar 40.3 is now available! Includes poetry by Grzegorz Kwiatkowski /@Grzegor54109874, a book forum on Key Concepts in the Study of Antisemitism, and articles that engage with the work of Rosa Lebensbaum, Ronny Someck, and Jamaica Kincaid, among others. https://t.co/tYDW2JhR7O

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Coming soon: Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 40.2! This issue, on the history and aesthetics of Ashkenazi Jewish music, ca 1600-1920, is guest edited by Walter Zev Feldman.

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Jewish Art and Yiddish Art History: Leo Koenig's 'Renesans' by @WilliamPimlott and @alexelgraf published in @ShofarJournal. Acces the article here https://t.co/vb1Hsxy776

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Shofar 40.1's open access article is Rachel Z. Feldman's "Pious Mobilities: Jewish Pilgrimage to Uman During the Pandemic." Read it here! https://t.co/nYPSwOa81s

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@spnaza @Eli_Rubin @WilliamPimlott @JewishHtgEurope @sucharov @dovileb @ruthellengruber @suboticjelena @rkpejsova @Aravades @gdynner Hi there! If you reach out to us at the email on our website (under "email the editors), we would be happy to connect you with subscription or single issue purchasing options. https://t.co/PZLKxyvRxX

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Shofar 40.1 is now available on Project MUSE! In addition to book reviews & creative work, this issue includes articles on topics that range from Yiddish art history to Yiddish physics; and range from prerevolutionary Belorussia to pandemic-era Uman. https://t.co/xuMAFvPch3

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Our pleasure, @WilliamPimlott and @alexelgraf!

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Excited that this new article with @alexelgraf is published in @ShofarJournal.

We investigate the idiosyncratic and brilliant Yiddish art critic Leo Koenig, and his attempts to theorise Jewish art in his journal Renesans, published in London in 1920.

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Also in Shofar 40.1 - don't miss the forum on @suboticjelena's book Yellow Star, Red Star: Holocaust Remembrance after Communism (2019)! Contributors include @EmilKerenji, @dovileb, @ruthellengruber, @sucharov, @MBokovoyunmhist, and others.

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Check out Shofar 39.3 on Project MUSE! This special issue on The Modern Jewess in Image and Text, guest-edited by Keren Rosa Hammerschlag, also contains work from @KahanLori @lynne_swarts @ndabrams @chloe_julius and many other talented contributors! https://t.co/Akxe3pBO3u

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Highlighting some of our recent back issues: In addition to articles on Israeli cinema studies & Kabbalah, Shofar 38.1 has a forum on Naomi Seidman's book, Sarah Schenirer & the Bais Yaakov Movement: A Revolution in the Name of Tradition. https://t.co/LhYzVsmHeU

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Have you read the open-source introduction to Shofar 39.3? It's written by guest editor Keren Rosa Hammerschlag. Check out "'Your Favourite Jewish Girl, Apart From Your Mum': Introducing the Modern Jewess in Image and Text" here! https://t.co/RefduH8o5h

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Shofar 39.3: The Modern Jewess in Image and Text, guest-edited by Keren Rosa Hammerschlag, is now available on Project MUSE! This issue includes poetry, artwork, and articles on Jewish women in fiction, film, stand-up comedy, and more.

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Shofar 39.3: The Modern Jewess in Image and Text has been finalized! We're looking forward to sharing this amazing thematic issue - guest-edited by Keren Rosa Hammerschlag - with you soon.

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Shofar 39.2 features several poems by Elliot R. Wolfson. Read them here: https://t.co/ixtKTTnTqC

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In case you missed it: today we're spotlighting Shofar 36.2. This issue is a tribute to the life and work of poet and scholar Chana Bloch, who was Professor of English and director of the Creative Writing Program at @MillsCollege. Read it here: https://t.co/HagVVQA0DV