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The Holocaust changed what it means to be a Jew, for Jew and non-Jew alike. This title decodes the shifts in anti-Semitism at the end of the Cold War, chronicles the impact of Israel's policies on European Jews, opposes arguments both for and against cultural assimilation, and reopens questions about Marx and Judaism.

A revelatory exploration of the evolution of German-Jewish modernism. Through an examination of selected works in literature, theory, and film, it investigates the ways in which Jewish identity was represented in German culture from the eve of the First World War through the rise of National Socialism.

A poignant piece of self-revelation, sprinkled with some trenchant observations on the way the dead hand of history has weighed down the former Warsaw Pact countries

Opera is quin-tessentially an art of love and desire, of loss and suffering, of disease and death. This title offers an understanding of both content and context.