Magic culture is certainly fascinating. But what is it? What, in fact, are magic writings, magic artifacts? Originally published in Hebrew in 2010, this is a comprehensive study of early Jewish magic focusing on three major topics: Jewish magic inventiveness, the conflict with the culture it reflects, and the scientific study of both.

Explores Jewish women's lives in what is now Eastern and Western Europe, Britain, Israel, Turkey, North Africa, and North America. The volume focuses on reconstructing the experiences of ordinary women and situating those of the extraordinary and famous within the gender systems of their times and places.

Drawing on a variety of legal, liturgical, literary, and archival sources, Ephraim Shoham-Steiner examines the reasons for the involvement in crime, the social profile of Jews who performed crimes, and the ways and mechanisms employed by the legal and communal body to deal with Jewish criminals and with crimes committed by Jews.

Offers a theoretical rumination on the question asked in countless blogs and opinion pieces of the last decade: Why are we so obsessed with true crime? Tanya Horeck examines a range of audiovisual true crime texts, and considers the extent to which the genre has come to epitomize participatory media culture.

The ""Kaufman Speech Praxis Test for Children"" is a resource that assists in the diagnosis and treatment of developmental apraxia (dyspraxia) of speech in preschool children. These 25 additional test booklets can be used twice - once for the original assessment and once for a follow-up test.

Argues that humour performs political, cultural, and social functions in the wake of horror. David Slucki, Gabriel Finder and Avinoam Patt have assembled an impressive list of contributors who examine what is at stake in deploying humor in representing the Holocaust. Namely, what are the boundaries?

Argues that humour performs political, cultural, and social functions in the wake of horror. David Slucki, Gabriel Finder and Avinoam Patt have assembled an impressive list of contributors who examine what is at stake in deploying humor in representing the Holocaust. Namely, what are the boundaries?

Presents a selection of previously un-translated short stories and sketches by Katie Brown, A.M. Kaizer, and I.A. Lisky, for the general reader and academic alike. These intriguing and entertaining tales build a picture of a lively East-End community of the '30s and '40s struggling with political, religious, and community concerns.