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Letters from Home

The Creation of Diaspora in Jewish Antiquity

By: Malka Z. Simkovich

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Letters from Home

The Creation of Diaspora in Jewish Antiquity

By: Malka Z. Simkovich

The announcement by the Persian king Cyrus following his conquest of Babylon in 539 BCE that exiled Judahites could return to their homeland should have been cause for celebration. Instead, it plunged them into animated debate. Only a small community returned and participated in the construction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. By the end of the sixth century BCE, they faced a theological conundrum: Had the catastrophic punishment of exile, understood as marking God’s retribution for the people’s sins, come to an end? By the Hellenistic era, most Jews living in their homeland believed that life abroad signified God’s wrath and rejection. Jews living outside of their homeland, however, rejected this notion. From both sides of the diasporic line, Jews wrote letters and speeches that conveyed the sense that their positions had ancient roots in Torah traditions. In this book, Malka Z. Simkovich investigates the rhetorical strategies—such as pseudepigraphy, ventriloquy, and mirroring—that Egyptian and Judean Jews incorporated into their writings about life outside the land of Israel, charting the boundary-marking push and pull that took place within Jewish letters in the Hellenistic era. Drawing on this correspondence and other contemporaneous writings, Simkovich argues that the construction of diaspora during this period—reinforced by some and negated by others—produced a tension that lay at the core of Jewish identity in the ancient world. This book is essential reading for scholars and students of ancient Judaism and to laypersons interested in the questions of a Jewish homeland and Jewish diaspora.

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Penn State Press

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164602284X

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9781646022847

Granite Falls

By: Kathryn Malka Blake

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Granite Falls

By: Kathryn Malka Blake

GRANITE FALLS is a work of fiction; a novel with a Capra-esque (Meet John Doe) quality. It is about "The Little [Town] That Could." which picks itself up, dusts itself off and reinvents itself after years of neglect as the American industrial age decimates. Tucked in the gently rolling hills of the Rust Belt where three states merge by the banks of the Ohio River, Thompsonville is a small county seat typical of so many towns left behind by the loss of manufacturing jobs and American business. The downtown area has deteriorated to such an extent that there is virtually no business there, other than that of its county offices. This occurred over many yearsin direct correlation to the town's plants being shuttered, the closing of mills and the relocation of companies attempting to capitalize on the lower cost of wages in other states and then overseas. An ensemble group navigates their lives from 1992, when several are graduating from high school, as they attend college, enter careers, marry, divorce, etcetera. After fifteen years apart, the group reconnects in their hometown, each for their own reason frustrated by the national economy, their inability to find jobs or keep their companies afloat. Recognizing that they cannot expect the government to solve their hometown's problems due to the general state of the American economy, the group determines to rebuild Thompsonville (and rename it Granite Falls) by combining their efforts and enlisting the help of the town's businesspeople. In order to accomplish their plan. it is necessary to either sell it to the current mayor or run against him in the next election coinciding with the presidential election of 2008.

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1467875376

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A Doctor from Mesopotamia

By: Malka Al Saadi

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A Doctor from Mesopotamia

By: Malka Al Saadi

From the land between two rivers, in a predominant Jewish neighborhood in the heart of the round city -Baghdad- where the author first saw light in 1941 ,begins this rich journey of life. Here the author tries to collect her thoughts about life and major events starting from her home country and ending with the country that is now called "Home"..... Iraq... a diverse country with an extraordinary history stretching back to more than 5000 years, the land of Prophets like Abraham and Daniel. Baghdad, once the center of the world and the capital of Iraq that fell more than 32 times in history and was reborn from Ashes....The cradle of civilization, the Kingdom of Iraq, the republic, the rule of Saddam Hussein and all the wars the country endured, the journey of learning, practicing and teaching medicine.... becoming an expatriate and carrying her country in her heart and luggage ... moving from one country to another until finally resettling in the United States which is now home..... A journey on paper that makes you feel as if you are cruising the world while sitting in a chair and reading this book....

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1491810955

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9781491810958

Daring to Care

American Nursing and Second-Wave Feminism

By: Susan Gelfand Malka

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Daring to Care

American Nursing and Second-Wave Feminism

By: Susan Gelfand Malka

Beginning in the 1960s, second-wave feminism inspired and influenced dramatic changes in the nursing profession. Susan Gelfand Malka argues that feminism helped end nursing's subordination to medicine and provided nurses with greater autonomy and professional status. She discusses two distinct eras in nursing history. The first extended from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s, when feminism seemed to belittle the occupation in its analysis of gender subordination but also fueled nursing leaders' drive for greater authority and independence. The second era began in the mid-1980s, when feminism grounded in the ethics of care appealed to a much broader group of caregivers and was incorporated into nursing education. While nurses accepted aspects of feminism, they did not necessarily identify as feminists. Nonetheless, they used, passed on, and developed feminist ideas that brought about nursing school curricula changes and the increase in self-directed and specialized roles available to caregivers in the twenty-first century.

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242

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University of Illinois Press

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025205394X

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9780252053948

Digital Capabilities

ICT Adoption in Marginalized Communities in Israel and the West Bank

By: Amit Schejter,Baruch Shomron,Muhammad Abu Jafar,Ghalia Abu Kaf,Jonathan Mendels,Shula Mola,Malka Shacham,Amneh Al Sharha,Noam Tirosh

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Digital Capabilities

ICT Adoption in Marginalized Communities in Israel and the West Bank

By: Amit Schejter,Baruch Shomron,Muhammad Abu Jafar,Ghalia Abu Kaf,Jonathan Mendels,Shula Mola,Malka Shacham,Amneh Al Sharha,Noam Tirosh

Digital Capabilities is a first-of-its-kind exploration of the capabilities that communities in positions of inequality in Israel and the West Bank seek to realize by utilizing information and communication technologies (ICT), the opportunities they have to communicate, and the way ICTs serve their desire to do so. It is the outcome of an eight-year research project in which the nine authors of this book, some of whom came from within the studied communities, conducted their work among the studied populations over an extended period of time. The capabilities approach, much discussed theoretically, takes on a life in this project and is presented as an empirically observable phenomenon for assessing whether ICTs are serving actual needs, whether communication resources are justly allocated and distributed and whether they serve the goal of a universally accessible right to communicate.

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254

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Springer Nature

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3031229304

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9783031229305

Ninth Step Station

By: Malka Older,Fran Wilde,Jacqueline Koyanagi,Curtis C. Chen

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Ninth Step Station

By: Malka Older,Fran Wilde,Jacqueline Koyanagi,Curtis C. Chen

A local cop. A US Peacekeeper. A divided Tokyo. In the future, two mismatched cops must work together to solve crimes in a divided Tokyo. Years of disaster and conflict have left Tokyo split between great powers. In the city of drone-enforced borders, bodymod black markets, and desperate resistance movements, US peacekeeper Emma Higashi is assigned to partner with Tokyo Metropolitan Police Detective Miyako Koreda. Together, they must race to solve a series of murders that test their relationship and threaten to overturn the balance of global power. And amid the chaos, they each need to decide what they are willing to do for peace. Created by Malka Older, whose Infomocracy was named one of Kirkus' Best Fiction of 2016, with cowriters Jacqueline Koyanagi (author of Ascension), Fran Wilde (2016 Nebula Award nominee, and winner of the 2016 Andre Norton and Compton Crook awards), and Curtis C. Chen (2017 Locus Awards and Endeavour Award Finalist). Read the whole series: Ninth Step Station Season 1 Ninth Step Station Season 2 (April 2020) For more information, visit serialbox.com.

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168210589X

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Beyond the Sand Storm

A Woman's Journey from Baghdad to Philadelphia

By: Malka Al Saadi

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Beyond the Sand Storm

A Woman's Journey from Baghdad to Philadelphia

By: Malka Al Saadi

Beyond the Sand Storm is a story of human destiny, defiance, and history. It is part biography, a narration of an Iraqi doctor who flees her country in the wake of the 2003 war. It is also a unique historical and social perspective on Iraq and its culture. The novel traces the life of Dr. Malka Al Saadi, a gifted physician, humanitarian, scientist, mother, and war victim who rises from humble beginnings to head one of the most prestigious medical departments in Iraq. Through the eyes of this amazing and courageous woman, a detailed and moving description unfolds, recounting daily life experiences, characters, and challenges faced over three historical eras. Her distinctive perspectives intersect and present the reader with a truly remarkable picture of what it was like to live in Iraq during the last half century. The account also offers insight into the cultural, social, and political arenas in Iraq from the 1930s onward. The book describes, in thought-provoking and challenging ways, the obstacles, pain, fear, and hope that accompany this evolution. The saga of Professor Al Saadi begins with her childhood in Iraq, and continues over the course of her advanced medical studies in the United Kingdom, a triumphant return to Iraq, and later the experiences in the 1980, 1991, and 2003 wars. Through a firsthand account, the book takes the reader on a trip through the medical and wider social developments in Iraq, and the challenges and losses of three wars. It is a detailed, emotional, and sometimes daring account, but above all, it is a story of human resilience, humility, humanity, and perseverance summarizing over seventy years of personal and geopolitical events that shaped not only the authors life but todays Middle East. The book concludes with a warm portrait of life in the city of Philadelphia, in the United States, where the author currently resides happily with her family. She shares the positive impact this city has had on her and her familys life. In an East-meets-West biography, the book uses simple language written from the heart to describe an astonishing forty-five-year-career.

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1524619698

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The Gender Challenge of Hebrew

By: Malka Muchnik

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The Gender Challenge of Hebrew

By: Malka Muchnik

The Gender Challenge of Hebrew is the first book to delve in depth into the problem of gender representation over the 3,000-year history of the Hebrew language. By analyzing and illustrating the grammatical characteristics of gender in Biblical, Mishnaic, Medieval and Modern Hebrew, Malka Muchnik reveals the social and cultural issues that they reflect. Gender discrimination in all periods of Hebrew is shown in sacred, liturgical and literary texts, as well as in the popular language spoken today. All of them testify to the problematic status of women, who were traditionally excluded from religious studies and public activities, and in recent decades have been struggling to change this practice. Malka Muchnik shows that linguistic change remains a challenging goal.

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BRILL

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9004282718

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9789004282711

Ghosts and Golems

Haunting Tales of the Supernatural

By: Malka Penn,Michele Palmer,Theodor Black

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Ghosts and Golems

Haunting Tales of the Supernatural

By: Malka Penn,Michele Palmer,Theodor Black

A collection of ten original contemporary stories of the supernatural which reflect a Jewish tradition that can be traced to the biblical story of Saul and the spirit of Samuel.

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Jewish Publication Society

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0827607636

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9780827607637

The Hanukkah Ghosts

By: Malka Penn

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The Hanukkah Ghosts

By: Malka Penn

An intriguing tale that captures the spirit of the holiday's mysteries and miracles.

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0380728389

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Book's by Malka Penn

Letters from Home

Letters from Home

Granite Falls

Granite Falls

A Doctor from Mesopotamia

A Doctor from Mesopotamia

Daring to Care

Daring to Care

Digital Capabilities

Digital Capabilities

Ninth Step Station

Ninth Step Station

Beyond the Sand Storm

Beyond the Sand Storm

The Gender Challenge of Hebrew

The Gender Challenge of Hebrew

Ghosts and Golems

Ghosts and Golems

The Hanukkah Ghosts

The Hanukkah Ghosts

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