On Jewish Music , partly a retrospective, is a collection of articles on the history of Jewish music and covers aspects of Jewish musical culture from the earliest days of musical activities in ancient Israel/Palestine through the centuries of the Diaspora to modern Israel. Especially stressed is the ethnic aspect of archaeological evidence from ancient Israel. Discussed are the place of iconography in renaissance Hebrew manuscripts, the art of klezmer music, musical life in the former Soviet Union, and the sociological aspects of musical life in modern Israel. The discussion is accompanied by illustrations of archaeological artifacts, Hebrew manuscript illuminations and music examples. The volume is accessible to interested readers and scholars alike.

On Jewish Music , partly a retrospective, is a collection of articles on the history of Jewish music and covers aspects of Jewish musical culture from the earliest days of musical activities in ancient Israel/Palestine through the centuries of the Diaspora to modern Israel. Especially stressed is the ethnic aspect of archaeological evidence from ancient Israel. Discussed are the place of iconography in renaissance Hebrew manuscripts, the art of klezmer music, musical life in the former Soviet Union, and the sociological aspects of musical life in modern Israel. The discussion is accompanied by illustrations of archaeological artifacts, Hebrew manuscript illuminations and music examples. The volume is accessible to interested readers and scholars alike.

In this dynamic and wide-ranging collection of essays, prominent scholars examine the condition of church-state relations in the United States, France, and Israel. Their analyses are rooted in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from ethnography and demography to political science, gender studies, theology, and the law.

This is a unique collection of leading examples of education grounded in alternative philosophies and cultures - from initiatives to create more democratic schools, through Quaker, Buddhist, Islamic, Montessori and Steiner/Waldorf schools, to Maori and First Nations education in Canada and Palestinian Jewish schools in Israel.

In this dynamic and wide-ranging collection of essays, prominent scholars examine the condition of church-state relations in the United States, France, and Israel. Their analyses are rooted in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from ethnography and demography to political science, gender studies, theology, and the law.

This is a unique collection of leading examples of education grounded in alternative philosophies and cultures - from initiatives to create more democratic schools, through Quaker, Buddhist, Islamic, Montessori and Steiner/Waldorf schools, to Maori and First Nations education in Canada and Palestinian Jewish schools in Israel.

"I was highly impressed by his willingness to tackle a very theoretical subject that was not researched very much, owing to the difficulty of modeling and data collection. However, he succeeded in both model building and data collection in China. The data collected for his work were unique in that they included both primary and secondary sources. I must also remark that he has a good grasp of statistical techniques." ---- Israel D. Nebenzahl, Dean, The Faculty of the Social Sciences & the Humanities The College of Judea and Samaria

Saul Bellow, A Mosaic , a collection of essays based on papers presented at the Saul Bellow International Conference at Haifa University in Israel (April 1987), brings together a fresh mosaic of critical writing on the works of the Nobel laureate, Saul Bellow. Included in this anthology is an original essay by Saul Bellow. The title of Bellow's essay, "Summations", captures the theme of this collection as it recapitulates Bellow's literary influence and world view, moves on to his style, and then proceeds to new directions.

"I was highly impressed by his willingness to tackle a very theoretical subject that was not researched very much, owing to the difficulty of modeling and data collection. However, he succeeded in both model building and data collection in China. The data collected for his work were unique in that they included both primary and secondary sources. I must also remark that he has a good grasp of statistical techniques." ---- Israel D. Nebenzahl, Dean, The Faculty of the Social Sciences & the Humanities The College of Judea and Samaria