A portrait by Yale historian, Maria Rosa Menocal, of the brilliant intellectual life in Spain from 750 - 1492 during a brief time of religious tolerance which produced Ibn Rushd’s commentary of Aristotle and Maimonides’ Guide for the Perplexed.  Told with an eye for an “illuminating anecdote” the book shows how “cultural brilliance” survived subsequent Muslim and Christian intolerance.

”Iraq’s Last Jews is a thoroughly researched, riveting account of the last generation of Iraqi Jews. The editors have identified some of the most remarkable stories about this community, and in doing so have brought to light the rich, sometimes sad, always interesting history of the oldest Jewish diaspora in the world. This book will be a great value to all who care about the history of the Middle East, Iraq in the twentieth century, and the saga of the last Jews of Arab lands.”
David Landau, former editor-in-chief, Ha’aretz

Beautifully illustrated with photographs of historic places, ritual objects and reproductions of original documents and paintings, the authors trace the history of the Jews of Catalonia from the time of the late Roman Empire and the Early Middle Ages until the decree of 1492.

"The Sephardic Frontier is a pioneering book on an age of pioneers, vividly explaining how the Jews of Spain and Portugal found a space for themselves on the expanding frontiers of the Christian kingdoms, under the leadership of dynamic individuals and in the face of increasing interference by the Crown." David Abulafia, University of Cambridge

“This collection of stories and a novella explores the little-publicized migration of the Iraqi Jews escaping oppression, only to be confronted with the difficult realities of new nations and customs. Tova Murad Sadka’s work spans Iraq, Israel and the U.S. with beautiful, laconic prose, magnifying the everyday adversity of immigrants.”  Academy Chicago Publishers

“The preeminent work by one of France’s most celebrated young comics artists, The Rabbi’s Cat , a graphic novel, tells the wholly unique story of a rabbi, his daughter, and their talking cat–a philosopher brimming with scathing humor and surprising tenderness…….      Rich with the colors, textures, and flavors of Algeria’s Jewish community, The Rabbi’s Cat brings a lost world vibrantly to life–a time and place where Jews and Arabs coexisted–and peoples it with endearing and thoroughly human characters, and one truly unforgettable cat.”  Pantheon Books

Stillman presents a collection of documents describing the lives and the fate that befell the Jews of Arab lands, during the past century, particularly in light of the creation of the state of Israel and the exodus of Jews which occurred in its wake.