Emet Le-Ya'akov: Facing the Truths of History: Essays in Honor of Jacob J. Schacter - Paperback

by Zev Eleff (Editor), Shaul Seidler-Feller (Editor)

Emet le-Ya'akov comprises a collection of essays celebrating the achievements of Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter. These articles, like the honoree, engage with the importance of both history and memory and are divided into three categories: Textual Traditions, Memory and Making of Meaning, and (Re)Creating a Usable Past.

Author Biography

Zev Eleff is President of Gratz College and Professor of American Jewish History in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania. He is the author or editor of ten books and more than fifty scholarly articles. His most recent book is Dyed in Crimson: Football, Faith, and Remaking Harvard's America.

Shaul Seidler-Feller is a doctoral candidate in modern Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Judaica consultant at Sotheby's New York. Together with David N. Myers, he coedited Swimming against the Current: Reimagining Jewish Tradition in the Twenty-First Century: Essays in Honor of Chaim Seidler-Feller.