In this study of the legal and social condition of Jews and Christians subjected to Islamic rule (the dhimmis), Bat Ye'or examines various religious and historical sources, using the new term "dhimmitude" to describe their common history and legal status. Some of the laws derive from the special status institutionalized by the Church Fathers for ...
In this study Bat Ye'or provides a lucid analysis of the dogma and strategies of jihad, offering a vast panorama of the history of Christians and Jews under the rule of Islam. This epic story sheds light on the areas of fusion, interdependence, and confrontation between Islam, Christianity, and Judaism.
This provocative and disturbing book is about the transformation of Europe into "Eurabia," a cultural and political appendage of the Arab/Muslim world. Eurabia is fundamentally anti-Christian, anti-Western, anti-American, and antisemitic, while striving for Israel's disappearance and the vilification and isolation of America. The institution ...
This volume is designed to help ESL writing students become independent self-editors by making them aware of the most common language problems in ESL writing and by giving them strategies for reducing these errors. The text guides students through over 15 areas in the language that present the greatest challenges to ESL learners by providing a ...
Colloquial Mongolian is easy to use and completely clear! Written by an experienced teacher of the language, Colloquial Mongolian offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Mongolian.
These essays challenge the private/public split that assumes ethics is a private, individual concern and politics is a public, group concern. The collection addresses philosophical issues and controversies of interest to feminists, including prostitution, the ethics of the human genome research project as it impacts Native Americans, and ...
Rebecca Samuelson has no one to tell about her fears and feelings since her father was hospitalized with a heart attack and won't make it home for Passover. In fact, he might never make it home at all. Rebecca decides to confide her feelings in letters to the prophet Elijah. In them, she pours out all her thoughts including her joy at being a ...
In March, 1996, on her 15th birthday, Bat-Chen Shahak was killed by a suicide bomber in Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Center. But the gifted teenager left behind a rich legacy of diaries, letters, poems and drawings. She wrote about teachers and friends, the angst of young love and her yearning for peace in the world. Following her death, her parents ...
Indispensable to the Western observer for a full understanding of the complexities of the conflicts in the Middle East, this study analyzes and documents the historical, social, and spiritual realities of the dhimmi peoples -- the non-Arab and non-Muslim communities subjected to Muslim domination after the conquest of their territories by Arabs.
This book introduces feminist voices into the study of Platonic and Aristotelian texts that modern Western philosophy has treated as foundational. The book concerns the extent to which Platonic and Aristotelian texts are (un)redeemably sexist, masculinist, or phallocentric.
Primarily for grades K-5, this book includes 18 games, craft projects, and many more fun activities that enable children to learn the facts about bats before negative stereotypes become established. Grade level guidelines and pertinent background information are included to help teachers plan study units on bats.
This book contains readings of canonical Western philosophical texts from the viewpoint of current feminist thinking. The contributors focus specifically on the ways in which modern Western philosophy constructs genders and analyzes gender relations. The provide a detailed analysis of modern philosophers' conceptions of masculinity and femininity ...
A girl's memories of a summer vacation at the seashore with her family. The narrator, on the verge of entering adolescence, shares not only those happy memories but also her concerns about growing up and becoming a teenager.
In the history of contemporary painting, Myriam Bat-Yosef occupies a distinctive place, a place apart. Her works are regularly shown in Israel, Europe, Japan and Iceland, and in all these countries, they have been awarded numerous prizes. She fascinated the likes of Marc Chagall, Andre Breton and Anais Nin, to name a few, and the most prestigious ...
Thirteen-year-old Natalie reflects on the previous summer--the year her life was forever changed. Living in an inner city neighborhood with her father, Natalie was distressed when her drug addict mother returns claiming to have cleaned up her act. At the same time, Natalie had to deal with the painful loss of her best friend and neighbor, Tasha, ...
In this story set in World War II-era upstate New York, a 15-year-old American girl named Christine falls in love with Adam, a 15-year-old Jewish refugee recently arrived in the United States from war-torn Yugoslavia. This story is told in alternating chapters by both Christine and Adam.
Presenting an epic feature-length DuckTales adventure by Bob Langhans (Battle of the Planets), back in print for the first time since 1991! A battle with Arctic poachers leads Scrooge and Launchpad to the discovery of highly unearthly gold nuggets...and a chase into space after an 84-karat asteroid! The treasure hunt would be tough enough without ...
The first-known Yiddish book to be written by a woman, "Meneket Rivkah" ("Rivkah's Nurse") reveals a great deal about 16th century Jewish women's lives and religious practices. It includes Rivkah bat Meir's sermons, her interpretations of the Bible, and other religious instructions on various topics to guide women in their familial relationships. ...
This book highlights Jewish women's activities in the 1930s and 1940s as they were reflected in one outstanding woman Cecilia Razovsky. Her wide range of activities spanning more than fifty years and her outstanding devotion to assisting refugees and refugee children reveal her as a woman who dedicated her personal life and her professional skills ...
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While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam Is Destroying the West from Within
