Jonathan Zisook
Biographic Data
| ID | 4173233 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan Zisook |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Zisook |
| SIGNATURE | ZISOOK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | City University of New York |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1341-5745 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Great Discoveries and Pathbreaking Books
DISCOVERIES IN THE JUDEAN DESERT Book Series. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1955–2011. SACRED TRASH: THE LOST AND FOUND WORLD OF THE CAIRO GENIZA. By Adina Hoffman and Peter Cole. New York: Schocken, 2011. ZAKHOR: JEWISH HISTORY AND JEWISH MEMORY. By Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1982; 2nd ed., 1996. THE JEW IN THE MODERN WORLD: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. By Paul Mendes-Flohr and Jehuda Reinharz. New York: Oxford Univers…
Afterlife of the Sacred
In this article we explore the curation and history of Torah scrolls on display at regional Holocaust museums in the United States in Atlanta, Skokie, Dallas, and Pittsburgh. Through a comparative analysis of four case studies, we interrogate a variety of Torah scroll installations across different museological landscapes and their educational, memorial, and socioreligious implications. An examination of regional Holocaust museums reveals the two…
The “Jewish turn” in contemporary Poland
People are often surprised to learn that a Jewish community exists in present-day Poland.Poland is, after all, the "land of ashes"-the sacred resting place of several million Jewish dead, burnt in the ghastly
Dead Jews Are Not A Metaphor
C hafetz, J anet
Janet Saltzman Chafetz (1942–2006) was a scholar and developer of formal gender theory. She formulated a theory of gender stratification and change and strongly advocated the incorporation of feminist theory into the mainstream of sociological theory. Throughout her work on gender, she strongly cautioned against the pitfalls of essentialism, urging scholars to avoid characterizing male and female capacities as categorically different. While known…
E vans‐ P ritchard, E. E
E. E. Evans‐Pritchard (1902–1973) was a distinguished British social anthropologist whose scholarship built upon and critiqued the work of his predecessors, including Durkheim, Lévy‐Bruhl, Malinowski, and Radcliffe‐Brown. Through his many essays and books on the Zande, Nuer, and other societies of East Africa, Evans‐Pritchard helped demystify and de‐essentialize the study of so‐called primitive social life. Evans‐Pritchard was influential in argu…
Disenchantment of the world
One of the central comparative-historical features of Max Weber's sociology of religion is his theory of disenchantment, whereby magical forms of social action come to be eclipsed by religious forms. This article explicates Weber's theory of disenchantment, underscoring his original distinction between magic and religion, while emphasizing the unique and often underappreciated position Judaism occupies in Weber's theory. I accord special signific…
Disenchantment of the world
One of the central comparative-historical features of Max Weber's sociology of religion is his theory of disenchantment, whereby magical forms of social action come to be eclipsed by religious forms. This article explicates Weber's theory of disenchantment, underscoring his original distinction between magic and religion, while emphasizing the unique and often underappreciated position Judaism occupies in Weber's theory. I accord special signific…
C hafetz, J anet
Janet Saltzman Chafetz (1942–2006) was a scholar and developer of formal gender theory. She formulated a theory of gender stratification and change and strongly advocated the incorporation of feminist theory into the mainstream of sociological theory. Throughout her work on gender, she strongly cautioned against the pitfalls of essentialism, urging scholars to avoid characterizing male and female capacities as categorically different. While known…
E vans‐ P ritchard, E. E
E. E. Evans‐Pritchard (1902–1973) was a distinguished British social anthropologist whose scholarship built upon and critiqued the work of his predecessors, including Durkheim, Lévy‐Bruhl, Malinowski, and Radcliffe‐Brown. Through his many essays and books on the Zande, Nuer, and other societies of East Africa, Evans‐Pritchard helped demystify and de‐essentialize the study of so‐called primitive social life. Evans‐Pritchard was influential in argu…
Disenchantment of the world
One of the central comparative-historical features of Max Weber's sociology of religion is his theory of disenchantment, whereby magical forms of social action come to be eclipsed by religious forms. This article explicates Weber's theory of disenchantment, underscoring his original distinction between magic and religion, while emphasizing the unique and often underappreciated position Judaism occupies in Weber's theory. I accord special signific…
Dead Jews Are Not A Metaphor
The “Jewish turn” in contemporary Poland
People are often surprised to learn that a Jewish community exists in present-day Poland.Poland is, after all, the "land of ashes"-the sacred resting place of several million Jewish dead, burnt in the ghastly
Great Discoveries and Pathbreaking Books
DISCOVERIES IN THE JUDEAN DESERT Book Series. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1955–2011. SACRED TRASH: THE LOST AND FOUND WORLD OF THE CAIRO GENIZA. By Adina Hoffman and Peter Cole. New York: Schocken, 2011. ZAKHOR: JEWISH HISTORY AND JEWISH MEMORY. By Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1982; 2nd ed., 1996. THE JEW IN THE MODERN WORLD: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. By Paul Mendes-Flohr and Jehuda Reinharz. New York: Oxford Univers…
Afterlife of the Sacred
In this article we explore the curation and history of Torah scrolls on display at regional Holocaust museums in the United States in Atlanta, Skokie, Dallas, and Pittsburgh. Through a comparative analysis of four case studies, we interrogate a variety of Torah scroll installations across different museological landscapes and their educational, memorial, and socioreligious implications. An examination of regional Holocaust museums reveals the two…
Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · History (3 works) · Judaism (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art history (2 works)