An analysis of the Jubilee’s interpretation in the ancient texts of early Judaism and Christianity in conversation with Utopian StudiesIn Proclaim Liberty, Jonathan Kaplan examines the Jubilee in its original context, when it primarily referred to an ancient Israelite economic practice: that of announcing liberty for enslaved Israelites every fifty years and returning real estate to its original ancestral owners in that year. Kaplan tells the story of how ...

The world of the international rugby referee has always been a closely guarded secret … until now.As a Durban schoolboy, Jonathan Kaplan watched rugby at Kings Park every Saturday, dreaming of the day he would represent his country. Now, three decades later and at the age of 47, he reflects on the career highs and lows that saw him retire as the most capped international, Super Rugby and Currie Cup referee of all time.But records and milestones are just a part of an intrigu...

From the author of the New York Times Notable Book, The Dressing Station: "A gripping memoir" of a doctor's education on the battlefield ( Pittsburgh Post-Gazette).Inspired by his father's time as a military surgeon in World War II, Jonathan Kaplan became a doctor and was appointed to a post at a woefully understaffed South African general hospital in a black township. Fleeing apartheid, he traveled the globe in search of sanctuary, experiencing r...

In this "vividly compelling" New York Times Notable Book, a surgeon recounts his experiences in war zones ( The Washington Post).From treating the casualties of apartheid in Cape Town to operating on Kurdish guerrillas in Northern Iraq at the end of the Gulf War, Jonathan Kaplan has saved (and lost) lives in the remotest corners of the world in the most extreme conditions. He has been a hospital surgeon, a ship's physician, an air-ambulance doctor, and a t...

Most studies of the history of interpretation of Song of Songs focus on its interpretation from late antiquity to modernity. In My Perfect One, Jonathan Kaplan examines earlier rabbinic interpretation of this work by investigating an underappreciated collection of works of rabbinic literature from the first few centuries of the Common Era, known as the tannaitic midrashim. In a departure from earlier scholarship that too quickly classified rabbinic interpretation of Song of Songs as allego...

Discovering an Oasis of Calm in the CityThe city is an exciting yet demanding place to live. Although you love the tremendous energy and diversity of the urban environment, the day-to-day grind of going to work and navigating crowds, traffic, and lines can leave you feeling weary and disconnected.Respectful of the challenges and advantages that arise when you live or work in the city, Urban Mindfulness provides practical advice for transforming everyday exp...

This book analyzes the development of Jewish positions on the relationship between Church and State from the Revolution until the Great War It is a comprehensive study of the complex interplay among different segments of the Jewish population and the community’s attempt to come to terms with its social and religious status in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.As this book demonstrates, the organized French Jewish community strategically charted the political waters by st...

Shortlisted for the Leslie and Sophie Caplan Award for Jewish Non-FictionSurviving photographs of Jewish Viennese men during the fin-de-siècle and interwar periods – both the renowned cultural luminaries and their many anonymous coreligionists – all share a striking sartorial detail: the tailored suit. Yet, until now, the adoption of the tailored suit and its function in the formation of modern Jewish identities remains under-researched.Jews in...

In The Limits and Lies of Human Genetic Research, Jonathan Kaplan weighs in on the controversial subject of the roles genes play in determining aspects of physical and behavioral human variation. Limits and Lies makes the case that neither the information we have on genes, nor on the environment, is sufficient to explain the complex variations among humans.

Take the stress out of preparing for “aways” with the Orthopaedic Rotations Survival Guide. Developed in partnership with the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and Orthomentor, this concise resource streamlines preparation for medical and physician assistant students, as they embark on their elective rotations in orthopaedic surgery, and provides a convenient refresher for residency and practice. Each chapter represents a different orthopaedic subspecialty, delivering just the right...

Architects of buildings and architects of software have more in common than most people think. Both professions require attention to detail, and both practitioners will see their work collapse around them if they make too many mistakes. It's impossible to imagine a world in which buildings get built without blueprints, but it's still common for software applications to be designed and built without blueprints, or in this case, design patterns.A software design pattern can be identified as ...

A comprehensive, evidence-based guide to the role of psychology in cancer careMultidisciplinary authors provide a holistic overviewDetails the key principles and models of cancer-related distressGuides through assessment and treatmentIllustrated with case studiesPrintable tools for clinical useMore about the bookPsychosocial oncology is a health psychology specialty that focuses o...