Book
week 2013

By:
Eliezer Brodt

Book week just began in
Eretz Yisrael. As I have written in previous years every year in Israel, around
Shavous time, there is a period of about ten days called Shavuah Hasefer – Book
Week (see here, here here, here  here and here). Many of the companies
offer sales for the whole month. Shavuah HaSefer is a sale which takes
place all across the country in stores, malls and special places rented out
just for the sales. There are places where strictly “frum” seforim are sold and
other places have most of the secular publishing houses. Many publishing houses
release new titles specifically at this time. In my reviews I sometimes include
an older title if I just noticed the book. As I have written in the past, I do
not intend to include all the new books. Eventually some of these titles will
be the subject of their own reviews. I try to include titles of broad interest.
Some books I cannot provide much information about as I just glanced at them
quickly. Some books which I note, I can provide Table of contents if requested,
via e mail.

As this list shows
although book publishing in book form has dropped greatly worldwide, Academic
books on Jewish related topics are still coming out in full force.

I have also included
some academic books that came out this year but are not being sold at
book week.

Additionally this year I
am offering a service, for a small fee to help one purchase these titles (or
titles of previous years). For more information about this email me at
Eliezerbrodt-at-gmail.com. Part of the proceeds will be going to support the
efforts of the the Seforim Blog.

Bar Ilan University has many excellent
new titles this year.

Merkaz Zalman Shazar has some new titles.

This year at the Shazar
booth there are some otherwise hard to track down some books related to Poland
from Tel Aviv University available for some very reduced prices amongst the
titles of interest are;

א. החדר מחקרים תעודות פרקי ספרות וזכרונות עמנואל
אטקס ודוד אסף (עורכים)

ב. זיכרונות יחזקאל קוטיק דוד אסף (מהדיר) שני
חלקים

ג. פנקס פתוח, מרדכי נדב

ד. קרקא קזימייז קראקוב, אלחנן ריינר (עורך)

ה. בין זיכרון להכחשה, יואל רבא

ו.אלכסנדר גוטרמן, קהילות ורשה בין שתי מלחמות
העולם, אוטונומיה לאומית בכבלי החוק המציאות 1917-1939

ז. גל עד- כרך כג.

 The Bialik Institute
has many new titles, amongst them:

Machlelet Herzog has some new titles:

Magnes has many new
titles:

 Reuven Mass has some new titles worth mentioning:

Mechon
Ben Tzvi
has some new important titles:  

           

Kibutz Hamuchad has a few good titles
this year:

Shocken –JTS has special
sales on older titles:

A new face
at book week was Machlelet Efrata. Worth mentioning is:

Carmel Publishers has
some new titles:

Yeddiot Seforim has a few nice titles:

After being out of print
for years this classic is back in print.

Some Random Academic
stuff not at the book week:

Some older excellent
titles of Mercaz Shazar I thought worth mentioning: