Böcker av Nancy Kalikow Maxwell

Is laughter essential to Jewish identity? Do Jews possess special radar for recognising members of the tribe? Since Jews live longer and make love more often, why don't more people join the tribe? "More deli than deity" writer Nancy Kalikow Maxwell poses many such questions in eight chapters exploring what it means to be "typically Jewish".

Librarianship as a calling is a powerful perspective. Many librarians sense the deeper meaning and higher purpose in their work, yet rarely have time to contemplate it. Drawing from history, sociology, and philosophy, this work voices the importance of the library profession and libraries as community institutions in a secular time.