Emanuela Barasch Rubinstein (

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: עמנואלה ברש רובינשטיין) is an Israeli author and a Humanities scholar.

Biography

Emanuela Barasch Rubinstein was born in

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to the art historian Moshe Barasch. She has a

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and

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, a

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and a PhD from the

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. Her doctoral thesis focuses on the literary and religious interpretations of the

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. She taught at

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, she is now teaching at the Inter-Disciplinary Center,

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. Rubinstein published three academic books on the cultural interpretation of Nazism and the Holocaust. Two were published in English (''Mephisto in the Third Reich'', De Gruyter Press, ''The Devil, the Saints and the Church'', Peter Lang) and one in Hebrew (''Nazi Devil'',

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). She has also translated two books from English into

. After publishing these books, Rubinstein turned to write fiction. ''Five Selves'' (Holland House Books), a collection of five novellas which she wrote in Hebrew and translated into English, was published in the United Kingdom. Her novel ''Delivery'' (in Hebrew) was published by Hakibbutz Hameuchad in 2018. The English edition was published in 2021. She published short stories in literary journals in the United States and in Israel. She runs a blog entitled ''On Ourselves and Others'' dealing with various cultural topics.

Works

Academic Books

*''The Devil, the Saints, and the Church'', Peter Lang, 2003. * ''The Nazi Devil'' (in Hebrew), The Hebrew University Magnes Press, 2010. *''Mephisto in the Third Reich'', De Gruyter, 2014.

Fiction

*''Five Selves'', Holland House Books, 2015. *''Delivery'' (in Hebrew), Hakibutz Hameuchad, 2018. *''Delivery'' (in English), Holland House Books, 2021. *Intimate Solitude, Academic Studies Press, 2024.

Translations

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, ''Theories of Primitive Religion'', Bialik Institute, 1998. *Grossman, Rodgers, Moore, ''Unlocking Creativity in the Workplace'', Branko Weiss Institute, 1995.

References

External links

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