A Short History of Judaism provides a clear, brief yet comprehensive study of the long history of the Jewish people and their faith. Written with insight and sympathy, it traces the story that begins with a Semitic tribe dwelling in the land of Canaan 2,000 years before the birth of Jesus.

Professor Rabbi Dan Cohn-Sherbok and his co-author Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok paint a vivid picture of the key moments and concepts in Judaism, from the experiences of exile, the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, and the Nazi Holocaust, to the modern challenges of feminism and the split between Orthodox and non-Orthodox.