Jewish Studies as CounterlifeThis book tells the story of a Jewish Studies that hasnt fully happenedat least not yet. Newton asks what we mean when we say Jewish Studiesand when we imagine it not as mere amalgam but as a project. Jewish Studies offers a unique perspective from which to view the horizon of the academic humanities because, although it arrived belatedly, it has spanned a range of disciplinary locations and configurations, from an origin story in nineteenth century