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Random House USA Inc Zen Judaism For You a Little Enlightenment
Book SynopsisFew spiritual practices are more intriguing or elusive than those of Zen Judaism,” says David M. Bader in the foreword to Zen Judaism. “This growing movement offers a unique way to follow in the footsteps of the Buddha, ideally without gaining quite so much weight.” These nearly 100 sacred teachings are capable “of bringing about an enlightenment experience so pure, so elevating, and so intense, you could plotz.” For you, some samples:To know the Buddha is the highest attainment. Second highest is to go to the same doctor as the Buddha.Be here now. Be someplace else later. Is that so complicated? There is no escaping Karma. In a previous life, you never called, you never wrote, you never visited. And whose fault was that?If there is no self, whose arthritis is this? Be patient and achieve all things. Be impatient and achieve all things faster.
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Random House USA Inc Practical Kabbalah
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Random House USA Inc The New Joys of Yiddish Completely Updated
Book SynopsisEnjoy the most comprehensive and hilariously entertaining lexicon of the colorful and deeply expressive language of Yiddish. With the recent renaissance of interest in Yiddish, and in keeping with a language that embodies the variety and vibrancy of life itself, The New Joys of Yiddish brings Leo Rosten’s masterful work up to date. Revised for the first time by Lawrence Bush, in close consultation with Rosten’s daughters, it retains the spirit of the original—with its wonderful jokes, tidbits of cultural history, Talmudic and biblical references—and is enhanced by hundreds of new entries and thoughtful commentary on how Yiddish has evolved over the years, as well as clever illustrations by R. O. Blechman. Did you know that cockamamy, bluffer, maven, and aha! are all Yiddish words? If you did, you’re a gaon, possessing a lot of seykhl.
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Transcontinental Music Publications Leveling the Praying Field Methods and Melodies
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Harvest House Publishers Israel and the Church Study Guide An Israeli
Book SynopsisTo fully grasp what God has in store for the future, it’s vital to understand His promises to Israel. The Israel and the Church Study Guide will help you do exactly that, equipping you to explore the Bible’s many revelations about what is yet to come.
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Arcadia Publishing The Jewish Community Around North Broad Street
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Arcadia Publishing The Jewish Community of Savannah Images of
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Arcadia Publishing Inc. The Lost Jewish Community of the West Side Flats
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Rowman & Littlefield Munich 1972
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewDavid Clay Large's Munich 1972 is an almost ideal matching of historian and subject. Mr. Large has written one excellent book about Munich under the Nazis and another on the Berlin Olympics of 1936. Moreover, he was in Munich in 1972. In this superb chronicle, Mr. Large evokes the febrile atmosphere of that time and place, as the sporting festivities that were supposed to celebrate Germany's return to the fellowship of democratic nations turned into a nightmare: the ideology-driven murder of Jews on German soil. . . . Many Germans still regard the Munich massacre as the darkest day in the history of the Federal Republic, yet to date Germany has not commemorated the victims properly. With the captivating Munich 1972, Mr. Large offers a memorial of sorts—and a reminder that, long before 9/11, a war on Western civilization, emanating from the Middle East, had already been declared. * The Wall Street Journal *Outstanding. . . . [A] meticulous reconstruction of the tragedy. . . . Large has turned up fascinating material in archival research. . . . Munich 1972 is a massively researched, eminently readable history. Although his prose is calm and his approach evenhanded, for most readers his book will evoke astonishment, exasperation, and, finally, grief. * Jewish Review of Books *To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany—where outstanding performances by U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz and USSR gymnast Olga Korbut were overshadowed by the slaying of 11 Israeli team members by Palestinian gunmen—Montana State University history professor Large (Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936) provides a densely detailed look at what he calls 'history's first globally televised act of terrorism.' Using newly released sources, he chronologically explores the political, social, cultural, and athletic dimensions of the Games of the XX Olympiad, focusing on the hostage crisis that began on Sept. 5 when members of the Black September organization broke into the Olympic Village's Israeli living quarters, claimed hostages, and demanded the release of 236 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails. The subsequent standoff and botched rescue attempt resulted in the deaths of all the captives and most of their captors. Though the deadly stalemate takes up the bulk of Large's book, and will therefore make this comprehensive take on the games appeal primarily to historians, the author doesn't forget his sports fans. While the tragedy unfolded, the games continued on, and Large devotes considerable attention to the many athletic feats and conflicts. * Publishers Weekly *Large (history, Montana State Univ.; Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936), a specialist on German history, here addresses the many factors that resulted in the lax security at the 1972 Olympics, thus facilitating the tragic assault on the Israeli athletes by the Palestinian organization Black September. Large explores numerous themes in his analysis, including economic costs, international race relations, international and domestic security threats, and pressures of the games themselves. Rather than losing the narrative with so many themes, he writes with such depth and detail that each element melds seamlessly with the others. VERDICT While seemingly a daunting and complex subject, this is an encompassing, detailed, and engaging account for serious readers not only of the Olympics themselves and the Munich 1972 games, but of shifting international pressures and the effects that historical and social conflicts can apply to even declared apolitical events. Large’s emotions come through in his judgment of lapses and of the terrorism we have confronted over the years. Those interested in the multiple shifting global influences on sports and politics will find this a valuable addition to their collections. * Library Journal *David Clay Large has written a captivating history of the 1972 Munich Olympics. Munich 1972 is both terrific sporting history and a gripping chronicle of the Black September terror attack that took the lives of eleven Israeli Olympians. It is a tale of human frailty, incompetence, and unintended consequences. It will surely stand as the definitive history of a turning point in the Olympic saga. -- Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer and author of Crossing Mandelbaum GateThis fluent, measured, and thorough book is a worthy successor to David Large's fine earlier study of the Nazi Games in Berlin. Once more, Large uncovers surprising twists in an ultimately tragic story and adeptly skewers the pretensions and hypocrisies of the modern Olympic movement. -- Peter Hayes, Northwestern UniversityRead this book! Munich 1972 is a sad, important, morally complicated story with many unexpected details and shocking revelations. What makes it a page-turner, as well as an elemental bit of 20th-century history, is that its author is a real writer—sometimes caustic, always humane—as well as an eminent historian of modern Germany. David Large, the wry professor, has done it again. -- David Quammen, author of The Song of the Dodo and SpilloverA gripping account of the ‘Olympics of Terror,’ when the games went on, despite the tragedy that arguably signaled the new challenges and dangers of our world. Well-researched and crafted, Munich 1972 is an excellent, haunting book, one that matters even more now. -- John Merriman, Yale UniversitySuperb book. . . . Large, an American scholar of contemporary Germany, adds to his impressive stack of books with a gripping, finely researched chronicle of those Games set against the backdrop of the tumultuous politics of the 1960s and 1970s. * The National *This timely book reminds readers that politics have always shaped the Olympic Games. A respected authority on the Third Reich, Large explains how the XX Olympic Games in Munich marked a turning point in Olympic and sports history generally. He thoroughly details the murder of Israeli athletes by pro-Palestine Black September terrorists. The author's description is especially valuable because he places the attack within the larger contexts of contemporary international tensions (Cold War, Vietnam War protests, African decolonization, Middle Eastern conflicts) and West Germany's attempt to distance itself from the so-called ‘Nazi Olympics’ of 1936 Berlin. Munich 1972 also describes the first superexpensive Olympic Games, complete with artist competitions, extravagant ceremonies, and huge building projects. Large pays great attention to the competition itself and writes vibrantly about many sports. The book therefore nicely blends the work of scholar and fan. . . . This thoughtful, readable piece on a major event of the modern era will appeal to many people. Summing Up: Highly recommended. * CHOICE *Munich 1972: Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at the Olympic Games is by far the most comprehensive treatment of the Munich tragedy. Just about every detail, personality, and emotion is given both a caustic as well as humane treatment. Large’s exquisite and eloquent literary style makes this book a very reader friendly book, a page-turner from beginning to end; a joy to read, yet a somber and sober literary experience to behold and remember. * The Jewish Star *This is a detailed account of the Games, focusing on the lax security measures that lead to the attack on Israeli athletes. Large provides a complete recounting of the games, from the decision of the International Olympic Committee to select Munich as a site to the closing ceremony. A German history specialist at Montana State University, Large’s analysis is all encompassing including both domestic and international terror information. This highly detailed account is for anyone wanting an inside look at what goes on behind the scenes at the Olympics. * Pekin Daily Times *The most scarring Olympics are covered in the exceedingly good Munich 1972: Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at the Olympic Games. David Clay Large, a Montana State University history professor, writes with bite, had access to new sources, and brings intense context. * Boston Globe *A detailed and well-written history of the Munich Olympics. The massacre naturally plays a central role but the book is much more comprehensive . . . as a chronicle of a problematic Olympic era where politics were central before, during, and after the Games. Large succeeds by focusing on the sporting events rather than politics, telling a compelling story from multiple perspectives. . . . His book will hold great appeal not only for those who remember the dramatic events of these Games, but also for those interested in Olympic history from an organizational, economic, and political perspective. * Idrottsforum.org *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: The Decision for Munich Chapter 2: “We Just Slid Into It”: Planning and Building for Munich ’72 Chapter 3: On the Eve of the Games Chapter 4: Let the Games Begin Chapter 5: Invasion of the Sanctuary Chapter 6: Battlefield Fürstenfeldbruck Chapter 7: The Games Go On Epilogue
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Jewish Treasures of the Caribbean
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThese photographs of modern day treasures bear witness to the legacy of New World Judaism and provide a visual record of this history for future generations. Wyatt Gallery's photographs of the Jewish Treasures of the Caribbean capture the dignity and grandeur of its Sephardic past, its deep root in Iberia, as well as its fragile present and uncertain future. He skillfully evokes the dramatic and largely unknown story of the dignity and perseverance of the Caribbean Jewish experience with an unerring eye for beauty and rich historical detail. -- Jane S. Gerber, Professor of History & Director at Institute for Sephardic Studies at The Graduate School of the City University of New YorkThrough these photographs of sacred sites, we witness the legacy of Judaism and a rarely explored facet of Caribbean history.—Monica Haim, Director of Awake ZionTo peruse these pages is to be drawn back into the Caribbean Jewish world of yesteryear, in all of its now-faded glory. -- Jonathan Sarna, Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History Brandeis University
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Kabbalah and the 22 Paths of Healing
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Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers The Rich Go to Heaven
Book SynopsisThe Rich Go to Heaven: Giving Charity in Jewish Thought focuses on how tzedekah can connect an individual with God and reveal the spirituality of the physical world.
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Baker Publishing Group Rethinking the Synoptic Problem
Book SynopsisWhat is the relationship between the Synoptic Gospels? How can they be interpreted? Find out through the various approaches presented here from leading New Testament scholars.
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Baker Publishing Group Early Judaism
Book SynopsisThis textbook provides an introduction to the Second Temple period (520 BCE-70 CE), the formative era of early Judaism and the milieu of Jesus and of the earliest Christians. By paying close attention to original sources--especially the Bible, the Pseudepigrapha, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Josephus--Frederick J. Murphy introduces students to the world of ancient Jews and Christians. Early Judaism: The Exile to the Time of Christ, designed to serve students and teachers in the classroom, will also be of great interest to anyone looking for an entrée into this pivotal period. It contains suggestions for primary readings, bibliographies, maps, illustrations, glossaries, and indexes.
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Moody Press,U.S. The Fall Feasts of Israel
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Schocken Books Entering Jewish Prayer
Book SynopsisThis engaging and informative book provides an introduction to the liturgy of the Siddur--the Jewish prayerbook. More than a 'how-to' guide, this resource deals with basic issues for the modern worshiper, the historial compilation of the Siddur, and much more.
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Schocken Books Everymans Talmud The Major Teachings of the
Book SynopsisLong regarded as the classic introduction to the teachings of the Talmud, this comprehensive and masterly distillation summarizes the wisdom of the rabbinic sages on the dominant themes of Judaism.To some readers of this book, the Talmud represents little more than a famous Jewish book. But people want to know about a book that, they are told, defines Judaism. Everyman's Talmud is the right place to begin not only to learn about Judaism in general but to meet the substance of the Talmud in particular . . . In time to come, Cohen's book will find its companion-though I do not anticipate it will ever require a successor for what it accomplishes with elegance and intelligence: a systematic theology of the Talmud's Judaism.—From the Foreword by Jacob NeusnerThis classic introduction reveals the wisdom of the rabbinic sages on such topics as the doctrine of God; God and the universe; the soul and its destiny; prophesy and revelation; physical life; mo
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group The Messianic Idea in Judaism
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Random House USA Inc On The Kabbalah Its Symbolism Mysticism
Book SynopsisIn On the Kabbalah and Its Symbolism, Gershom Scholem guides the reader through the central themes in the intricate history of the Kabbalah, clarifying the relations between mysticism and established religious authority, the mystics' interpretation of the Torah and their attempts to discover the hidden meaning underlying Scripture, the tension between the philosophical and the mystical concepts of God, and the symbolism employed in mystical religion.With a new foreword by Bernard McGinn
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Saying Kaddish How to Comfort the Dying Bury the
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group To Heal a Fractured World The Ethics of
Book SynopsisOne of the most respected religious thinkers of our time makes an impassioned plea for the return of religion to its true purpose—as a partnership with God in the work of ethical and moral living.What are our duties to others, to society, and to humanity? How do we live a meaningful life in an age of global uncertainty and instability? In To Heal a Fractured World, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks offers answers to these questions by looking at the ethics of responsibility. In his signature plainspoken, accessible style, Rabbi Sacks shares with us traditional interpretations of the Bible, Jewish law, and theology, as well as the works of philosophers and ethicists from other cultures, to examine what constitutes morality and moral behavior. “We are here to make a difference,” he writes, “a day at a time, an act at a time, for as long as it takes to make the world a place of justice and compassion.” He argues that in today’s religious and polit
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Schocken Books Cultures of the Jews Volume 3 Modern Encounters
Book SynopsisScattered over much of the world throughout most of their history, are the Jews one people or many? How do they resemble and how do they differ from Jews in other places and times? What have their relationships been to the cultures of their neighbors? To address these and similar questions, some of the finest scholars of our day have contributed their insights to Cultures of the Jews, a winner of the National Jewish Book Award upon its hardcover publication in 2002. Constructing their essays around specific cultural artifacts that were created in the period and locale under study, the contributors describe the cultural interactions among different Jews-from rabbis and scholars to non-elite groups, including women-as well as between Jews and the surrounding non-Jewish world. What they conclude is that although Jews have always had their own autonomous traditions, Jewish identity cannot be considered the fixed product of either ancient ethnic or religious origins. Rather,
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Schocken Books The Promise of Politics
Book SynopsisIn The Promise of Politics, Hannah Arendt examines the conflict between philosophy and politics. In particular, she shows how the tradition of Western political thought, which extends from Plato and Aristotle to its culmination in Marx, failed to account for human action. The concluding section of the book, “Introduction into Politics,” examines an issue that is as timely today as it was when Arendt first wrote about it fifty years ago-the modern prejudice against politics. When politics is considered as a means to an end that lies outside of itself, argues Arendt, when force is used to create “freedom,” the very existence of political principles is imperiled.
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Schocken Books Abraham The Worlds First but Certainly Not Last
Book SynopsisPart of the Jewish Encounter seriesOne of the world’s best-known attorneys gives us a no-holds-barred history of Jewish lawyers: from the biblical Abraham through modern-day advocates who have changed the world by challenging the status quo, defending the unpopular, contributing to the rule of law, and following the biblical command to pursue justice. The Hebrew Bible’s two great examples of advocacy on behalf of problematic defendants—Abraham trying to convince God not to destroy the people of Sodom, and Moses trying to convince God not to destroy the golden-calf-worshipping Children of Israel—established the template for Jewish lawyers for the next 4,500 years. Whether because throughout history Jews have found themselves unjustly accused of crimes ranging from deicide to ritual child murder to treason, or because the biblical exhortation that “justice, justice, shall you pursue” has been implanted in the Jewish psy
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Beacon Press Yes to Life In Spite of Everything
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Transcontinental Music Publications My Jewish World An Early Childhood Music
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Paulist Press International,U.S. Early Kabbalah The CWS Classics of Western
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Jewish Stories of Love and Marriage Folktales
Book SynopsisJewish Stories of Love and Marriage is a treasury of tales that speaks to loveâs blessing and challenge. From biblical times to present, this book shares powerful stories about faith and love, even in times of heartbreak. It is an ideal collection for personal reading, to share at weddings or anniversaries, and to explore rich traditions of love.Trade ReviewSchram and Sasso, in a synergistic collaboration of storyteller and rabbi, have created an engaging compilation of Jewish love letters and love stories. Beginning with tales about the love relationships of biblical couplings (from biblical accounts, many interwoven with rabbinic midrash), the book also includes Jewish folktales about courtship, fascinating love letters by Jewish historical figures (including between Alfred Dreyfus and his wife Lucie), and a diverse collection of contemporary stories of meeting, love, and marital union. The collection highlights both the differences and the commonalities between contemporary love and marriage, and unions from ages past. In part a celebration of modern, romantic love, this book is also about the covenantal relationship between members of a couple (gay as well as straight), as well as love’s subtleties, conflicts, and hardships. The book concludes with a chapter designed to help a couple to write their own love story. Likely to appeal to a broad range of readers, the book is will be of particular value to those celebrating a wedding or anniversary (one’s own, or that of a friend or family member). * Publishers Weekly *To some, love stories can be boring, repetitive, and unrealistic. Not so with these stories. The editors collect tales from the Bible, folklorists, and contemporary sources to provide a tapestry of tales that remind us that love is love, and it can grow in surprising places. Jewish and non-Jewish readers alike will appreciate how the love stories are grounded in Jewish identity but in a way that covers a multitude of relationships, whether between two women or in an arranged marriage. From Miriam standing up to Moses and being revered for her wisdom to a woman whose first meeting with her husband convinced her he was a jerk, the stories in the collection repeatedly return to the theme of bashert, or destiny: God is in his heaven, and he is making matches. It’s a sweet reminder that every love story is as special as the individuals who make it. * Booklist *Jewish Stories of Love and Marriage is a must-have addition for any Jewish library, not to mention the perfect gift for any Jewish engagement or wedding. . . .Buy the book. Read the book. Then take the authors’ advice and pen your own family’s love story. * Jewish Post & Opinion *Jewish Stories of Love and Marriage offers a treasury of tales that speak to the tenderness and passion, difficulties and blessings of love. Jewish tradition overflows with love stories from the Bible, Talmud, and Midrash. Folktales continue the tradition, and contemporary writers highlight the way their faith and love interweave and enrich each other. * The Jewish Leader *The volume presents both familiar love stories and the unusual—ranging from the better-known biblical Song of Songs to love letters from a husband showing appreciation for his wife's ordeal during childbirth. The stories inform those who have little knowledge of Judaism, and deepen the understanding of those who are already familiar with its tenets. Well-researched in archives and libraries, and well-documented, the material here is full of different voices. . . .[W]hat makes this book truly a treasure is the sharing by the authors of the most intimate feelings in their own lives. . . . It is clear that both authors are loving and loved. The reader feels loved as well. In fact, he or she might think, 'These authors are so concerned about me that they included instructions for writing my own love story.' What a rich volume for anyone and everyone. * Jewish Book Council *Love is universal. But there is a special Jewish flavor to it. And that flavor can be savored on every page of this beautiful book. Reading it is like going to one hundred Jewish weddings—and being inspired by the story behind each one. It will make you want to shout ‘Mazel tov!’ -- Ari L. Goldman, author of The Search for God at Harvard and Being JewishTraditional and modern voices of Jews in love vibrate through this anthology of tales and letters which includes biblical, Talmudic, and medieval folk tales as well as letters and personal narratives of modern rabbis and philosophers. Some of the stories are classic tales, others are refreshing and little-known intimate narratives, yet all affirm the bond of love in Jewish courtship and in family life. This lovely collection of tales should be the first on any list of wedding gifts. -- Dan Ben-Amos, University of Pennsylvania; editor of Folktales of the JewsWho can comprehend God? Who really understands human love? Jewish mystics have long suggested that you can’t possibly know one without the other. After reading this fascinating collection, I think they're right—and I yearn even more for that sweetness, human and divine. -- Jon M. Sweeney, author of When Saint Francis Saved the Church and The Pope Who QuitJewish Stories of Love and Marriage includes everything from love letters and folktales to how to write the story of your own love and marriage! It is beautifully and uniquely imagined and assembled. -- Dan Wakefield, author of The Story of Your Life: Writing a Spiritual AutobiographyThis lovely book of stories about love and marriage from biblical times to the present is inspiring and hopeful. It would make a delightful gift for new couples and anniversary celebrations, yet will be equally helpful to clergy and seminarians. -- Rev. Debra W. Haffner, president, Religious InstituteA unique celebration of love in Jewish stories, Jewish lives, and Jewish letters through the ages, this collection will delight readers at various stages of the love cycle. Anticipating that its rich content will stimulate readers to want to record their personal love story or offer their own perspective on this enduring theme, the authors provide a handy set of questions, prompts, and suggestions to get them started. -- Gail Reimer, founding director, Jewish Women's ArchiveIf you need a story for an engagement, a shower, a wedding, an anniversary–any celebration of love between two partners–Rabbi Sasso and Peninnah Schran provide an excellent resource. They select love stories from an unusual combination of genres. * Storytelling Magazine *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction: The Story Behind the Story I. The Stories: Biblical and Rabbinic Stories II. Folktales of Love III. Love Letters IV. Contemporary Love Stories V. Writing Your Own Love Story Glossary Index About the Editors
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Random House USA Inc The Sabbath World Glimpses of a Different Order
Book SynopsisWhat is the Sabbath, anyway? The holy day of rest? The first effort to protect the rights of workers? A smart way to manage stress in a world in which computers never get turned off and work never comes to an end? Or simply an oppressive, outmoded rite? In The Sabbath World, Judith Shulevitz explores the Jewish and Christian day of rest, from its origins in the ancient world to its complicated observance in the modern one. Braiding ideas together with memories, Shulevitz delves into the legends, history, and philosophy that have grown up around a custom that has lessons for all of us, not just the religious. The shared day of nonwork has built communities, sustained cultures, and connected us to the memory of our ancestors and to our better selves, but it has also aroused as much resentment as love. The Sabbath World tells this surprising story together with an account of Shulevitz’s own struggle to keep this difficult, rewarding day.
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The Catholic University of America Press The Papacy the Jews and the Holocaust
Book SynopsisExplores various issues surrounding the relationship between the papacy and the Jews in the modern age.Trade ReviewIn this important study, Frank J. Coppa surveys the long history of Jew hatred in the Roman Catholic tradition, the positive and negative role of the papacy therein, and the relationship between the Catholic brand of Jew hatred, so called anti-Judaism, and anti-Semitism.... Coppa's fine book marks the beginnings of a new brand of scholarship on the role of Jew hatred in Roman Catholic and Holocaust history. - Church History ""Coppa has produced what must rank as one of the clearest and most nuanced studies to be had.... The special quality and unique character of this study is Coppa's constant attempt to balance the actions and inaction of the papacy.... Anyone interested in the papacy in the 20th century or in the moral stances of the historical church will find it essential reading."" - Italian Quarterly ""In his introduction to this book, Frank J. Coppa declares that his purpose is to 'provide a historical account of the relationship between the papacy and the Jews in the modern age.' In eight long, fact-filled chapters, Coppa does just that."" - American Historical Review ""Coppa's study is... the best available, single-volume survey of the relationship in the modern period between the papacy and the Jews."" - Theological Studies
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The Catholic University of America Press Amen Jews Christians and Muslims Keep Faith with
Book SynopsisExamines faith as one might examine a gem, gazing at different facets in turn. In this process, Patrick Ryan, a Jesuit who has lived for decades in Africa as well as in America, shares the personal reflections of one who has tried to live a life of faith not only in the company of fellow Christians but also in the company of Jews and Muslims.
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MP-SYR Syracuse University P The Jewish Derrida
Book SynopsisThis study takes a fresh look at the influential French philosopher, arguing that Jaques Derrida cannot be fully understood without considering the Jewish dimension of his thought, and offering a re-appraisal of his work.
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The University of Alabama Press Edgar and Brigitte A German Jewish Passage to
Book SynopsisEdgar and Brigitte is a consummate story of change and adjustment, integration and melding. Based on personal insights into the lives of her parents and grandparents, Rosemarie Bodenheimer reconstructs the experience of German Jewish immigrants in early twentieth-century America.Trade Review“Edgar and Brigitte presents a multifaceted look back at the German origins of two Jewish families and their relatives, friends, and professional colleagues. Based on letters and diary entries, Rosemarie Bodenheimer retraces the early emigration of her mother’s and father’s families to the United States and describes how they adapted and put down roots in their new home country.” —Tobias Brinkmann, editor of Points of Passage: Jewish Transmigrants from Eastern Europe in Scandinavia, Germany, and Britain, 1880–1914|“This sensitive, well-written consideration of Edgar and Brigitte’s lives allows the reader insight into this family and their relationship to twentieth-century historical events.” —Kirsten Fermaglich, author of American Dreams and Nazi Nightmares: Early Holocaust Consciousness and Liberal America, 1957–1965
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The University of Alabama Press The Essential Hayim Greenberg Essays and
Book SynopsisThe Essential Hayim Greenberg is a landmark collection of essays by Hayim Greenberg, a founder of the Labor Zionist movement in America and a foremost writer, thinker, and activist in the fields of twentieth-century Jewish culture and politics.Trade Review“Mark A. Raider’s book is a thoughtful collection of Hayim Greenberg’s spiritual and ideological, national and universal worldview as one of the most original Zionist thinkers, who promoted the theory of a balanced double Jewish collective existence as an exile (galut) people, even in free countries, and as a national entity in their historical land, the State of Israel.” —Yosef Gorny, author of The State of Israel in Jewish Public Thought: The Quest for Collective Identity|“By framing the life of Hayim Greenberg through a brilliant introduction and then gathering the works of Greenberg together, Mark A. Raider has performed the singular service of bringing one of the most thoughtful and engaged public Jewish intellectuals and Zionist thinkers of the twentieth century back to life. This is a critical volume for anyone interested in modern Jewish and Zionist intellectual history and thought as well as Israel-Diaspora Jewish relations. Scholars and activists alike are indebted to Raider for this book.” —David Ellenson, author of Jewish Meaning in a World of Choice: Studies in Tradition and Modernity and After Emancipation: Jewish Religious Responses to Modernity
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The University of Alabama Press A New Vision of Southern Jewish History
Book SynopsisMark K. Bauman, one of the foremost scholars of southern Jewish history working today, has spent much of his career, as he puts it, rewriting southern Jewish history. A New Vision of Southern Jewish Historyfeatures essays collected from over a thirty-year career, including a never-before-published article.Trade ReviewBauman has, unlike nearly everyone else who has written in southern Jewish history, provided a scholarly perspective that goes beyond descriptive and, for lack of a better term 'cute' stories about the oddities of Jewish life."" - Hasia R. Diner, author of We Remember with Reverence and Love: American Jews and the Myth of Silence after the Holocaust, 1945–1962 and The Jews of the United States, 1654 to 2000Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Ronald H. Bayor Introduction Part I. Community and Institution Building Chapter 1. Variations on the Mortara Case in Mid-Nineteenth-Century New Orleans Chapter 2. Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces Facing the People of Many Communities: Atlanta Jews from the Leo Frank Case to the Great Depression Chapter 3. The Emergence of Jewish Social Service Agencies in Atlanta Chapter 4. The Transformation of Jewish Social Services in Atlanta, 1928–1948 Chapter 5. Southern Jewish Women and Their Social Service Organizations Part II. Lay Leadership Chapter 6. Factionalism and Ethnic Politics in Atlanta: German Jews from the Civil War through the Progressive Era Chapter 7. Victor H. Kriegshaber: Community Builder Chapter 8. Role Theory and History: The Illustration of Ethnic Brokerage in the Atlanta Jewish Community in an Era of Transition and Conflict Chapter 9. The Youthful Musings of a Jewish Community Activist: Josephine Joel Heyman Part III. Rabbinical Leadership Chapter 10. Demographics, Anti-Rabbanism, and Freedom of Choice: The Origins and Principles of Reform at Baltimore’s Har Sinai Verein Chapter 11. The Rabbi as Ethnic Broker: The Case of David Marx. Cowritten with Arnold Shankman Chapter 12. Harry H. Epstein and the Adaptation of Second-Generation Eastern European Jews in Atlanta Part IV. International Leadership Chapter 13. Beyond the Parochial Image of Southern Jewry: Studies in National and International Leadership and Interactive Mechanisms Chapter 14. The Blaustein–Ben-Gurion Agreement: A Milestone in Israel-Diaspora Relations Part V. Historiography and Synthesis Chapter 15. The Southerner as American: Jewish Style Chapter 16. The Flowering of Interest in Southern Jewish History and Its Integration into Mainstream History Chapter 17. A Multithematic Approach to Southern Jewish History Chapter 18. A Century of Southern Jewish Historiography Notes Additional Readings Mark K. Bauman’s Publications on American Jewish History Index
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University of Pittsburgh Press Devotion and Commandment
Book SynopsisThe Hasidic masters of Eastern Europe in the eighteenth century reinterpreted the ancient rabbis' insistence that the patriarchs lived within the Law. Green uses this Hasidic debate on the patriarchs and the commandments as a point of departure for a wide-ranging consideration of the relationship between piety and commandment in Hasidic Judaism.
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University of Pittsburgh Press Happiness in Premodern Judaism Monographs of the
Book SynopsisHava Tirosh-Samuelson shows that rabbinic Judaism regarded itself primarily as a prescription for the attainment of happiness, and that the discourse on happiness captures the evolution of Jewish intellectual history from antiquity to the seventeenth century.Trade Review""Her exposition of difficult and arcane philosophical ideas is exemplary."" Charles Manekin, University of Maryland
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Theosophical Publishing House,U.S. Judaism Quest Books
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Quest Books,U.S. On the Wings of Shekhinah Rediscovering Judaisms
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United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Vayetze Student Version
Book SynopsisThe student workbooks are available in print and the teacher guides as downloadable PDFs, in Hebrew and English.
£21.95
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Kosher Sanctifying the Ordinary
Book SynopsisThis user-friendly CD for the whole family provides an interactive experience with kashrut. Information ranges from an anthology of why, an eight-step plan for getting started, kashering, and using the kitchen. Also includes Torah and Rabbinic sources.
£14.30
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Higher and Higher Making Jewish Prayer Part of Us
Book SynopsisA comprehensive examination of Jewish prayer and the structure of the Siddur, including analyses of individual prayers.
£18.00
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Jewish Life Cycle
Book SynopsisProvides information and discussion ideas to reinforce the importance of life cycle events to the Jewish tradition.
£19.64
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Celebrating Our Uniqueness
Book SynopsisExamines the concept of the Jews as a separate people. This book looks at the role of Jews and Judaism in the modern world and the overall concept of being Jewish in a non-Jewish world.
£13.67
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Who Renews Creation
Book SynopsisUsing the background of Jewish pioneers who faced the challenging task of building a true Jewish community based on the central norms and ideals of Rabbinic Judaism in the North Dakota prairie at the beginning of this century, this book teaches the reader how the early Rabbinic teachings can continue to inform our environmental concerns today.
£11.54
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Lekh Lekha Student Version
Book SynopsisThe student workbooks are available in print and the teacher guides as downloadable PDFs, in Hebrew and English.
£21.69
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Toldot Hebrew
Book SynopsisThe student workbooks are available in print and the teacher guides as downloadable PDFs, in Hebrew and English.
£21.74
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism MiketzVayigashVayeh Student Version
Book SynopsisThe student workbooks are available in print and the teacher guides as downloadable PDFs, in Hebrew and English.
£21.79
