Be Your Best SelfÔ Ωis the first volume in the four partÔ ΩLiving Jewish ValuesÔ Ωseriesthat provides the foundation for an active and comprehensive exploration of sixteen core Jewish values.Author:...
How the rabbis of late antiquity used time to define the boundaries of Jewish identity The rabbinic corpus begins with a question-"when?"--and is brimming with discussions about time and the...
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach,...
Go behind the headlines and read the inside story told by "one who was in the room" as Christians and Jews-strangers and adversaries for nearly twenty centuries-reversed that sad history...
Suggestions for classroom learning enrichment activities and family education.Author: Behrman HousePublisher: Behrman House PublishingPublished: 01/01/2005Pages: 1Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 9.80h x 7.80w x 0.20dISBN: 9780874417012
This book takes as its subject the intensely private discussions that arise when ordinary people confront life and death choices and struggle with decisions in a world of medical and...
Applying Jewish Ethics: Beyond the Rabbinic Tradition introduces the reader to applied ethics and examines various social issues from contemporary and largely underrepresented Jewish ethical perspectives. The chapters explain and...
A lo largo de la historia de la civilización, un problema específico ha permanecido constante para la humanidad. En todos los grandes asuntos de la paz, la guerra o los...
Do you want your child to have a positive outlook? Do you want to nurture your child's sense of self-worth and self-esteem? 'Why Did Hashem Create Me?' teaches every child...
In October 2018, a white supremacist murdered eleven Jewish worshipers and wounded six others at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the deadliest attack on Jews ever perpetrated...
Writing in the late 19th century, Mózes Salamon hoped to convince his fellow rabbis to recognize women as equally privileged members of the People Israel. The result was his The...
An insightful study for how Teffilin is the paradigm for all the Mitzvot. This book unveils the mystique of this ritual and why it so cherished.Author: Heschel GreenbergPublisher: BookbabyPublished: 02/16/2022Pages:...
An in-depth look at why non-Jewish Poles are trying to bring Jewish culture back to life in Poland today Since the early 2000s, Poland has experienced a remarkable Jewish revival,...
Moshe Rosman's revolutionary approach has become a cornerstone of Polish Jewish historiography. Challenging conventions, he asserts that the 'marriage of convenience' between the Jews and the Polish--Lithuanian Commonwealth was a...
"Perhaps the most influential non-biblical text of Western history" -Steve N. Mason (Canadian historian of Judea in the Graeco-Roman period.)Josephus (CE 37-c. 100) was a priest, a soldier, and a...
A new collection of essays highlighting the wide range of Buber's thought, career, and activism. Best known for I and Thou, which laid out his distinction between dialogic and monologic...
The Kabbalah is the occult or secret tradition within Judaism. Waite's comprehensive and annotated guide to this tradition of mysticism is enthusiastic in tone and grounded in scholarship. The author...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain...
Charity is central to the Jewish tradition. In this formative study, Gregg E. Gardner takes on this concept to examine the beginnings of Jewish thought on care for the poor....
Warm and Welcoming: How the Jewish Community Can Become Truly Diverse and Inclusive in the 21st Century is the first book to tackle institutionalized biases and barriers to inclusion, offering...
This is the most vital manuscript of conventional Judaism, and the basic tool for learning the ethics behind its customs and regulations. The original text of the Babylonian Talmud.This English...
Uncover the many secrets of the mysterious and complex Sefer ha-Bahir!Sefer ha-Bahir has been the subject of scrutiny and debate for hundreds of years. Ambiguity about its dating and authorship...