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Time and Difference in Rabbinic JudaismHow 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 relationship between people, God, and the hour. Time and Difference in Rabbinic Judaism explores...
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Civil Religion in Israel: Traditional Judaism and Political Culture in the Jewish StateThis 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, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed...
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The People in the Room: Rabbis, Nuns, Pastors, Popes, and PresidentsGo 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 and created an extraordinary revolution of the human spirit. Told by a global interreligious...
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A Kid's Mensch Handbook - Teaching GuideSuggestions 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
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Second Texts and Second Opinions: Essays Towards a Jewish BioethicsThis 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 scientific complexity. Laurie Zoloth began her work in bioethics in a large public California...
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Applying Jewish Ethics: Beyond the Rabbinic TraditionApplying 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 apply Jewish ethical ideas to contemporary issues connected to racial justice, immigration, gender justice,...
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Nueva historia de los judíosA 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 rumores de guerra, los grandes imperios han tenido que enfrentarse uno tras otro al...
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Why Did Hashem Create Me?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 that they are a precious gift. In our competitive world, many children grow up...
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What is Antisemitism?: A Contemporary IntroductionIn 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 in the United States. The gunman's motivation to kill Jews stemmed from his belief...
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The Path of Moses: Scholarly Essay on the Case of Women in Religious Faith: By Mózes SalamonWriting 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 Path of Moses: A Scholarly Essay on the Case of Women in Religious Faith.Author:...
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Tefillin: Judaism's CrownAn 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: 168Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.47dISBN: 9781667819402
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Resurrecting the Jew: Nationalism, Philosemitism, and Poland's Jewish RevivalAn 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, largely driven by non-Jewish Poles with a passionate new interest in all things Jewish....
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Categorically Jewish, Distinctly Polish: Polish Jewish History Reflected and RefractedMoshe 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 dynamic relationship that, though punctuated by crisis andpersecution, developed into a saga of overall...
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The Wars of the Jews: Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem (LARGE PRINT EDITION)"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 scholar. For centuries, Josephus' works were more widely read in Europe than any book...
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Martin Buber: Creaturely Life and Social FormA 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 relations, Martin Buber (1878-1965) was also an anthologist, translator, and author of some seven...
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The Holy KabbalahThe 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 presents and interprets the fundamental ideas within this tradition. He also discusses Kabbalah's foremost...
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The Jewish View of Jesus ReviewedThis 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 in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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The Model SederThis 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 in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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Wealth, Poverty, and Charity in Jewish AntiquityCharity 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. Focusing on writings of the earliest rabbis from the third century c.e., Gardner shows...
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Warm and Welcoming: How the Jewish Community Can Become Truly Diverse and Inclusive in the 21st CenturyWarm 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 not only stories and context about the issues facing Jews of all backgrounds, but...
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