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Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah: The Ceremony, the Party, and How the Day Came to BeIn some places, bar and bat mitzvahs are rivaled only by proms as the most important social event in many teens' lives. Parties celebrating the occasion can range from humble cookies-and-punch receptions to lavish catered affairs with elaborate themes and celebrity guests. But more...
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Messages of the Chofetz Chaim: 100 Stories and ParablesThis fascinating translation of a heretofore unknown Yiddish work offers new insights into the ethical teachings of the great rabbi, The Chofetz Chaim. Originally compiled in Yiddish by Rabbi Shmuel Greiniman, this translation contains 100 intriguing stories and parables based upon the Chofetz Chaim's...
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Ancient Jewish Magic: A HistoryGideon Bohak gives a pioneering account of the broad history of ancient Jewish magic, from the Second Temple to the rabbinic period. It is based both on ancient magicians' own compositions and products in Aramaic, Hebrew and Greek, and on the descriptions and prescriptions...
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An Introduction to JudaismIn this book contemporary Judaism is presented in all its rich diversity, including both traditional and modern theologies as well as secular forms of Jewish identity. While the focus of the book is on developments that have taken place in the past two hundred...
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Jews and Blacks in the Early Modern WorldGoing beyond inter-ethnic polemics, this book describes the ways Jews imagined and treated Blacks during the first three centuries of the Atlantic slave trade and European colonialism. Jonathan Schorsch uses many previously unexamined sources to reveal the scope of Jewish anti-Blackness in Portugal, the...
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Who Will Lead Us?: The Story of Five Hasidic Dynasties in AmericaHasidism, a movement many believed had passed its golden age, has had an extraordinary revival since it was nearly decimated in the Holocaust and repressed in the Soviet Union. Hasidic communities, now settled primarily in North America and Israel, have reversed the losses they...
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The Beginnings of Jewishness: Boundaries, Varieties, Uncertainties Volume 31In modern times, various Jewish groups have argued whether Jewishness is a function of ethnicity, of nationality, of religion, or of all three. These fundamental conceptions were already in place in antiquity. The peculiar combination of ethnicity, nationality, and religion that would characterize Jewishness...
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Selected Writings/Philo of AlexandriaA contemporary of Jesus Christ, Philo of Alexandria ranks among the greatest of Jewish and Greek thinkers. He was not only the first theologian -- that is, the first who attempted to reconcile the teachings of supernatural revelation with the conclusions of speculative thought...
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Towards a Jewish-Christian-Muslim TheologyTowards a Jewish-Christian-Muslim Theology delineates the ways that Christianity, Islam, and the Jewish tradition have moved towards each another over the centuries and points to new pathways for contemporary theological work. Explores the development of the three Abrahamic traditions, brilliantly showing the way in...
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To Raise a Jewish Child: A Guide for ParentsIn a society with so many distractions, how can American Jewish parents teach their children to know and appreciate what it means to be a Jew? Updated with current resource material, this wise and practical book provides help in finding and evaluating a Hebrew...
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Secrets of a Jewish Mother: Real Advice, Real Family, Real LoveA Real Housewife of New York City reveals the Jewish mother's secrets to life, love and happiness. The Jewish Mother knows what she wants-and what you should want too. Here, readers will learn how to make her methods their own, and give and get...
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A History of Israel: From the Rise of Zionism to Our TimeFirst published in 1976, Howard M. Sachar's A History of Israel: From the Rise of Zionism to Our Time was regarded one of the most valuable works available detailing the history of this still relatively young country. Decades later, readers can again be immersed...
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The Wisdom of Heschel"Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right questions...Awareness of the problem outlives all solutions. The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions." This example of Rabbi Heschel's thought and manner of expression, familiar to...
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Ecstatic Kabbalah (16pt Large Print Edition)Kabbalah the secret is out! From Madonna's controversial conversion to the Dalai Lama's acknowledgment and support, this mystical tradition is gaining unprecedented recognition. But how do we put this powerful and esoteric worldview into practice? With The Ecstatic Kabbalah, Rabbi David Cooper author of...
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Gates of Prayer for Weekdays and at a House of MourningThe classic Reform prayerbook used for weekday services and at a house of mourning. Includes Hebrew prayers and English translations, as well as inspirational readings. English opening.Author: Chaim SternPublisher: Central Conference of American RabbisPublished: 11/07/2011Pages: 46Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.17lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.10dISBN:...
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The I.L. Peretz ReaderIsaac Leybush Peretz (1852-1915) is one of the most influential figures of modern Jewish culture. Born in Poland and dedicated to Yiddish culture, he recognized that Jews needed to adapt to their times while preserving their cultural heritage, and his captivating and beautiful writings...
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Kindler of Souls: Rabbi Henry Cohen of TexasIn September 1930, the New York Times published a list of the clergy whom Rabbi Stephen Wise considered "the ten foremost religious leaders in this country." The list included nine Christians and Rabbi Henry Cohen of Galveston, Texas. Little-known today, Henry Cohen was a...
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From Metaphysics to Midrash: Myth, History, and the Interpretation of Scripture in Lurianic KabbalaIn From Metaphysics to Midrash, Shaul Magid explores the exegetical tradition of Isaac Luria and his followers within the historical context in 16th-century Safed, a unique community that brought practitioners of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam into close contact with one another. Luria's scripture became...
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Anatomy of the Auschwitz Death Camp"This learned volume is about as chilling as historiography gets." --Walter Laqueur, The New Republic" . . . a one-volume study of Auschwitz without peer in Holocaust literature." --Kirkus Reviews" . . . a comprehensive portrait of the largest and most lethal of the...
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Zionists in Interwar Czechoslovakia: Minority Nationalism and the Politics of BelongingThis book presents an unconventional history of minority nationalism in interwar Eastern Europe. Focusing on an influential group of grassroots activists, Tatjana Lichtenstein uncovers Zionist projects intended to sustain the flourishing Jewish national life in Czechoslovakia. The book shows that Zionism was not an...
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