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The Jew in the Lotus: A Poet's Rediscovery of Jewish Identity in Buddhist India
The Jew in the Lotus: A Poet's Rediscovery of Jewish Identity in Buddhist India
by Rodger Kamenetz
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While accompanying eight high–spirited Jewish delegates to Dharamsala, India, for a historic Buddhist–Jewish dialogue with the Dalai Lama, poet Rodger Kamenetz comes to understand the convergence of Buddhist and Jewish thought. Along the way... (read more)

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1,000 Mitzvahs: How Small Acts of Kindness Can Heal, Inspire, and Change Your Life
1,000 Mitzvahs: How Small Acts of Kindness Can Heal, Inspire, and Change Your Life
by Linda Cohen
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When her father passed away in 2006, Linda Cohens busy life as a mother, wife, and entrepreneur came to a screeching halt. She took a spiritual sabbatical to work through her grief, and she came out of it resolved to embark upon a project: perform one... (read more)

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God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism
God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism
by Abraham J Heschel
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Abraham Joshua Heschel was one of the most revered religious leaders of the 20th century, and God in Search of Man and its companion volume, Man Is Not Alone, two of his most important books, are classics of modern Jewish theology. God in Search of Man... (read more)

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God of Me: Imagining God Throughout Your Lifetime
God of Me: Imagining God Throughout Your Lifetime
by David Lyon
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There is no easy prescription for how to know God, yet everyone can pursue a personal relationship with God, just as our patriarchs and matriarchs did in their lives. How we come to know God, however, is unique to each of us, influenced by our study of... (read more)

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The Home We Build Together: Recreating Society
The Home We Build Together: Recreating Society
by Jonathan Sacks
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Multiculturalism has run its course, and it is time to move on. So begins Jonathan Sacks' new book on the future of British society and the dangers facing liberal democracy. Arguing that global communications have fragmented national cultures and that... (read more)

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A Prophetic Peace: Judaism, Religion, and Politics
A Prophetic Peace: Judaism, Religion, and Politics
by Alick Isaacs
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Challenging deeply held convictions about Judaism, Zionism, war, and peace, Alick Isaacs's combat experience in the second Lebanon war provoked him to search for a way of reconciling the belligerence of religion with its messages of peace. In his... (read more)

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The Jewish Gospels: The Story of the Jewish Christ
The Jewish Gospels: The Story of the Jewish Christ
by Daniel Boyarin
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In July 2008 a front-page story in the New York Times reported on the discovery of an ancient Hebrew tablet, dating from before the birth of Jesus, which predicted a Messiah who would rise from the dead after three days. Commenting on this startling... (read more)

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Readings on Conversion to Judaism
Readings on Conversion to Judaism
by Lawrence J. Epstein
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An anthology of writings on the subject of conversion to Judaism.... (read more)

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There Shall Be No Needy (10 Edition)
There Shall Be No Needy (10 Edition)
by Jill Jacobs
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This fascinating treatise confronts the most pressing issues of twenty-first-century Americaincluding health care, criminal justice, labor, and the environmentby bringing classical Jewish sources into striking dialogue with contemporary policy debates... (read more)

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Messianic Idea in Judaism : and Other Essays on Jewish Spirituality (95 Edition)
Messianic Idea in Judaism : and Other Essays on Jewish Spirituality (95 Edition)
by Gershom Scholem
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Gershom Scholem was the master builder of historical studies of the Kabbalah. When he began to work on this neglected field, the few who studied these texts were either amateurs who were looking for occult wisdom, or old-style Kabbalists who were seeking... (read more)

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From Defender to Critic: The Search for a New Jewish Self
From Defender to Critic: The Search for a New Jewish Self
by Dr David Hartman
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"With this intelligent and heartfelt volume, Hartman, a former yeshiva student and pulpit rabbi, continues his critique of Orthodox Judaism's reliance upon halakha even at moments when it creates disappointment or despair. The octogenarian asserts that... (read more)

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Halakhic Man
Halakhic Man
by Joseph Soloveitchik
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Halakhic Man is the classic work of modern Jewish and religious thought by the twentieth centurys preeminent Orthodox Jewish theologian and talmudic scholar. It is a profound excursion into religious psychology and phenomenology, a pioneering attempt at... (read more)

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Time and Process in Ancient Judaism
Time and Process in Ancient Judaism
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This illuminating study is about the absence of a concept of time in ancient Judaism, and the predominance instead of process in the ancient Jewish world-view. Sacha Stern draws his evidence from the complete range of Jewish sources from this period... (read more)

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A Code of Jewish Ethics, Volume 2: Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
A Code of Jewish Ethics, Volume 2: Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
by Joseph Telushkin
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“Jewish thinkers dont talk all that much about love. All too often we leave that to Christian theologians. But in this excellent volume, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin puts the commandment to love at the center of Jewish theology and experience. This is a... (read more)

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Compassion for Humanity in T
Compassion for Humanity in T
by David Sears
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For many Jews and non-Jews, the Torah, the Talmud and other rabbinic writings have long been interpreted as saying that the Jews alone are God's chosen people. According to Sears, The Path of the Baal Shem Tov, such readings have led to a struggle among... (read more)

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A Code of Jewish Ethics: Volume 1: You Shall Be Holy
A Code of Jewish Ethics: Volume 1: You Shall Be Holy
by Joseph Telushkin
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This first book in a three-volume set by Rabbi Telushkin addresses the vital topic of personal character and integrity. Breathtaking in its scope, this comprehensive presentation of Jewish ethical teaching is a primer on fair speech, gratitude... (read more)

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Love and Terror in the God Encounter: The Theological Legacy of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Love and Terror in the God Encounter: The Theological Legacy of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
by David Hartman
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Explores the sometimes surprising intersection of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's rootedness in the halakhic tradition with his genuine responsiveness to modern Western theology.... (read more)

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Genocide in Jewish Thought
Genocide in Jewish Thought
by David Patterson
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Among the topics explored in this book are ways of viewing the soul, the relation between body and soul, environmentalist thought, the phenomenon of torture, and the philosophical and theological warrants for genocide. Presenting an analysis of abstract... (read more)

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The Chosen: The History of an Idea, and the Anatomy of an Obsession
The Chosen: The History of an Idea, and the Anatomy of an Obsession
by Avi Beker
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The Chosen explores Judaism’s key defining concept and inquires why it remains the central unspoken and explosive psychological, historical, and theological problem at the heart of Jewish-Gentile relations. Crisscrossing the twin cultural and... (read more)

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Jewish-Christian Dialogue: Drawing Honey from the Rock
Jewish-Christian Dialogue: Drawing Honey from the Rock
by Alan L. Berger
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Authentic Jewish-Christian dialogue is a new historical phenomenon whose birth is directly related to the horror and shame of the Holocaust. From the ashes of the death camps there emerged an ember of hope.... (read more)

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