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The Inner Journey: Views from the Jewish Tradition (Parabola Anthology)
by Jack (edt) Bemporad  Publisher Comments For over three decades, "Parabola" has used story and symbol, myth, ritual, and sacred teachings to give insight to those for whom religion is a path of discovery and questioning. Following its popular books on the Christian, Buddhist, and Hindu...
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The Jews: A Treasury of Art and Literature
by Sharon Keller Publisher Comments During the thousands of years of their existence, the Jews have maintained their distinct identity while coming into contact with a wide variety of peoples, religions, and intellectual movements. This identity is based on a history and literature that is...
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Creation and the Persistence of Evil: The Jewish Drama of Divine Omnipotence (Princeton Paperbacks)
by Jon D. Levenson Publisher Comments This paperback edition brings to a wide audience one of the most innovative and meaningful models of God for this post-Auschwitz era. In a thought-provoking return to the original Hebrew conception of God, which questions accepted conceptions of divine...
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Entering Jewish Prayer: A Guide to Personal Devotion and the Worship Service
by Reuven Hammer Publisher Comments This 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...
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Gonzo Judaism: A Bold Path for Renewing an Ancient Faith
by Niles Elliot Goldstein Publisher Comments Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson transformed his field with an audacity that did not always sit well with his publishers. Gonzo Judaism embraces that same spirit, challenging today’s Jews to reclaim their rebel roots, even if the consequences of...
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Heretics or Daughters of Israel?: The Crypto-Jewish Women of Castile
by Renee Levine Melammed Publisher Comments Between 1391 and the end of the 15th century, numerous Spanish Jews converted to Christianity, most of them under duress. Before and after 1492, when the Jews were officially expelled from Spain, a significant number of these conversos maintained...
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Basic Judaism (Harvest Book.)
by Milton Steinberg Publisher Comments Rabbi Steinberg identifies seven strands that weave together to make up Judaism: God, morality, rite and custom, law, sacred literature, institutions, and the people. A classic work directed to both the Jewish and the non-Jewish reader....
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Haggadah: Illustrated Youth Edition: Fully Illustrated, with Complete Text, Simplified Translation and Comments
by Rabbi Nosson Scherman and Yitzchok Zev Scherman Publisher Comments There has never been a Haggadah that offers so much for all ages, especially for young people: The full text in large easy-to-read type; a new translation that is not only simple and accurate, but that adds words and phrases to clarify difficult passages;...
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Spiritual Judaism: Restoring Heart and Soul to Jewish Life
by David S Ariel Publisher Comments In the first comprehensive guide of its kind, a noted Judaic scholar applied Jewish spiritual principles to daily life....
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And They Shall Be My People (00 Edition)
by Paul Wilkes Publisher Comments Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum is devoted to his congregation of mostly middle- and upper-middle-class Conservative Jews -- yet their lax observance frustrates and saddens him. Competing daily with an increasingly secular culture, Rosenbaum struggles to show his...
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Stardust Lost: The Triumph, Tragedy, and Mishugas of the Yiddish Theater in America
by Stefan Kanfer Publisher Comments In "Stardust Lost", Stefan Kanfer brings the colorful Yiddish stage roaring back to life. Born of ancient traditions stretching back to the drama of the Old Testament, the Yiddish theater was a vibrant part of the immigrant experience. Kanfer invokes...
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Christianity in Jewish Terms
by T Frymer Kensky Publisher Comments Over the past few decades, there has been a dramatic and unprecedented shift in Jewish-Christian relations, including signs of a new, improved Christian attitude toward Jews. Christianity in Jewish Terms is a Jewish theological response to the profound...
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God's Appointed Customs: A Messianic Jewish Guide to the Biblical Lifecycle and Lifestyle
by Barney Kasdan Publisher Comments Are the biblical/Jewish customs just for Jews? Or, can Christians also receive blessings by observing them? This book explains how God's appointed customs can be part of anyone's lifestyle, Jew or Gentile. This is especially relevant to believers in...
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Paradigms in Jewish Philosophy
by Raphael Jospe Publisher Comments Paradigms in Jewish Philosophy examines four key themes basic to teaching Jewish philosophy in the university, beginning with the fundamental questions of how Jewish philosophy is to be conceived and taught in terms of its definition and periodization...
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Judaism, Physics and God: Searching for Sacred Metaphors in a Post-Einstein World
by David W Nelson Publisher Comments In our era, we often feel that we can either speak about God or think scientifically about the world, but never both at the same time. But what if we reconciled the two? How could the basic scientific truths of how the natural world came to be shape our...
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Invisible Lines of Connection
by Lawrence Kushner Publisher Comments Through stories of his everyday encounters with family, friends, colleagues and strangers, Kushner takes us deeply into our lives, finding flashes of spiritual insight in the process....
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What Shall I Do With This People
by Milton Viorst Publisher Comments "What shall I do with this people?" was Moses' exasperated question to God in Sinai, and it is posed once more in Milton Viorst's searching account of the crisis in Judaism today. Not since the destruction of the Second Temple, argues Viorst, have Jews...
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Outlawed Pigs: Law, Religion, and Culture in Israel
by Daphne Barak-erez Publisher Comments The prohibition against pigs is one of the most powerful symbols of Jewish culture and collective memory. Outlawed Pigs explores how the historical sensitivity of Jews to the pig prohibition was incorporated into Israeli law and...
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And the Sea Is Never Full: Memoirs, 1969-
by Elie Wiesel Publisher Comments As this concluding volume of his moving and revealing memoirs begins, Elie Wiesel is forty years old, a writer of international repute. Determined to speak out more actively for both Holocaust survivors and the disenfranchised everywhere, he sets himself...
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The Temple: Its Ministry and Services
by Alfred Edersheim Publisher Comments This updated edition has been newly typeset in an easy-to-read, modern typeface. Now it is easier and more enjoyable than ever before to read, study, and consult this classic work. Citations from Scripture, rabbinic sources, and the works of Philo and...
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