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Way Into #6: The Way Into Judaism and the Environment
by Jeremy Benstein  Publisher Comments Explores the religious and historical meaning of being Jewish, how Judaism contributes to contemporary social-environmental issues, and the many ways Jews have interacted with, defended the identity of, and honored non-Jews from biblical times to...
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Pitching My Tent: On Marriage, Motherhood, Friendship, and Other Leaps of Faith
by Anita Diamant Publisher Comments Following the enormous success of her two bestselling novels, The Red Tent and Good Harbor, award-winning author Anita Diamant delivers a book of intimate reflections on the milestones, revelations, and balancing acts of life as a wife, mother, friend...
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Matters of Life and Death: A Jewish Approach to Modern Medical Ethics
by Elliot N Dorff Publisher Comments The incredible medical breakthroughs of today, like genetic engineering, in-vitro fertilizations, and cloning, have transformed long-held beliefs on the nature of both life and death, raising difficult moral and religious questions. In Matters of Life...
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Teaching Prayer
by Gail Zaiman Dorph Synopsis The holiday materials of this curriculum for 11 year olds emphasize a review and consolidation of the first three years of the Melton curriculum through an innovative set of worksheets and individualized instruction. Rather than focusing on frontal...
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Why Should Jews Survive?: Looking Past the Holocaust Toward a Jewish Future
by Michael Goldberg Publisher Comments In the fifty years since the Holocaust, the Jewish People have felt one overriding concern: survival. The ghosts of the murdered six million, along with the living generation of survivors, have called out the unifying chant, "never again." In 1948, this...
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The Torah's Vision of Worship (Overtures to Biblical Theology)
by Samuel H. Balentine Publisher Comments Maps the landscape of ancient Israel's view of worship, liturgy, and ways of reaching out to God....
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Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik on Pesach: Rabbi Soloveitchik Library, Vol.
by David Shapiro Publisher Comments Comprises in-depth studies of Passover time from Rabbi Soloveitchik. Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik was the leading Judaic philosopher and rabbinic teacher for modern and traditional Orthodox Judaism in the United States during the latter half of the 20th...
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Mindful Jewish Living: Compassionate Practice
by Jonathan Slater Publisher Comments In this popular introduction to Jewish mindfulness practice, Rabbi Jonathan P. Slater examines Jewish sources and applies their teachings to the practices of mindfulness and meditation. Drawing from Hasidic texts as well as liturgical, talmudic, and...
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How Good Do We Have to Be?: A New Understanding of Guilt and Forgiveness
by Harold S Kushner Publisher Comments This inspiring bestseller, which has already touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of readers since its publication in hardcover last fall, is a book that puts human shortcomings in perspective -- and explains how we can better love ourselves and...
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Judaism in Context #4: How Should Rabbinic Literature Be Read in the Modern World?
by Matthew Kraus Publisher Comments Through literary, historical, archaeological, and engendered readings, this collection of essays presents a multidisciplinary analysis of rabbinic texts. Such a conversation between diverse scholars illuminates the hermeneutical issues generated by the...
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What You Will See Inside a Synagogue (What You Will See Inside--)
by Lawrence A. Hoffman Publisher Comments What You Will See Inside a Synagogue will: - Satisfy kids'--and adults'--curiosity about what goes on in synagogues attended by their friends, broadening awareness of other faiths at an important age when opinions and prejudices can first form...
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Floating Takes Faith: Ancient Wisdom for a Modern World
by Rabbi David J. Wolpe Publisher Comments We are taught to study, to learn, and to let ourselves grow Jewishly. But where does being the "people of the book" get us in the real world? David Wolpe's collection of essays responds to this question by exploring how Jewish values, such as scholarship...
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Climbing Jacob's Ladder: One Man's Rediscovery of a Jewish Spiritual Tradition
by E Alan Morinis Publisher Comments Jewish by birth, though from a secular family, Alan Morinis took a deep journey into Hinduism and Buddhism as a young man. He received a doctorate for his study of Hindu pilgrimage, learned yoga in India with B. K. S. Iyengar, and attended his first...
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Chicken Soup for the Jewish Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Soul (Chicken Soup for the Soul)
by Jack Canfield Publisher Comments In deference to its cure-all effects, chicken soup is warmly referred to as Jewish penicillin. It is not merely the delicious golden elixir itself, but, perhaps even more so, the love that is stirred into every potful that produces these miraculous...
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A Family Haggadah II
by Shoshana (edt) Silberman Publisher Comments The Haggadah you've come to love, with all-new commentary, a complete birkat (blessing after meals), and discussions geared to families, teens, singles, and seniors....
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The Comprehensive Dictionary of English and Hebrew First Names
by Alfred J. Kolatch Publisher Comments Modern English and Hebrew names with an analysis of their meanings and origins....
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Jewish Passages (S. Mark Taper Foundation Book in Jewish Studies)
by Harvey E Goldberg Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-354) and index....
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Half/Life: Jew-Ish Tales from Almost, Not Quite, and In-Between
by Laurel Snyder Publisher Comments Written by authors born into the so-called — dilemma of intermarriage, — the stories in Half/Life explore the experience of being raised in a half-Jewish home. Though each essay is distinct, and the experiences are vastly different, each...
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Germans, Jews and the Claims of Modernity
by Jonathan M Hess Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-246) and index....
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The Bar/Bat Mitzvah Planner
by Emily Haft Bloom Publisher Comments Imagine throwing a party as elaborate as a wedding but catering to the tastes of teenagers. That's the challenge of planning a bar or bat mitzvah. Emily Haft Bloom has organized this daunting task into manageable steps. Focusing on both the spiritual and...
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