Judaism

Mordecai M. Kaplan, founder of the Jewish Reconstructionist movement, is the only rabbi to have been excommunicated by the Orthodox rabbinical establishment in America. Kaplan was indeed a radical, rejecting such fundamental Jewish beliefs as the concept...

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Israeli Jews' response to and appropriation of Greek culture is the subject of the essays in this rich volume. Contributors provide evidence of Greek cultural influence in Judea and Galilee, from before the Maccabean revolt into the rabbinic period. They...

The Myth of the Twelve Tribes of Israel is the first study to treat the history of claims to an Israelite identity as an ongoing historical phenomenon from biblical times to the present. By treating the Hebrew Bible's accounts of Israel as one of many...

"A whirlwind of flavors from the northeast of Thailand." - Michelin "A festival of fresh ingredients, spices, unctuosity and manifold flavours." - Michelin With fresh ingredients and a little extra attention to Thai preparation methods, you can put the...

A vast bounty of tales recounting mystical experiences among the rabbis can be found in the Talmud, the Zohar, Jewish folktales, and Hasidic lore. Now, in Gabriel's Palace, scholar Howard Schwartz has collected the greatest of these stories, sacred and...

Vocal Rites and Broken Theologies deals with the central practices of the founder of Hasidism, Rabbi Israel Ba'al Shem Tov-known as the Besht-and its sources in the Safedian Kabbalah of Rabbi Moses Corovero. These include the loud pronunciation of the...

This is a comprehensive look at the intriguing concept of reincarnation as taught by the masters of the Kabbalah and as analyzed by major Jewish thinkers throughout history. Rabbi DovBer Pinson, born and raised in a Hasidic family immersed in the study...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580234023Author Rabbi Abraham J TwerskiFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingDimensions(mm)...

Arthur Szyk (pronounced ShickA") created his Haggadah on the eve of the Nazi occupation of his native Poland. In 1937, he relocated to London, carrying with him the 48 densely illustrated panels that depicted Jewish heroes like Moses and David...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781628723182Author Miriam ChaikinFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Arcade PublishingPublisher Arcade PublishingWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781879045989Author Lawrence KushnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingDimensions(mm) 230mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580238519Author Rabbi Lawrence KushnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674419308Author David Weiss HalivniFormat HardbackPage Count 178Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 156g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807036198Author Rachel AdlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

In 1908, Solomon Schechter-discoverer of the Cairo Geniza and one of the founders of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America-published his groundbreaking essay on the city of Safed (Tzfat) during the sixteenth century. In the essay, Schechter pointed...

Originally published in 1987, this book explores the emergence, structure and ultimate fate of the Viennese Jewish community. Thirteen eminent specialists on Viennese social, political and cultural history combine to cover a wide variety of topics,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Holiday) 2014.Book InformationISBN 9780991351220Author Shoshana HantmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Sidney...

For many contemporary Jews, Israel no longer serves as the Promised Land, the center of the Jewish universe and the place of final destination. In New Jews, Caryn Aviv and David Shneer provocatively argue that there is a new generation of Jews who don't...

The Stolen Narrative of the Bulgarian Jews and the Holocaust collects narratives of Bulgarian Jews who survived the Holocaust. Through the analysis of eye-witness testimonies, archival documents, photographs, and researchers' investigations, the authors...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648213192Author Pinchos ChalkFormat PaperbackPage Count 454Imprint Edward ChalkPublisher Edward ChalkWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781480259560Author Daniel GruberFormat PaperbackPage Count 334Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

This book examines literary analogies in Christian and Jewish sources, culminating in an in-depth analysis of striking parallels and connections between Christian monastic texts (the Apophthegmata Patrum or 'The Sayings of the Desert Fathers') and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781533598813Author Rabbi Chaim SmulowitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Pinchas Giller offers a wide-ranging overview of the most influential school of kabbalah in modernity, the Jerusalem kabbalists of the Beit El Yeshivah. The school is associated with the writings and personality of a charismatic Yemenite Rabbi, Shalom...

Hasidism is an influential spiritual revival movement within Judaism that began in the eighteenth century and continues to thrive today. One of the great classics of early Hasidism, The Light of the Eyes is a collection of homilies on the Torah, reading...

This collection of original materials provides a sweeping view of medieval and early modern Jewish ritual and religious practice. Including such diverse texts as ritual manuals, legal codes, mystical books, autobiographical writings, folk literature, and...

This collection - published here in English for the first time - brings together a number of political, personal and literary pieces by Israel's most celebrated novelist and litterateur. Topics covered include: an examination of the Israeli-Palestinian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400048359Author Rabbi Joseph TelushkinFormat HardbackPage Count 559Imprint Bell TowerPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733813006Author Dovber PinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 370Imprint Iyyun PublishingPublisher Iyyun PublishingWeight(grams) 662gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Announcing a smart, daring, original new take on the Torah. Imagine: 54 leading young Jewish writers, artists, photographers, screenwriters, architects, actors, musicians, and graphic artists grappling with the first five books of the Bible and giving...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606081068Author Charles David IsbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580231992Author Neil GillmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingWeight(grams)...

A Fun Take on "Judaism for Dummies" that Will Answer All Questions Wondered by the Goyim and Jewish People Alike! When the subject of religion comes up, people often get very shy and are worried about offending. Now, if there was only a book that covered...

The Bible is an enduring source of inspiration for the human heart and mind, and readers of Thinking about the Torah will be rewarded with an enhanced understanding of this great work's deeper meanings. Drawing on Western philosophy and particularly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780825426971Author Alec GarrardFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Kregel Publications,U.S.Publisher Kregel Publications,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736288016Author Jack HeartFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Jack HeartPublisher Jack HeartWeight(grams) 404gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 16mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580230612Author Kerry M. OlitzkyFormat PaperbackPage Count 415Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingDimensions(mm) 165mm *...

In 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...