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What does it mean to be Jewish? What is an anti-Semite? Why does the enigmatic identity of the men who founded the first monotheistic religion arouse such passions? We need to return to the Jewish question. We need, first, to distinguish between the...

In less than a century, Jews in Russia have survived two world wars, revolution, political and economic turmoil, and persecution by both Nazis and Soviets. Yet they have managed not only to survive, but also transform themselves and emerge as a highly...

The second edition of this fascinating book is the ideal introduction to the importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls from Qumran and their impact on our understanding of the rise of Christianity. Introduces the Qumran Scrolls to the uninitiated general...

The Blackwell Dictionary of Judaica contains more than 7,000 concise entries and nearly half a million words on every aspect of Jewish history, civilization and religion. It will prove invaluable not only for students and teachers, but also for everyone...

The differing beliefs that emerged between Christianity and Judaism, especially in the first two centuries AD, were mainly caused by the introduction of heavenly beings in the Jewish religion. This resulted in the predominance of a messiah, who will be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940814025Author Jeff LevineFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Baylor UniversityPublisher Baylor UniversityWeight(grams) 542g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781897448823Author Michael LaitmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Laitman Kabbalah PublishersPublisher Laitman Kabbalah Publishers

There is no doubt about Baeck's contribution to Jewish theology in the twentieth century: it has been significant. Without ever departing completely from the ancient wellsprings of orthodoxy, he was a studious observer of the intellectual currents of his...

Comparing the liberal Jewish ethics of the German-Jewish philosophers Ernst Cassirer and Hannah Arendt, this book argues that both espoused a diasporic, worldly conception of Jewish identity that was anchored in a pluralist and politically engaged...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683365105Author Rabbi James L. MirelFormat HardbackPage Count 228Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683364634Author Dr. Arthur GreenFormat HardbackPage Count 308Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683361510Author Rabbi Lawrence KushnerFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681629605Author David HartmanFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights Publishing

Jewish educational projects and programs are thriving, attracting philanthropic support for exciting and creative approaches in every sector and setting. But underneath that energy, we are not as clear as we ought to be about desired outcomes, the kinds...

This is the first major work on the interrelationship between Liberal Judaism and Rabbinic Law (Halachah) ever to have been produced in Britain, and in Europe since the nineteenth century. It represents a plea for a positive yet forthrightly critical...

In this second volume of Liberal Jewish sermons spanning the greater part of the second half ofthe twentieth century, the author again combines a radically progressive stance with Jewish commitment and seeks to understand contemporary history from a...

This is the first of two volumes of edited sermons spanning the greater part of the second half of the twentieth century, and the first major collection of sermons from a Liberal Jewish point ofview produced in Britain since Claude G. Montefiore's Truth...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580233743Author Rabbi Edward FeinsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingWeight(grams) 1g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580230896Author Isa AronFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789652294487Author Joe BobkerFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Gefen Publishing HousePublisher Gefen Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 720g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789652296498Author Rabbi Steven PruzanskyFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Gefen Publishing HousePublisher Gefen Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 758g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789652296061Author Shmuley BoteachFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Gefen Publishing HousePublisher Gefen Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 374g

This work, a two-volume set, is the result of over ten years of research in western Europe. It is not only a historical account of the Holocaust, but also an analysis of how, when, where, and why it took place. As a sub-theme, and perhaps just as...

Via a participant-observer approach, Synagogue Life analyzes the three essential dimensions of synagogue life: the houses of prayer, study, and assembly. In each Heilman documents the rich detail of the synagogue experience while articulating the social...

This is an unusual and extremely timely collective effort. It appears at a moment inwhich Israelis not only must confront their Arab neighbors, but must deal with one another as Jews possessing radically different views on the present and future of the...

Every society has had to cope with poverty and the poor. Traditionally, most scholars have located the origins of modern philanthropies in the free-grain-distribution schemes common in ancient Greece and Rome, while most social workers see the history of...

The drawing of boundaries has always been a key part of the Jewish tradition and has served to maintain a distinctive Jewish identity. At the same time, these boundaries have consistently been subject to negotiation, transgression and contestation. The...

The emergence of the Jewish Bible commentary in the tenth century marks a turning point in Jewish intellectual history, namely, the transition from ancient rabbinic culture to the Arabized Judaism of the medieval period. This book explores a formative...

How did Jewish women in sixteenth-century Poland learn all the rules, rituals, and customs pertaining to the sexual life of couples within the context of marriage? As in other areas of ritual life that concerned the household, it would seem that the...

Peak TV’s Unapologetic Jewish Woman: Exploring Jewish Female Representation in Contemporary Television Comedy analyzes the ways in which contemporary American television—with its unprecedented choice, diversity, and authenticity—is establishing a new...

Since the period in which the Jewish liturgy was standardized, there has hardly been a time when it was not somehow in a state of flux. Eric L. Friedland explores the countless ways that the Siddur, Mahzor, and Haggadah have been adjusted, amplified, or...

A richly illustrated Bible program for young childrenTeach Me Torahintroduces eight classic Bible texts from Genesis to the story of Joseph and the Jewish values that can be drawn from them such as taking care of God'AEos world and asking for forgiveness...

The Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah is a creative research center devoted to studying and defining the progressive character of the halakhah in accordance with the principles and theology of Reform Judaism. It seeks to establish the ideological...

THE FREEHOF INSTITUTE OF PROGRESSIVE HALAKHAH The Freehof Institute of Progressive Halakhah is a creative research center devoted to studying and defining the progressive character of the halakhah in accordance with the principles and theology of Reform...

The most famous of all medieval Jewish thinkers, Moses Maimonides is known for his monumental contributions to Jewish law, theology and medicine, and for an influence that extends into the wider world. His remarkable work, The Guide for the Perplexed, is...

The most famous of all medieval Jewish thinkers, Moses Maimonides is known for his monumental contributions to Jewish law, theology and medicine, and for an influence that extends into the wider world. His remarkable work, The Guide for the Perplexed, is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623717742Author Roberto FinziFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Interlink BooksPublisher Interlink Publishing Group, Inc

This book uses the Jewish ritual of circumcision to consider how violent acts are embedded within entrenched moral discourses, and offers a new perspective for thinking about violence. Intervening in contemporary debates on the Jewish ritual of...

"Dancing In The Footsteps of Eve" is multi-layered odyssey of transition based on the mystical Four Worlds of kabbalah - Intuition, Intellect, Emotion and Action - animating the Mystic, the Student, the Dreamer and the Humanitarian within. Their...

A new history of how the Nazi era upended German-Jewish experiences of space and time from eminent historian Guy Miron.   In Space and Time under Persecution, Guy Miron considers how social exclusion, economic decline, physical relocation, and, later,...