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Brutally honest, beautifully written, THE RABBI'S DAUGHTER is the compulsive story of a woman trying to find love, and struggling to make peace with her faith, her parents, and ultimately herself.Reva Mann was a wild child. Granddaughter of the Chief...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947857728Author Alec GoldsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Kodesh PressPublisher Kodesh PressWeight(grams) 503g

Changing the Immutable focuses on how segments of Orthodox society have taken upon themselves to rewrite the past, by covering up and literally cutting out that which does not fit in with their contemporary world-view. For reasons ranging from...

This work, by the author of "Who Wrote the Bible?" probes a chain of mysteries that concern the presence or absence of God. It begins with a reading of the Hebrew Bible, revealing the mystery and significance of the disappearance of God there. Why does...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592645695Author David FohrmanFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Toby Press LtdPublisher Toby Press LtdWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 218mm * 147mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780933121409Author Yosef Ben-JochannanFormat PaperbackPage Count 450Imprint Black Classic Press,U.S.Publisher Black Classic Press,U.S.

Louis Jacobs was Britain's most gifted Jewish scholar. A Talmudic genius, outstanding teacher and accomplished author, cultured and easy-going, he was widely expected to become Britain's next Chief Rabbi. Then controversy struck. The Chief Rabbi...

The crucial question for today's Jewish world, Menachem Kellner argues, is not whether Jews will have Jewish grandchildren, but how many different sorts of mutually exclusive Judaisms those grandchildren will face. Kellner's short, brisk, and...

This book offers an account of the 4,000-year history of the Jews, from the ancient Patriarchs and Kings through to modern times. It also explores the Jewish faith, its traditional beliefs and practices, its festivals and celebrations, and the way of...

The Zohar is the great medieval compendium of Jewish esoteric and mystical teaching, and the basis of the kabbalistic faith. It is, however, a notoriously difficult text, full of hidden codes, concealed meanings, obscure symbols, and ecstatic expression...

'...detailed and fair.' - The Spectator 'An exhaustive, impressive achievement.' - The Tablet As a minority, Jews in Britain are confident, their institutions competent and mature. And yet within Jewish life in Britain there is a pervading sense of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922428042Author Adonijah OgbonnayaFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Seraph CreativePublisher Seraph CreativeWeight(grams) 100gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

New in the acclaimed Jewish Lives series: A biography of the rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, who became a symbol of the marriage between religion and social justice "Zelizer's book is absolutely riveting, both as a study of a truly important figure within...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580233705Author Rabbi Elyse GoldsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingWeight(grams) 1g

According to the Zohar, among Gods first creations were the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Kabbalah teaches that the alphabet, called ivrit in Hebrew, comes from the root word lavir, or to transfer. Far more than simple symbols of communication, the...

Postmodernity marks a time of creative conflict when the voices of the other, previously rendered silent by the majority, are prominently heard. What effect has postmodernism had on Judaism? The neat narratives and metanarratives of the Jewish past are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947907096Author Lazare LenainFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Rose Circle PublicationsPublisher Rose Circle PublicationsWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781478388913Author Rabbi Meir KahaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint www.bnpublishing.comPublisher www.bnpublishing.comWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm)...

The Living Faiths series encourages students to actively engage with religious education by looking into how faiths are practised and lived in people's daily lives. This Student Book covers Judaism through unique real-life case studies of young people...

A Rabbi Reads the Torah distils a lifetime of Bible study by a Jewish scholar devoted to popularising the study of the Hebrew Bible in its original language, helped by the wealth of centuries of Jewish interpretation and debate, as well as the best of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683362098Author Rabbi Lawrence A. HoffmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights Publishing

This book offers the first in-depth treatment of Jewish images of and behavior toward Blacks during the period of peak Jewish involvement in Atlantic slave-holding. Based on a wide-range of sources in several languages, many previously unexplored and...

More than ever, young people today are searching for a sense of purpose and direction. Advances in science and technology have given our generation opportunities our grandparents could only dream of, yet our need for meaning and values is more...

When first published in 1966, "After Auschwitz" made headlines and sparked controversy as Jewish "death-of-God" theology. In this substantially revised and expanded edition, Rubenstein returns to old questions and addresses new issues with the same...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789562915304Author Primo LeviFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint www.bnpublishing.comPublisher www.bnpublishing.comWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Mysticism, which transcends the boundaries of time and space and refers to a reality not grasped by means of ordinary human cognition, is one of the central sources of inspiration of religious thought. It is an attempt to decode the mystery of divine...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Books for a Better Life (Spiritual) 2004.Book InformationISBN 9781590302392Author Rabbi David AaronFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Shambhala...

Acclaimed as an instant classic on its original publication and eagerly sought by students of magic ever since, Paths of Wisdom is a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of the magical Cabala, as practiced in the ...

Raised in a traditional Jewish family, international television host Jonathan Bernis was taught from a young age that "Jews don't--and can't!--believe in Jesus." Yet in his study of the Bible, including the Torah, he found overwhelming evidence...

Provide students with a strong understanding of religion with high quality, engaging and content-rich resources building a firm foundation for the new GCSE 9-1 Religious Studies. Deliver a rich, coherent RE course at KS3 and equip pupils with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312541965Author Slovie Jungreis-WolffFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780825432606Author Flavius JosephusFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint 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 9781734893700Author John BaltisbergerFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Aggadah Try ItPublisher Aggadah Try ItWeight(grams) 195gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416593065Author Wendy MogelFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint ScribnerPublisher Simon & Schuster

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592640232Author Jonathan SacksFormat HardbackImprint Toby Press LtdPublisher Toby Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681629902Author Rabbi Neil GillmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062565259Author Richard Elliott FriedmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

This third volume of The Zohar: Pritzker Edition completes the Zohar's commentary on the book of Genesis. Here we find spiritual explorations of numerous biblical narratives, including Jacob's wrestling with the angel, Joseph's kidnapping by his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592640249Author Jonathan SacksFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Toby Press LtdPublisher Toby Press LtdWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 150mm *...

This first full-scale account of Leviticus by a world-renowned anthropologist presents the biblical work as a literary masterpiece. Seen in an anthropological perspective Leviticus has a mystical structure which plots the book into three parts...