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The Book of Psalms: A New Translation by Jewish Publication Society
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £18.88A new translation according to the traditional Hebrew text The Psalms have long brought comfort to those who mourn and have helped us find the spiritual in everyday life. This edition presents the... -
Sisters at Sinai: New Tales of Biblical Women by Jill Hammer
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £13.37This is an exceptional anthology of 24 stories about the women in the Bible. Drawing from the ancient tradition of midrash, the author brings to life the inner world and the experiences of these... -
Epistles of Maimonides: Crisis and Leadership by Abraham S. Halkin 9780827604308
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £16.47These letters represent Maimonide's response to three issues critical to Jews in his day and ours; religious persecution, the claims of Christianity and Islam and rational philosophy's challenge to... -
Engendering Judaism: An Inclusive Theology and Ethics by Rachel Adler 9780827605848
RRP: £23.99Booksplease Price: £20.52This is a pioneering work on what it means to "engender" Jewish tradition-how women's full inclusion can and must transform our understanding and practice of Jewish law, prayer, and marriage. Adler's... -
Renewing the Covenant: A Theology for the Postmodern Jew by Eugene B. Borowitz 9780827606272
RRP: £22.99Booksplease Price: £20.12Borowitz creatively explores his theory of Covenant, linking self to folk and God through the contemporary idiom of relationship.Reviews"Often regarded more as a culture than religion, Judaism's... -
The Book of Psalms: A New Translation by Jewish Publication Society Inc. 9780827606319
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.87A new translation according to the traditional Hebrew text The Psalms have long brought comfort to those who mourn and have helped us find the spiritual in everyday life. This edition presents the... -
Shofetim (Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9) and Haftarah (Isaiah 51:12-52:12): The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Jeffrey K. Salkin 9780827614581
Booksplease Price: £5.04The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary shows teens in their own language how Torah addresses the issues in their world. The conversational tone is inviting and dignified, concise and substantial,... -
Ki Tavo' (Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8) and Haftarah (Isaiah 60:1-22): The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Jeffrey K. Salkin 9780827614604
Booksplease Price: £5.04The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary shows teens in their own language how Torah addresses the issues in their world. The conversational tone is inviting and dignified, concise and substantial,... -
The Legends of the Jews, 2-volume set by David M. Stern 9780827607095
RRP: £140.00Booksplease Price: £115.57This is the JPS classic reissue of a Jewish masterpiece, reset in two volumes with all new indexes. To this day Legends of the Jews remains a most remarkable and comprehensive compilation of stories... -
Tetsavveh (Exodus 27:20-30:10) and Haftarah (Ezekiel 43:10-27): The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Jeffrey K. Salkin 9780827614048
Booksplease Price: £5.04Tetsavveh (Exodus 27:20-30:10) and Haftarah (Ezekiel 43:10-27): The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary shows teens in their own language how Torah addresses the issues in their world. The... -
Haggadah and History by Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi 9780827607873
RRP: £76.00Booksplease Price: £64.17Haggadah & History is much more than a history of the Passover story. It is also a mirror of the last five centuries in Jewish history as reflected in the haggadah itself. Two hundred facsimile... -
20th Century Jewish Religious Thought by Arthur A. Cohen 9780827608924
RRP: £46.00Booksplease Price: £43.87JPS is proud to reissue Cohen and Mendes-Flohr's classic work, perhaps the most important, comprehensive anthology available on 20th century Jewish thought. This outstanding volume presents 140... -
Yoni Netanyahu: Commando at Entebbe by Devra Newberger Speregen 9780827606425
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £9.50Few rescue missions have succeeded like "Operation Thunderbolt," the Israeli plan led by Yoni Netanyahu on July 4, 1976, to rescue 105 hijacked Jewish passengers held captive in Uganda's Entebbe... -
Ki Tissa' (Exodus 30:11-34:35) and Haftarah (1 Kings 18:1-39): The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Jeffrey K. Salkin 9780827614055
Booksplease Price: £7.75Ki Tissa' (Exodus 30:11-34:35) and Haftarah (1 Kings 18:1-39): The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary shows teens in their own language how Torah addresses the issues in their world. The... -
Heeding the Call: Jewish Voices in America's Civil Rights Struggle by Norman H. Finkelstein 9780827605909
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £14.82For Ages 10 and up. The struggle for equal rights in America forged a close connection between African-Americans and Jews. In Heeding the Call, young people will discover how much the shared history... -
Consolation: The Spiritual Journey Beyond Grief by Maurice Lamm 9780827608153
RRP: £13.99Booksplease Price: £12.26In this, his sequel to the best-selling The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning (over 350,000 copies sold), Rabbi Lamm helps mourners not just get through their grief, but also grow through it. He... -
David and Max by Gail Provost Stockwell 9780827608375
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £10.39Twelve-year-old David takes his basketball along on summer vacation, hoping to find a court and some friends at the beach community. Whatever happens, he knows that he can count on Max, his... -
The Duke of Naxos of the House of Nasi by Cecil Roth 9780827604124
RRP: £20.99Booksplease Price: £18.01Read the story of Joseph Nasi, Duke of Naxos, Lord of Tiberias, a heroic leader who profoundly affected the history of sixteenth-century Jews of Eastern Europe. A biography based on meticulous... -
American Jewish History: A JPS Guide by Norman H. Finkelstein 9780827608108
Booksplease Price: £24.15Thanks to these generous donors for making the publication of this book possible: JPS Board of Trustees .This JPS Guide chronicles the extraordinary history of American Jewry. Finkelstein tells the... -
Kings of the Jews: The Origins of the Jewish Nation by Norman Gelb 9780827609136
Booksplease Price: £17.09We all know about King David and King Solomon, but what about the kings Omri and Uzziah? Of the more than fifty monarchs who sat on the throne of the Jews for over 1000 years, most of us can recall... -
Biblical Women Unbound: Counter-Tales by Norma Rosen 9780827607149
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £13.37Rosen gives a new voice to more than a dozen women of the Bible. She imagines and writes the missing chapters of these women's lives in a witty and engaging collection of stories. In addition, she... -
On Women and Judaism: A View From Tradition by Blu Greenberg 9780827602267
RRP: £13.99Booksplease Price: £11.85A classic for more than 20 years, this thought-provoking volume explores the role of Jewish women in the synagogue, in the family, and in the secular world. Greenberg offers ways to change present... -
Maimonides: Torah and Philosophic Quest by David Hartman 9780827602557
RRP: £13.99Booksplease Price: £12.58In this original study, noted scholar and theologian David Hartman discusses the relation between Maimonides' halakhic writings and The Guide of the Perplexed--a connection much closer than is... -
History and Hate: The Dimensions of Anti-Semitism by David Berger 9780827606364
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £16.29The persistence of anti-Semitism is a phenomenon that challenges Jewish historians to make ethical judgments a part of historical analysis. This comprehensive collection meets that challenge as its... -
Remember Not To Forget: A Memory of the Holocaust by Norman H. Finkelstein 9780827607705
Booksplease Price: £13.19Designed as an introduction to the Holocaust, this book presents the origins and history of anti-Semitism, beginning with the year 70 A.D., when the Jews were forced out of Jerusalem, to the founding... -
To Do the Right and the Good: A Jewish Approach to Modern Social Ethics by Elliot N. Dorff 9780827607743
RRP: £22.99Booksplease Price: £20.14A National Jewish Book Award Winner Rabbi Dorff focuses on the social aspects of the Jewish tradition, while tackling such timely topics as poverty, war, intrafaith and interfaith relations, and... -
Noah (Genesis 6:9-11:32) and Haftarah (Isaiah 54:1-55:5): The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Jeffrey K. Salkin 9780827613591
Booksplease Price: £7.61Noah (Genesis 6:9-11:32) and Haftarah (Isaiah 54:1-55:5): The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary shows teens in their own language how Torah addresses the issues in their world. The conversational... -
Balak (Numbers 22:2-25:9) and Haftarah (Micah 5:6-6:8): The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Jeffrey K. Salkin 9780827614505
Booksplease Price: £5.04Balak (Numbers 22:2-25:9) and Haftarah (Micah 5:6-6:8): The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary shows teens in their own language how Torah addresses the issues in their world. The conversational tone... -
Rashi's Daughter, Secret Scholar by Maggie Anton 9780827608696
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £9.99Rashi's Daughter, Secret Scholar was adapted from the first book in this series, Volume 1: Joheved. The tale of a young girl who challenges conventions to engage in Jewish learning; Set in... -
The Divine Symphony: The Bible's Many Voices by Israel Knohl 9780827607613
RRP: £27.99Booksplease Price: £21.98In this fascinating book, Knohl shares his understanding of how the Torah was edited into its final form. He bridges the gap between ancient Israel (c.1400-586 B.C.E.) and Second Temple times (c.536... -
Studies in Modern Jewish Literature by Arnold J. Band 9780827607620
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £33.42This outstanding volume of 26 essays represents a cross-section of the writings of Arnold Band on Jewish literature. Band, a renowned Jewish studies and humanities scholar, writes on such topics as:... -
An Introduction to Islam for Jews by Reuven Firestone 9780827608641
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £16.47Muslim-Jewish relations in the United States, Israel, and Europe are tenuous. Jews and Muslims struggle to understand one another and know little about each other's traditions and beliefs. Firestone... -
The JPS Bible Commentary: Haftarot by Michael Fishbane 9780827606913
RRP: £72.00Booksplease Price: £59.70A National Jewish Book Award Finalist The haftarot are an ancient part of Hebrew liturgy. These supplemental readings are excerpted from the Prophets (Nevi'im) and accompany each weekly Sabbath... -
Celebrating the Jewish Year, 3-volume set by Paul Steinberg 9780827609020
RRP: £56.00Booksplease Price: £47.74This set includes all three volumes in the Celebrating the Jewish Year series, for less than the cost of buying each book separately! Included in the set: The Fall Holidays: Rosh Hashanah, Yom... -
The JPS Bible Commentary: Jonah by Uriel Simon 9780827606722
Booksplease Price: £44.99Based on the same format and design as the Torah volumes, Jonah provides a critical line-by-line commentary of the biblical text, which is presented in its original Hebrew, complete with vocalization... -
Chanting the Hebrew Bible by Joshua R. Jacobson
RRP: £26.99Booksplease Price: £23.51Joshua Jacobson's 2002 edition-the comprehensive 1000-page guide to cantillation-is now available in this condensed, 300-page, user-friendly paperback edition. It is an ideal instructional guide for... -
The Commentators' Bible: Exodus: The Rubin JPS Miqra'ot Gedolot by Michael Carasik
RRP: £72.00Booksplease Price: £59.44Thanks to these generous donors for making the publication of this book possible: The Friedman French Foundation.First published 500 years ago as the "Rabbinic Bible," the biblical commentaries known... -
Pesikta De-Rab Kahana by William G. Braude
RRP: £76.00Booksplease Price: £62.07A JPS classic reissue of this great work of Midrash Long known only to scholars and specialists, Pesikta de-Rab Kahana is a masterpiece of midrashic literature. A collection of discourses for special... -
Celebrating the Jewish Year: The Fall Holidays: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot by Paul Steinberg
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £17.54Named a 2007 National Jewish Book Award Runner-Up in the category of Contemporary Jewish Life and Practice.JPS's holiday books take us through the joys, spirit, and meaning of the seasons. Blending... -
Dona Gracia of the House of Nasi by Cecil Roth
RRP: £20.99Booksplease Price: £18.09Here is the story of Dona Gracia, one of the most remarkable women in Jewish history. The pride of sixteenth century Jewry, she is acknowledged today for her courageous defense of her people and the...