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Breaking Free
By: Riva PomerantzThey weathered hurricane winds of change and destruction, and now the Faber family must deal with a new challenge: their son, Avrumie, has left his past behind and comes to live at home again, but he is in limbo and in despair. This book, the sequel to the bestselling Breaking Point, is also a standalone read. Breaking Point ...
Read MoreBread and Fire: Jewish Women Find God in the Everyday
Rivkah Slonim (editor), Liz Rosenberg (editor)Publisher: Urim PublicationsBread and Fire is about the everyday lives of Jewish women and the struggles and aspirations, failings and triumphs of their spiritual endeavors.This book asks: What does it mean to be a Jewish woman today? What does Jewish tradition offer to modern women who are looking for practical ways to bring spirituality and ...
Read MoreBrain Waves
Shuli MenshPublisher: Judaica PressSarah Morgan is a high-powered Los Angeles attorney who has it all. Owner of her own law firm, at the top of her field and newly engaged, she feels like she’s riding on a well-deserved wave of success.But all is not perfect. Troubled by feelings of guilt, she’s afraid to tell her grandmother who her fiance is. ...
Read MoreBorscht Belt Bungalows: Memories of Catskill Summers
Irwin RichmanPublisher: Temple University PressEvery year between 1920 and 1970, most of New York City’s middle class Jewish population summered in the Catskills, in modest rental bungalow communities. Many today remember the colonies with either aversion or fondness. In a poignant memoir and photo album, Irwin Richman recaptures it all-from the traffic jams leaving the city to misleading advertisements.This item ...
Read MoreBook of Splendor
A historical novel about the most unlikely of lovers interwoven with the mysticism of the Jewish occult. Frances Sherwood brings to life the experience of the Jewish community during a period of oppression and rebirth. Set in seventeenth-century Prague The Book of Splendor is an adventure-filled romance stocked with court intrigue and political tension including the machinations of the rival ...
Read MoreBook of Psalms in Plain English
Aaron LichtensteinPublisher: Urim PublicationsIn the Book of Psalms in Plain English, you will find the Book of Psalms itself, its ideas and emotions. The English rendition is in verse, just as the Hebrew original is in poetry – in the various poetic modes required by the varied moods and messages.Read and be moved by the inspiring words of Psalms, translated ...
Read MoreBlues in the Night
Sunday, July 13. 1:46 A.M. Near Lookout Mountain and Laurel Canyon. An unidentified woman in her twenties, wearing a nightgown, was the victim of a hit-and-run accident that left her unconscious and seriously injured. There were no witnesses.}}So reads the report on the accident off Mulholland Drive in Molly Blumeメs Crime Sheet column for a weekly Los Angeles tabloid. Just ...
Read MoreBlue – Benjamin Zucker
Benjamin ZuckerPublisher: Overlook PressA stunningly original first novel — modeled after the Talmud — in which the central story is surrounded by the voices and images of numerous characters, real and imagined.Blue is the story of Abraham Tal, a diamond merchant in New York City who spends his days counseling friends and neighbors in what has come to be referred ...
Read MoreBlood and Champagne: The Life and Times of Robert Capa
Alex KershawPublisher: Thomas Dunne“It does seem to me that Capa has proved beyond all doubt that the camera need not be a cold mechanical device,” John Steinbeck wrote of photojournalist Robert Capa in a quote that launches this well-written, exhaustively researched biography. “Like the pen, it is as good as the man who uses it. It can be the extension ...
Read MoreBlessed Art Thou
A Treasury of Prayersby Alex J. GoldmanBlessed Art Thou is designed for every member of the family, adult and child. Practical and comprehensive, it is divided into six general categories: Waking Up, Meal Times, Other Times, Song Time, and Bed Time. Over 60 prayers are presented in three parallel column format: Hebrew text, phonetic transliteration, and English translation. Many ceremonies ...
Read MoreBircas Hachamah – New Expanded Edition
Rabbi J. David BleichPublisher: ArtscrollEvery twenty-eight years, for a few hours on a Wednesday morning in April, throngs of Jews fill streets, sidewalks, rooftops, and parks for one of the most infrequent rituals in Judaism. It marks the return of the sun to the exact place it occupied on the fourth day of Creation on the same day and at ...
Read MoreBiblical Stories for Psychotherapy and Counseling: A Sourcebook
Matthew B. Schwartz, PhD, Kalman J. Kaplan, PhDPublisher: Haworth PressIntegrate Biblical spirituality into psychotherapy and examine centuries-old answers to modern psychological questions!Biblical Stories for Psychotherapy and Counseling: A Sourcebook organizes the age-old wisdom of the Bible, with episodes that can shed light on specific psychological issues. From the familiar to the obscure, these stories can help us better understand self-esteem, ...
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