Books

Zion in the Valley

Walter EhrlichPublisher: University of Missouri PressThe second volume of a two-volume history of the Jewish community of St. Louis, Zion in the Valley, Volume II covers the St. Louis Jewish population during the twentieth century, continuing where Volume I concluded. Published in 1997, Volume I deals primarily with the achievements of the German Jewish immigrants who dominated the St. Louis ...

You Never Call! You Never Write!: A History of the Jewish Mother

Joyce AntlerPublisher: Oxford University PressIn You Never Call, You Never Write, Joyce Antler provides an illuminating and often amusing history of one of the best-known figures in popular culture-the Jewish Mother. Whether drawn as self-sacrificing or manipulative, in countless films, novels, radio and television programs, stand-up comedy, and psychological and historical studies, she appears as a colossal figure, intensely involved ...

You Can Make the Difference

You Can Make the DifferenceC.R. WagschalPublisher: FeldheimFeeling a little down? When challenges arise, this comforting and inspiring book can help you overcome them. The author, who herself has dealt with and overcome many obstacles, brings stories and teachings from sages throughout the ages to rally the reader to greater heights. Deep and meaningful concepts are discussed and illustrated from real ...

Yom Kippur Readings: Inspiration, Information And Contemplation

Dov Peretz, Rabbi Elkins, Dov Peretz Elkins (editor)Publisher: Jewish LightsA powerful collection of writings about Yom Kippur that will add spiritual depth and holiness to your experience of the Day of Atonement.As Rosh Hashanah ends and you look ahead to Yom Kippur, what do you think about? The familiar melody of Kol Nidre? The long hours of fasting? The days ...

Yom Kippur Katan Service

for the day before Rosh ChodeshEdited by Rabbi Avie GoldTranslated by: Rabbi Yaakov BlinderIn the Beis HaMikdash, Rosh Chodesh was a day for communal attonement offerings. Since the 16th centry, Jews have observed – a Yom Kippur Katan [Minor Day of Attonement], instituted by the kabbalist of Safed, on Erev Rosh Chodesh of most months. Over the centuries, this custom fell ...

Yiddish Wisdom for Parents: Yiddishe Khokhme Far Eltern

Kristina SwarnerPublisher: Chronicle BooksThis beautifully illustrated volume collects more than 100 folk sayings from the Old Country — in Yiddish and English — celebrating the bond between parent and child. An intimate treasury of enduring advice and observation, Yiddish Wisdom for Parents encompasses the joys, and trials, of raising and loving children in proverbs poignant (A child’s wisdom is also ...

Yiddish Folktales

Library of Yiddish ClassicsEdited by Beatrice S. WeinreichTranslated by: Leonard WolfThe tales in this delightful comprendium were gathered by ethnographers in the small towns and villages of Eastern Europe as the population, which was soon to vanish altogether, dwindled during the 1920s and 1930s. Collected from people of all walks of life, they include parables and allegories about life, luck, and ...

Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Tanakh Companion: The Book of Samuel

Nathaniel Helfgot (editor)Publisher: Ben Yehuda PressBible study in the spirit of modern and open Orthodox Judaism.About the AuthorsThe Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School develops professional, knowledgeable, empathetic, and visionary rabbinic leaders for the modern world. Founded in 1999, YCT cultivates a love of Torah, a passion for leadership, and a philosophy of inclusiveness. YCT alumni are building new open Modern ...

Yentl’s Revenge: The Next Wave of Jewish Feminism

Susannah Heschel, Danya Ruttenberg (editor)Publisher: Seal Press Feminist PublishingThanks in large part to the struggles of their activist foremothers, today’s young Jewish women have a dizzying array of spiritual options. Yentl’s Revenge chronicles a range of experiences lived by an entire generation of women, from Judeo-pagan witches to young Orthodox mothers, from rabbis to sex educators. Contributors ponder Jewish transgenderdom, ...

Yearnings: Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life

Irwin KulaPublisher: Hyperion Books“Irwin Kula shows us how to to live our humanness — the pleasures and the challenges, the messiness and the triumphs — with a profound acceptance of our desires and foibles and a joy that can only come from understanding.” -Deepak Chopra“Yearning. After twenty-three years as a rabbi, I can think of no more defining human experience.”Life ...

Yalkut Meam Loez

11 Volumes; Hebrewby Rabbi Yaakov CuliSet of 11 vols.Me’am Lo’ez, hailed as ‘the outstanding work of Ladino literature.’ Written by Rabbi Yaakov Culi, one of the greatest Sephardic sages of his times, the book was first published in 1730. It changed the spiritual climate of the entire Mediterranian region.Eastern Jews esteemed Me’am Lo’ez as a major classic, affording it the ...

Yad Avrohom Mishnah Series

These tractates discuss laws of various tithes. The ArtScroll Mishnah Series with Yad Avraham commentary brings the text to life as it is developed and clarified by contending minds in the study hall. }}- Hebrew text fully punctuated and vowelized }- New English translation distinguished for clarity }- In-depth introduction preceding each tractate }- Every phrase in the Mishnah is ...