Judaica

The Gush: Center of Modern Religious Zionism

David MorrisonPublisher: GefenDuring the Six Day War, Israel recaptured Gush Etzion, after it was in the hands of the Arabs since 1948. At the time, Moshe Moscovic, a charismatic and devoted Zionist leader, predicted that the Gush will transform into a center of Jewish learning.Less than forty years later, the reality has surpassed the dream. The Gush Etzion region has ...

The Guide to Jewish Italy

by Annie SacerdotiIllustrated by: Alberto Jona FalcoOrganized by region, this guidebook takes the reader on a complete tour of over forty towns and cities. The book includes scores of synagogues as well as texts, scrolls, and Jewish cemeteries. Of particular interest are sidebars explaining fascinating peculiarities of various Italian Jewish communities. For instance, Tuscan Jews in the medieval period spoke a ...

The Greatest Jewish Stories Ever Told

David PattersonPublisher: Jonathan DavidThis unique collection brings together Biblical, Talmudic, Midrashic, kabbalistic, folk, Hasidic, and modern tales that were selected for their prominence within the many traditions of Jewish life. Presented in categories that reflect the history of their telling, the stories are prefaced by David Patterson’s sage insights and thought-provoking perspective.From Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden ...

The Golden Land: The Story of Jewish Migration to America: An Interactive History With Removable Documents and Artifacts

Rabbi Joseph TelushkinPublisher: Random HouseThe Golden Land is a museum-in-a-book that devotes a double-page spread-complete with removable letters, documents, and personal effects-to each of the successive waves of Jewish immigration to America, from the Germans and Eastern Europeans in the 19th and early 20th centuries to the refugees from the Nazis in the 1930s and ’40s to the Soviet Jews ...

The Gateways Diaries

By: Debbie MaimonThis beautiful collection of stories chronicles a series of deeply personal journeys toward Jewish belief and commitment. Told in first person, these real-life accounts take you behind the scenes into the heartache, humor, and heroism of men and women at a vital crossroads in life – about to embark upon a spiritual journey that may change their lives ...

The Garden of Eden And the Struggle to Be Human According to the Midrash Rabbah

Wilfred ShuchatPublisher: Devora PublishingFor over 1,000 years, the secrets of the Jewish psyche have been the province of the few who could master the language and nuances of The Midrash Rabbah, the greatest biblical commentary ever produced by the hand of man.Now, for the first time, the original Hebrew text along with a cogent English language translation, and a new, ...

The Funeral and Cemetery Handbook

Rabbi David Weinberger, Rabbi Jacob J. SchacterPublisher: ArtscrollA straightforward and practical guide, this handbook provides halachic procedures for funerals, burial, erecting a monument, and selected laws of mourning. Convenient for use by rabbis and laymen, the appropriate services include complete instructions, as well as the service in Hebrew and English. Of particular interest are the moving Hebrew prayers to be ...

The Four Worlds: A Letter by Rabbi Yosef Y. Schneersohn of Lubavitch

Your atlas to an understanding of the spiritual worlds that populate Chasidic and Kabbalah texts has arrived. In 1937, M.A. Horowitz wrote to Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn requesting a better understanding of these mystical worlds: Do they occupy space? How do they differ from one another? In this printing of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak’s answer, the crisply typeset Hebrew text appears ...

The Flying Camel: Essays on Identity by Women of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Heritage

Loolwa KhazzoomPublisher: Seal Press Feminist Publishing“My first memory is of looking into my grandfather’s smiling face as he winds a rose around my ear…”Many of us have stereotypes of what “Jewish” looks likeâ€”and for many of us that image is white and European. Yet, with the blossoming Jewish multiculturalism movement, led by the dynamic Loolwa Khazzoom, the myth of a ...

The Flying Camel: And Other Essays by Women of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Heritage

Loolwa Khazzoom (editor)Publisher: Seal Press Feminist PublishingMany of us have stereotypes of what “Jewish” looks likeï¿½and for many of us that image is white and European. Yet, with the blossoming Jewish multiculturalism movement, led by the dynamic Loolwa Khazzoom, the myth of a “monolithic Jewish community” is about to be debunked. Focusing on the experiences of Jewish women of two ...

The Five Books Of Moses: An Easy To Read Torah Translation

Sol Scharfstein (editor)Publisher: KtavSol Scharfstein’s new translation of the Torah is truly a first in the field of Jewish education and publishing. Written with a sense of piety and awe for the majesty and sanctity of the biblical text, it conveys the content of the Five Book of Moses in language that is easy to read and understand. The message ...

The First Year of Marriage

Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski’s powerful insights and skilled practicality once again come to the fore as he speaks to couples embarking on their first year of marriage. How strange it is, he remarks in his introduction, that countless hours are spent making arrangement for the wedding and so little time is spent preparing for the marriage itself!}}Most young couples, ...