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Inviting God In: Celebrating the Soul-Meaning of the Jewish Holy Days

Rabbi David AaronPublisher: TrumpeterThis warm, inspiring look at the Jewish holidays—by one of the most dynamic and accessible teachers of Jewish thought today—shows us how each holy day empowers us to recognize God’s loving presence in our life everyday.There are many books that discuss how to celebrate the holidays; Inviting God In explains why we should celebrate. Using biblical references, ...

Inventing Jewish Ritual: New American Traditions

Vanessa OchsPublisher: JPSVanessa Ochs invites her readers to explore how Jewish practice can be more meaningful through renewing, reshaping, and even creating new rituals-blessings for newborn daughters, Miriam’s cup, becoming an elder, and more.We think of rituals — the patterned ways of doing things that have shared and often multiple meanings — as being steeped in tradition and therefore unalterable. ...

Introduction to Jewish Matrimonial Law

By:Arnold CohenThe Jewish wedding is both an exciting and awe-inspiring occasion in the Jewish life-cycle; but as momentous as it is, the ceremony itself is but one aspect of the greater world of matrimony.To fully appreciate the complete spectrum of issues concerning Jewish marriage, Feldheim Publishers presents Arnold Cohen’s An Introduction to Jewish Matrimonial Law. Written in clear and concise ...

Into the Arms of Strangers

Mark Jonathan Harris, Deborah OppeheimerThe companion to the Academy Award winning feature documentary from Warner Bros.For nine months before the outbreak of World War II, Britain conducted an extraordinary rescue mission. It opened its doors to over 10,000 endangered children-90 per cent of them Jewish-from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. These children were taken into foster homes and hostels in Britain, ...

Interfaith Families: Personal Stories of Jewish-Christian Intermarriage

Christmas or Hanukkah? Bris or baptism? Church or synagogue? As the number of Jewish-Christian marriages in America continues to rise, couples find themselves searching for ways to navigate the choppy waters of interfaith families. Here, couples in Jewish-Christian marriages describe their experiences and reveal intimate details of their lives as members of these unique families. Without being prescriptive, this book ...

Inspiring Lights

Publisher: Khal PublishingCelebrating a vision of life as illuminated by the lights of Chanukah and all they representThe light of Jewish wisdom, and of an authentic Jewish world view, shines on Chanukah, perhaps, as on no other holiday. The holiday of Chanukah was born out of a clash between two civilizations and two fundamentally different ways of looking at man, ...

Inspiring Days – Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Beyond – Visions and Pathways for Spiritual Growth and Personal Potential

Publisher: Khal PublishingRosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. The Days of Awe. The High Holy Days. The Yomim Noraim. This time of year has become synonymous with a unique, and in fact, awe inspiring spiritual aura. Yet, at times, it can be difficult to access the potential of these holidays.Inspiring Days is a collection of writings from a wide range of ...

Insights In The Torah – Oznaim Latorah: 5 Volume set

Rabbi Zalman SorotzkinPublisher: ArtscrollThe Five Books of the Torah with a complete classical commentary written by the great Rabbi Sorotzkin.Available in a Book PackageThis item is sold by:Note: AllJudaica.com is owned by Rosenblum’s World of Judaica, which is one of the oldest Judaica stores in the United States. Their store has been open for over 75 years!Direct link: http://www.alljudaica.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=1622You might also ...

Inside Judaism: The Concepts, Customs, And Celebrations of the Jewish People

Alfred J. KolatchPublisher: Jonathan DavidIn Judaism, practice and ideology are inextricably linked. While it is often difficult to draw strict lines between custom and law, taken together they unite individual Jews within a community as well as Jewish communities around the world. They also serve to give Judaism its continued relevance and enduring strength.In Inside Judaism, Rabbi Alfred J. Kolatch, ...

Inge: A Girl’s Journey Through Nazi Europe

In early 1939, after Kristallnacht, young Inge Josephs family in Germany is broken apart, and her desperate mother sends her alone to Brussels to live with wealthy relatives. But she soon finds herself one of a hundred Jewish children fleeing for their lives following Hitlers invasions of Belgium and France.}}For a time, in 1941 and 1942, it seems as if ...

In the Footsteps of the Lost Ten Tribes

Avigdor ShachanPublisher: Devora PublishingThe most fascinating legend of Jewish heritage, originating in the mists of history and ending with the greatest riddle in Jewish history, is the legend of the â€œTen Lost Tribesâ€ â€“ the inhabitants of the Kingdom of Israel who were exiled by the Assyrians in 722 BCE.They were driven eastward, across the fabled Sambatyon River, and beyond ...

In the Beginning: A Short History of the Hebrew Language

Joel M. HoffmanPublisher: NYU PressJoel Hoffman lectures and teaches classes on biblical and rabbinic Hebrew and translation at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He is the head translator for Jewish Lights’ seven-volume prayerbook and commentary series, My People’s Prayerbook. He lives in the NYC area.Hebrew as a language is just over 3,000 years old, and the story of its ...