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A Night of Questions: A Passover Haggadah
Joy LevittPublisher: Jewish Reconstructionist PressFinally, a Reconstructionist Haggadah for contemporary use!Rooted in tradition, yet accessible to all. This is a rich resource for the Passover holiday and for your seder. In one attractive, beautifully illustrated volume are the traditional prayers, biblical text, historical notes, song lyrics and a play for children to perform. Translations and transliterations included, and additional readings ...
Read MoreA Mystical Haggadah – Passover Meditations, Teachings, and Tales
Eliahu KleinPublisher: North Atlantic BooksDespite the explosion in popularity of books about mysticism and meditative traditions, there is very little published about the rich and fascinating subject of the Jewish holy days. Passover, the first religious holiday of the Jewish people, particularly deserves to be reviewed from a mystical perspective. A Mystical Haggadah is the first book to provide just ...
Read MoreA Modern Orthodox Life: Sermons and Columns of Rabbi Emanuel Rackman
Emanuel RackmanPublisher: KtavA Modern Orthodox Life by Rabbi Emanuel Rackman brings together some 75 sermons, columns, and articles by one of modern Orthodoxy’s most distinguished figures. Some of the writings in this volume go back many years, but the thoughts they express are as pertinent today as they were when first set down. They cover a broad range of topics ...
Read MoreA Lifetime Companion to the Laws of Jewish Family Life
Deena R. ZimmermanPublisher: Urim PublicationsForeword by Rabbi Yehuda HenkinA Lifetime Companion to the Laws of Jewish Family Life was written to help married — or about to be married — couples of all ages learn the halachot of taharat hamishpachah, the laws of Jewish marital life. In addition, particular emphasis was placed on achieving an understanding of the interplay between ...
Read MoreA Letter in the Scroll
Understanding Our Jewish Identity & Exploring the Legacy of the World’s Oldest Religion.by Rabbi Jonathan SacksAt least half of young Jews today are turning their backs on their Jewish heritage, notes Sacks, the chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth. Tracing some of the milestones in Jewish history, he poses questions for these Jews: ‘What are the ...
Read MoreA Journey Towards Freedom: A Haggadah for Women Who have Experienced Domestic Violence
Rabbi Lisa GelberPublisher: FaithTrust InstituteJourney Towards Freedom transforms the traditional Passover Seder into a special service that addresses the oppression and liberation of women journeying from abuse to safety. An ideal resource for congregations, community groups and domestic violence organizations, and as a supplement to any Passover Haggadah.From the Author:Shhh! Don’t say that. Domestic abuse doesn’t happen in respectable Jewish ...
Read MoreA History of Zionism: From the French Revolution to the Establishment of the State of Israel
Walter LaqueurPublisher: Random HouseWalter Laqueur traces the Zionist movement from its beginnings-with the emancipation of European Jewry from the ghettos in the wake of the French Revolution-to 1948, when the Zionist dream became a reality. He describes the contributions of such notable figures as Benjamin Disraeli, Moses Hess, Baron Edmond de Rothschild, and Sir Herbert Samuel, and he analyzes the ...
Read MoreA History of the Jews in the Modern World
Howard M. SacharPublisher: Vintage Books“A rich and balanced account. . . . There is no other book that attempts, as this one does, to recount the history of the Jews in modern times in all its geographical variation and breathtaking disparity.” – Washington Post Book World“Magisterial . . . Sachar situates Jews on a global stage. . . . [He] ...
Read MoreA Heart of Many Rooms: Celebrating the Many Voices within Judaism
David HartmanPublisher: Jewish LightsWith clarity, passion, and outstanding scholarship, David Hartman addresses the spiritual and theological questions that face all Jews and all people today. From the perspective of our traditional Judaism, how can we understand the varieties of 20th-century Jewish practice, and how should believing Jews relate to people of other faiths?In these powerful essays, Dr. Hartman struggles to ...
Read MoreA Handbook for the Jewish Home
Rabbi Alfred J. Kolatch, celebrated author of The Jewish Books of Why, has helped a generation understand the reasons behind Jewish law, custom, and ritual. Now, in A Handbook for the Jewish Home, he provides us with a practical guide that explains precisely and concisely how to conduct ourselves both in our homes and when interacting with the Jewish community ...
Read MoreA Faithful Heart: Preparing for the High Holy Days
Benjamin LevyA Study Text Based on the Midrash Maaseh Avraham AvinuA Faithful Heart takes the reader on a spiritual journey into the fascinating text Maaseh Avraham Avinu, a compilation of the midrashic sources about Abraham, the first acknowledged Jew. Providing his own translation and commentary, Rabbi Levy has assembled an excellent midrashic study of Abraham’s character that will offer the ...
Read MoreA Double Thread: Growing Up English and Jewish in London
John J. GrossPublisher: Ivan R Dee, Inc.This evocative picture of a lost London and a vanished culture is also the story of a bookish boy discovering his own path. John Gross is the son of a Jewish doctor who practiced in the East End of London from the 1920s to World War II and beyond. His parents were the children ...
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