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Amazing Chesed

Living a Grace-Filled Judaism

by Rabbi Rami Shapiro
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012

Reclaims grace as a core Jewish idea, presenting it as a key for unlocking the spiritual nature of all aspects of Judaism. It examines elements of Judaism—God, creation, humanity, covenant, faith—in relation to grace. It highlights the role of grace in key aspects of Jewish practice, such as forgiveness,...
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A Wild Faith

Jewish Ways into Wilderness, Wilderness Ways into Judaism

by Rabbi Mike Comins
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2011

Explore the connections between God, wilderness and Judaism. This comprehensive how-to guide to the theory and practice of Jewish wilderness spirituality unravels the mystery of Judaism's connection to the natural world and offers ways for you to enliven and deepen your spiritual life through wilderness...
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Nationalizing Judaism

Zionism as a Theological Ideology

by David Ohana, Ari Barell, Michael Feige
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017

This new book by historian David Ohana analyzes Zionism and the Israeli state as a theological ideology. The book pursues this provocative end by showing the dialectical tension between Judaism and Zionism. How has Zionism molded perceptions and images that were formed in the Jewish past, and to what...
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Why Judaism Matters

Letters of a Liberal Rabbi to his Children and the Millennial Generation

by Rabbi John Rosove
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017

Presented in the form of letters from a rabbi to his sons, Why Judaism Matters is common sense guidance and a road map for a new generation of young men and women who find Jewish orthodoxy, tradition, issues, and beliefs impenetrable in 21st Century society. By intimately illustrating how the tenets...
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by Gregg E. Gardner
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015

This book examines the origins of communal and institutional almsgiving in rabbinic Judaism. It undertakes a close reading of foundational rabbinic texts (Mishnah, Tosefta, Tannaitic Midrashim) and places their discourses on organized giving in their second to third century CE contexts. Gregg E. Gardner...
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Who Rules the Synagogue?

Religious Authority and the Formation of American Judaism

by Zev Eleff
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016

Finalist for the American Jewish Studies cateogry of the 2016 National Jewish Book Awards Early in the 1800s, American Jews consciously excluded rabbinic forces from playing a role in their community's development. By the final decades of the century, ordained rabbis were in full control of America's...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2017

The eighth and final volume of The Cambridge History of Judaism covers the period from roughly 1815–2000. Exploring the breadth and depth of Jewish societies and their manifold engagements with aspects of the modern world, it offers overviews of modern Jewish history, as well as more focused essays...
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by BookCaps
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012

Did you ever hear the one about the Jewish telegram that simply read: ‘Start worrying. Details to follow’?Like the one above, there are plenty of stereotypes that exist about Judaism. One thing, though, is for certain. This is a really interesting religion that has been around for thousands...
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A Place of Our Own

The Rise of Reform Jewish Camping

by Gerard W. Kaye, Michael Zeldin, Jonathan D. Sarna
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2011

Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONEMicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The history of educational summer camps in American Reform Judaism. Reform Judaism is not the only religious community in America to make the summer camp experience a vital part of a faith community's effort to impart its values...
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by Michael L. Kagan
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013

In The King's Messenger, Michael Kagan draws us into the world of the imagination and gives us an original parable about Judaism's long journey through the centuries that might have sprung from one of Judaism's classic storytellers of old. Although the parable itself is short, its message is profound...
Cover of Conflicting Attitudes to Conversion in Judaism, Past and Present
by Isaac Sassoon
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017

Evidence suggests that conversion originated during the Babylonian Exile. Around the same time, biological genealogy was gaining popularity, especially among priests whose legitimacy was becoming increasingly defined by 'pure' pedigree. When the biological, or ethnic, criterion is extended to the...
Cover of The Other TalmudThe Yerushalmi: Unlocking the Secrets of The Talmud of Israel for Judaism Today
by Rabbi Judith Z. Abrams
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012

This engaging look at the Judaism that might have been breaks open the YerushalmiThe Talmud of the Land of Israeland what it means for Jewish life today. It examines what the Yerushalmi is, how it differs from the Bavlithe Babylonian Talmudand how and why the Bavli is used today. It reveals how the Yerushalmis...
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Zionism and Judaism

A New Theory

by David Novak
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015

Why should anyone be a Zionist, a supporter of a Jewish state in the land of Israel? Why should there be a Jewish state in the land of Israel? This book seeks to provide a philosophical answer to these questions. Although a Zionist need not be Jewish, nonetheless this book argues that Zionism is only...
Cover of Torah of the EarthExploring 4,000 Years of Ecology in Jewish Thought, Vol. 1: Biblical Israel & Rabbinic Judaism
by Arthur Waskow
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2000

Gives us an invaluable key to understanding the intersection of ecology and Judaism, and offers the wisdom of Judaism in dealing with the present environmental crisis.
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