Judaism category: 3160 books
by Stan Telchin
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
Betrayed! is the page-turning account of a loving Jewish family caught on divergent prongs of a historic conflict. When Stan Telchin's daughter accepts Jesus as her Messiah, she makes a touching plea for him to search out the truth for himself. Intending to prove her wrong, Telchin sets out on a vigorous...
Reproducing Jews
A Cultural Account of Assisted Conception in Israel
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2000
There are more fertility clinics per capita in Israel than in any other country in the world and Israel has the world's highest per capita rate of in-vitro fertilization procedures. Fertility treatments are fully subsidized by Israeli national health insurance and are available to all Israelis, regardless...
by P. R. Otokletos
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
This commentary, the fourth full length book from the author, provides a broad sweeping overview of Hebraic Prayer in a traditional mainstream Jewish as well as a Messianic Judaism or Hebrew Roots perspective.From Israel's very beginning the importance of both ritual and dynamic prayer...
Singing God's Words
The Performance of Biblical Chant in Contemporary Judaism
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Singing God's Words is the first in-depth study of the experience and meaning of chanting or "reading" Torah among contemporary American Jews. This experience has been transformed dramatically in recent years by the impact of digital technology, feminism, the empowerment of lay people and a search...
Sacred Secrets
The Sanctity of Sex in Jewish Law and Lore
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1998
By returning to primary source material, including the Torah and ancient and medieval rabbinic literature, Rabbi Gershon Winkler illustrates the often uninhibited and celebrative attitudes towards sexuality and sensual pleasure found in Jewish teachings. Unfortunately, Judaism's healthy outlook on...
by Nahum Glatzer
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
A fascinating and eclectic collection of twenty-two essays, Essays in Jewish Thought examines and explores divers topics of Jewish thought and history. From Judaism’s view of ancient Rome at its imperial apogee and the Dead Sea Scrolls to Jewish thought in Europe’s revolutions of 1848 and Franz...
by Joe Bobker
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2008
Joe Bobker's easy-to-read, indispensable and educational tour de force of the complexities of the laws of Shabbas and the beauty of the lores of Shabbas!
Did you ever wonder?
Is long-life relative to Shabbas? What s the essence of Shabbas? How did Shabbas observance become the standard...
Jerusalem Crucified, Jerusalem Risen
The Resurrected Messiah, the Jewish People, and the Land of Promise
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
The good news (euangelion) of the crucified and risen Messiah was proclaimed first to Jews in Jerusalem, and then to Jews throughout the land of Israel. In Jerusalem Crucified, Jerusalem Risen, Mark Kinzer argues that this initial audience and geographical setting of the euangelion is integral to...
The Spirit of Renewal
Finding Faith after the Holocaust
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 1991
Helps the modern reader understand events that span almost 4,000 years of the history of Judaism and the Jewish people. This profound and engaging meditation opens the way to a powerful new understanding of the nature of God and the spiritual life.
The Living Tree
Studies in Modern Orthodoxy
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
The Living Tree comprises a collection of thought-provoking articles that fearlessly confront the most pressing issues facing Orthodox Judaism today. Rabbi Riskin does not flinch from such controversial questions as the possibility of trading land for peace, dialogue with Christians, and finding new...
Jewish Paths toward Healing and Wholeness
A Personal Guide to Dealing with Suffering
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2000
Healing the soul is a vital counterpart to curing the body. Grounded in the spiritual traditions of Judaism, this book provides healing rituals, psalms and prayers that help us initiate dialogue with God and guide us on the path of healing and wholeness.
Absorbing Perfections
Kabbalah and Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
In this wide-ranging discussion of Kabbalah—from the mystical trends of medieval Judaism to modern Hasidism—one of the world’s foremost scholars considers different visions of the nature of the sacred text and of the methods to interpret it. Moshe Idel takes as a starting point the fact that the...
by Fred Rosner
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1997
One of Maimonides' classic works, the Treatise on Resurrection is an extended discussion of resurrection, the immortality of the soul, the mysteries of the Messianic Age, and the World to Come. The Treatise on Resurrection was controversial in its day for its departure from accepted Jewish theology....
by Chananya Weissman
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
The EndTheMadness Guide to the Shidduch World is the definitive book on what's really wrong in the shidduch world and what needs to be done to fix it. It contains 267 pages of straight talk, including a comprehensive analysis of the various layers of the problems, practical solutions that apply to the...