Judaism category: 3160 books
Witness
Lessons from Elie Wiesel's Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD—BIOGRAPHY
Elie Wiesel was a towering presence on the world stage—a Nobel laureate, activist, adviser to world leaders, and the author of more than forty books, including the Oprah’s Book Club selection Night. But when asked, Wiesel always said,...
Summary and Analysis of Man's Search for Meaning
Based on the Book by Victor E. Frankl
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Man’s Search for Meaning tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Viktor E. Frankl’s book.
Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed...
by Sherwin B. Nuland
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2008
Part of the Jewish Encounter series
Moses Maimonides was a Renaissance man before there was a Renaissance: a great physician who served a sultan, a dazzling Torah scholar, a community leader, a daring philosopher whose greatest work—The Guide for the Perplexed—attempted to reconcile scientific...
A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume V
Probing the Authenticity of the Parables
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Since the late nineteenth century, New Testament scholars have operated on the belief that most, if not all, of the narrative parables in the Synoptic Gospels can be attributed to the historical Jesus. This book challenges that consensus and argues instead that only four parables—those of the Mustard...
Rebbe
The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
“One of the greatest religious biographies ever written.” – Dennis Prager
In this enlightening biography, Joseph Telushkin offers a captivating portrait of the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, a towering figure who saw beyond conventional boundaries to turn his movement, Chabad-Lubavitch,...
Moses
A Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2009
Lawgiver and liberator. Seer and prophet. The only human permitted to converse with God "face-to-face." Moses is the most commanding presence in the Old Testament. Yet as Jonathan Kirsch shows in this brilliant, stunningly original volume, Moses was also an enigmatic and mysterious figure--at...
by Jonathan Bernis
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Raised in a traditional Jewish family, international television host Jonathan Bernis was taught from a young age that "Jews don't--and can't!--believe in Jesus." Yet in his study of the Bible, including the Torah, he found overwhelming evidence that Jesus of Nazareth really was the Jewish...
Living a Year of Kaddish
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2010
Ari Goldman’s exploration of the emotional and spiritual aspects of spending a year in mourning for his father will resonate with anyone who has lost a loved one, as he describes how this year affected him as a son, husband, father, and member of his community. Through the daily recitation of kaddish,...
The Life of David
The History of The Man After God's Own Heart
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
A brief life of King David of Israel.
Burnt Bread and Chutney
Growing Up Between Cultures - A Memoir of an Indian Jewish Childhood
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2009
“From the outside, no matter what the gradations of my mixed heritage, the shadow of Indian brown in my skin caused others to automatically perceive me as Hindu or Muslim. . . . Still, I trekked through life with the spirit of a Jew, fleshed out by the unique challenges and wonders of a combined...
by Eliyahu Stern
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
Elijah ben Solomon, the "Genius of Vilna,” was perhaps the best-known and most understudied figure in modern Jewish history. This book offers a new narrative of Jewish modernity based on Elijah's life and influence.
While the experience of Jews in modernity has often been described as a process...
The Broken and the Whole
Discovering Joy after Heartbreak
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
A wise, uplifting memoir about a rabbi’s search for understanding and his discovery of hope and joy after his young son suffered a catastrophic brain-stem stroke: “Deeply moving, extraordinarily thought-provoking, and entirely humane” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).
As a young, ambitious...
Rav Kook
Mystic in a Time of Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
Rav Abraham Isaac Kook (1865–1935) was one of the most influential—and controversial—rabbis of the twentieth century. A visionary writer and outstanding rabbinic leader, Kook was a philosopher, mystic, poet, jurist, communal leader, and veritable saint. The first chief rabbi of Jewish Palestine...
If All the Seas Were Ink
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
**WINNER of the 2018 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and the 2018 Sophie Brody Medal for achievement in Jewish literature**
**2018 Natan Book Award Finalist**
**Finalist for the 2017 National Jewish Book Award in Women's Studies **
The Wall Street Journal: "There is humor and heartbreak...