Judaism category: 3160 books
by Avi Katz
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
Dogs have been with us humans since the cave days—but what about cats? They've been part of our world just since we've had mice—and THAT is just since we've been storing grain—and THAT is just since Joseph interpreted Pharaoh's dream and saved Egypt from starvation by building the first silos. So is it any wonder that ancient Egypt idolized the furry felines?
Saving Monticello
The Levy Family's Epic Quest to Rescue the House that Jefferson Built
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2002
When Thomas Jefferson died on the Fourth of July 1826 -- the nation's fiftieth birthday -- he was more than $100,000 in debt. Forced to sell thousands of acres of his lands and nearly all of his furniture and artwork, in 1831 his heirs bid a final goodbye to Monticello itself. The house their illustrious...
Devil in the Details
Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2007
Jennifer Traig's memoir Devil in the Details paints a portrait of a well-meaning Jewish girl and her good-natured parents, and takes a very funny, very sharp look back at growing up with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Recalling the agony of growing up an obsessive-compulsive religious fanatic, Traig...
How to Spell Chanukah...And Other Holiday Dilemmas
18 Writers Celebrate 8 Nights of Lights
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Ring in the holiday with eighteen writers who extol, excoriate, and expand our understanding of this most merry of Jewish festivals as they offer up funny, irreverent, and, yes, even nostalgic takes on a holiday that holds a special place in Jewish hearts . . . and stomachs.
Pieces by Jonathan...
Old Jews Telling Jokes
5,000 Years of Funny Bits and Not-So-Kosher Laughs
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
A grasshopper walked into a bar and ordered a drink.
The bartender looked at him and said, “You know we have a drink named after you?”
The grasshopper replied, “You have a drink named Stanley?”
Schtick happens. For five thousand years, God’s chosen people have cornered the market on knee-slappers,...
by Harry Bernstein
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2007
“There are places that I have never forgotten. A little cobbled street in a smoky mill town in the North of England has haunted me for the greater part of my life. It was inevitable that I should write about it and the people who lived on both sides of its ‘Invisible Wall.’ ”
The narrow...
Kosher Nation
Why More and More of America's Food Answers to a Higher Authority
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Kosher? That means the rabbi blessed it, right? Not exactly. In this captivating account of a Bible-based practice that has grown into a multibillions-dollar industry, journalist Sue Fishkoff travels throughout America and to Shanghai, China, to find out who eats kosher food, who produces it, who...
by William J. Winslade, Viktor E. Frankl
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2006
Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished....
by Max I. Dimont
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
From ancient Palestine through Europe and Asia, to America and modern Israel, Max I. Dimont shows how the saga of the Jews is interwoven with the story of virtually every nation on earth.
by Flavius Josephus,William Whiston (Translator)
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
This collection was designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically, chronologically and by category, making it easier to access individual books. This collection offers lower price, the convenience of a one-time download, and it reduces the clutter...
Beyond the Pale
The Jewish Encounter with Late Imperial Russia
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2002
A surprising number of Jews lived, literally and figuratively, "beyond the Pale" of Jewish Settlement in tsarist Russia during the half-century before the Revolution of 1917. Thanks to the availability of long-closed Russian archives, along with a wide range of other sources, Benjamin Nathans...
Holy Days
The World Of The Hasidic Family
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
A beloved contemporary classic, Holy Days is a personal account of New York's Hasidic community, its beliefs, its mysteries, and its encounter with secularism in the present age.
Combining a historical understanding of the Hasidic movement with a journalist's discerning eye, Harris captures...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Kabbalah
Make Your Life’s Path a Spiritual One
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2007
What the Kabbalah can do for you?
According to the authors of this comprehensive guide, the Kabbalah that Madonna popularized is far from authentic. In fact, the Kabbalah is much bigger and better. Here, readers will discover how it can deliver money, love, health, and many other things.
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by Sam Anthony Morello, OCD
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
Compares Teresa's approach to prayer with the ancient tradition of Lectio.
St. Teresa of Jesus is the Church's great teacher of prayer, and lectio divina, the ancient Christian approach to praying over the Scriptures, is among the Church's most venerable prayer methods. In this booklet,...