Beliefs category: 373 books
Understanding Judaism
The Basics of Deed and Creed
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1992
Judaism is primarily a religion of actions rather than beliefs. When the Jewish people accepted God's covenant, they committed themselves first to obedience and practice, and then to striving to understand the message implicit in the Torah.
In Understanding Judaism: The Basics of Deed and Creed,...
Marked in Your Flesh
Circumcision from Ancient Judea to Modern America
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2005
The book of Genesis tells us that God made a covenant with Abraham, promising him a glorious posterity on the condition that he and all his male descendents must be circumcised. For thousands of years thereafter, the distinctive practice of circumcision served to set the Jews apart from their neighbors....
Saying Kaddish
How to Comfort the Dying, Bury the Dead, and Mourn as a Jew
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2007
The definitive guide to Judaism’s end-of-life rituals, revised and updated for Jews of all backgrounds and beliefs
From caring for the dying to honoring the dead, Anita Diamant explains the Jewish practices that make mourning a loved one an opportunity to experience the full range of emotions—grief,...
by Simcha Paull Raphael
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
Originally published in 1994, Jewish Views of the Afterlife is a classic study of ideas of afterlife and postmortem survival in Jewish tradition and mysticism.
As both a scholar and pastoral counselor, Raphael guides the reader through 4,000 years of Jewish thought on the afterlife by investigating...
The Rhythms of Jewish Living
A Sephardic Exploration of Judaism's Spirituality
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
Reconnect with the ancient soul of Jewish spiritual life and practice. "Jewish spirituality is organically linked to the natural rhythms of the universe. To a great extent, Jewish religious traditions serve to bring Jews into a sensitive relationship with the natural world. Many commandments...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2019
This brief introduction to Judaism is designed to help readers understand this important religious tradition. With both nuance and balance, this text provides broad coverage of various forms of Judaism with an arresting layout with rich colors. It offers both historical overviews and modern perspectives...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
The way in which religious people eat reflects not only their understanding of food and religious practice but also their conception of society and their place within it. This anthology considers theological foodways, identity foodways, negotiated foodways, and activist foodways in the United States,...
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,...
by Stephen Fried
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2002
From award-winning journalist Stephen Fried comes a vividly intimate portrait of American Judaism today in which faith, family, and community are explored through the dramatic life of a landmark congregation as it seeks to replace its legendary retiring rabbi--and reinvent itself for the next generation.
The...
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...
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...
Future Tense
Jews, Judaism, and Israel in the Twenty-first Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2010
One of the most admired religious thinkers of our time issues a call for world Jewry to reject the self-fulfilling image of “a people alone in the world, surrounded by enemies” and to reclaim Judaism’s original sense of purpose: as a partner with God and with those of other faiths in the never-ending...
by Joseph Telushkin
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2010
When, if ever, should lying be permitted?
If you've damaged a person's reputation unfairly, can the damage be undone?
Is a person who sells weapons responsible for how those weapons are used?
if the fetus is not a life, what is it? How, as an adult, can one carry out the command...
The Jewish Body
An Anatomical History of the Jewish People
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2009
A history of the Jewish people from bris to burial, from “muscle Jews” to nose jobs.
Melvin Konner, a renowned doctor and anthropologist, takes the measure of the “Jewish body,” considering sex, circumcision, menstruation, and even those most elusive and controversial of microscopic...