Beliefs category: 373 books
by Israel Drazin
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Judaism today is radically different from the Judaism described and mandated in the Torah, writes Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin, a noted authority on Jewish life, history and thought. Around the time of the destruction of the Temple, rabbinic reinterpretation changed both the observance and the religious...
by R. Travers Herford
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
PREFACE
Most of the contents of the following pages were given as lectures in Manchester College, Oxford, in the autumn of 1911. I have thought it better to confine myself within the limits of what I then said, rather than to expand and recast the lectures into a complete monograph on the Pharisees....
What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Jewishness of Jesus
A New Way of Seeing the Most Influential Rabbi in History
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
If you were to ask ten people, Who started Christianity? you might hear ten voices giving the same quick response: Jesus. But those ten people would be wrong. Jesus wasn’t a Christian. Jesus lived and died as a Jew. Understanding the Jewishness of Jesus is the secret to knowing him better and understanding...
Passover Haggadah
As Commented Upon By Elie Wiesel and Illustrated b
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
A Passover Haggadah, enhanced with more than fifty original drawings, Elie Wiesel and his friend Mark Podwal invite you to join them for the Passover Seder—the most festive event of the Jewish calendar.
Read each year at the Seder table, the Haggadah recounts the miraculous tale of the liberation...
by Rabbi Nathan Laufer
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2005
Enrich Your Passover Seder with Renewed Meaning and SignificanceWhether you are planning to participate in, contribute to, or lead a Passover Seder, Leading the Passover Journey will help you relive the Jewish Peoples legacy of survival, hope, and redemption, and reconnect with the rich heritage celebrated...
by Irving J. Rosenbaum
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2010
The Holocaust and Halakhah is a study of the determined efforts of the Jews of Europe to conform to the patterns and norms of Halakhic Judaism during the Holocaust period. It is based in large part on rabbinic responsa written in Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Lithuania from the beginning of the Nazi...
Telling the Story
A Passover Haggadah Explained
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2007
Authentic and simple, this retelling of the Passover story in the Haggadah is designed to guide Passover participants through the Seder while educating them about the practice. Detailing the meaning of the ceremony in the past and present, the book also discusses the authenticity of the ceremony...
Mazel Tov
Celebrities' Bar and Bat Mitzvah Memories
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2007
In Mazel Tov, celebrity journalist Jill Rappaport and photographer Linda Solomon offer an intimate glimpse of the bar or bat mitzvahs of some of the most talented people in entertainment, politics and business. This remarkable book brings together stories and never-before-seen family photos of a variety...
Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah
New Insights and Scholarship
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Over the past generation, scholars have devoted increasing attention to the diverse forms that Jewish mysticism has taken both in the past and today: what was once called “nonsense” by Jewish scholars has generated important research and attention both within the academy and beyond, as demonstrated...
Jewish Blood
Reality and metaphor in history, religion and culture
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
This book deals with the Jewish engagement with blood: animal and human, real and metaphorical. Concentrating on the meaning or significance of blood in Judaism, the book moves this highly controversial subject away from its traditional focus, exploring how Jews themselves engage with blood and its...
by Marc Rasell
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
This book describes the Messianic prophecies and their fulfilment.
It was after the fall, when the outlook for Adam and Eve seemed bleak that the first Messianic promise was given (Genesis 3:15). Eve was promised that one her descendants would destroy the serpent (Satan). More details were...
The Blessing of a Skinned Knee
Using Timeless Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2001
The beloved bestseller that offers a practical, inspiring new roadmap for raising self-reliant, ethical, and compassionate children.
In the trenches of a typical day, every parent encounters a child afflicted with ingratitude and entitlement. In a world where material abundance abounds, parents...
How to Raise a Jewish Child
A Practical Handbook for Family Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2008
This updated edition of the classic parenting book combines insights from Jewish tradition with contemporary thinking about how children learn and grow. And it describes the practices, customs, and values that go into creating a Jewish home and raising joyful children within the rich traditions of Judaism.
The Book of Jewish Values
A Day-by-Day Guide to Ethical Living
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
In The Book of Jewish Values, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin has combed the Bible, the Talmud, and the whole spectrum of Judaism's sacred writings to give us a manual on how to lead a decent, kind, and honest life in a morally complicated world. Telushkin speaks to the major ethical issues of our time, issues...