Judaism category: 3160 books
by David J. Wolpe
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 1995
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 1995
"All beginnings require that you unlock new doors."--Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav
In this short and inspiring text, Rabbi David J. Wolpe addresses all who seek to enlarge the spiritual side of their lives. For those considering a return to the faith of their forebears, for those drawn...
The Happiness Prayer
Ancient Jewish Wisdom for the Best Way to Live Today
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
At age 30 Evan Moffic became the leader of a large congregation. He had great success. But he couldn't find happiness. Then he found a 2000-year-old prayer. In it were hidden elements of Jewish wisdom. They became a part of his life and those of his congregation and transformed them and him.
What...
Five Cities of Refuge
Weekly Reflections on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2009
In the ancient Jewish practice of the kavannah (a meditation designed to focus one’s heart on its spiritual goal), Lawrence Kushner and David Mamet offer their own reactions to key verses from each week’s Torah portion, opening the biblical text to new layers of understanding.
Here is a...
Healing of Soul, Healing of Body
Spiritual Leaders Unfold the Strength & Solace in Psalms
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
A source of solace and a healing resource for those who are facing illness, as well as those who care for them.
For centuries, people have turned to the Book of Psalms for solace, comfort, and catharsis, seeking guidance, meaning, hope, and reassurance—in short, spiritual healing.
This...
Sacred Intentions
Morning Inspiration to Strengthen the Spirit, Based on Jewish Wisdom
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
What a wonderful way to start each day. An inspirational companion of comfort, reassurance, and hope that helps you start each day of the year on a positive note—with a powerful quote from a Jewish source, and a brief, striking reflection on it from an inspiring spiritual leader.
The Path of Blessing
Experiencing the Energy and Abundance of the Divine
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Enrich your spiritual practice with a deeper understanding of Hebrew blessing.
A Hebrew blessing is a powerful thing—a short, deeply meditative exercise exploring the nature of God and the dynamic relationship between God, human consciousness and the unfolding universe.
Written in...
For Decades I Was Silent
A Holocaust Survivor's Journey Back to Faith
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
In 1939, Baruch Goldstein was a religiously observant adolescent resident of the Jewish community in Mlawa, a town that was then in East Prussia. After war broke out, the Jewish community there was relatively sheltered, as that region was incorporated into the German Reich rather than into the General...
by Sholom B. Wineberg
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
In the annals of Jewish history, no one individual has been turned to for advice on so many matters great and small and by so diverse a populace, as has the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The more crucial the issue, the more people felt the need to garner wisdom, counsel and blessing from that one individual...
Confronting Scandal
How Jews Can Respond When Jews Do Bad Things
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
"We can battle insensitivity, immorality, and dishonesty in our lives individually and collectively as a people. We have a wonderful road map in the Torah and its traditions. It is time to think seriously about our reputation in the world and what we can do to enhance it, not because we want...
The Road to Resilience
From Chaos to Celebration
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
How do you grow from grief? How do the Jewish people continue on with strength despite all of the hardships they have faced? Sherri Mandell explores the seven spiritual steps of resilience that teach us how to not only survive grief, but how to thrive in the face of loss and trauma. Resilience is...
by Simeon Schreiber
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Rabbi Simeon Schreiber is the founder, director, and lead chaplain of Visiting Chaplain Services, Inc., a not-for-profit agency providing comfort and support to anyone in spiritual or emotional distress. He currently serves as Senior Staff Chaplain at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Florida,...
by Joanne Seiff
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
Joanne Seiff’s From the Outside In covers it all….community building, Jewish learning, juggling family life and more. This collection of columns from Winnipeg’s Jewish Post & News offers a snapshot from a reflective newcomer in a post-denominational 21st century Jewish community. Seiff’s...
Unchosen
The Hidden Lives of Hasidic Rebels
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2006
Honorable Mention in the 2012 Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism
When Hella Winston began talking with Hasidic Jews for her doctoral dissertation in sociology, she was excited to be meeting members of the highly insular Satmar sect. While several Jewish journalists and scholars have produced...
by Esther Goshen-Gottstein
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
"It slowly began to dawn on me that, like millions of other women all over the world, I had been left forever by my husband." An estimated eighty percent of married women can expect to be widowed in the future. In Surviving Widowhood, a clinical psychologist explores her experience after...