Judaism category: 3160 books
The Myth of the Cultural Jew
Culture and Law in Jewish Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2015
A myth exists that Jews can embrace the cultural components of Judaism without appreciating the legal aspects of the Jewish tradition. This myth suggests that law and culture are independent of one another. In reality, however, much of Jewish culture has a basis in Jewish law. Similarly, Jewish law...
by Beth A. Berkowitz
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
Animals and Animality in the Babylonian Talmud selects key themes in animal studies - animal intelligence, morality, sexuality, suffering, danger, personhood - and explores their development in the Babylonian Talmud. Beth A. Berkowitz demonstrates that distinctive features of the Talmud - the new...
by Aaron Levine (1946-2011)
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Economic Morality and Jewish Law compares the way in which welfare economics and Jewish law determine the propriety of an economic action, whether by a private citizen or the government. Espousing what philosophers would call a consequentialist ethical system, welfare economics evaluates the worthiness...
The Art of Mystical Narrative
A Poetics of the Zohar
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2018
In the study of Judaism, the Zohar has captivated the minds of interpreters for over seven centuries, and continues to entrance readers in contemporary times. Yet despite these centuries of study, very little attention has been devoted to the literary dimensions of the text, or to formal appreciation...
by Batya Shemesh
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
THE period of history between Moses and the Second Temple period is a big question mark in the minds of historians. When was the Torah written? How is it possible that we still have the same Bible that was written over 3000 years ago? What happened to the Ten Lost tribes? Why is there no mention of...
Foreigners and Their Food
Constructing Otherness in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Law
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2011
Foreigners and Their Food explores how Jews, Christians, and Muslims conceptualize "us" and "them" through rules about the preparation of food by adherents of other religions and the act of eating with such outsiders. David M. Freidenreich analyzes the significance of food to religious...
Renewing the Process of Creation
A Jewish Integration of Science and Spirit
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Chaos becoming cosmos-we are participants and recipients in its meaning and marvels. ''Human beings and our ancestors have been meaning seekers and meaning makers even before our most ancient beginnings. And at the start of that search are these questions: Why is there something rather than nothing?...
Jewish Continuity in America
Creative Survival in a Free Society
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Jewish Continuity in America presents an overview of a life's work by a preeminent scholar and brings new insight to the challenge of American Jewish continuity.
Jews have historically lived within a paradox of faith and fear: faith that they are an eternal people and fear that their generation...
by Nshei Chabad
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2015
This is the N'shei Chabad Newsletter - Jewish Women's Magazine Shvat - February edition. With inspiring stories about Judaism, Chabad, Chassidus, recipes, and articles on inspiring religious activities for Jewish women, it's sure to inspire throughout the winter until spring.
The N’shei Chabad...
Heretics or Daughters of Israel?
The Crypto-Jewish Women of Castile
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 1999
Between 1391 and the end of the 15th century, numerous Spanish Jews converted to Christianity, most of them under duress. Before and after 1492, when the Jews were officially expelled from Spain, a significant number of these conversos maintained clandestine ties to Judaism, despite their outward...
Pizza with a Rabbi
A Stroll Through Traditional Judaism
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Pizza With A Rabbi is a fresh outlook on what it means to be Jewish New York Times bestselling Author Robert Shemin combines forces with Rabbi Pinchas Taylor to shed light into some of the common Orthodox Jewish Religious practices! This fun and contemporary peek into an ancient tradition translates...
Sage Tales Teacher's Guide
The Complete Teacher's Companion to Sage Tales: Wisdom and Wonder from the Rabbis of the Talmud
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017
Insights, Ideas and Thoughtful Questions for Discussing with Students the Wisdom Tales of the Ancient Rabbis
A helpful guide to creative use of Sage Tales: The Wisdom and Wonder of the Rabbis of the Talmud in the classroom. Includes:
An overview of how to use Sage Tales in a variety of...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2005
At first glance, Orthodox Judaism is not compatible with the prevailing world view of equal treatment for all people, regardless of their race, gender or religion. But modern Orthodox Jews share the sense that egalitarianism is a positive moral value, so they cannot simply dismiss this contemporary...
From Charity to Social Justice
The Emergence of Communal Institutions for the Support of the Poor in Ancient Judaism
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
This work explores the Jewish sources of philanthropic institutions in the Western world, a focus that has long been ignored by those who have focused their interest on the Greco-Roman culture. The author explores the possibility of Jewish influence on early Christian charities.