Turner Publishing: 2329 books
New Jewish Baby Book (2nd Edition)
Names, Ceremonies & Customs—A Guide for Today's Families
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
The practical, inspiring guide for all Jewish people expecting a baby.
Expanded, updated, and revised.
A complete resource to the traditions and rituals for welcoming a new child to the world and into the Jewish community, and for commemorating this joyous event in family life—whatever your...
Jewish Men Pray
Words of Yearning, Praise, Petition, Gratitude and Wonder from Traditional and Contemporary Sources
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
A celebration of Jewish men's voices in prayer—to strengthen, to heal, to comfort, to inspire from the ancient world up to our own day.
"An extraordinary gathering of men—diverse in their ages, their lives, their convictions—have convened in this collection to offer contemporary,...
by Dr. Ron Wolfson, Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
A colorful, fun-to-read introduction that explains the ways and whys of
Jewish worship, faith, and religious life.
What You Will See Inside a Synagogue will:
Satisfy kids’ curiosity about what goes on in synagogues attended by their friends, broadening awareness of other faiths at an...
For Kids—Putting God on Your Guest List (2nd Edition)
How to Claim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Bar or Bat Mitzvah
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
The kids’ companion to the award-winning Putting God on the Guest List, 3rd Ed.: How to Reclaim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Child’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah
Used as an inspiring part of bar/bat mitzvah preparation for parents in hundreds of congregations around the world.
Jewish youngsters...
A Dangerous Dozen
12 Christians Who Threatened the Status Quo but Taught Us to Live Like Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Sometimes What We Need Most Is What We Fear Most
"Times change and situations seem to change, but there is still a great need for prophets, for God's ambassadors, to stand up and be counted. Who will dare to be Paul the Apostle today, or Dorothy Day, or Francis of Assisi, or Dietrich Bonhoeffer?...
Desert Fathers and Mothers
Early Christian Wisdom Sayings—Annotated & Explained
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Timeless and contemplative sayings from the earliest Christian sages of desert spirituality can be a companion on your own spiritual journey.
The desert fathers and mothers were ordinary Christians living in solitude in the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, Syria and Arabia who chose to renounce...
Saint Ignatius Loyola—The Spiritual Writings
Selections Annotated & Explained
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
This sixteenth-century mystic, whose mission was to ignite a love of Jesus in the hearts of all, can be a companion for your own spiritual journey.
Ignatius of Loyola, sixteenth-century mystic, spiritual director, and founder of the Society of Jesus, is considered to be among the greatest educators...
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Basics 2/E
A Practical Family Guide to Coming of Age Together
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2011
How to manage the process with grace, joy and good sense.
A practical guide that gives parents and teens the "how-to" information they need to navigate the bar/bat mitzvah process and grow as a family through this experience. For the first time in one book, everyone directly involved...
Being God's Partner
How to Find the Hidden Link Between Spirituality and Your Work
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
What is spirituality anyway? Isn't spirituality about emotion?
And isn't work about the rational mind?
"Too often, we divorce our 'work life’ from our 'real life,’ from our innermost beliefs and convictions. But ‘work’ can be as much a part of our life—and as much a vehicle for...
Traces of God
Seeing God in Torah, History and Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2011
A Probing and Powerful Look at the Role You Play
in Shaping Your Relationship with God
“No matter how hard we look, the God of Israel cannot be seen. Looking is not seeing, and seeing God is not like seeing an apple. It is much more like making a medical diagnosis on the basis of looking...
Soul Fire
Accessing Your Creativity
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
Trust the Creativity within You—Then Get Out of Its Way
“[This] is the invitation of the inner creative spirit: you are created to create. The creative potential within you is one of the things that makes you ‘in the image and likeness of God.’ Whether your medium be music, watercolors,...
All the World
Universalism, Particularism and the High Holy Days
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Why be Jewish?
A fascinating dialogue across denominations of the High Holy Days and their message of Jewish purpose beyond mere survival.
Almost forty contributors from three continents—men and women, scholars and poets, rabbis and theologians, representing all Jewish denominations...
Spiritual Boredom
Rediscovering the Wonder of Judaism
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2012
Break the Surface of Spiritual Boredom to Find the Reservoir of Meaning Within
We need to be bored. When we get bored and take responsibility for our boredom, we arrive at a new level of interest, introspection, or action that has been stirred by the very creativity used to keep boredom away....
Modern Jews Engage the New Testament
Enhancing Jewish Well-Being in a Christian Environment
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
An honest, probing look at the dynamics of the New Testament—in relation to problems that disconcert Jews and Christians today.
Despite the New Testament’s impact on Jewish history, virtually all Jews avoid knowledge of its underlying dynamics. Jewish families and communities thus remain...