Judaism: life and practice

The philosophy of religion is a discipline that explores a wide range of issues related to religious beliefs and practices.

In Splitting Hairs, Rabbi Michael J.

What do we mean when we talk about antisemitism?

When Near Becomes Far explores the representations and depictions of old age in the rabbinic Jewish literature of late antiquity (150-600 CE).

When Near Becomes Far explores the representations and depictions of old age in the rabbinic Jewish literature of late antiquity (150-600 CE).

Presenting Jewish environmentalism as a case study of contemporary post-secularism, this book exemplifies the responses of world religions to the global ecological crisis and situates Jewish environmental spirituality historically, socially, theologically, and politically.

Exploring a contemporary Judaism rich with the textures of family, memory, and fellowship, Jodi Eichler-Levine takes readers inside a flourishing American Jewish crafting movement.

Exploring a contemporary Judaism rich with the textures of family, memory, and fellowship, Jodi Eichler-Levine takes readers inside a flourishing American Jewish crafting movement.

Presenting Jewish environmentalism as a case study of contemporary post-secularism, this book exemplifies the responses of world religions to the global ecological crisis and situates Jewish environmental spirituality historically, socially, theologically, and politically.

In exploring the social background of early Jewish mysticism, Scholastic Magic tells the story of how imagination and magic were made to serve memory and scholasticism.

The rate of interfaith marriage in the United States has risen so radically since the sixties that it is difficult to recall how taboo the practice once was.

Marriage today might be a highly contested topic, but certainly no more than it was in antiquity.

Historical accounts of Jewish violence--particularly against Christians--have long been explosive material.

Invoking a concept as simple as it is brilliant, F.

Offered here for the first time in English translation, Hasidism as Mysticism is a classic in its field.

The rate of interfaith marriage in the United States has risen so radically since the sixties that it is difficult to recall how taboo the practice once was.

The rate of interfaith marriage in the United States has risen so radically since the sixties that it is difficult to recall how taboo the practice once was.

Von der Stärke einer Mutter nach einer unvorstellbaren TragödieAm Morgen des 7.

Suburbia may not seem like much of a place to pioneer, but for young, religiously committed Jewish families, its open territory.

Suburbia may not seem like much of a place to pioneer, but for young, religiously committed Jewish families, its open territory.

The philosophy of religion is a discipline that explores a wide range of issues related to religious beliefs and practices.

A guide to, and abbreviation of, the standard code of Jewish law, the Shulhan Aruch

Splendor, Decline, and Rediscovery of Yiddish in Latin America presents Yiddish culture as it developed in an area seldom associated with the language.

Moral insights and comments about Tzedakah ("e;Charity"e;) are found throughout the vast body of rabbinic literature.

Israel and the Rise of the Global Domain: Interpreting Jewish Existence offers the first comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding Jewish existence through the lens of spatial paradigms within the global epoch, drawing upon innovative interpretive methods across political science, philosophy, and mysticism.

In his classic introduction to Byzantine Orthodox liturgies, King examines the liturgies of the Oriental Orthodox churches.

A unique copy of the Seder Hibbur Berakot , this edition includes 22 prayers, characteristic of the Italian Jewish liturgical tradition.

This book thoroughly examines Genizah fragments of Tractate Eruvin in the Babylonian Talmud from Cambridge University Library's Taylor Schechter collection.

In his classic introduction to Eastern Orthodox liturgies, King examines the liturgies of the Oriental Orthodox churches.

A comprehensive study of the Mishnah that argues it manifests an implicit theory of what performing rituals accomplishesJews are known for having many ritual practices.

Israel and the Rise of the Global Domain: Interpreting Jewish Existence offers the first comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding Jewish existence through the lens of spatial paradigms within the global epoch, drawing upon innovative interpretive methods across political science, philosophy, and mysticism.

By returning to primary source material, including the Torah and ancient and medieval rabbinic literature, Rabbi Gershon Winkler illustrates the often uninhibited and celebrative attitudes towards sexuality and sensual pleasure found in Jewish teachings.

In Spiritual Integrity, Martin S.

By returning to primary source material, including the Torah and ancient and medieval rabbinic literature, Rabbi Gershon Winkler illustrates the often uninhibited and celebrative attitudes towards sexuality and sensual pleasure found in Jewish teachings.

In Spiritual Integrity, Martin S.

In Jethro and the Jews, Beatrice J.

Remembering the Holocaust in Germany, Austria, Italy and Israel: "e;Vergangenheitsbewaltigung"e; as a Historical Quest offers an account on post-war coming-to-terms with the Holocaust tragedy in some European countries, such as Germany, Austria, and Italy.

Christian Hebraism came to its full fruition in the seventeenth century.

Lenn E.

Avi Sagi is Professor of Philosophy at Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel, and Senior Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, Israel.

Remix Judaism: Preserving Tradition in a Diverse World offers an eloquent and thoughtful new vision for all Jews seeking a sense of belonging in a changing world, regardless of their current level of observance.

What could be more ingrained in the Jewish psyche as well as pop culture everywhere than the B'nei Mitzvah ceremony?

What could be more ingrained in the Jewish psyche as well as pop culture everywhere than the B'nei Mitzvah ceremony?

Remix Judaism: Preserving Tradition in a Diverse World offers an eloquent and thoughtful new vision for all Jews seeking a sense of belonging in a changing world, regardless of their current level of observance.

An original anthology of modern responsa (Jewish ethical and ritual decision-making) by rabbinic authorities, men and women, across movements (Conservative, Orthodox, Reform), geographic locales, and ethnicities (Ashkenazic, Sefardic, Mizrahi), Modern Responsa engages readers in understanding how rabbis expert in Jewish law apply principles, precedents, and rules from Judaisms legal tradition to real-life issues.

Finalist for the 2025 PROSE Award in Humanities: Theology and Religious Studies Some two thousand years ago, as the story goes, a rabbi named Yochanan makes the epitome of pragmatic gambles-wagering the entire fate of the Jewish people.

A comprehensive study of the Mishnah that argues it manifests an implicit theory of what performing rituals accomplishesJews are known for having many ritual practices.