Judaism: life and practice

In ancient Israel the production of food was a basic concern of almost every Israelite.

Coherent Judaism begins by excavating the theologies within the Torah and tracing their careers through the Jewish Enlightenment of the eighteenth century.

Selected as a Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC) "e;Significant Jewish Book"e; Jacob was running away from home.

One of the most basic questions for any legal system is that of methodology: how one interprets, analyzes, weighs, and applies a mass of often competing legal rules, precedents, practices, customs, and traditions to reach final determinations and practical guidance about the correct legal-prescribed course of action in any given situation.

A Centennial, writes Hebrew College President Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, "e;is an invitation to reflect on the last century of teaching and learning at Hebrew College, to ask ourselves what has changed and what has endured, to explore accomplishments and share ongoing struggles, to articulate our aspirations for the next one hundred years.

Your body is the place where heaven and earth meet.

Israel is a Jewish state.

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.

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This book traces the journey of the Mofet Association, an educational coalition established by teachers who immigrated to Israel from the former Soviet Union.

The Holy Spirit is the Hidden Mover Behind All Personal Life Transformation and Ministry Fruitfulness.

Inspiring, mystical, and often surprising Chassidic tales combine with teachings and favorite Jewish recipes to nourish body and soul.

This book is the first complete intellectual biography of Hermann Cohen (1842-1918) and the only work to cover all his major philosophical and Jewish writings.

How do we find meaning in our life?

Piety and Rebellion examines the span of the Hasidic textual tradition from its earliest phases to the 20th century.

This book revisits the context and causes of the first war between Jews and Romans (AD 66 to 74).

What was it like to work as a Jewish district attorney in provincial Soviet Ukraine in the post-Stalinist eras?

This book examines a wide range of theologians, philosophers, and exegetes who share a passionate engagement with Maimonides.

The author writes: "e;Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak HaCohen Kook (5635-5695/1865-1935) was one of the greatest Jewish leaders of recent history.

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This two-volume Journey of a Rabbi consists of essays describing ventures undertaken, events experienced, and ideas articulated that reflect the life work of a rabbi and Jewish educator.

This collection of commentaries, written during the recent Gaza war as it unfolded, represents an attempt of one Jew on behalf of Jews of Conscience everywhere, to come to grips with the state of Israel as it is rather than what it purports to be.

Religious-Zionism developed in Israel as an attempt to combine halakhic commitment with the values of modernity, two networks of meaning not easily reconciled.

More than ever, young people today are searching for a sense of purpose and direction.

In this extraordinary cookbook, chef and scholar Helene Jawhara-Piner combines rich culinary history and Jewish heritage to serve up over fifty culturally significant recipes.

The image of Jews in East Asia is a strange mixture of opposites, a paradoxical blend of admiration and mockery, identification and denial.

The fifty years between 1680-1730 were one of the most fascinating in the history of Europe and in Ottoman history.

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The present book reflects on the life, work, and legacy of an exceptional and enigmatic woman: the philosopher and French Jewish mystic Simone Weil.

This two-volume Journey of a Rabbi consists of essays describing ventures undertaken, events experienced, and ideas articulated that reflect the life work of a rabbi and Jewish educator.

For nearly two thousand years followers of Jesus have gathered in churches to eat a meal called Communion in his memory.

A how-to for Jewish spirituality that works.

The Mystic Quest explains the major ideas and concepts of Jewish mystical thought in a way that the general reader can clearly understand.

In a culture firmly grounded in scientific thought, it has become common to think of "e;God"e; as the label we use for natural law, the creative, organizational forces in the universe, rather than as a great, omniscient Being.

This book presents a new framework for understanding the relationship between biblical narrative and rabbinic law.

This book examines a key tradition in Judaism - the rule that exempts women from ''timebound, positive commandments'' - which has served for centuries.

Jerome Gellman presents a new theology of the Jews as the Chosen People, addressing self-serving ethnocentric supremacy, cultural isolation, and defamation of religions other than Judaism.

Jewish thought is, in many ways, a paradox.

Explore the connections between God, wilderness and Judaism.

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The volume publishes papers read at the ninth International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books, Budapest, 2012.

In the Jewish communal world, engaging 20- and 30-somethings is a hot button issue: How do we get young Jews to feel connected to Israel?