Judaism: life and practice

Exploring what it means to come of age in an era marked by increasing antisemitism, readers see through the eyes of Jewish Gen Zers how identities are shaped in response to and in defiance of antisemitism.

Self-Portrait, with Parents and Footnotes is a story of movement.

A window into the Jewish idea of responsibility to care for the world-written especially for Christians.

Nature and Norm: Judaism, Christianity and the Theopolitical Problem is a book about the encounter between Jewish and Christian thought and the fact-value divide that invites the unsettling recognition of the dramatic acosmism that shadows and undermines a considerable number of modern and contemporary Jewish and Christian thought systems.

Inthis volume, Bible Studies scholar Yitzhak (Itzik) Peleg offers an educational,values-based approach to the cycle of Jewish holidays festivals and holy days asfound in the Jewish calendar.

Exploring the place of women in the socioeconomic system formulated in the Mishnah, a book of legal rules with a spiritual basis compiled by Jewish sages in second-century Palestine, this study reveals a fundamental ambiguity in the role of women.

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

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From the biblical story of Ruth to the star conversion of Elizabeth Taylor, Converts to Judaism tells the stories of people who have converted to Judaism throughout history.

Recent years have seen an increased interest in Jewish life, its culture, and its celebrations.

Experience the living taste of prayer in your heart,the deep and gentle glow of prayer in your soul.

Is Judaism essentially a religion of laws and commandments?

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What your rabbi probably has never told you, but could-if you'd only ask.

The official prayer book for Orthodox Jews in the UK, with supporting commentary by Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.

The interaction of Judaism and economics encompasses many different dimensions.

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

If you've ever been uncomfortable or confused by the conventional wisdom of traditional religious beliefs, read this book.

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This book provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of the Jewish experience, from its ancient origins to its impact on contemporary popular culture.

Staging and Stagers in Modern Jewish Palestine sheds important light on the stagers of modern Jewish Palestine and on the processes and mechanisms that created the performative lore in other cultures, in ancient as well as modern times.

Rabbi Shimon ben Zemach Duran (1361-1444) was a colorful rabbinic authority in Algiers.

Blood for Thoughtdelves into a relatively unexplored area of rabbinic literature: the vast corpus of laws, regulations, and instructions pertaining to sacrificial rituals.

Following the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 C.

This book is a friendly, engaging explanations of the traditions and lifestyles of Orthodox Jews.

Often when people have become alienated from their religious backgrounds, they access their traditions through lifecycle events such as marriage.

This book sets out new theoretical foundations for Jewish social justice education by surveying and discussing Freirean critical pedagogy, Catholic models of social justice education, Jewish social justice literature and interviews with educators and activists.

In 1961 archaeologists discovered a family archive of legal papyri in a cave near the Dead Sea where their owner, the Jewish woman Babatha, had hidden them in 135 CE at the end of the Bar Kokhba revolt.

In essays as likely to turn to baseball, Denzel Washington, and the NASDAQ as to Macbeth, quantum physics and psychoanalysis, William Kolbrener provides powerful - and often surprising - insights into how open mindedness allows for authentic Jewish commitment in an age otherwise defined by fundamentalism and unbelief.

A Winner of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa 2023 Bernard Lewis PrizeThe chapters in this volume examine a few facets in the drama of how the survivors of the Holocaust contended with life after the darkest night in Jewish history.

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In Halakhic Positions of Rabbi Joseph B.

Bookstores in Chinese cities are stocked with dozens of Chinese-language books on how Jews conduct business, manage the world, and raise their children.

An insightful look at one of the most unusual written works ever created.

As a scientist, philosopher and scholar in Jewish thought, Yeshayahu Leibowitz was one of the most noteworthy thinkers in the twentieth century.

The basic vocabulary of Jewish spiritual life, explained with humor, insight and relevance to guide you on a historical and spiritual journey through Judaism.