Judaism

Written in the high art style of prophetic witness, The Scroll of Anatiya reveals a new kind of biblical heroine who is fiercely passionate and sensual.

In Christians and Jews Together, Stuart Dauermann challenges Christians and Jews to discover new ways to partner together in serving what God is up to in the world.

What Can a Modern Jew Believe?

"e;There are many aspects to this task of rabbinic training, but four closely related questions rise to the surface as requiring primary attention.

What Dorothy discovered in Oz and Alice discovered in Wonderland you'll discover here: a parallel reality where a third temple rose and fell in antiquity, women were ordained in the fifth century CE, and alternate sages and texts ripple in and out of the ones we know from history.

The twenty-first century is emerging as a challenging time for people with faith-based traditions who also seek paths of openness to pluralistic voices and streams of spirituality.

While all have reason to celebrate the greening of Christian-Jewish relations since the Shoah and the promulgation of Nostra Aetate (4), few will deny that much work remains to be done by Christians and Jews seeking the best way forward that they might best serve God's purposes in the world, the mission of God.

This book of photographs, accompanied by poetic insights, shed light on our search for meaning in the contemporary world.

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.

In volume one of this multi-volume series, Marc Ellis explores the essence of the prophetic by intertwining the context of ordinary life and the explosive reality of Jewish identity, the Holocaust and Israel-Palestine.

Luther and the Jews: Putting Right the Lies is a timely and important contribution to the debate about the legacy of the Protestant Reformation.

An exquisite combination of Judaism's common blessings, stories from everyday life, and tales and wisdom from Jewish tradition, this book is a source of inspiration and a cause for self-reflection.

The Sacred Now presents a contemporary Jewish spiritual philosophy that is founded in both the Jewish tradition and a commitment to contemporary culture.

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

Abraham Joshua Heschel was the towering religious figure of American Jewry in the twentieth century.

Letters of Light is a translation of over ninety passages from a well-known Hasidic text, Ma'or va-shemesh, consisting of homilies of Kalonymus Kalman Epstein of Krakow, together with a running commentary and analysis by Aryeh Wineman.

Seventy years after it took place, the Holocaust committed against the Jews of Europe during World War II continues to cast a giant shadow over humankind.

How do religious educators meaningfully engage adult learners?

An international array of twenty-six scholars contributes twenty-one essays to honor Ziony Zevit (American Jewish University), one of the foremost biblical scholars of his generation.

Just after the Roman destruction of Jerusalem in 70 C.

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

Explore new ways of prayer and storytelling through Torah in Motion.

';A wondrous tale of American Judaism' from the Colonial Era to the twentiethcentury, by the acclaimed author ofJews, God, and History(Kirkus Reviews).

From the author of Jews, God, and History, this comprehensive history of the Jewish people is "e;an epic drama, searching and nobly conceived"e; (Publishers Weekly).

A Novice's Guide Through the Jewish Holidays explores the traditions, historical events along with Hebrew blessings in transliteration of the holidays for all people of diverse faiths and learning skills.

Who was Jesus, really?

The Hebrew Messiah: The Glory and Triumph of Israel takes seriously the witness in the Tanakthe books of teaching, the prophets, and the writingsthat Judaism receives as its Scripture.

I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter dark sayings concerning days of old; That which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us, We will not hide from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and His strength, and His wondrous works that He hath done.

Humankind has always been in search of new ways to harness inner powers to ensure that our full potential can be reached.

Jewish Lunacy looks back on six millennia of Jewish history, presenting it as the history of a family by telling it through the reminiscences of Eric, who calls himself the Tygrrrr Express.

Jewish StudiesAthens.

At a reception in the Kremlin on November 17, 1956, Nikita Khrushchev made a startling comment aimed at America: Whether you like it or not, history is on our side.

The Jewish Journal of South Florida is the largest Jewish newspaper in America.

Though he has no formal rabbinical training, Ephraim Sobol began teaching a weekly parsha class in his community.

Alexander Zephyr is the author of The State of Israel: Its Friends and Enemies.

Faith forms the foundation of both science and religion.

Though fifteen-year-old Nepos lost his parents at an early age, he is brave and adventurous, with a thirst for knowledge.

LARGE PRINT EDITIONThe Bible says, in I Thessalonians 5:3 (KJV), "e;For when they shall say, peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

In a time when the world appears to worship all things youthful, sometimes aging is seen as synonymous with diminished value and purpose.

Many of Christ's disciples abandoned Him, because they could not accept His "e;hard"e; teaching noted in the book of John, chapter 6.

Passover is a festival celebrated by Jewish people for seven or eight days in April every year.

Hanukkah is a festival celebrated by Jewish people for eight days in November or December of every year.

¿Sabías que el Pésaj se ha celebrado por miles de años?

Each title in the Religions of the World series explores the main beliefs, practices, and places of worship of a major world religion.

Did you know that Passover has been celebrated for thousands of years?

In the fall of 1956, Holy Blossom Temple, a Reform Jewish congregation in Toronto, celebrated its hundredth anniversary.

Sicker examines the fundamental norms of civic conduct considered essential to the emergence and moral viability of the good society envisioned in the source documents and traditions of Judaism.

The First Institute of Ethics arranged by Beth Tzedec Congregation, Toronto, brought together a number of important people in various fields of public life to discuss problems of ethnics in crucial areas of tension and concern today.

Through the ages the family has been the primary social and religious unit in Judaism.

From the time of Cyrus to the time of Herod, except for a brief period of independence in the second and first centuries BC, Judea was subservient to either the Persians, the Hellenistic kingdoms, or the Romans.