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Be A Mensch
Anthology Compiled by Dr. Moshe Kaplan
Format: Paperback | 128 pages
SKU: 433-3
Be a Mensch: Why Good Character Is the Key to a Life of Happiness, Health, Wealth, and Love
An Anthology Compiled by Dr. Moshe Kaplan
Introduction by Sara Yoheved Rigler, Author of Holy Woman and Lights from Jerusalem
A Truly Holistic Approach by Dr. Abraham J. Twerski, Founder and Medical Director Emeritus of the Gateway Rehabilitation Center, and the author of over thirty books on personal growth
But Will Good Character Pay My Bills? by Howard Jonas, Founder and CEO of IDT Corporation
The Cooperative Character by Professor Robert J. Aumann, Winner of the 2005 Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Psycho-Neuro-Immunology: Health, Character, and Spirituality – The Science Connecting Body and Mind by Dr. Yakir Kaufman, Head of Neurology at Herzog Hospital in Jerusalem
Creating the Jewish Voice by Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice-Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
The Song of the Soul by Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb, PhD Former professor of mathematical logic at Johns Hopkins University and senior lecturer of Jewish Philosophy at Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem
Psychological Benefits of Good Character by Judith Mishell, PhD, Clinical psychologist, author of Beyond Your Ego
The Golden Path: On Being a Mensch by Dr. Moshe Kaplan, MD, Physician, investment banker, and author of A Wholly Life
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Stronger than Iron
SKU: 485-2
This eyewitness account details the destruction of Vilna Jewry at the hands of the Nazis.
Its chronicle of life in the two Vilna ghettos is the only historical document describing life in the small ghetto from its formation until its liquidation.
The book is a historical document of primary importance. It is also an expression of the innermost thoughts and feelings of a single individual whose will to survive and to bring this story to the judgment of future generations was stronger than iron.
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The NEW, Expanded ArtScroll Siddur
Author: Rabbi Nosson Scherman (Author)
Format: Hardcover
Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz (Editor)
SKU: SAEH
For a generation, the original ArtScroll Siddur has been the unchallenged Siddur of choice across the English-speaking world.
Now -- for a new generation -- the new, expanded ArtScroll Siddur inaugurates a new era of excellence, beauty, user friendliness, and added features. And with same classic ArtScroll "look" and page numbers, it enables congregations and families to retain the original ArtScroll Siddur while upgrading to the Siddur that will be the standard for the next generation.
The new Siddur has been revised and completely re-typeset, and, thanks to new fonts and state-of-the-art technique and technology, the type is larger and clearer, yet the page size remains the same.
Here are some of its more than 100 pages of new additional features:
An original new Overview Yom Kippur Kattan
Megillas Esther, Ruth and Koheles
Perek Shirah
Six Constant Mitzvos
Iggeres HaRamban
Prayer of the Holy Sh'lah
Prayer at the Holy places in Israel
A new special section: The Laws, Customs, and Prayers in the Land of Israel
and it has the high-quality paper and extra-sturdy reinforced side-binding you expect from ArtScroll
The WASSERMAN EDITION OF THE NEW, EXPANDED ARTSCROLL SIDDUR is an unparalleled enhancement of your Tefillah experience. Make it a part of your home, synagogue and personal service of the heart!
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Who Knew?
Author: Jack Cooper (Forward by Berel Wein)
The perfect present!
SKU: 476-0
Did you know that the great Jewish sage and physician Maimonides practiced medicine while lying flat on his back?
That a famous passage penned by George Washington was actually the work of a rabbi?
That a Jewish athlete represented Nazi Germany in its infamous 1936 Olympic Games?
That Yasser Arafat was made by the KGB?
These and many more such intriguing stories make up Jack Cooper’s fascinating collection of historical windows on the life of the Jews.
Covering biblical times through to today, these unusual vignettes on the sidelines of history come together to form a story that is anything but a sideline, depicting a resourceful people who have survived and thrived despite the worst history has thrown at them.
Whether you read it straight through, or pick out individual stories to read as the mood strikes, you’re in for a captivating read!
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**Childrens Illustrated Jewish Bible – 37.95, with story CD
In this fully revised edition of DK's classic Children's Illustrated Jewish Bible, more than 70 of the greatest stories from the Bible are retold for young readers.
All-new text by Jewish authors Laaren Brown and Lenny Hort tells the stories of the Creation, Noah's Ark, Abraham and Sarah, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, the Exodus, the Ten Commandments, Samson, Ruth and Naomi, Solomon, Daniel, and many, many more.
Lavish illustrations by Eric Thomas add to the rich experience, while maps plus glowing full-color photographs of places and artifacts help children understand biblical events in historical context.
A bonus audio CD, featuring read-alongs of sixteen best-loved stories, is perfect for bedtime or any time.
Filled with the spirit of Jewish tradition, The Children's Illustrated Jewish Bible captures the richness and power of the greatest Bible stories while making them accessible to children everywhere.
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*Painting the Torah by Victor Majzner
Art makes the invisible visible.
This is challenging enough when it comes to making physical experiences like portraits, flowers, and landscapes visible.
To make the spiritual experience visible is even more challenging and perhaps the ultimate challenge for an artist.
Victor Majzner, the artist who produced The Australian Haggadah in 1993 has now turned his talent to the Torah!
Victor Majzner’s limited edition book "Painting the Torah" is an interpretation of the Torah from a purely Jewish perspective.
The paintings reproduced in this book reflect all of the 54 Parashot (weekly sections) of the Torah. They incorporate Midrashic narratives, Jewish symbolic imagery, Jewish philosophical concepts and Jewish mystical/Kabbalistic content.
This is a historic and artistic first!
Being one of Australia’s leading artists, Australian imagery is reflected throughout these paintings as a reference and homage to the Continent where he lives.
A PERFECT GIFT FOR ANY OCCASION BUT ESPECIALLY FOR A BAR OR BAT MITZVAH; WEDDING or any meaningful life event.
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A Message For Eternity
by Micheal Neuhauser
Format: Softcover, 347 Pages
Micheal Neuhauser was born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) in 1929. In his formative years the Second World War intensified, culminating in the deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Tragic consequences resulting in the decimation of his immediate and extended family
Surviving the holocaust, he emigrated to Australia in 1949. Neuhauser's profound concern with regard to communal matters has involved him in numerous organisational aspects, as well as pursuing his designated proficiancy in dental prosthetics.
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A Treasury Of Chassidic Tales - Festivals
Author: Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin,
Format: Hardcover - 342 Pages
Translated by Uri Kaploun
SKU: TFEH
The most popular work of its kind Sippurei Chassidim is now available to the English-speaking public.
No other work gives such insight into the pre-Holocaust chassidic world of Eastern Europe as seen through the eyes of a major Rabbinic and chassidic figure.
Arranged according to the festivals. Complete in one volume.
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Cradle & Crucible in the Middle East
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Introduction by Daniel Schorr with contributions by David Fromkin, Zahi Hawass, Yossi Klein Halevi, Sandra Mackey, Charles M. Sennott, Milton Viorst and Andrew Wheatcroft.
Filled with photographs and maps that contribute to a visual understanding of the subject, Cradle & Crucible is a timely guide to this complex area of the world. The writings of highly respected authors outline the historical, political, cultural, and religious forces that have shaped the region. Highly recommended as a quick reference guide.
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From the Maggidim of Yesteryear - Volume 1: Bereishis
Product Dimensions: 12 x 9.2 x 0.3 inches
***NEW DECEMBER 2008
SKU: FMY1H
The maggid has always held a special place in the heart of Klal Yisrael. A master of words and stories, he traveled from city to town to village, a modern-day prophet who showed us our strengths and weaknesses, who made us laugh at ourselves while teaching us vital life lessons.
In From the Maggidim of Yesteryear some of the best-known and most beloved maggidim of the past generations share their inspiration and wisdom. Following the order of the weekly Torah portion, here are stories and insights from the greatest of these itinerant teachers: the Maggid of Kelm, one of the most influential maggidim of Eastern Europe; Rav Shalom Schwadron, whose words galvanized all who heard him; the "Jerusalem Maggid," Rav Ben Zion Yadler; and the venerable Rav Yaakov Galinsky, shlita. These giants of the spirit offer us parables that bring our own life choices into sharp focus. They tell stories of great men and humble ones, each with a lesson that we can take into our daily lives.
When reading From the Maggidim of Yesteryear we are transported to another world, the wonderful world of the maggid. Its words evoke the crowded beis medrash, the thundering voice, the compassionate whisper, the hand banging on the shtender to drive home a point.
With our lives today growing ever more complex, it is in the stories of the maggidim - true stories and parables, tales of the shtetl and of today's urban jungles - that we can find clarity and the simplicity of absolute truth.
The voices of the maggidim are as clear today as they were in generations past. We will enrich our lives as we listen to them, immortalized in the pages of this important new book.
Authors: Rabbi Benzion Yadler, Rabbi Sholom Schwadron, Rabbi Shabsi Yudelevitz, Rabbi Yaakov Galinsky
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God According to God
Author: Gerald Schroeder
Published June 2009
Format: Hardcover | 256 pages
SKU: 978006171015
In this groundbreaking exploration, a biblical scholar and M.I.T.-trained physicist combines decades of research to change the debate between religion and science, presenting a new paradigm of how to understand God.
Gerald Schroeder has spent his career revealing the hand of God in the intricate discoveries of physics. Now, for the first time, he turns his attention to this force, examining both the Bible and the physical world to discover the true nature of God—God according to God.
Schroeder argues that we have ignored those traits of God we find unappealing, replacing them with our personal desire for the all-knowing, all-loving, never-changing deity that so many worship today. This leads to the age-old problem: How can there be such a God when the world is filled with tragedy? Yet Schroeder reveals that this troubling juxtaposition is really smoke and mirrors. The God revealed in the Bible is 100 percent compatible with the world as we know it today. It is our misconception of God that causes the disparity. In fact, the concept of God that atheists rail against and that believers defend is inaccurate.
In God According to God, Schroeder presents a compelling case for the true God, a dynamic God who is still learning how to relate to creation. The key to God's action in the world, according to Schroeder, can be found in a well-known verse in Exodus that is typically translated "I am that which I am." Schroeder's correction that it should be translated "I will be that which I will be" reveals a God that changes to fit the ever-changing world.
This opens our eyes to other characteristics of God that we have long overlooked despite their being present in some of the most popular stories in the Bible—a God who regrets (the flood of Noah), a God who wants us to argue with Him (Jacob wrestling with God in the desert), and thus a God who changes His mind (Moses convinces God to spare the Israelite people), and a God who allowed nature, and the creation itself, from the very start, to rebel (Adam's and Eve's betrayal in Eden).
With riveting chapters on the origins of life, a scientist's view of creation, and the unique place of our planet in the galaxy, God According to God offers a radical paradigm shift that will forever change how we understand God.
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Great Torah Lights from Great Torah Minds
by Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Goodman
***NEW DECEMBER 2008
Format: 5 Volume Slipcased, Hardcover, 2000 Pages
In these five volumes, R. Yitzchak Meir Goodman has drawn from well over 100 volumes of Rabbinic thought, many of them out of print titles found only in his personal library. The main criterion for inclusion in his work was: is this a beautiful thought that readers will enjoy as much as I do?
A major rabbinic source comes from the brilliant writings of HaRav Pinchas Friedman, a pillar of Belzer Chasidim. Until now, his deep, penetrating thoughts have never been translated from the Hebrew.
Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Goodman attended Yeshiva and Mesivta Torah Vodaas, then studied at Yeshiva University. He received Smichah from Rav Soloveitchik, and a doctorate in Jewish education from YU's Ferkauf Graduate School. The rabbi of Congregation Sons of Israel in Astoria for seventeen years and a Rosh Yeshiva at TA Manhattan, he retired from the pulpit after twenty-eight years at Young Israel of Far Rockaway.
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Heroes of Spirit: 100 Rabbinic Tales of the Holocaust
Author: Rabbi Dovid Hoffman
Format: Hardcover | 368 Pages
SKU: 978160091100
Finally, a volume that focuses, not on the horrors of WWII, but rather on the response of rabbis, lay leaders and ordinary people, who came face-to-face with extraordinary crises of epic proportions.
Read and be inspired by the heroism of the human spirit, tempered by the wisdom and the values of the eternal Torah.
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In the Dark
by Deborah Guttentag
Escaping the bombs and flames of Liverpool, thousands of children are evacuated to the relative safety of the British countryside. Rochel Sharfer, a young Jewish girl, is sent far away from the Torah life she knows, and finds herself alone with her little brother, Daniel, in the sleepy village of Scarisbrick.
Unlike the others, Rochel and Daniel are not not taken in by kindly farmers, but rather are placed with Miss Darwen in Gorshuch Hall, where secrets abound and danger stalks.
As the war continues, the British efforts are consistently sabotaged by German spies. There is a strong suspicion that the spies are hiding out in Scarisbrick.
Rochel is quickly drawn into a web of suspense and intrigue, unsure whom she can trust. She has only her faith and her wits to rely on. The danger mounts and the puzzle deepens - Rochel is in the dark
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Into The Fire
by Miriam Walfish
Format: Hardcover | 6" x 9" | 264 pages
SKU: ITFH
The flames of war, unlike anything the world has ever witnessed, rage across Europe ... and Daniel Sheinfeld, the young son of hard-working immigrants, is pulled into the firestorm.
Forced to leave a heartbroken family ...
Forced to face a destiny he never could have imagined ...
Battling terrible hardship, loss and loneliness, Daniel is plunged into the flames. And there, in the fire, he finds redemption.
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Jewcentricity
Author: Adam Garfinkle
Format: Hardcover | 320 pages
SKU:978047019856
A wise and wide–ranging explanation of never–ending exaggeration–by both philo–Semites and anti–Semites–about the Jews
Hamas blames the financial crisis on Jews. Mel Gibson blamed all the wars on Jews. Jews win a disproportionate number of Nobel prizes. Dishy Danish citizen Scarlett Johansson is Jewish, Madonna is into Jewish mysticism, and some claim that Abe Lincoln was Jewish. Who cares? Nearly everyone, it seems. If it′s about Jews, it′s news. Adam Garfinkle looks deeply into the world′s obsession with Jews, positive as well as negative, to find answers about where it comes from and where it might be going. He identifies four categories of exaggeration about Jews: positive bias by Jews and non–Jews, and negative bias by Jews and non–Jews.
Combining insights from history, sociology, religion, and international politics, he explains how a misunderstanding of strategies that have kept the Jewish Diaspora going for millennia have led to distortions about Jewish influence, intelligence, and success–and to charges of chauvinism, financial manipulation, and conspiratorial lever–pulling.
Adam Garfinkle (Washington, DC) is the founding editor of the American Interest, a bimonthly magazine on politics and public affairs. Formerly a speechwriter for both Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, Garfinkle has taught international relations at Johns Hopkins University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Tel Aviv University.
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Jewish Pirates of the Carribean
by Edward Kritzler
Hardcover, 336 pages
SKU: 978038551398
At the end of the fifteenth century, the Spanish Inquisition forced many Jews to flee the country. The most adventurous among them took to the high seas as freewheeling outlaws. In ships bearing names such as the Prophet Samuel, Queen Esther, and Shield of Abraham, they attacked and plundered the Spanish fleet while forming alliances with other European powers to ensure the safety of Jews living in hiding.
JEWISH PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN is the entertaining saga of a hidden chapter in Jewish history and of the cruelty, terror, and greed that flourished during the Age of Discovery. Readers will meet such daring figures as “the Great Jewish Pirate” Sinan, Barbarossa’s second-in-command; the pirate rabbi Samuel Palache, who founded Holland's Jewish community; Abraham Cohen Henriques, an arms dealer who used his cunning and economic muscle to find safe havens for other Jews; and his pirate brother Moses, who is credited with the capture of the Spanish silver fleet in 1628--the largest heist in pirate history.
Filled with high-sea adventures—including encounters with Captain Morgan and other legendary pirates—and detailed portraits of cities stacked high with plunder, such as Port Royal, Jamaica, JEWISH PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN captures a gritty and glorious era of history from an unusual and eye-opening perspective.
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Let My Nation Descend - The story of the sale of Yosef
by Yosef Deutsch
Hard Cover / 535 pages
SKU: 4869
Take yourself back in time, when Yaakov Avinu runs away from his wicked twin, Esav, only to end up in the hands of the trickster, Lavan.
And the rest, as they say, is history, except that in this marvelous book, history is a living, breathing entity, brought to life by the talented author and his masterful use of midrashim to spice up our understanding of the events as they unfold.
From Yaakov and his sons we turn to Yosef and his awe-inspiring journey from being sold into slavery to becoming second-in-command over all of Egypt.
This fascinating book takes us all the way through history to the Jewish People's descent to Mitzrayim, setting the stage for their imminent enslavement there.
Those who have read the author's previous masterpieces know they're in for a treat. If this is your first time delving into one of Yosef Deutsch's historical depictions, rest assured you'll enjoy every satisfying page!
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Letters to Auntie Fori
by Martin Gilbert
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An elderly Indian friend of Martin Gilbert, the renowned Oxford historian, revealed that she was actually Jewish and asked him to recommend a history of the Jews.
He decided to write it for her, in letter form, week by week.
This book was the result.
The letters begin with Abraham's journey from Mesopotamia to Canaan and covers all the great events of Jewish history.
A final section of letters describes significant aspects of Jewish faith and worship.
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Purim in A New Light- Pachad Yitzchak
Author: Rabbi Yitzchok /R' Pinchos Stolper Hutner
SKU: L221
The fifty eight chapters of this book were adapted by the author from Rabbi Hutner's writings on Purim.
Rabbi Hutner's original, profound and moving thoughts will transform your Purim experience and open your mind to the deeper meaning of a critical day in the Jewish calendar.
These rich and penetrating chapters are part history, part philosophy, part poetry, part mysticism and part piercing analysis.
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Purim Shpiel
Author: Gadi Pollack
Illustrated by: Gadi Pollack
SKU: 978158330596
An imaginatively illustrated Megillas Esther. The events in the Book of Esther are presented in the light of Midrashic sources (noted at the end of the book), with the addition of humorous details and whimsical touches in the spirit of the traditional "Purim Play". Included is the full text of the Megillah in Hebrew with English translation, from The Margolin Edition of the Torah.
Each double page illustration is packed full of interesting details. Pollack suggests a number of items and events to watch for and you will find many more on your own. Look carefully for all the details, all the hints and the hidden meanings. This book will keep the kids — and you — entertained for many hours, and keep you coming back for more.
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Return Again - The Dynamics of Reincarnation
by Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman
***NEW DECEMBER 2008
Harcover, 216 Pages
SKU: 978193444015
For many people it will come as a surprise that reincarnation is part of the Jewish belief system. This comprehensive volume investigates the roots of reincarnation in the written and oral Torah, and especially in the wisdom of Kabbalah and the Chassidic movement. It deals with reincarnation in Jewish tradition, the implications of reincarnation, and reincarnation in history.
The author presents a number of specific examples of individuals in Jewish history according to their own personal reincarnations. These revelations are truly fascinating, shed much light on their deeds and actions, and serve as keys to the reader's understanding of his own past, present, and future.
Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman has been involved in Jewish education for over thirty years. He has been regional director of NCSY in Denver, Colorado, and, since returning to Israel in 1995, he serves as the director of Ohr Chadash: New Horizons in Jewish Experience.
Rabbi Trugman is the author of Seeds and Sparks: Inspiration and Self-Expression through the Cycles of Jewish Life, The Mystical Power of Music, and The Mystical Meaning of Dreams.
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Scandal in Amsterdam
by Avner Gold
SKU: AGSAH
Betrayed and imprisoned in Vienna. Sebastian Dominguez finally gains his release, only to discover that his mother has been accused of witchcraft in France and is in danger of being burned at the stake. Sebastian rides like the wind to come to her assistance, but on a lonely stretch of road in the Black Forest in southeastern Germany, he is attacked from ambush. Who is behind this attack, and what is the motive? Who betrayed him in Vienna? Who is working behind the scenes to ensure that his mother is tried, convicted and executed? The mystery deepens as more attacks, incidents and betrayals reveal that a malign enemy is stalking the Dominguez family and that he will not be satisfied until he destroys them. In Scandal in Amsterdam, the sequel to The Long Road to Freedom, Avner Gold transports us to the glittering Dutch capital at the height of its glory, when the Dutch Republic dominated the economy of the world, in large part because of its flourishing community of wealthy ex-Marranos. Great rabbis stand at the head of this dynamic community, but its day-to-day affairs are controlled by the Maamad, a council of laymen who rule with an iron hand and punish violators by putting them into cherem. As the story unfolds, the Dominguez family find themselves trapped between the enemy stalking them and the Maamad that is scrutinizing their every move.
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Talelei Oros, The Megillah Anthology: Esther
SKU: 1583305971
From the Talelei Oros series comes a treasury of inspiring Torah insights and commentaries from Megillas Esther.
A collection of the illuminating words of Rishonim, Achronim, Baalei Mussar and contemporary Gedolim.
When Sefer Talelei Oros first appeared upon the horizon of Torah Jewry, it was met with instant appreciation and popularity.
Now, for the first time, this masterwork has been adapted into the English language, making it even more accessible to the general public.
A veritable galaxy of Torah giants appear on the pages of this extraordinary work. Among them are: Rabbi Yonasan Eibeschutz, the Vilna Gaon, Rabbi Yisrael Salanter, Rabbi Yeshoshua Leib Diskin, and the Chafetz Chaim, just to name a few.
This is a work that expands the mind and uplifts the soul.
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The Bible in Israeli Folk Dances
by Matti Goldschmidt
Companion CD also available - go to CD section
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192 pages
53 Israeli Bible-quoting dances
full texts in Hebrew and English translation
56 dance notations & 45 b/w photographs
Matti Goldschmidt, an expert on folk dancing history, has chosen Israeli folk dances whose lyrics can be traced back to the Bible.
He has researched the development of the dances and describes their origins.
Wherever possible, Matti Goldschmidt has included detailed descriptions of the dances and pictures for illustration.
The result is a resource full of information and inspiration for readers who are interested in the connection between the bible and dance.
Dances include Ashrei Ha'ish, Eretz Zavat Chalav & Yevarechecha.
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The Holy Tongue & How it changed the course of history
by Benjamin Gross, PhD
***NEW DECEMBER 2008
Format: Harcover, 328 Pages
SKU: 978193444001
What is special about the Hebrew language?
Should it, by its very essence, be considered a holy tongue or a language of holiness that enhances the demands of ethics?
The philosopher, Benjamin Gross, reveals how the adventure of language in Jewish thought leads us to the heart of those tensions that animate Jewish history: it expresses its innermost matters.
This magnificently structured and carefully annotated study of the Holy Tongue and the Covenant of Speech is both a revelation of the march of Jewish history and a history of the language of Revelation. It explores the initial experience of the use of speech in the biblical world and the philosophic effort made by Jewish thought across the centuries to elucidate the themes involved in this specific experience.
The Hebrew language takes us back to the dramas of Jewish existence as well as evoking the hope for the future of human destiny.
Benjamin Gross was born in France and, since 1969, lives in Jerusalem with his wife Miryam and their five children. Professor of General and Jewish Philosophy at Bar-Ilan University, he served as head of the Department of Philosophy and dean of the Faculty of Humanities.
Professor Gross has written extensively about the Maharal of Prague, the Messianic Idea, Repentance and Redemption, and many Essays on Jewish spirituality.
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The Lion Cub Of Prague
by Moshe David Kuhr, MD
***NEW DECEMBER 2008
Format: Harcover, 240 Pages
SKU: 978193444012
Thought, Kabbala, Hashkafa from Gur Arye
The Maharal of Prague
--Genesis--
Rabbi Yehudah Loewe [1512-1607], known as Maharal of Prague, is credited with the creation of the Golem, but more importantly, served as the rabbinic leader to European Judaism during the 16th century.
Much of his voluminous work has not been translated and therefore is not accessible to the English reading public.
The Maharal's supra-commentary on Rashi, the major commentator on the Torah, is integrated into the text and care is taken, despite stylistic modifications, to limit the text to thoughts of the Maharal.
Gur Arye is full of surprises, brimming with unique thoughts and diversions into rarely discussed Torah ideas. Kabbala is seamlessly woven into his text, and his work delves into such issues as What was God Thinking at the Moment of Creation, The Genesis of Evil, The Secret of Burial, The Navel of the Earth, and Man at the Catalyst of Harmony in the Universe.
Moshe David Kuhr was born and raised in Dayton, Ohio, and attended the Talmudical Academy in Baltimore. He received his medical degree from the University of Chicago and trained in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Dr. Kuhr has lived and practiced pediatrics in Monsey, NY, for the last thirty years. He holds a pediatric teaching appointment at Columbia.
Dr. Kuhr and his wife Phyllis have four sons and six grandchildren. He counts among his Torah mentors Rabbis Boruch Milikovsky, z"l, Moshe David Tendler, Berel Wein, Avraham Pessin, z"l, Yehoshua David Hartman and scores of chavrutot [study partners] and students who have helped sharpen his skills, preparing him to make accessible the works of the Maharal of Prague.
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The Stories our Parents found too painful to tell
Authour: Rafael Rajzner
Edited by Dr Henry Lew
The book was written about Polish Jews in Bialystok.
It is Rafalel Rajzner's personal memoir of the Bialystock Ghetto translated from Yiddish by 22 translators.
This “Australian Book,” previously published only in Melbourne in Yiddish in 1948, is Australia’s first Holocaust memoir.
It has lain dormant for 60 years, and has never before had an English printing.
In English it has sold out its printings numerous times, as its subject matter is of great interest to many readers worldwide, non-Jews as well as Jews.
How it came to be translated into English, an amazing human interest story in itself, is told in the first 30 pages of the book.
Rafael Rajzner, whose personal testament this story is, was one of the counterfeiters, as in the recent academy award winning movie “The Counterfeiters,” and his book is the earliest written account of that story.
The ABC TV series Compass dedicated a program to it, “The Sleeping Book", which was aired nationally on ABC1-Channel 2. The program has seen been rescreened.
The ABC Radio National program “First Person” serialised the book on the radio in 5 quarter-hour episodes.
There is even some talk that the “Compass” program may now be offered to Jewish Film Festivals at home and abroad.
The book has already been acquired by Holocaust Museum libraries in Jerusalem, Berlin, Washington, Sydney and Melbourne, the Kean University Library in New Jersey and the Yivo Library in New York.
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Triumph Over Tyranny
by Philip Spiegel
Format: Harcover, 545 Pages
SKU: 978193444013
Triumph Over Tyranny is the most complete account to date of the remarkable stories of courageous people to change the policies of a totalitarian regime. It is a panorama of the history of the international Soviet Jewry movement and the fight for human rights in the former Soviet Union.
This is the first book in English to reveal some of the clandestine activities of the Chabad movement to keep Judaism alive in the Soviet Union during the regimes of Stalin and Khrushchev. It discloses the dramatic story of the Israeli government's secret missions to contact and aid Soviet Jews in their quest to emigrate from an oppressive regime and live as Jews in Israel. Quoting from newly translated KGB documents, the book shows how leaders in the Kremlin rationalized their brutal and repressive actions.
Motivated by their realization that European Jews had been abandoned to suffer the horrors of the Holocaust, the activists in the U.S.S.R. and abroad were determined to give meaning to the slogan "Never Again!" They waged successful campaigns to save their brethren, the Jews of the Soviet Union who courageously refused to be victims.
Philip Spiegel and his wife, Carolyn Kommel Spiegel, traveled to the Soviet Union in 1985 and 1987 as participants in the Moscow Marathon. They also visited and befriended refuseniks in Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. From 1985 to 1995 the Spiegels served on the Board of Directors of the Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews. During this time the author was chairman of the Social Action Committee of Congregation Kol Emeth in Palo Alto.
In 2000, Philip wrote and published Remembering Ottynia, a 64-page book about his parents' hometown in Ukraine. The book was accepted by Yad Vashem as a Yizkor (memorial) book.
Since 2002, he has researched the history of the international Soviet Jewry movement and interviewed over 200 activists, political leaders, former refuseniks and prisoners of conscience. In 2006, Philip developed and taught "The Journey of Soviet Jewry," a five-session course for Lehrhaus Judaiaca, the Adult School for Jewish Studies in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Vedibarta Bam Shavuot
Author: Moshe Bogomilsky
Format: 6x9 Hardcover, 336pp
SKU: ef-vedis
Presented according to the weekly Torah portion, this compilation of Torah insights, homilies and explanations of Torah passages has become a favourite and is well appreciated by readers of all levels of Torah knowledge.
The novice will be challenged by thought-provoking insights and advanced students will enjoy refreshing insights and a unique approach.
A wonderful resource for sermon material.
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Voice Of The Dove
Author: David Zucker
SKU: 4248
Voice of the Dove is a verse-by-verse examination of the Book of Ruth through the eyes of the Dubner Maggid.
A legendary Torah scholar and master orator, the Maggid conveyed his deep insights through parables.
Now the Maggid's wisdom is accessible to the English-speaking public. His commentary centers on two themes: the special relationship between G-d and the Jewish People, and the best way the Jewish People can achieve spiritual growth and come close to G-d.
Voice of the Dove also contains commentary on Exodus Chapter 19, the Giving of the Torah, which is read on Shavuos, as is the Book of Ruth.
A history of the life and works of the Maggid is also included.
This year, learn the Book of Ruth in new depth with the Voice of the Dove.
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