Judentum

New Jews

David Shneer / Caryn S. Aviv

<p>For many contemporary Jews, Israel no longer serves as the Promised Land, the center of the Jewish universe and the place of final destination. In New Jews, Caryn Aviv and David Shneer pr...

My Future Is in America

<p>In 1942, YIVO held a contest for the best autobiography by a Jewish immigrant on the theme “Why I Left the Old Country and What I Have Accomplished in America.” Chosen from over two h...

Judaism, Science, and Moral Responsibility

Do human beings have free will? Are they genuinely responsible for their actions? These questions have persisted all through the history of philosophy, but in the 21st century they have become def...

Die Pathologisierung von Juden im ausgehenden 19. und Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts

Lena Gorelik

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Judaistik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Bereits im 18. Jahrhundert setzte sich sowohl in der Psychologie als...

Der Wandel jüdischer Selbstdarstellung im Westen

Anna Rosenberg

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Judaistik, Note: 1,3, Universität Erfurt, Veranstaltung: 'Körper, Rasse und Geschlecht.' Kulturelle Konstruktionen des jüdischen Körpers,...

Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewry

<p>Sephardic Jews trace their origins to Spain and Portugal. They enjoyed a renaissance in these lands until their expulsion from Spain in 1492, when they settled in the countries along the ...

Frauen - ein anderes Volk

Alina Polyak

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Judaistik, Note: 2, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Veranstaltung: Der Tanna - wo steht er, daß er lehrt...? Einführung in d...

In the Beginning

Joel Hoffman

<p><b>Decodes the long history of Hebrew and its influential place as the ancestor of many modern written languages</b><br><br>Hebrew as a language is just over 3,000...

Values, Prosperity, and the Talmud

Larry Kahaner

This insightful book offers business advice that has endured for thousands of years. While business fads come and go, the ancient lessons of the Talmud are timeless, profound, ethical, and practic...

Meditations on the Psalms

Barbara Cawthorne Crafton

"e;I hope that the ancient texts upon which these reflections are based will come alive for you in a new way,"e; writes Barbara Crafton in Meditations on the Book of Psalms. The Psalms, wr...

Jewish Tales of Holy Women

Yitzhak Buxbaum

What is a "holy woman," or a holy man for that matter? According to the Jewish mystics, a holy person is someone who has not lost the holiness that every baby is born with. A holy person i...

Jewish Tales of Mystic Joy

Yitzhak Buxbaum

Jewish Tales of Mystic Joy reveals the happiness that awaits us if we strive for real spirituality. The stories are about pious rabbis and humble tailors, about dancing, singing, laughing, and cry...

Our Lives As Torah

Carol Ochs

In this powerful book, Carol Ochs shows us how to develop a personal theology by examining our life stories, learning to recognize God at work in them, and bringing them into conversation with Tor...

The Xenophobe's Guide to the Israelis

Aviv Ben Zeev

A guide to understanding the Israelis that unravels their idiosynracies and national characteristics.

Rites and Rank

Saul M. Olyan

Passover and Easter

Our December Hearts

Anne McConney

"e;The Advent walkabout is not an easy journey, nor was meant to be. This journey leads into the deeps of our own being. It is an opening of portals we have taken care to keep closed, a lettin...

The Fighting Rabbis

Albert I. Slomovitz

<p><b>Reveals the significant and sometimes heroic roles rabbis have played in our nation's defense</b><br><br>Rabbi Elkan Voorsanger received the Purple Heart fo...

Blacks in the Jewish Mind

Seth Forman

<p>Since the 1960s the relationship between Blacks and Jews has been a contentious one. While others have attempted to explain or repair the break-up of the Jewish alliance on civil rights, ...

Blacks in the Jewish Mind

Seth Forman

<p>Since the 1960s the relationship between Blacks and Jews has been a contentious one. While others have attempted to explain or repair the break-up of the Jewish alliance on civil rights, ...