The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays (Greenberg Irving)(Paperback)

The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays (Greenberg Irving)(Paperback)

Called 'enriching' and 'profoundly moving' by Elie Wiesel, The Jewish Way is a comprehensive and inspiring presentation of Judaism as revealed through its holy days.In thoughtful and engaging prose, Rabbi Irving Greenberg explains and interprets the origin, background, interconnections, ceremonial

Jewish Chicago: A Pictorial History (Cutler Irving)(Pevná vazba)

For many years Chicago had the third largest Jewish population of any city in the world. Through the medium of historic photographs, this book captures the remarkable evolution of the Jewish people of Chicago, from their immigrant beginnings in the 1840s to their present-day communities. It is a

The Jewish Decadence: Jews and the Aesthetics of Modernity (Freedman Jonathan)(Paperback)

As Jewish writers, artists, and intellectuals made their way into Western European and Anglo-American cultural centers, they encountered a society obsessed with decadence. An avant-garde movement characterized by self-consciously artificial art and literature, philosophic pessimism, and an interest

How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household (Greenberg Blu)(Paperback)

How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household is a modern, comprehensive guide covering virtually every aspect of Jewish home life. It provides practical advice on how to manage a Jewish home in the traditional way and offers fascinating accounts of the history behind the tradition. In a warm, personal

My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew (Pogrebin Abigail)(Pevná vazba)

The much-dissected Pew Research Center study of 2013, 'A Portrait of Jewish Americans,' revealed that most U.S. Jews locate their Jewishness in their ancestry and culture--not in religion. Abigail Pogrebin wondered if perhaps that's because we haven't all looked at religion closely enough. Although

The Puppet Boy of Warsaw (Weaver Eva)(Paperback)

The story of Mika, a Jewish boy, who finds a way to survive in the Warsaw ghetto - a stunning novel for anyone who was moved by The Tattooist of AuschwitzI was twelve when the coat was made. Nathan, our tailor and dear friend, cut it for Grandfather in the first week of March 1938. It was the last

How to Find Your Way in the Dark, 1 (Miller Derek B.)(Pevná vazba)

FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDWINNER OF THE JEWISH FICTION AWARD FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH LIBRARIES[Miller's] character portraits are indelible, often heartbreaking. At times this novel moved me to tears, the highest possible compliment.'--New York Times Book Review With the wit

Sabbats: A Witch's Approach to Living the Old Ways (McCoy Edain)(Paperback)

In Sabbats, Edain McCoy reveals the eight major holidays of Witchcraft and the many ways in which they are celebrated. There are two basic types of holidays. The first come at the Solstices and Equinoxes. The others divide the time between those dates in two, resulting in eight major holidays or

Revolutionary Yiddishland: A History of Jewish Radicalism (Brossat Alain)(Paperback)

Recovering the history of the revolutionary Jewish tradition Jewish radicals manned the barricades on the avenues of Petrograd and the alleys of the Warsaw ghetto; they were in the vanguard of those resisting Franco and the Nazis. They originated in Yiddishland, a vast expanse of Eastern Europe

Introduction to the Apocrypha: Jewish Books in Christian Bibles (Wills Lawrence M.)(Paperback)

Challenging the way Christian and non-Christian readers think about the Apocrypha, this is an ambitious introduction to the deuterocanonical texts of the Christian Old Testaments. Lawrence Wills introduces these texts in their original Jewish environment while addressing the very different roles

Hot Flash Holidays (Thayer Nancy)(Paperback)

The intrepid women of The Hot Flash Club are back for the holidays, soothing jingled nerves and stressed shoppers in their exclusive spa and celebrating the joys of the season. In her witty and delightfully wisecracking prose, Nancy Thayer tells a heartwarming tale packed with fun, secrets, romance

Messianism, Zionism, and Jewish Religious Radicalism (Ravitzky Aviezer)(Paperback)

The Orthodox Jewish tradition affirms that Jewish exile will end with the coming of the Messiah. How, then, does Orthodoxy respond to the political realization of a Jewish homeland that is the State of Israel? In this cogent and searching study, Aviezer Ravitzky probes Orthodoxy's divergent

Fourth Hand (Irving John)(Paperback / softback)

'Imagine a young man on his way to a less-than-thirty-second event - the loss of his left hand, long before he reached middle age.'While reporting a story from India, a New York television journalist has his left hand eaten by a

Agony And The Ecstasy (Stone Irving)(Paperback / softback)

Irving Stone's powerful and passionate biographical novel of Michelangelo. His time: the turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring popes, the all-powerful Medici family, the fanatic monk Savonarola. His loves: the frail and lovely daughter of Lorenzo de

The JPS Jewish Heritage Torah Commentary (Garfinkel Eli L.)(Paperback)

The JPS Jewish Heritage Torah Commentary shows Jews of all ages and backgrounds that the Jewish people's most significant book is not dusty and irrelevant but an eternally sacred text wholly pertinent to our modern lives. Designed to keep the attention of all readers, each lively essay is both

The 1930s Home (Stevenson Greg)(Paperback)

The 1930s home presented an exciting new way of living for the generation that moved out to the suburbs. Young couples who had previously rented accommodation in urban centers found themselves able to afford new-build homes with hot running water, a bathroom indoors, and even aerials for the

The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent (Irving Washington)(Paperback)

In The Sketch-Book (1820-21), Irving explores the uneasy relationship of an American writer to English literary traditions. In two sketches, he experiments with tales transplanted from Europe, thereby creating the first classic American short stories, Rip Van Winkle, and The Legend of Sleepy

Jesus the Jewish Theologian (Young Brad H.)(Paperback)

Jesus the Jewish Theologian establishes Jesus firmly within the context of first-century Judaism and shows how understanding Jesus' Jewishness is crucial for interpreting the New Testament and for understanding the nature of Christian faith. Insights from Jewish literature, archeology, and

Working with Emotions in Psychotherapy (Greenberg Leslie S.)(Paperback)

In previous books, Leslie S. Greenberg has demonstrated the importance of integrating emotional work into therapy and has laid out a compelling model of therapeutic change. Building on these foundations, WORKING WITH EMOTIONS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY sheds new light on the process and technique of

Leeds and Its Jewish Community: A History (Fraser Derek)(Paperback)

The definitive history of the third-largest Jewish community in the UK, which analyses the factors which contributed to its growth and success and explores the disproportionate influence the community had on the modern history of

Davening: A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Prayer (Schachter-Shalomi Zalman)(Paperback)

Experience the living taste of prayer in your heart, the deep and gentle glow of prayer in your soul.Many who live their lives as Jews, even many who pray every day, live on a wrapped and refrigerated version of prayer. We go to synagogue dutifully enough. We rise when we should rise, sit when we

The Emperor's New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth (Kirsch Irving)(Paperback)

Do antidepressants work? Of course -- everyone knows it. Like his colleagues, Irving Kirsch, a researcher and clinical psychologist, for years referred patients to psychiatrists to have their depression treated with drugs before deciding to investigate for himself just how effective the drugs

The Invention of the Jewish People (Sand Shlomo)(Paperback)

Best-selling analysis of Jewish history by a leading Israeli historian with a new

Murder in Midsummer - Classic Mysteries for the Holidays(Paperback / softback)