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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Judaism, 2nd Editionby Rabbi Benjamin Blech
Alpha Books 1999; US$ 16.99One of the Guides' most popular religion titles, Understanding Judaism covers: The major denominations of Judaism and how modern times have changed them A history, from ancient times to current events Threats to the religion; Israel and anti-Zionism; anti-Semitism New concerns for the 21st century, and much more. Understanding Judaism, its roots, its beliefs, and its traditions is crucial to understanding its people and its leaders. And, in light of current world events, this understanding is more important now than ever before more...
Interim Judaismby Michael L. Morgan
Indiana University Press 2001; US$ 12.95Interim Judaism Jewish Thought in a Century of Crisis Michael L. Morgan Probes the impact of the 20th century on Jewish belief and practice. Confronting the challenges of the 20th century, from modernity and the Great War to the Holocaust and postmodern culture, Jewish thinkers have wrestled with such fundamental issues as redemption and revelation, eternity and history, messianism and politics. From the turn of the century through the 1920s, European Jewish intellectuals confronted alienation and the challenges of modernity by seeking secure grounds for a meaningful life. After the Holocaust and the fall of Nazism,... more...
A Letter in the Scrollby Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Simon & Schuster 2001; US$ 13.99For too long, Jews have defined themselves in light of the bad things that have happened to them. And it is true that, many times in the course of history, they have been nearly decimated: when the First and Second Temples were destroyed, when the Jews were expelled from Spain, when Hitler proposed his Final Solution. Astoundingly, the Jewish people have survived catastrophe after catastrophe and remained a thriving and vibrant community. The question Rabbi Jonathan Sacks asks is, quite simply: How? How, in the face of such adversity, has Judaism remained and flourished, making a mark on human history out of all proportion to its numbers? Written originally as a wedding gift to his son and daughter-in-law, A Letter in the Scroll is Rabbi... more...
Judaismby Dan Cohn-Sherbok
Routledge 2003; US$ 44.95This all-encompassing textbook is an unrivalled guide to the history, belief and practice of Judaism, written by a scholar and rabbi who is also an experienced university teacher. more...
Nothing Sacredby Douglas Rushkoff
Crown Publishing Group 2003; US$ 10.99Acclaimed writer and thinker Douglas Rushkoff, author of Ecstasy Club and Coercion , has written perhaps the most important—and controversial—book on Judaism in a generation. As the religion stands on the brink of becoming irrelevant to the very people who look to it for answers, Nothing Sacred takes aim at its problems and offers startling and clearheaded solutions based on Judaism’s core values and teachings. Disaffected by their synagogues’ emphasis on self-preservation and obsession with intermarriage, most Jews looking for an intelligent inquiry into the nature of spirituality have turned elsewhere, or nowhere. Meanwhile, faced with the chaos of modern life, returnees run back to Judaism with a blind and desperate... more...
An Introduction to Judaismby Nicholas de Lange
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 25.00A full and lucid account of Judaism and the Jewish people, written for Jews and non-Jews alike - be they students, teachers, or general interested readers. Contains illustrative tables and maps, a full glossary, chronology, bibliography and index. This is a stimulating and comprehensive introduction to a major world culture. more...
Judaismby Jacob Neusner
Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 19.95Judaism represents a tradition that goes back nearly 6,000 years. This book talks about the stories, beliefs and expressions of that tradition. The key topics covered include: the Torah; Israel - the state and its people; Passover; Reform Judaism, Orthodox Judaism and Zionism; and, the impact of the Holocaust. more...
Jewish Mysticism and Magicby Maureen Bloom
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 44.95Providing a unique anthropological perspective on Jewish mysticism and magic, this book is a study of Jewish rites and rituals and how the analysis of early literature provides the roots for understanding religious practices. more...
Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexedby David McCallum
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 44.95Providing an excellent overview of the latest thinking in Maimonides studies, this book uses a novel philosophical approach to examine whether Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed contains a naturalistic doctrine of salvation after death. more...
Living Judaismby Wayne D. Dosick
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 14.99Why is the Torah central to the Jewish faith? How did the Talmud originate? What do Jewish holidays celebrate? What goes on a synagogue worship service? How to kosher dietary laws work? Why is the land of Israel so important for Jews? These are just a few of the questions Rabbi Wayne Dosick answers in this masterly overview of Jewish faith and tradition, now available in a handsome paperback edition. Writing in short, accessible chapers that cover Jewish beliefs, people, literature, holidays, worship, and living, he captures the essence of Judaism, honoring and explicating the diversity of Jewish thought and observance, from Reform and Conservation to Orthodox. With a timeline of Jewish history and thought-provoking essys on the Jewish idea... more...









