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All for the Boss

Ruchoma Shain

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A Glimpse Into Greatness 5 out of 5 stars.
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I started this book some years back, and left it after the first few pages. Years later, at the prompting of a friend I tried it again. I'm glad I did.

This book offers a rare glimpse into life from the early 1900's America through the late 1970's through the eyes of the daughter of one of the pioneers of American Jewry.

The subject of the book, was frequented by the greatest rabbis of the time - men such as Rabbi Boruch Ber and Rabbi Reuben Grozovsky. His daughter writes about her life in Mir, Poland before and after the war.

The stories of their lives, combined with the experiences with some of the great Jewish luminaries of recent years makes for a moving and enjoyable read.

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The bestselling classic that has touched the hearts of readers the world over, is now newly revised and expanded. This is the inspiring story of the life and impact of R' Yaakov Yosef Herman, a Torah pioneer in America, told by his loving daughter. This powerful book will enchant and uplift, and will take the reader back in time to glimpse a portrait of the great personalities of yesteryear.

Greek in Jewish Palestine/Hellenism in Jewish Palestine

Saul Lieberman

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In these two books, now reprinted in one volume, master Talmudist and scholar of the Greco-Roman world, the late Professor Saul Lieberman, elucidates words, texts, customs and practices in either rabbinic or classical literature, often buy reference to passages in the other. In Greek in Jewish Palestine, he demonstrates that "almost ever foreign word and phrase have their raison d'etre in rabbinic literature" and that "all Greek phrases in rabbinic literature are quotations." Hellenism in Jewish Palestine is "an inquiry into the spirit of many rabbinic observations and investigations of the facts, insicents, opinions, notions and beliefs to which the Rabbis allude in their statements."

Response to Modernity: A History of the Reform Movement in Judaism

Michael A. Meyer

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A fascinating history of the Reform movement 5 out of 5 stars.
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Michael Meyer's clear-eyed history of the Reform (a.k.a. 'Progressive') movement should be read by anyone who wants to understand the current fragmented condition of modern Jewry. Meyer makes eminently clear that it is the Reformers who departed from the traditional faith of Judaism and thereby founded a new religion at odds with (what they came to call) Orthodoxy. (Meyer himself is clearly favourable toward this approach, but he is at least unblinkingly honest about it.) Anyone affiliated with Reform or Progressive 'Judaism' who has not read Meyer's careful and thorough historical exposition probably does not understand the real foundations of his or her own movement.

Excellent Discussion of Reform Origins and History 5 out of 5 stars.
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As a committed Progressive Jew who fluctuates between Reform and Reconstructionist affiliation, I was glad to stumble upon Michael Meyer's excellent history of the Reform Movement. Meyer traces the development of Reform from the early years in Hamburg and Berlin to recent decisions made the Central Conference of American Rabbis. In so doing, he explodes a number of horrific myths that Orthodox "Judaism" lobs at Reform: that significant numbers of Reform congregations shifted their main day of worship to Sunday; that the movement is simply "watered down" Judaism; that Reform Jews are simply "lapsed" Jews who would be Orthodox if they didn't find it difficult or knew more about Judaism. Meyer also shows that, just as there are and have been important movements and currents within "Orthodoxy", there were and are many different movements and currents within Reform. The discussions of the movement's growth and foment on German soil, and the transfer of that foment to the United States, are particularly enlightening.

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Reform Judaism is today one of the three major branches of the Jewish faith. This is a history of the Reform movement, tracing its changing configuration and self-understanding from the beginnings of modernisation in late 18th-century Jewish thought and practice to American renewal in the 1970s.

On Being a Jew

James Kugel

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A Most Kosher Book 5 out of 5 stars.
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A mamiferous animal is considered Kosher if it chews the cud, if it has a hoof and if the hoof is cloven.

Of the many interpretations or reasons of these rules given through time by the Sages of the Scriptures, there is one which comes to mind when reading James Kugel's book. The hoof is hard. It is cloven to show the uncompromising distinctiveness between right and wrong. That is the law! Chewing the cud is a symbol of mercy, of going over what is presented to find some flaw. That is clemency. Eating only Kosher animals is to keep these two apparently contradictory properties firmly in mind.

In "On being a Jew" Kugel shows how the Law and Clemency are intimately interwoven in the fabric of Jewishness. It shines a bright light on our centuries-old traditions and beliefs. A wonderful book for the convinced, the sceptic and the bewildered.

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What should a Jew consider before marrying a non-Jew? What should a Jew know about Hebrew? What does it mean to keep the Sabbath? In the Medieval period, young Jews found answers to their most pressing questions about Judaism in The Book of the Kuzari. That book, written in the form of a dialogue, addressed an array of questions that led from explanations of everyday practices to the depth and grandeur of the Torah.

On Being a Jew brings The Book of the Kuzari up to date. In a conversational format, it answers basic questions about the purposes of ritual, the duties of study, work, and home life, the importance of prayer and history, and the subtleties of the Torah and its interpretations that are obscured or lost in translation.

In the Beginning: Discourses on Chasidic Thought

Adin Steinsaltz

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To always begin again 5 out of 5 stars.
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I believe many of the talks included in this book were first presented by Rabbi Steinsaltz in his Thursday night 'shiur' in 'Hovvei Tzion' shul in Yerushalayim. They were difficult and deep , and provided interesting original insights into the meaning of ' In the Beginning'.
My Holy Teacher David Herzberg used to say that we live ' for the sake of Beginning'. And that we are in a sense always beginning again.
Who begins this work and continues with it will deepen in learning and understanding of Torah.

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In the Beginning is a journey through the Book of Genesis by one of the leading rabbis of our generation. Along this journey, its author shines his light on some of the secrets of Jewish tradition. The reader senses that we are in the presence of a master teacher whose depth of insight helps reveal to us the hidden paths of wisdom that are contained in the Torah.

Faith & Doubt: Studies in Traditional Jewish Thought - 3rd augmented edition

Dr. Norman Lamm

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Faith and Doubt addresses the question of the encounter of religious faith with modern life and civilization. Dr. Norman Lamm, former President of Yeshiva University and current Chancellor is identified with modern Orthodox Judaism but his volume is addressed to a wider audience to believing people of all faiths, students of religion, to the searchers and curious and even to the skeptics and scoffers. The themes treated in these pages range from comparative law to metaphysics, and from moral philosophy to natural science, all from the vantage point of what has been called Modern Orthodox Judaism. This third edition updates the above, and also includes a new chapter on Law and Morality in Judaism. About the Author Dr. Norman Lamm is Chancellor of Yeshiva University, the nation s oldest and largest university under Jewish auspices. He served as its President for twenty seven years until 2003. He was founder and first editor of Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought and is the author of ten books, among them Torah Umadda, Torah Lishmah, The Shema, Seventy Faces, The Religious Thought of Hasidism. He is the editor of The Library of Jewish law and Ethics. From the Table Of Contents... CHAPTER I: Faith and Doubt CHAPTER II: The Unity Theme: Monism for Moderns CHAPTER III: Two Versions of Synthesis CHAPTER IV: Man s Position in the Universe CHAPTER V: The Religious Implications of Extraterrestrial Life CHAPTER VI: Ecology in Jewish Law and Theology CHAPTER VII: A Jewish Ethic of Leisure CHAPTER VIII: Scholarship and Piety CHAPTER IX: The Moral Revolution: A Jewish Evaluation CHAPTER X: Self-Incrimination in Law and Psychology: The Fifth Amendment and the Halakhah CHAPTER XI: Privacy in Law and Theology CHAPTER XII: Suffering and Literature

What's Up with the Hard Core Jewish People? A Guide for Coping with Newly Observant Jews

Margery, Isis Schwartz

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Get the "4ll" on the Hard Core Jewish People 5 out of 5 stars.
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As the mother of a Hard Core Jewish son who started this journey 8 years ago, I am so glad Margery Schwartz has written this book. It is so needed and would have made my education of this world so much simpler if it would have been available earlier, but thankfully it has arrived. Not only is it a resource book to guide you through this new and foreign landscape if you are not a "hardcore" but it is an amusing and sassy story that is so right on and keeps you entertained from beginning to end. I strongly recommend it for anyone who is interested in learning about this slice of life, or is actually living it and needs a helpful guide to make it through the day.

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This is the true story of a Reform Jewish family's struggle to cope with the divisiveness caused when one son becomes a newly observant Jew (baal teshuva or BT).

This is the first book about BTs and Orthodox Judaism written from the perspective of a sassy Secular Jew with a high level of Jewish knowledge. The book is heart-warming, entertaining, and a compendium of everything you ever wanted to know about Judaism without really trying.

Yeshiva Fundamentalism: Piety, Gender, and Resistance in the Ultra-Orthodox World

Nurit Stadler

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The ultra-Orthodox yeshiva, or Jewish seminary, is a space reserved for men, and for a focus on religious ideals. Fundamentalist forms of piety are usually believed to be quite resistant to change. In Yeshiva Fundamentalism, Nurit Stadler uncovers surprising evidence that firmly religious and pious young men of this community are seeking to change their institutions to incorporate several key dimensions of the secular world: a redefinition of masculinity along with a transformation of the family, and participation in civic society through the labor market, the army, and the construction of organizations that aid terror victims. In their private thoughts and sometimes public actions, they are resisting the demands placed on them to reject all aspects of the secular world.

Because women are not allowed in the yeshiva setting, Stadler’s research methods had to be creative. She invented a way to simulate yeshiva learning with young yeshiva men by first studying with an informant to learn key religious texts, often having to do with family life, sexuality, or participation in the larger society. This informant then invited students over to discuss these texts with Stadler and himself outside of the yeshiva setting. This strategy enabled Stadler to gain access to aspects of yeshiva life in which a woman is usually unable to participate, and to hear “unofficial” thoughts and reactions which would have been suppressed had the interviews taken place within the yeshiva.

Yeshiva Fundamentalism provides an intriguing — and at times surprising — glimpse inside the all-male world of the ultra-orthodox yeshivas in Israel, while providing insights relevant to the larger context of transformations of fundamentalism worldwide. While there has been much research into how contemporary feminism has influenced the study of fundamentalist groups worldwide, little work has focused on ultra-Orthodox men’s desires to change, as Stadler does here, showing how fundamentalist men are themselves involved in the formulation of new meanings of piety, gender, modernity and relations with the Israeli state.

The Reform Judaism Reader: North American Documents

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A Reform Judaism Reader chronicles the history of Reform Judaism from its roots in Western Europe until today. Included in the book are historical documents and writings by renowned authors that reflect the on-going evolution of Reform Judaism. These entries form a resource of enormous importance to anyone interested in the Reform movement's history, its present status, and its current direction.

Change is - and always has been - one of the defining characteristics of the Reform Movement. Throughout its history, it has been able to successfully adapt its relationship to tradition and Jewish heritage to meet the spiritual needs of the majority of American Jews. Its stances on halachah, ritual, social justice, and many other key issues have evolved significantly over the past two centuries, making contemporary Reform Judaism far different from what it was at its beginning, and even a generation ago.

A Reform Jewish Reader covers such areas as theology, social action, the Sabbath, outreach, and education.

Ideal for high school and adult education study
Each document preceded by an introduction by the authors
A complete reference collection for every Reform Judaism home and library
As both authors are known for their role in documenting the growth of the
Reform Movement, this book is sure to aid readers in understanding the changes that have occurred over the 200 year history.

The Ten Rungs & The Way Of Man: Ten Rungs

Martin Buber

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The sacred tales collected here by Buber have their origins in Hasidic tradition. Through Biblical riddles and Jewish proverbs they seek teach the reader an awareness of the need for self-recognition and spiritual renewal.