Best of
Jewish

1986

When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough: The Search for a Life That Matters


Harold S. Kushner - 1986
    Why is it that, after attaining many of our goals, we are left with a sense that something vital is missing? In his deeply inspiring bestseller, Rabbi Kushner shows us how to live as human beings are meant to. He guides us to a heightened sense of joy, purpose, and meaning, and helps us to redirect our energies toward goals that will bring us lasting happiness and true fulfillment.

Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land


David K. Shipler - 1986
    In this monumental work, David Shipler delves into the origins of the prejudices that have been intensified by war, terrorism, and nationalism. Focusing on the diverse cultures that exist side by side in Israel and Israeli-controlled territories, Shipler examines the process of indoctrination that begins in schools; he discusses the far-ranging effects of socioeconomic differences, historical conflicts between Islam and Judaism, attitudes about the Holocaust, and much more. And he writes of the people: the Arab woman in love with a Jew, the retired Israeli military officer, the Palestinian guerilla, the handsome actor whose father is Arab and whose mother is Jewish.

Shielding the Flame: An Intimate Conversation with Dr. Marek Edelman, the Last Surviving Leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising


Hanna Krall - 1986
    

The Halakhic Mind: An Essay on Jewish Tradition and Modern Thought


Joseph B. Soloveitchik - 1986
    Soloveitchik.Discusses the conflict between philosophy and science, examines the growth of religious knowledge, and shows how the Halakha, Jewish religious law, can be used to formulate a new religious outlook.

Miriam's Tambourine


Howard Schwartz - 1986
    Miriam's Tambourine presents fifty classic Jewish folktales that come from virtually every corner of the globe and every historical period. Readers of all ages will delight in the Jewish versions of the Snow White, Rapunsel, and Sinbad stories, which in some cases were the original sources of these popular folktales. Howard Schwartz has also selected and retold those tales which have retained their uniquely Jewish character and have become part of the heritage of the Jewish people, including the Golem, the tales of Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlav and of the Ba'al Shem Tov, tales of Elijah the Prophet, Miriam and her mystical well, Rabbi Adam, and even of the Sambotyon, the legendary river that raged six days of the week and rested on the Sabbath. Recast in a form accessible to readers both young and old, yet true to their provenances, these tales continue to enthrall and capture the imagination as they illustrate the power of man to overcome evil; the longing of the Jewish people to return to their homeland; and the universal prayer for a world at peace. Providing careful annotation of sources and a brilliant analysis of meanings and symbolisms, Miriam's Tambourine represents a landmark in Jewish folk literature and in American-Jewish culture.

Exploring Exodus: The Origins of Biblical Israel


Nahum M. Sarna - 1986
    In a new Foreword to the 1996 edition, Sarna takes up the debate over whether the exodus from Egypt really happened, clarifying the arguments on both sides and drawing us back to the uniqueness and enduring significance of biblical text.

Reb Moshe: The Life and Ideals of Hagaon Rabbi Moshe Feinstein


Shimon Finkelman - 1986
    The inspiring life-story of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein.

The Radiance of Shabbos


Simcha Bunim Cohen - 1986
    The complete laws of the Shabbos and Festival candle-lighting, Kiddush, Lechem Mishneh, meals, Bircas HaMazon, and Havdalah.

Finding God: Selected Responses


Rifat Sonsino - 1986
    This latest edition of Finding God includes two new essays on the distinct theologies of Abraham Joshua Heschel and Alvin Reines, as well as a chapter on newer approaches, including those of Emil Fackenheim, Harold Schulweis, Marcia Falk, Lawrence Kushner, and Judith Plaskow. There is no one right way to view God for Jews, but with the help of this book readers will be better able to understand the multiple ways that Jews have continued to wrestle with the idea of God throughout history.-- Revised edition-- Three new chapters-- A multiplicity of distinctively Jewish theological perspectives-- Ideal for high school, adult education courses, and Introduction to Judaism-- Free discussion guide available at www.uahcpress.com

Joseph Who Loved the Sabbath


Marilyn Hirsh - 1986
    Poor tenant farmer Joseph so reveres the day of rest that he spends his meager earnings on the best foods for his weekly holiday meal.

Gateway to Happiness


Zelig Pliskin - 1986
    The material has been culled from the full range of Torah literature and includes techniques the author has found effective in his counseling experience.

Sinister Wisdom 29-30: The Tribe of Dina: A Jewish Women's Anthology


Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz - 1986
    In richly diverse essays, stories, memoirs, poems, and interviews, the contributors to this collection affirm the depth of Jewish women's participation in Jewish life and give strength to feminist struggles in the Jewish community.

"Souled!"


Hanoch Teller - 1986
    Two books, one for adults with tales of altruism, salvation and serendipity, and the second of legend and lore for children.

The Miracle of Intervale Avenue: The Story of a Jewish Congregation in the South Bronx


Jack Kugelmass - 1986
    This unique congregation represents the struggle of individuals to maintain their dignity, independence, and faith over the years.In The Miracle of Intervale Avenue, Jack Kugelmass tells the inspiring story of a community that continues to see the area as its own, as a place they steadfastly refuse to abandon despite a major shift in the ethnic demography of the South Bronx and an increase in violent crime.A classic ethnography of American Jewish life, The MIracle of Intervale Avenue has now been brought up to date. In a new closing chapter and epilogue, Kugelmass shows how the congregation has adapted to the radical changes in the neighborhood, bringing closure to this poignant work. Now with 38 photographs of the community over the years, the book covers the slow econmic resurgence of the South Bronx and discusses the revitalizing effect of the congregation's new members, including blacks and Latinos.

See Under: Love


David Grossman - 1986
    Determined to exorcise the Nazi "beast" from their shattered lives and prepare for a second holocaust he knows is coming, Momik increasingly shields himself from all feeling and attachment. But through the stories his great-uncle tells him—the same stories he told the commandant of a Nazi concentration camp—Momik, too, becomes "infected with humanity." Grossman's masterly fusing of vision, thought, and emotion make See Under: Love a luminously imaginative and profoundly affecting work.

Ecclesiastes (The ArtScroll Tanach series)


Nosson Scherman - 1986
    The ArtScroll Series presents the comments of the classic giants of ancient and contemporary times in a logical, comprehensible manner, like a master teacher on an exciting voyage of intellectual discovery.

Bereishis/Gensis: A New Translation with a Commentary Anthologized from Talmudic, Midrashic, and Rabbinic Sources


Meir Zlotowitz - 1986
    Overviews, translation and phrase by phrase commentary culled from countless Rabbinic sources.

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide and Commentary


Michael Strassfeld - 1986
    . . with a greater devotion and joy."--Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler

American Yiddish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology


Benjamin Harshav - 1986
    The range of American Yiddish Poetry runs the gamut from individualistic verse of alienation in the modern metropolis, responses to Western culture and ideologies, and experiments with poetic form and the resources of the Yiddish language, to the vitriolic associative chains of a politically engaged anarchist existentialist; from hymns to urban architecture and landscapes and the plight of African Americans to confrontations with the experiences of Jewish history and the loss of the Yiddish language. The bilingual facing-page format, the notes and the biographies of poets, the selections from Yiddish theory and criticism, and a comprehensive introduction to the cultural background and concerns of the poetry enhance the poems themselves.

Aiding Talmud Study


Aryeh Carmell - 1986
    With Rabbi Shmuel ha-Naggid's 'Introduction to the Talmud,' in English.

The War Of A Jewish Partisan: A Youth Imperiled By His Russian Comrades And Nazi Conquerors (Artscroll History Series)


Yechiel Granatstein - 1986
    Memoirs of a Jew who fought Nazis and his Russian comrades.

Wine, Women, and Death: Medieval Hebrew Poems on the Good Life


Raymond P. Scheindlin - 1986
    In this delight delightful book, Scheindlin presents the original Hebrew poetry with his own melodic English translations, each followed by commentary that explains its cultural context.