Friedman is a fascinating, intellectual, yet highly readable analysis and investigation into the authorship of the Old Testament. The author of Commentary on the Torah, Friedman delves deeply into the history of the Bible in a scholarly work that is as exciting and surprising as a good detective novel. Who Wrote the Bible? is enlightening, riveting, an important contribution to religious literature, and as the Los Angeles Times aptly observed in its rave review, “There is no other book like this one.”

    This historical magnum opus covers 4,000 years of the extraordinary history of the Jews as a people, a culture, and a nation, showing the impact of Jewish character and imagination upon the world.

    The Yellow Wind is essential reading for anyone who seeks a deeper understanding of Israel today.

    With maps.

    Featuring recipes from around the world--Italy, Mexico, Algeria, and Russia, to name a few--this is the most complete collection of specific dishes for the eight major holidays, the Sabbath, and all special occasions in the life of a Jewish family.

    It is also Yom Kippur, and the Israeli Defense Force is preparing to observe the holiest of the Jewish holy days.Meanwhile the Syrian army, the greatest achievement of the modern Syrian state, is massed on the Golan Heights. Together with newly arrived Soviet-made equipment, 1,200 main battle tanks, 1,000 armored personnel carriers, 1,000 artillery pieces, and more than 100 mobile antiaircraft missile carriers are ready to strike in a lightning-swift offensive that will drive to the sea and cut Israel in two.Duel for the Golan, the first book to be written on this aspect of the Yom Kippur War, is based on interviews with the participants from both sides of the fighting. As such it remain a compelling and powerful account of one of the greatest tank battles fought since World War II. It also provides the first in-depth analysis of exactly how and why an inferior number of Israeli defenders was capable of inflicting one of the greatest defeats in modern military history upon awe-inspiring Arab armored forces.Here are the intimate details of tank-against-tank fighting, whether it be during retreats, in ambushes, or on the attack. Here are the stories of incredible courage and individual initiative as the Israeli defenders strive to contain the unexpected Syrian assault. During the 100-hour battle that saved Israel, every Israeli tank that was committed to the Golan fighting was hit by hostile fire at least once, and some commanders had five or six tanks shot out from under them.By the end of the war only a few days later, Israeli forces had counterattacked and advanced to where their artillery could hit the Damascus International Airport and other strategic targets with pinpoint accuracy. The Syrian army was virtually destroyed in the field, as were contingents from other Arab states such as Iraq and Jordan. How these remarkable turns of battle occurred is deftly laid out. This revealing account of a battle that changed the history of the Middle East is especially relevant today as tensions in the region increase once again.

    This autobiography tells how the author survived the camps and met her husband, a sergeant working for British intelligence, when he arrived to round up the SS guards for interrogation. Norman Turgel, then a young man, was amongst the first to enter the camp on 15 April 1945, and like so many battle-hardened soldiers, was deeply shocked and angered by the human suffering and degradation he witnessed. Yet it was here, in the midst of the living evidence of the most terrible suffering that man has ever inflicted on his fellow human beings, that he fell in love at first sight. Gena, a young Polish Jewish inmate of the camp, who had experienced indescribable loss, hardship and deprivation, was to survive and find happiness against all odds. This is Gena's story: the autobiography of a woman whose strength of spirit enabled her to keep her mother alive and thereby save herself.When Gena married Norman in Germany in October 1945 in a wedding dress made of British parachute silk, the British Army Rabbi proclaimed their love a symbol of hope after so much death. But Gena still lights a candle in memory of her three brothers and two sisters who died in the Holocaust. And whilst her own story has a happy ending, she can never forget.

    On Being a Jewish Feminist is indispensable for anyone who wishes to understand contemporary Judaism or contemporary Jewish thought.

    A warm, profound guide for b'nei Torah.

    Personal drama in the teshuvah revolution.

    Although modern psychology had elucidated many of the causes of human distress, and the knowledge has become a panacea. For the Jew, the timeless wisdom of the Torah and the guidelines for living provided by Jewishness could appear to be a solution. Yet, many who are commited to Jewishness are no less distressed. Indeed, they may be disappointed in their failure of their practice of Jewishness to achieve the elusive goals. The key to the problem may be man's misperception of reality, the reality of his very self. This is the theme of Let Us Make Man, wherein Dr. Abraham Twerski, a psychiatrist and a Torah scholar, brings together psychological insights and a wealth of wisdom inherent in Jewishness, to suggest a way in which people may come to know and value the most important component of their lives: themselves. The attainment of self-esteem through Jewishness may not be a simple task, but many people expend great effort to acquire what they believe to be their needs. In Let Us Make Man, Dr. Twerski contends that true self-awareness is most fundamental of all human needs, and can be attained through Jewishness.

    It includes a description of the techniques employed by his master, including the role of music. There is a discussion of the characteristics of his mystical experience and the erotic imagery by which it was expressed. Based on all the extant manuscript material of Abulafia, this book opens the way to a new understanding of Jewish mysticism. It points to the importance of the ecstatic Kabbalah for the later developments in mystical Judaism.

    Cohen's synthesis of religion, literature, and history offers deep insight into the nature of Judaism at this key period, including the relationship between Jews and Gentiles, the function of Jewish religion in the larger community, and the development of normative Judaism and other Jewish sects. In addition, Cohen provides clear explanations concerning the formation of the biblical canon and the roots of rabbinic Judaism. Now completely updated and revised, this book remains the clearest introduction to the era that shaped Judaism and provided the context for early Christianity.The Library of Early Christianity is a series of eight outstanding books exploring the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts in which the New Testament developed.

    Controversial Rabbi Meir Kahane challenges Jews everywhere with thought-provoking questions about modern Zionism, Judaism, Israel, Arabs, and more.

    "The documentation was put together as part of the exhibition 'Berlin, Berlin--the exhibition about the history of the city' in the Martin-Gropius-Bau, and opened on July 4th, 1987"Table of ContentsAdministrative center of the SS-state: addresses and institutions --History of the city district and its buildings --A quiet area at the edge of the city (1732-1880) --Career of a city district (1880-1918) --Changes and crisis (1818-33) --Institutions of terror --The Reichsführer-SS and his empire --Assumption of power and early terror --The secret state police --The security service of the Reichsführer-SS --The Reich security main office --Gestapo prison ["Hausgefängnis"] and political prisoners (1933-39) --"Protective custody" --Concentration camps --Persecution, extermination, resistance --The German Jews 1933-38 --The German Jews 1939-45 --The Gypsies --Nazi rule in Europe: Poland --Nazi rule in Europe: Soviet Union --Nazi rule in Europe: other countries --Political resistance and Gestapo prison ["Hausgefängnis"] (1939-45) --From destruction to rediscovery --Bombs and ruins --The first postwar years --History made invisible --Return of a repressed past --The interim solution.

    Louis) examines how anti-Semitism and Nazi persecution have been treated in films, The Diary of Anne Frank in post-war America, the effect of 1960s-1979s social upheaval on such movies, and issues of historical representation and memory. Includes photos, a filmography, and acknowledgments for the 1987 edition. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

    This book presents these festivals as God's foreshadowing of the New Testament Christ and His various works of grace in the lives of all believers.

    

    The Path of the Righteous GentileG-d entrusted the Jews with 613 commandments ?their unique purpose.What divine code of laws was given to non-Jews?This fascinating and well-researched work explores the Seven Noahide Laws, summarizing the Jewish teachings on this ancient doctrine and helping Gentiles gain clarity on their singular spiritual role.Topics explored include:? How should a Gentile observe his seven Torah laws?? What is considered theft?? Why is man forbidden to act on his impulses?? What is a Gentile?s reward in the World to Come?Comprehensive and instructive, this book is an essential guide for Gentiles?and an intriguing read for every Jew.Discover your mission in life.Follow your G-d-given path.

    When ten-year-old Chaimkel's father changes from being rabbi in a small Canadian town to running a Jewish bookstore in Toronto, the trials and tribulations of their family stimulate Chaimkel's imagination, sending him amazing dreams to solve each problem.

    Because Hasidic literature contains no systematic manual of contemplative prayer, the texts included in this volume have been culled from many sources. From the teachings of the Hasidic Masters--the Ba'al Shem Tov, the Maggid Dov Baer of Meidzyrzec, and their immediate disciples--the editors have gleaned "hints as to the various rungs of inner prayer and how they are attained."Hasidism, the Jewish revivalist movement that began in the late eighteenth century, saw prayer as being at the heart of religious experience and was particularly concerned with the nature of a person's relationship with God. The obstacles to prayer discussed by the Hasidic masters--distraction, loss of spirituality, and inconstancy of purpose--feel very close to concerns of our own age. Through advice, parables, and explanations, the Hasidic masters of the past speak to our own attempts to find meaning in prayer.