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Author
Publisher
Monkfish Book Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"This book investigates Judaism at its best--and sanest. It strips away outdated and harmful beliefs that have accrued over the centuries and returns to the essential truths that are too-often ignored in favor of tradition, tribal identity, or the claims of the powerful. The result is a vibrant Judaism for the 21st century and beyond--a Judaism that draws deeply from history and scripture yet addresses the unmet needs of the present and the future....
Series
Polin volume Volume 16
Publisher
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Series
Polin volume Volume 15
Publisher
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
13) Snow in August
Author
Language
English
Description
In Brooklyn in the late 1940s, adolescent Michael Devlin is a dutiful son to his widowed mother and a conscientious altar boy at the parish church. One day, he meets Rabbi Judah Hirsch, a chance encounter that inaugurates a friendship with vast consequences, good and bad, for both of them. Michael lost his father in the war, and the rabbi, a recent immigrant to this country, lost his wife. The threads of their connection widen and strengthen as the...
14) Gathering sparks
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 660L
Language
English
Description
A grandfather introduces his grandson to the Jewish tradition of tikkun olam, a centuries-old concept which proposes that everyone must do their part in order to improve the world.
Series
Polin volume Volume 17
Publisher
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English