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Jerusalem

By: Yeshayahu (Jesaiah) Ben-Aharon

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‘The better I understand the roots of the Hebrew people and its universal-human mission, the better I shall understand the nature of humanity and its mission; and the more human I become, in the most universal sense, anchored in a new spiritual knowledge and practice, the more fulfilled, active and creative I can be at the roots of my existence as a Jew and an Israeli.’ – Yeshayahu Ben-Aharon Based on a remarkable series of lectures delivered in his native Israel, Dr Ben-Aharon presents his illuminating research on the meaning of Judaism and the spiritual mission of the Jewish people in the past, present and future. The Hebrew people have been a central root in the development not only of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, but of the universal human spirit itself. Thus, a new understanding of their development and contribution to the spiritual biography of humanity is essential to understanding ourselves as human beings. The Jews were chosen to reveal the deepest secret of ancient times: the existence of one God above all gods, being the Creator of all human beings – beyond race, nation and gender – in his divine image. The great historical and spiritual figures of the Hebrew people – Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Joseph, the Judges, Kings and Prophets – prepared humanity for individuation – the true ‘I AM’ – through devotion to the divine foundation of the world. ‘The Lord our God is one’, who is to be loved with all one’s heart, soul and being. Each person could now fulfill the Word, which could be actualized on earth – in the human being. In Jerusalem Dr Ben-Aharon describes the evolution of the Hebrew people and its role in the development of the human race. The journey continues to the present day, where the universal human Self has the potential to become a free participator in the ongoing creation of the universe.

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Temple Lodge Publishing

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1912230240

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Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560–1660

By: Avner Ben-Zaken

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Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560–1660

By: Avner Ben-Zaken

Avner Ben-Zaken reconsiders the fundamental question of how early modern scientific thought traveled between Western and Eastern cultures in the age of the so-called Scientific Revolution. Through five meticulously researched case studies—in which he explores how a single obscure object or text moved in the Eastern world—Ben-Zaken reveals the intricate ways that scientific knowledge moved across cultures. His diligent exploration traces the eastward flow of post-Copernican cosmologies and scientific discoveries, showing how these ideas were disseminated, modified, and applied to local cultures. Never before has a student of scientific traffic in the Mediterranean taken such pains to see precisely which instruments, books, and ideas first appeared where, in whose hands, by what means, and with what implications. In doing so, Ben-Zaken challenges accepted views of Western primacy in this fruitful exchange. He shows not only how Islamic cultures benefited from European scientific knowledge but also how Eastern understanding of classical Greek texts informed developments in the West. Ben-Zaken’s mastery of different cultures and languages uniquely positions him to tell this intriguing story. His findings reshape our understanding of scientific discourse in this critical period and contribute to the growing field of cross-cultural Christian-Muslim studies.

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JHU Press

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0801899923

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The Jews of Provence and Languedoc

By: Ram Ben-Shalom

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The Jews of Provence and Languedoc

By: Ram Ben-Shalom

This exhaustive history of Provençal Jewry examines the key aspects of Jewish life in Provence over some 1,500 years of cultural florescence with far-reaching consequences. A seminal examination of the crucial role of the Jews of Provence in shaping medieval Jewish culture in the Mediterranean basin.

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Liverpool University Press

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1837641412

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The Brisker Rav

The Life and Times of Maran Hagaon HaRav Yitzchok Ze'ev HaLevi Soloveichik : Including Stories of the Great City of Brisk from Its Establishment as a Torah Center Until Its Destruction During the Holocaust

By: Shimʻon Yosef ben Elimelekh Meler

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The Brisker Rav

By: Shimʻon Yosef ben Elimelekh Meler

Relates the biography of Rabbi Soloveitchik of Brisk (then in Poland), including the suffering of his community, his family, and other Jews under the Nazis and under the Soviets, whose threat to the souls of Jews, as part of their general militant atheism, was considered more serious than the Nazi threat to Jewish bodies. Ch. 9 (p. 351-391), "Surviving World War II", includes descriptions of efforts to carry on with Jewish religious life under German occupation in 1939. Soloveitchik fled to Warsaw and then to Vilna, under Soviet control. Ch. 10 (p. 392-476), "In Vilna, the 'Jerusalem of Lithuania'", depicts Jewish suffering under the alternating German and Soviet occupations, including a pogrom by Lithuanians. While Soloveitchik succeeded in fleeing from Soviet rule to Eretz Israel, his wife and three of his children remained in Brisk. Ch. 13 (p. 535-576), "The Fate of the Jews of Brisk", recounts the liquidation of the ghetto there, where Soloveitchik's dear ones apparently perished.

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Feldheim Publishers

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1583309691

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Saint Veneration Among the Jews in Morocco

By: Issachar Ben-Ami

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Saint Veneration Among the Jews in Morocco

By: Issachar Ben-Ami

Among Moroccan Jews, saint worship is an important cultural characteristic, practiced throughout the population. Saint Veneration among the Jews in Morocco, the only book in English on this topic, contains essential information about Moroccan Jewry not available anywhere else. The Hebrew edition, published by Magnes Press in 1984, has become a standard classic in the study of the history, culture, and religious practices of Moroccan Jewry. In this new English language edition, based on ten years of fieldwork, Issachar Ben-Ami provides the basic historical and ethnographic information about saint veneration. He illuminates the intricate network that connects the saints and their faithful followers, while revealing the ideological fundamentals that sustain the interrelationship and ensure ritual continuity. Using material selected from more than 1,200 testimonies collected during the course of his research, Ben-Ami describes historical and legendary types of saints, customs and beliefs related to the saints or their sanctuaries, and the practices and ceremonies that take place during or outside the hillulah, the the festival that celebrates the anniversary of the death of a saint. Two chapters are dedicated to a comparison with the cult of saints among the Muslims in Morocco as well as to the relationship between Jews and Muslims in Morocco in what concerning saint veneration. In addition, Ben-Ami has included an exhaustive list of 656 saints-25 of whom are women-as well as documentation of the burial sites and legendary stories of the saints' lives as they have been told by their followers and worshippers in Israel. Also included are popular creative works such as legends, stories, dreams, and songs extolling the greatness and miraculous deeds of the saints. The picture that emerges from this study is that of a strong community of believing Jews who lived in the expectancy of the coming of the Messiah and welcomed miracles as part of their routine life. With the immigration of the Jews of Morocco to other countries, this fascinating world has disappeared, although it has found new ways of expression in Israel.

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Wayne State University Press

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0814321984

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9780814321980

Sacred Fire

Torah from the Years of Fury, 1939-1942

By: Ḳalonimus Ḳalmish ben Elimelekh

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Sacred Fire

Torah from the Years of Fury, 1939-1942

By: Ḳalonimus Ḳalmish ben Elimelekh

Although the pages of Sacred Fire are not stained with the names of its author's tormentors, there are numerous references to historical events through which parallels can be drawn. Rabbi Shapira often refers, for example, to the binding of Isaac and the martyrdom of Rabbi Akiba.".

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Jason Aronson

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0765761270

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A Shabbos Vort

A Collection of Thoughts, Stories and Parables on the Weekly Parashah

By: Yisrael Bronstein,Yiśraʼel Yosef ben Mosheh Eliʻezer Bronshṭain

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A Shabbos Vort

A Collection of Thoughts, Stories and Parables on the Weekly Parashah

By: Yisrael Bronstein,Yiśraʼel Yosef ben Mosheh Eliʻezer Bronshṭain

Your Shabbos table is transformed into an uplifting experience when there is stimulating discussion of the weekly Torah reading. This enlightening volume contains stories, parables and insights on the weekly parashah that will delight every member of your household. Culled from Gemara, Midrash, commentaries and traditional lore, each selection is simply told, yet delivers an inspiring and profound message. A Shabbos Vort is a superb English translation of the work, Vekarasa L'Shabbos Oneg. A bestseller in the original Hebrew, this collection is a wonderful gift for your Shabbos host and a meaningful addition to your own home library. Compiled by Rabbi Yisroel Bronstein.

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Mesorah Publications

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157819377X

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Prince of the Torah Kingdom

Excerpts from the Glorious Live of Rosh Yeshivas Knesses Yisrael (Chevron), Maran ... Rabbi Simchah Zissel Broida, Zt"l Combined with Historical Accounts of the Chevron Yeshivah from Its Origin in Slobodka in the Kovno Region of Lithuania, Through Its Lofty and Tragic Years in Chevron, and Ultimately to Its Permanent Home in Givat Mordechai, Jerusalem

By: Shimʻon Yosef ben Elimelekh Meler

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Prince of the Torah Kingdom

By: Shimʻon Yosef ben Elimelekh Meler

Prince of the Torah Kingdom describes in detail the Rosh Yeshiva's derech in learning, teaching, Avodas Hashem, and personal conduct. Filled with over 350 photographs, this book is a fascinating look at the life of an extraordinary Gadol, and the history of one of the most distinguished yeshivos in Eretz Yisroel.It is a look at a Prince of Torah and the Kingdom in which he dwelt.

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Feldheim Publishers

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1583305831

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Identity and Territory

Jewish Perceptions of Space in Antiquity

By: Eyal Ben-Eliyahu

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Identity and Territory

Jewish Perceptions of Space in Antiquity

By: Eyal Ben-Eliyahu

Throughout history, the relationship between Jews and their land has been a vibrant, much-debated topic within the Jewish world and in international political discourse. Identity and Territory explores how ancient conceptions of Israel—of both the land itself and its shifting frontiers and borders—have played a decisive role in forming national and religious identities across the millennia. Through the works of Second Temple period Jews and rabbinic literature, Eyal Ben-Eliyahu examines the role of territorial status, boundaries, mental maps, and holy sites, drawing comparisons to popular Jewish and Christian perceptions of space. Showing how space defines nationhood and how Jewish identity influences perceptions of space, Ben-Eliyahu uncovers varied understandings of the land that resonate with contemporary views of the relationship between territory and ideology.

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University of California Press

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0520293606

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The Golden Age of the Lithuanian Yeshivas

By: Ben-Tsiyon Klibansky

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The Golden Age of the Lithuanian Yeshivas

By: Ben-Tsiyon Klibansky

The Golden Age of the Lithuanian Yeshivas tells the story of the last chapter of Jewish rabbinical schools in Eastern Europe, from the eve of World War I to the outbreak of World War II. The Lithuanian yeshiva established a rigorous standard for religious education in the early 1800s that persisted for over a century and continues to this day. Although dramatically reduced and forced into exile in Russia and Ukraine during World War I, the yeshivas survived the war, with yeshiva heads and older students forming the nucleus of the institutions. These scholars rehabilitated the yeshivas in their original locations and quickly returned to their regular activities. Moreover, they soon began to expand into areas now empty of yeshivas in lands occupied by Hasidic populations in Poland and even into the lands that would soon become Israel. During the economic depression of the 1930s, students struggled for food and their leaders journeyed abroad in search for funding, but their determination and commitment to the yeshiva system continued. Despite the material difficulties that prevailed in the yeshivas, there was consistently a full occupancy of students, most of them in their twenties. Young men from all over the free world joined these yeshivas, which were considered the best training programs for the religious professions and rabbinical ordination. The outbreak of World War II and the Soviet occupation of first eastern Poland and then Lithuania marked the beginning of the end of the Yeshivas, however, and the Holocaust ensured the final destruction of the venerable institution. The Golden Age of the Lithuanian Yeshivas is the first book-length work on the modern history of the Lithuanian yeshivas published in English. Through exhaustive historical research of every yeshiva, Ben-Tsiyon Klibansky brings to light for the first time the stories, lives, and inner workings of this long-lost world.

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Indiana University Press

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025305852X

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9780253058522

National Security Decisionmaking

The Israeli Case

By: Yehuda Ben Meir

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National Security Decisionmaking

The Israeli Case

By: Yehuda Ben Meir

The study of national security decisionmaking is fraught with pitfalls. This statement holds true for any researcher, but all the more so for someone like this author, who has been actively engaged for many years in national security decisionmaking, at times at the highest levels. From the outset, I have been aware of the dangers of subjectivism, of injecting my own political attitudes and opinions, preconceived notions and biases into the material, the analyses and especially the conclusions and recommendations. I have endeavored, to the best of my ability, to undertake this research with the "disinterested curiosity" and objective neutrality which should be the hallmark of a good scientist and researcher. But no one can be totally disinterested in a process which has a direct bearing on his life and well-being; thus the only guarantee of the objectivity of such a work is the constant recognition and awareness of the danger of going astray, the advice and criticism of one's colleagues and, in the final analysis, one's own conscience.

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Routledge

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0429709749

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Jews in the Realm of the Sultans

Ottoman Jewish Society in the Seventeenth Century

By: Yaron Ben-Naeh

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Jews in the Realm of the Sultans

Ottoman Jewish Society in the Seventeenth Century

By: Yaron Ben-Naeh

Jewish society in the Ottoman Empire has not been the subject of systematic research. The seventeenth century is the main object of this study, since it was a formative era. For Ottoman Jews, the 'Ottoman century' constituted an era of gradual acculturation to changing reality, parallel to the changing character of the Ottoman state. Continuous changes and developments shaped anew the character of this Jewry, the core of what would later become known as 'Sephardi Jewry'.Yaron Ben-Naeh draws from primary and secondary Hebrew, Ottoman, and European sources, the image of Jewish society in the Ottoman Empire. In the chapters he leads the reader from the overall urban framework to individual aspects. Beginning with the physical environment, he moves on to discuss their relationships with the majority society, followed by a description and analysis of the congregation, its organization and structure, and from there to the character of Ottoman Jewish society and its nuclear cell - the family. Special emphasis is placed throughout the work on the interaction with Muslim society and the resulting acculturation that affected all aspects and all levels of Jewish life in the Empire. In this, the author challenges the widespread view that sees this community as being stagnant and self-segregated, as well as the accepted concept of a traditional Jewish society under Islam.

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Mohr Siebeck

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3161495233

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Essence of Praises

By: Gamliel ben Lewi Rabinowitz

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Essence of Praises

By: Gamliel ben Lewi Rabinowitz

An illuminating, wondrous commentary on the words of Sefer Tehillim, with a profound, deep perspective. Contains the full Hebrew wording, commentaries in Hebrew, and the author's own commentary in flowing English. The author, a renowned Torah scholar and Kabbalist, is spiritual leader and lecturer in Yeshivas Sha'are HaShamayim.

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158330827X

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The Spiritual Event of the Twentieth Century

An Imagination : the Occult Significance of the 12 Years 1933-45 in the Light of Spiritual Science

By: Jesaiah Ben-Aharon,J. Ben-Ahron

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The Spiritual Event of the Twentieth Century

An Imagination : the Occult Significance of the 12 Years 1933-45 in the Light of Spiritual Science

By: Jesaiah Ben-Aharon,J. Ben-Ahron

Utilizing spiritual-scientific research methods, Jesaiah Ben-Aharon gives an astonishing first-hand testimony of Rudolf Steiner's declarations regarding the new Christ Revelation, and offers his own findings on the Spiritual Event of the Twentieth Century. Based on occult Imaginative consciousness, he gives a unique account of events which took place in the spiritual world during the war and turmoil on earth in the period 1933-45. His words have a particular significance for an understanding of the work of the grouping of souls which the seer and spiritual teacher Rudolf Steiner called the "Michael School." Through coming to a fully conscious comprehension of the spiritual event of the twentieth century, the author asserts, we may gain the courage needed to renew and enliven the spiritual science of Anthroposophy as "the universal human language of our age." This second edition features an extensive introductory essay.

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Temple Lodge Publishing

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1906999317

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In The Name of Love

Romantic ideology and its victims

By: Aaron Ben-Ze'ev,Ruhama Goussinsky

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In The Name of Love

Romantic ideology and its victims

By: Aaron Ben-Ze'ev,Ruhama Goussinsky

We yearn to experience the idealized love depicted in so many novels, movies, poems, and popular songs. Ironically, it is the idealization of love that arms it with its destructive power. Popular media consistently remind us that love is all we need, but statistics concerning the rate of depression and suicides after divorce or romantic break up remind us what might happened if "all that we need" is taken away. This book is about our ideals of love, our experiences, of love, the actual disparity between the two, and the manners of coping with this disparity. A major study case of the book concerns men who have murdered their wives or partners allegedly 'out of love'. It is estimated that over 30% of all female murder victims in the United States die at the hands of a former or present spouse or boyfriend. How can murdering a loved one be associated with the assumed moral and altruistic love? Not only is love intrinsically ambivalent, but it can also give rise to dangerous consequences. Some of the worst evils have been committed in the name of love (as in the name of God). A unique collaboration between a leading philosopher in the field of emotions and a social scientist, In the Name of Love presents fascinating insights into romantic love and its future in modern society.

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OUP Oxford

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0191546534

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9780191546532

God's Chosen People: Israel

By: Adamuel Ben Israel

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God's Chosen People: Israel

By: Adamuel Ben Israel

My title is Elder Hawthorne Smith. I have been a minister for over 40 years in The Spiritual Israel Church And Its Army, located in Detroit, Michigan.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1465321101

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The United States and Israel

The Limits of the Special Relationship

By: Abraham Ben-Zvi

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The United States and Israel

The Limits of the Special Relationship

By: Abraham Ben-Zvi

Ben-Zvi also shows how former Prime Minister Shamir's decision to build settlements in the occupied territories aggravated an already tense situation between the U.S. and Israel, and he concludes with comments on the Gulf War and the return to power of the Labor Party in 1992.

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Columbia University Press

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0231081847

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Ein Yaakov

The Ethical and Inspirational Teachings of the Talmud

By: Jacob ben Solomon Ibn Ḥabib

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Ein Yaakov

The Ethical and Inspirational Teachings of the Talmud

By: Jacob ben Solomon Ibn Ḥabib

This is the only complete English translation of the classic Jewish text known as Ein Yaakov. Ein Yaakov is a collection of all the agaddah (the non-legal) material of the Talmud, compiled by Rabbi Yaakov ibn Chaviv, the fifteenth century talmudist. Scattered among the more than 2,700 pages of the Talmud, aggadah focuses on the ethical and inspirational aspects of the Torah way of life. Through a wealth of homilies, anecdotes, allegories, pithy sayings, and interpretations of biblical verses, it has been said that the aggadah brings you closer to God and his Torah.

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Jason Aronson

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0765760827

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Scars of War, Wounds of Peace

The Israeli-Arab Tragedy

By: Shlomo Ben-Ami

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Scars of War, Wounds of Peace

The Israeli-Arab Tragedy

By: Shlomo Ben-Ami

An insightful and thorough account of the Arab-Israeli conflict ranges from the birth of Israel to the present day, told from firsthand knowledge of the major characters and events, written by a former high-ranking Israeli official.

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Oxford University Press

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0195325427

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Theocratic Democracy

The Social Construction of Religious and Secular Extremism

By: Nachman Ben-Yehuda

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Theocratic Democracy

The Social Construction of Religious and Secular Extremism

By: Nachman Ben-Yehuda

The state of Israel was established in 1948 as a Jewish democracy without a legal separation between religion and the state. An expert on the construction of social and moral problems, Nachman Ben-Yehuda examines more than 50 years of media-reported unconventional and deviant behaviour by the Haredi community.

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OUP USA

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0199734860

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How Israel Lost

The Four Questions

By: Richard Ben Cramer

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How Israel Lost

The Four Questions

By: Richard Ben Cramer

The ebbing support for Israel among Western governments is a major landmark in the history of the last decade. It is, without doubt, an issue that has already influenced many international events. Richard Ben Cramer, who has won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Middle East, now presents readers with HOW ISRAEL LOST, a brilliant polemic looking at four key questions that define this conflict and explaining how the policies of Ariel Sharon have ostracised his country in the eyes of the world. Since Israel was founded, the West has seen it as a beacon of hope and democracy amid hostile neighbours. Cramer describes how in the past ten years Israelis seem to have squandered that respect and good will, focusing on the key players and crucial events that have turned the tide against Israel in the eyes of the international community. With the same meticulous research and intelligence that has made Richard Ben Cramer one of America's most highly regarded journalists, HOW ISRAEL LOST is a timely, powerful and important look at one of the most pivotal points of the world -- and in history.

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Simon and Schuster

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1471109429

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Masada Myth

Collective Memory and Mythmaking in Israel

By: Nachman Ben-Yehuda

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Masada Myth

Collective Memory and Mythmaking in Israel

By: Nachman Ben-Yehuda

In 73 A.D., legend has it, 960 Jewish rebels under siege in the ancient desert fortress of Masada committed suicide rather than surrender to a Roman legion. Recorded in only one historical source, the story of Masada was obscure for centuries. In The Masada Myth, Israeli sociologist Nachman Ben-Yehuda tracks the process by which Masada became an ideological symbol for the State of Israel, the dramatic subject of movies and miniseries, a shrine venerated by generations of Zionists and Israeli soldiers, and the most profitable tourist attraction in modern Israel. Ben-Yehuda describes how, after nearly 1800 years, the long, complex, and unsubstantiated narrative of Josephus Flavius was edited and augmented in the twentieth century to form a simple and powerful myth of heroism. He looks at the ways this new mythical narrative of Masada was created, promoted, and maintained by pre-state Jewish underground organizations, the Israeli army, archaeological teams, mass media, youth movements, textbooks, the tourist industry, and the arts. He discusses the various organizations and movements that created “the Masada experience” (usually a ritual trek through the Judean desert followed by a climb to the fortress and a dramatic reading of the Masada story), and how it changed over decades from a Zionist pilgrimage to a tourist destination. Placing the story in a larger historical, sociological, and psychological context, Ben-Yehuda draws upon theories of collective memory and mythmaking to analyze Masada’s crucial role in the nation-building process of modern Israel and the formation of a new Jewish identity. An expert on deviance and social control, Ben-Yehuda looks in particular at how and why a military failure and an enigmatic, troubling case of mass suicide (in conflict with Judaism’s teachings) were reconstructed and fabricated as a heroic tale.

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Univ of Wisconsin Press

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0299148335

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Seeking Asylum in Israel

Refugees and the History of Migration Law

By: Gilad Ben-Nun

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Seeking Asylum in Israel

Refugees and the History of Migration Law

By: Gilad Ben-Nun

Since 2005, approximately 70,000 asylum-seeking refugees from Sudan and Eritrea have entered Israel. This, along with the highly publicised anti-African immigrant riots in Israel in 2012 and 2014 and the current global refugee crisis, has meant that the issue of African migration has become increasingly controversial. Here Gilad Ben-Nun looks at this phenomenon in its historical and contemporary contexts, and compares it to the wider debates surrounding the Palestinian refugees in the region and the concept of their right of return. He argues that this newer, African migration issue has forced Israel to move from conceiving of itself as an 'exceptional' state and now has to view itself as a more 'normal' and 'universal' entity. Ranging as far back as Israel's important role in the the ratification drafting of the 1951 Refugee Convention and drawing on a variety of methodologies and sources, Ben-Nun offers a wide-ranging legal, social and historical examination of asylum in Israel, that sheds timely light onto themes of migration and identity across the Middle East. This is essential reading for legal historians and lawyers, as well as scholars working on migration studies and the history and politics of the Middle East.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1786721333

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Civil-military Relations in Israel

By: Yehuda Ben-Meir

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Civil-military Relations in Israel

By: Yehuda Ben-Meir

In Civil-Military Relations in Israel, Yehuda Ben Meir examines the reasons preventing Israel from becoming a "garrison state". A former deputy minister for foreign affairs and longtime member and analyst of the Israeli political scene, Ben Meir is uniquely qualified to give a behind-the-scenes picture of the intimate relationship between Israel's civilian and military leaders. Civil-Military Relations in Israel examines the changing face of the military over the years from an idealistic defense force to a professional army. Ben Meir also views the great divisiveness in Israeli politics as a threat to the unified strength of purpose that in the past characterized the nation's civil authority, and he examines present and future threats to continued civilian control of the military. The book also delves into the legal and constitutional foundations of Israel's civil-military relations, providing a valuable perspective on the organization and role of the current defense establishment, as well as the informal relationship between the key players in the system. In addition, Ben Meir pinpoints the areas in which the military is involved in key political decision making. Despite continuing efforts to resolve the pattern of violence and conflict in the Middle East, the long-standing hostility between Arab and Jew in the region is unlikely to disappear in the near future. And as long as such animosity lingers, Israel's military will remain a strong force in Israeli politics.

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0231096844

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A Student's Obligation

Advice from the Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto

By: Kalonymus Shapira,Ḳalonimus Ḳalmish ben Elimelekh

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A Student's Obligation

Advice from the Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto

By: Kalonymus Shapira,Ḳalonimus Ḳalmish ben Elimelekh

The last hasidic rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto explores many facets of spiritual growth and character development.

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Jason Aronson

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1568215177

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9781568215174

International Business Travel in the Global Economy

By: Ben Derudder,Frank Witlox

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International Business Travel in the Global Economy

By: Ben Derudder,Frank Witlox

Business travel has become indispensable to the global economy, not only due to its necessity in the maintaining of corporate networks, but also because of the associated economies that cater to the daily requirements of the business traveller. Underlying these developments are concerns over the environmental impact of increasing air travel, which are likely to generate new challenges for the future of business travel. From a team of international experts comes this analysis of the role, nature and effects of modern business travel. Issues addressed include the relationships between airlines and business travellers, the role of mobility in business, and the opportunities and challenges created by mobile workforces. The study combines theoretical advances with comprehensive analysis, and will provoke debate across the social sciences on the nature, organization and space of work in the twenty-first century.

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Routledge

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1317114361

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9781317114369

The Secret of the Jews

Letters to Nietzsche

By: David Ben Moshe,David Morrison

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The Secret of the Jews

Letters to Nietzsche

By: David Ben Moshe,David Morrison

Explain why so many American Jews are deeply uncomfortable with this outpouring of Christian support.

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Gefen Publishing House Ltd

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9652294322

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9789652294326

A Lasting Reward

Memoirs of an Israeli Diplomat

By: Yissakhar Ben-Yaacov

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A Lasting Reward

Memoirs of an Israeli Diplomat

By: Yissakhar Ben-Yaacov

It was 1933 when Yissakhar Ben-Yaacov left Hamburg, the city of his birth. His traditional Jewish family made its way to the Land of Israel, fleeing the impending disaster. In the next few years, the young pupil succeeded in making his way within his new society. After joining Ha-No ar Ha-Oved youth movement and the Haganah, Ben-Yaacov entered Israel s nascent Foreign Ministry in 1948. His service took him around the world to Munich, Cologne, Philadelphia, Lagos, Vienna, and Canberra. In A Lasting Reward, the author describes his life in detail, covering myriad exciting events both well-known and not so well-known events that span many decades and continents. He offers insightful descriptions of the inner workings of the Foreign Ministry and the calling of an Israeli diplomat. Yissakhar Ben-Yaacov s memoirs are an outstanding example of an Israeli autobiography that bears witness to the events that have shaped the history of the Jewish people in the last century.

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Gefen Publishing House Ltd

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9652295396

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9789652295392

The Politics and Morality of Deviance

Moral Panics, Drug Abuse, Deviant Science, and Reversed Stigmatization

By: Nachman Ben-Yehuda

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The Politics and Morality of Deviance

Moral Panics, Drug Abuse, Deviant Science, and Reversed Stigmatization

By: Nachman Ben-Yehuda

The Politics and Morality of Deviance develops a theoretical framework and then applies it to four different and specific case studies in an explicit attempt to put the sociology of deviance back into mainstream sociology. It argues that deviance should be analyzed as a relative phenomenon in different and changing cultures, vis-a-vis change and stability in the boundaries of different symbolic/moral universes. It also argues that the legitimization of power should be thought of in terms of a moral order that in turn defines the societal boundaries of different symbolic/moral universes. Mills' concept of motivational accounting systems is utilized throughout the text in order to illustrate how the micro and macro levels of analysis can be integrated.

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SUNY Press

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0791401227

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Policing Citizens

Minority Policy in Israel

By: Guy Ben-Porat,Fany Yuval

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Policing Citizens

Minority Policy in Israel

By: Guy Ben-Porat,Fany Yuval

What does police violence against minorities, or violent clashes between minorities and the police tell us about citizenship and its internal hierarchies? Indicative of deep-seated tensions and negative perceptions; incidents such as these suggest how minorities are vulnerable, suffer from or are subject to police abuse and neglect in Israel. Marked by skin colour, negatively stigmatized or rendered security threats, their encounters with police provide a daily reminder of their defunct citizenship. Taking as case studies the experiences and perceptions of four minority groups within Israel including Palestinian/Arab citizens, ultra-Orthodox Jews and Ethiopian and Russian immigrants, Ben-Porat and Yuval are able to explore different paths of citizenship and the stratification of the citizenship regime through relations with and perceptions of the police in Israel. Touching on issues such as racial profiling, police brutality and neighbourhood neglect, their study questions the notions of citizenship and belonging, shedding light on minority relationships with the state and its institutions.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108266363

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9781108266369

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