Chaim Raphael's Books

Memoirs of a Special Case

By: Chaim Raphael

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The forces that have preserved the Jewish people through the ages are indeed mysterious. Join author Chaim Raphael as he explores the meaning and message of Jewish survival. His stories and essays point to the endless story of Jewish tradition and to the ties that bind Jews to one another. Includes the now classic novella, Jerusalem, the tale of a frantic search near the Dead Sea for ancient scrolls and a love affair in Jerusalem. Chaim Raphael is an economist and writer, a former Oxford Don and British Foreign Office official. He is the author of The Feast of History, Encounters with the Jewish People, and The Springs of Jewish Life. His articles frequently appear in American and British magazines. His mystery novels, published under the pseudonym Jocelyn Davy, have earned him the well-deserved title, "the Aldous Huxley of detection.

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2000 Years of Jewish History

From the Destruction of the Second Bais Hamikdash Until the Twentieth Century

By: Chaim Schloss

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2000 Years of Jewish History

From the Destruction of the Second Bais Hamikdash Until the Twentieth Century

By: Chaim Schloss

An outline of Jewish history, written by a rabbi and history teacher in Orthodox Jewish schools. In forty chapters, describes events from the destruction of the Second Temple up to, but not including, the Holocaust. Focuses on developments in Jewish religious life. Relates to antisemitism in various periods: early Islam, the Crusades, Spain from 1391-1492, the Chmielnicki massacres, antisemitism in the 19th century in general and in Russia in particular.

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Feldheim Publishers

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158330214X

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Americas Jews

By: Chaim Waxman

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Americas Jews

By: Chaim Waxman

The book is a social history and sociology of American Jewry. It provides an up-to-date analysis of the contemporary American Jewish community, an analysis that includes educational, occupational, income, and political patterns of American Jews; the American Jewish family; anti-semitism; the relationship between American Jews and Israel; and the recent immigration of Soviet, Israeli, and Iranian Jews to the USA. In synthesizing a vast array of empirical studies, the author argues that while American Jews have been successful in their quest to integrate into the American social system, recent developments both in the American social and cultural system, at large, and within the Jewish community, in particular, indicate that this ethno-religious group is confronting the challenge to its continuity and its manifesting survivalist strengths which were not readily apparent in earlier generations. America's Jews in Transition should interest students in a wide range of fields, among them sociology, ethnic studies, Jewish studies, American studies, and religious studies. Because of its breadth and the freshness of its material, the book should also appeal to the general reader.

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Temple University Press

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1439906211

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Thank You for Dying for Our Country

Commemorative Texts and Performances in Jerusalem

By: Chaim Noy

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Thank You for Dying for Our Country

Commemorative Texts and Performances in Jerusalem

By: Chaim Noy

The book examines a visitor book located in a national commemoration and heritage site in Jerusalem. It brings together communicative, discursive and performative approaches to understand how visitors co-construct national identity through their public inscriptions on the surfaces the visitor book offers.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199398984

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The Book of Lights

By: Chaim Potok

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The Book of Lights

By: Chaim Potok

Gershon Loran, a quiet rabinical student, is troubled by the dark reality around him. He sees hope in the study of Kabbalah, the Jewish book of mysticism and visions, truth and light. But to Gershon's friend, Arthur, light means something else, the Atom bomb, his father helped create. Both men seek different a refuge in a foreign place, hoping for the same thing....

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A Narrative Community

Voices of Israeli Backpackers

By: Chaim Noy

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A Narrative Community

Voices of Israeli Backpackers

By: Chaim Noy

An intertextual examination of the storytelling of Israeli backpackers that analyzes their unique patterns of communication to create a thorough picture of this "narrative community." Backpacking, or Tarmila'ut, has been a time-honored rite of passage for young Israelis for decades. Shortly after completing their mandatory military service, young people set off on extensive backpacking trips to "exotic" and "authentic" destinations in so-called Third World regions in India, Nepal, and Thailand in Asia, and also Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina in Central and South America. Chaim Noy collects the words and stories of Israeli backpackers to explore the lively interplay of quotations, constructed dialogues, and social voices in the backpackers' stories and examine the crucial role they play in creating a vibrant, voiced community. A Narrative Community illustrates how, against the peaks of Mt. Everest, avalanches, and Incan cities, the travelers' storytelling becomes an inherently social drama of shared knowledge, values, hierarchy, and aesthetics. Based on forty-five in-depth narrative interviews, the research in this book examines how identities and a sense of belonging emerge on different social levels--the individual, the group, and the collective--through voices that evoke both the familiar and the Other. In addition, A Narrative Community makes a significant contribution to modern tourism literature by exploring the sociolinguistic dimension related to tourists' accounts and particularly the transformation of self that occurs with the experience of travel. In particular, it addresses the interpersonal persuasion that travelers use in their stories to convince others to join in the ritual of backpacking by stressing the personal development that they have gained through their journeys. This volume is groundbreaking in its dialogical conceptualization of the interview as a site of cultural manifestation, innovation, and power relations. The methods employed, which include qualitative sampling and interviewing, clearly demonstrate ways of negotiating, manifesting, and embodying speech performances. Because of its unique interdisciplinary nature, A Narrative Community will be of interest to sociolinguists, folklore scholars, performance studies scholars, tourism scholars, and those interested in social discourses in Israel.

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Wayne State University Press

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0814331769

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Lashon HaKodesh: History, Holiness, & Hebrew

By: Reuven Chaim Klein

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Lashon HaKodesh: History, Holiness, & Hebrew

By: Reuven Chaim Klein

A Linguistic Journey from Eden to Israel Throughout Jewish literature, the Hebrew language is referred to as Lashon HaKodesh. Its history, origins, decline, and rebirth are simply fascinating. Furthermore, at its deepest level, Lashon HaKodesh is called such (“the Holy Language”) because it is intrinsically sacred – and is thus unlike any other language known to Man. Lashon HaKodesh: History, Holiness, & Hebrew seeks to understand the holiness of Lashon HaKodesh, follows its history, and focuses on the significance of Aramaic and other ‘Jewish languages’ such as Yiddish and Ladino. An extended section is devoted to Modern Hebrew, its controversies, and its implications from a religious perspective. This unique work delves into the linguistic history of each ‘Jewish language’, as well as the philological, Kabbalistic, and Halachic approaches to this topic taken by various Rabbinic figures through the ages. The author also compares and contrasts traditional Jewish views to those of modern-day academia, offering proofs and difficulties to both approaches. As the old saying goes, “Two Jews, three opinions.” In almost every chapter, more than one way of looking at the matter at hand is presented. In some cases, the differing opinions can be harmonized, but ultimately many matters remain subject to dispute. Hopefully, the mere knowledge of these sources will whet the reader’s intellectual curiosity to learn more. Written by a brilliant young scholar, Lashon HaKodesh: History, Holiness, & Hebrew is ground-breaking, intriguing, and truly remarkable.

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1937887367

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A Tale of Three Thirsty Cities

The Innovative Water Supply Systems of Toledo, London and Paris in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century

By: Jaime-Chaim Shulman

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A Tale of Three Thirsty Cities

The Innovative Water Supply Systems of Toledo, London and Paris in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century

By: Jaime-Chaim Shulman

In A Tale of Three Thirsty Cities: The Innovative Water Supply Systems of Toledo, London and Paris in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century, Chaim Shulman presents an analysis of three projects of urban water supply systems carried out between 1560s–1610s. The technical and economic differences between these projects resulted from external conditions not directly related to the water supply problem. Although the same basic technology was apparently available at the time in all cases, the geographical, engineering, entrepreneurial and cultural nature of each region differed. The inhabitants’ wellbeing improvement achieved varied accordingly. Much broader insights are drawn on the policies of the three monarchies regarding the initiative of and support for grand scale public works in general.

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9004312420

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The Chosen

By: Chaim Potok

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The Chosen

By: Chaim Potok

The story of two fathers and two sons and the pressures on all of them to pursue the religion they share in the way that is best suited to each. And as the boys grow into young men, they discover in the other a lost spiritual brother, and a link to an unexplored world that neither had ever considered before. In effect, they exchange places, and find the peace that neither will ever retreat from again.

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Simon and Schuster

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Scroll of Agony

The Warsaw Diary of Chaim A. Kaplan

By: Chaim Aron Kaplan

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Scroll of Agony

The Warsaw Diary of Chaim A. Kaplan

By: Chaim Aron Kaplan

The classic firsthand account of life and death in the Warsaw ghetto.

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Indiana University Press

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0253212936

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The Loyalist Conscience

Principled Opposition to the American Revolution

By: Chaim M. Rosenberg

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The Loyalist Conscience

Principled Opposition to the American Revolution

By: Chaim M. Rosenberg

Freedom of speech was restricted during the Revolutionary War. In the great struggle for independence, those who remained loyal to the British crown were persecuted with loss of employment, eviction from their homes, heavy taxation, confiscation of property and imprisonment. Loyalist Americans from all walks of life were branded as traitors and enemies of the people. By the end of the war, 80,000 had fled their homeland to face a dismal exile from which few would return, outcasts of a new republic based on democratic values of liberty, equality and justice.

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1476672458

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Halakhah

The Rabbinic Idea of Law

By: Chaim N. Saiman

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Halakhah

The Rabbinic Idea of Law

By: Chaim N. Saiman

How the rabbis of the Talmud transformed Jewish law into a way of thinking and talking about everything Typically translated as "Jewish law," halakhah is not an easy match for what is usually thought of as law. This is because the rabbinic legal system has rarely wielded the political power to enforce its rules, nor has it ever been the law of any state. Even more idiosyncratically, the talmudic rabbis claim the study of halakhah is a holy endeavor that brings a person closer to God—a claim no country makes of its law. Chaim Saiman traces how generations of rabbis have used concepts forged in talmudic disputation to do the work that other societies assign not only to philosophy, political theory, theology, and ethics but also to art, drama, and literature. Guiding readers across two millennia of richly illuminating perspectives, this panoramic book shows how halakhah is not just "law" but an entire way of thinking, being, and knowing.

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Princeton University Press

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0691210853

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Jews in Israel

Contemporary Social and Cultural Patterns

By: Uzi Rebhun,Chaim Isaac Waxman

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Jews in Israel

Contemporary Social and Cultural Patterns

By: Uzi Rebhun,Chaim Isaac Waxman

Offers a complete sociological perspective of Jews and Jewish life in Israel from 1948 to the present.

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UPNE

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1584653272

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Judaism: Religion of Reason

By: Rabbi Moshe Ben-Chaim

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Judaism: Religion of Reason

By: Rabbi Moshe Ben-Chaim

Jewish life has become tainted by man-made religions, mysticism and pop-kabballah. Based on the Sages' writings and 10 years in the making, Rabbi Moshe Ben-Chaim debunks these false notions, presenting an intelligent analysis of Torah to reveal beautiful insights. Judaism is the only religion based on proof and reason, not blind faith and superstitions. Intelligence is the only key that unlocks God's wisdom. Readers will quickly distinguish authentic Judaism from popular notions, preferring Torah's brilliance over simplistic belief.

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0578089483

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Lord Jakobovits

By: Chaim Bermant

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Lord Jakobovits

By: Chaim Bermant

Lord Jakobovits has been described by one commentator as Mrs Thatcher's father confessor. A staunch defender of Victorian values and family life, he has propounded his views with a forthrightness and vigour which have often placed him at the centre of controversy and have given him national prominence. And yet, if extremely conservative on some issues, he can be surprisingly liberal on others, and he is the only Orthodox rabbi of any eminence to have openly expressed his misgivings about Israel's treatment of the Palestinians and to have called for territorial concessions in the West Bank and Gaza. He is in fact difficult to categorise, and this vividly written, authorised biography attempts to reconcile the apparent contradictions in his views. It also describes the man, his colourful, vivacious wife, the circumstances and convictions which have helped to shape him, and the communities who identities he has helped to guide. Though not uncritical, it adds up to a remarkable portrait of a remarkable man.

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1448211182

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Wanderings

By: Chaim Potok

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Wanderings

By: Chaim Potok

A fascinating history of the Jews, told by a master novelist, here is Chaim Potok's fascinating, moving four thousand-year history. Recreating great historical events, exporing Jewish life in its infinite variety and in many eras and places, here is a unique work by a singular Jewish voice.

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0593359291

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For the Shabbat Table

By: Chaim Wilschanski

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For the Shabbat Table

By: Chaim Wilschanski

For the Shabbat Table is an in-depth study of the weekly Torah portions and holidays. They are taken from the treasury of the Torah, Talmud, Midrash, as well as from the writings of famous commentators. The author's explanations are incorporated throughout. Rabbi Chaim Wilschanski was a student of the Frankfurt and Gateshead Kollel HaRabanim, headed by the renowned Rabbi Dessler, z"l. He was the founder and Rabbi of the Hampstead Garden suburb Beth HaMidrash, London.

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9652292001

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Hebrew versus Greek

A Devotional Study of Scripture Through Two Lenses

By: Chaim Bentorah,Chris Palmer

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Hebrew versus Greek

A Devotional Study of Scripture Through Two Lenses

By: Chaim Bentorah,Chris Palmer

What do you get when you cross classical Hebrew with Koine Greek? It may sound like the metaphor for a strange new animal, but what it imparts is a fascinating dive into the Bible that’s rarely—if ever—been attempted before. In Hebrew versus Greek: A Devotional Study of Scripture Through Two Lenses, Hebrew scholar Chaim Bentorah and Greek scholar Chris Palmer explore fifty concepts from the Septuagint or LXX and explain the subtle differences found in Hebrew and Greek. You will discover how: God’s repentance over creating man benefits us Trusting in God binds us to His divine power God’s command to “fear not” gives us the authority to be courageous Saying there is no God is like walking through fog God embraces us with His strength in the dance of life The authors note that the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls has convinced many Bible scholars of the accuracy of the Septuagint. “This offers a whole new dimension to our understanding of the Old Testament and the importance of using the Greek Septuagint to explain some difficult passages,” Chaim notes. Hebrew versus Greek will draw you closer to the Lord through simple devotional lessons that explore the rich meanings found in these ancient languages.

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Whitaker House

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American Aliya

Portrait of an Innovative Migration Movement

By: Chaim I. Waxman

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American Aliya

Portrait of an Innovative Migration Movement

By: Chaim I. Waxman

Working within the context of the sociology of migration, Waxman provides primary research into a variety of dimensions of this movement and demonstrates the inadequacy of current migration theories to characterize aliya.

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Wayne State University Press

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0814343414

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Social Change and Halakhic Evolution in American Orthodoxy

By: Chaim I. Waxman

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Social Change and Halakhic Evolution in American Orthodoxy

By: Chaim I. Waxman

Chaim Waxman, a prominent sociologist of contemporary Orthodoxy, is one of the keenest observers of American Jewish society. In illustration of how Orthodoxy is adapting to modernity, he presents a detailed discussion of halakhic developments, particularly regarding women’s greater participation in ritual practices and other areas of communal life. He shows that the direction of change is not uniform: there is both greater stringency and greater leniency, and he discusses the many reasons for this, both in the Jewish community and in the wider society. Relations between the various sectors of American Orthodoxy over the past several decades are also considered.

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Liverpool University Press

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1786948540

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When a Jew Seeks Wisdom

The Sayings of the Fathers

By: Seymour Rossel,Hyman Chanover,Chaim Stern

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When a Jew Seeks Wisdom

The Sayings of the Fathers

By: Seymour Rossel,Hyman Chanover,Chaim Stern

An examination of Jewish tradition and values, using as a basis Pirke Avot, the teachings of rabbis who lived from 300 B.C.E. to 200 C.E.

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0874410894

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The Gift of Asher Lev

A Novel

By: Chaim Potok

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The Gift of Asher Lev

A Novel

By: Chaim Potok

“Extraordinary . . . No one but Chaim Potok could have written this strangely sweet, compelling, and deeply felt novel.”—The Cleveland Plain Dealer In his powerful My Name is Asher Lev, Chaim Potok gave the world an unforgettable character and a timeless story that The New York Times Book Review hailed as “little short of a work of genius.” The Chicago Sun-Times declared it “a story that had to be told.” Now, Chaim Potok’s beloved character returns to learn, to teach, to dream, in The Gift of Asher Lev. Twenty years have passed. Asher Lev is a world-renowned artist living with his young family in France. Still, he is unsure of his artistic direction. Success has not brought ease to his heart. Then Asher’s beloved uncle dies suddenly, and Asher and his family rush back to Brooklyn—and into a world that Asher thought he had left behind forever. It is a journey of confrontation and discovery as Asher purges his past in search of new inspiration for his art and begins to understand the true meaning of sacrifice and the painful joy in sharing the most precious gift of all. Praise for The Gift of Asher Lev “A masterwork.”—Newsday “Rivals anything Chaim Potok has ever produced. It is a book written with passion about passion. You’re not likely to read anything better this year.”—The Detroit News “Fascinating.”—The Washington Post Book World “Very moving.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

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0307575527

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John Lowell Jr. and His Institute

The Power of Knowledge

By: Chaim M. Rosenberg

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John Lowell Jr. and His Institute

The Power of Knowledge

By: Chaim M. Rosenberg

This book examines the life and legacy of John Lowell Jr (1799–1836) through the establishment of the Lowell Institute, still active in Boston, which offers free education.

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1793644608

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My Name Is Asher Lev

By: Chaim Potok

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My Name Is Asher Lev

By: Chaim Potok

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this modern classic from the National Book Award–nominated author of The Chosen, a young religious artist is compulsively driven to render the world he sees and feels, even when it leads him to blasphemy. “A novel of finely articulated tragic power .... Little short of a work of genius.”—The New York Times Book Review Asher Lev is a Ladover Hasid who keeps kosher, prays three times a day and believes in the Ribbono Shel Olom, the Master of the Universe. He grows up in a cloistered Hasidic community in postwar Brooklyn, a world suffused by ritual and revolving around a charismatic Rebbe. He is torn between two identities, the one consecrated to God, the other devoted only to art and his imagination, and in time, his artistic gift threatens to estrange him from that world and the parents he adores. As it follows his struggle, My Name Is Asher Lev becomes a luminous, visionary portrait of the artist, by turns heartbreaking and exultant.

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Jewish Meditations on the Meaning of Death

By: Chaim Z. Rozwaski

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Jewish Meditations on the Meaning of Death

By: Chaim Z. Rozwaski

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Jason Aronson, Incorporated

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1461734533

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Jericho Sleep Alone

By: Chaim Bermant

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Jericho Sleep Alone

By: Chaim Bermant

Part Bildungsroman, part hymn to the city of Glasgow, Jericho Sleep Alone is without a doubt the finest book written about the Scots-Jewish experience. From Bar Mitzvah to an unfulfilling teaching career, Jericho Eli Broock finds himself a perennial outsider and unlucky in love, neither his on-off affair with the flighty Ninna or his financially prudent dalliance with the homely Camilla coming to fruition. Will the sometimes oppressive aid of the Jewish community make all well in his world?

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The Promise

By: Chaim Potok

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The Promise

By: Chaim Potok

In a passionate, energetic narrative, The Promise brilliantly dramatizes what it is to master and use knowledge to make one’s own way in the world. Reuven Malter lives in Brooklyn, he’s in love, and he’s studying to be a rabbi. He also keeps challenging the strict interpretations of his teachers, and if he keeps it up, his dream of becoming a rabbi may die. One day, worried about a disturbed, unhappy boy named Michael, Reuven takes him sailing and cloud-watching. Reuven also introduces him to an old friend, Danny Saunders—now a psychologist with a growing reputation. Reconnected by their shared concern for Michael, Reuven and Danny each learns what it is to take on life—whether sacred truths or a troubled child—according to his own lights, not just established authority.

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1400095417

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Turning Judaism Outward

A Biography of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson the Seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe

By: Chaim Miller

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Turning Judaism Outward

A Biography of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson the Seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe

By: Chaim Miller

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994), the Lubavitcher Rebbe, took an insular Chasidic group that was almost decimated by the Holocaust and transformed it into one of the most influential and controversial forces in world Jewry. This superbly crafted biography draws on recently uncovered documents and archives of personal correspondence, painting an exceptionally human and charming portrait of a man who was well known but little understood. With a sharp attention to detail and an effortless style, Chaim Miller takes us on a soaring journey through the life, mind and struggles of one of the most interesting religious personalities of the Twentieth Century. --

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Kol Menachem

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1934152366

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Shield of David

A History of Jewish Servicemen in America's Armed Forces

By: Chaim M. Rosenberg

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Shield of David

A History of Jewish Servicemen in America's Armed Forces

By: Chaim M. Rosenberg

Jews first arrived in the New World in 1654, seeking religious freedom. Since the beginning of American nationhood, Jewish volunteers and conscripts fought in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, on both sides of the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, in both World Wars, and in the Korean, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Over the years, the American military learned to integrate its Jewish servicemen and women by providing Jewish military chaplains, kosher food, religious services, and placing the Star of David on the graves of fallen Jewish soldiers. The end of conscription and the establishment of the All-Volunteer Force in 1973 offered other paths to serve our country. American Jews have contributed with distinction in the arts and sciences, academia, entertainment, government, and in building the economy. For Jews, America is the Goldene Medina—the Golden Country.

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In the Beginning

A Novel

By: Chaim Potok

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In the Beginning

A Novel

By: Chaim Potok

“Powerful . . . It successfully recreates a time and place and the journey of a soul.”—The New York Times All beginnings are hard—that is the lesson David Lurie learns early and painfully in his life. As a boy in the depression-shadowed Bronx, he must begin to hold his own against neighborhood bullies and the treacherous frailties of his own health. As a young man in a world menaced by a distant, horrifying war, he must begin once more—this time to define a resolute path of personal belief that departs boldly from the tradition of his teachers and his own father, a courageous defender of their people. Learning how to remember his past as he nourishes the future, David struggles to complete his first long journey into ancient beginnings. “A major work in every sense.”—Pittsburgh Press

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Ballantine Books

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044900113X

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Shemoneh Esrei

The Amidah

By: Avrohom Chaim Feuer

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Shemoneh Esrei

The Amidah

By: Avrohom Chaim Feuer

In this warm and informative book, the author brings his deft touch and great sensitivity to the foremost prayer of the day. Every phrase of Shemoneh Esrei is treated with selections from thousands of years of Jewish thought. It's a masterful blend of ideas, anecdotes, and inspiration.

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Mesorah Publications

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0899066038

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