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Reinventing Project Management

The Diamond Approach To Successful Growth And Innovation

By: Aaron J. Shenhar,Dov Dvir

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Reinventing Project Management

The Diamond Approach To Successful Growth And Innovation

By: Aaron J. Shenhar,Dov Dvir

Projects are the engines that drive innovation from idea to commercialization. In fact, the number of projects in most organizations today is expanding while operations is shrinking. Yet, since many companies still focus on operational excellence and efficiency, most projects fail--largely because conventional project management concepts cannot adapt to a dynamic business environment. Moreover, top managers neglect their company's project activity, and line managers treat all their projects alike--as part of operations. Based on an unprecedented study of more than 600 projects in a variety of businesses and organizations around the globe, "Reinventing Project Management" provides a new and highly adaptive model for planning and managing projects to achieve superior business results.

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Harvard Business Review Press

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1591398002

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9781591398004

Folktales of the Jews, Volume 2

Tales from Eastern Europe

By: Dan Ben-Amos,Dov Noy

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Folktales of the Jews, Volume 2

Tales from Eastern Europe

By: Dan Ben-Amos,Dov Noy

Folktales from Eastern Europe presents 71 tales from Ashkenasic culture in the most important collection of Jewish folktales ever published. It is the second volume in Folktales of the Jews, the five-volume series to be released over the next several years, in the tradition of Louis Ginzberg's classic, Legends of the Jews. The tales here and the others in this series have been selected from the Israel Folktale Archives at The University of Haifa, Israel (IFA), a treasure house of Jewish lore that has remained largely unavailable to the entire world until now. Since the creation of the State of Israel, the IFA has collected more than 20,000 tales from newly arrived immigrants, long-lost stories shared by their families from around the world. The tales come from the major ethno-linguistic communities of the Jewish world and are representative of a wide variety of subjects and motifs, especially rich in Jewish content and context. Each of the tales is accompanied by in-depth commentary that explains the tale's cultural, historical, and literary background and its similarity to other tales in the IFA collection, and extensive scholarly notes. There is also an introduction that describes the Ashkenasic culture and its folk narrative tradition, a world map of the areas covered, illustrations, biographies of the collectors and narrators, tale type and motif indexes, a subject index, and a comprehensive bibliography. Until the establishment of the IFA, we had had only limited access to the wide range of Jewish folk narratives. Even in Israel, the gathering place of the most wide-ranging cross-section of world Jewry, these folktales have remained largely unknown. Many of the communities no longer exist as cohesive societies in their representative lands; the Holocaust, migration, and changes in living styles have made the continuation of these tales impossible. This volume and the others to come will be monuments to a rich but vanishing oral tradition

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Jewish Publication Society

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0827608306

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9780827608306

Folktales of the Jews, Volume 1

Tales from the Sephardic Dispersion

By: Dov Noy,Dan Ben-Amos,Ellen Frankel

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Folktales of the Jews, Volume 1

Tales from the Sephardic Dispersion

By: Dov Noy,Dan Ben-Amos,Ellen Frankel

Tales from the Sephardic Dispersion begins the most important collection of Jewish folktales ever published. It is the first volume in Folktales of the Jews, the five-volume series to be released over the next several years, in the tradition of Louis Ginzberg's classic, Legends of the Jews. The 71 tales here and the others in this series have been selected from the Israel Folktale Archives, Named in Honor of Dov Noy, The University of Haifa (IFA), a treasure house of Jewish lore that has remained largely unavailable to the entire world until now. Since the creation of the State of Israel, the IFA has collected more than 20,000 tales from newly arrived immigrants, long-lost stories shared by their families from around the world. The tales come from the major ethno-linguistic communities of the Jewish world and are representative of a wide variety of subjects and motifs, especially rich in Jewish content and context. Each of the tales is accompanied by in-depth commentary that explains the tale's cultural, historical, and literary background and its similarity to other tales in the IFA collection, and extensive scholarly notes. There is also an introduction that describes the Sephardic culture and its folk narrative tradition, a world map of the areas covered, illustrations, biographies of the collectors and narrators, tale type and motif indexes, a subject index, and a comprehensive bibliography. Until the establishment of the IFA, we had had only limited access to the wide range of Jewish folk narratives. Even in Israel, the gathering place of the most wide-ranging cross-section of world Jewry, these folktales have remained largely unknown. Many of the communities no longer exist as cohesive societies in their representative lands; the Holocaust, migration, and changes in living styles have made the continuation of these tales impossible. This volume and the others to come will be monuments to a rich but vanishing oral tradition.

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Jewish Publication Society

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0827608292

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9780827608290

Object-Process Methodology

A Holistic Systems Paradigm

By: Dov Dori

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Object-Process Methodology

A Holistic Systems Paradigm

By: Dov Dori

Object-Process Methodology (OPM) is an intuitive approach to systems engineering. This book presents the theory and practice of OPM with examples from various industry segments and engineering disciplines, as well as daily life. OPM is a generic, domain independent approach that is applicable almost anywhere in systems engineering.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642562094

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9783642562099

Faith at the Crossroads

A Theological Profile of Religious Zionism

By: Dov Schwartz

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Faith at the Crossroads

A Theological Profile of Religious Zionism

By: Dov Schwartz

The book exposes the theological foundations of religious-Zionism. Relying on a rigorous analysis of new primary sources, Schwartz argues that this movement strove to build a new religious consciousness, in light of the Jewish national renaissance in the twentieth century.

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BRILL

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9004124616

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9789004124615

Israel's Declaration of Independence

The History and Political Theory of the Nation's Founding Moment

By: Neil Rogachevsky,Dov Zigler

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Israel's Declaration of Independence

The History and Political Theory of the Nation's Founding Moment

By: Neil Rogachevsky,Dov Zigler

The first book-length treatment of the history and political thought of Israel's Declaration of Independence and its drafting process - a momentous text and a pivotal moment in twentieth-century history. The authors examine the political and theoretical dilemmas faced by the founders of Israel as they prepared to declare independence.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316514773

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Religion Or Halakha

The Philosophy of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik

By: Dov Shṿarts

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Religion Or Halakha

The Philosophy of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik

By: Dov Shṿarts

This book focuses on the first stages of Soloveitchik's philosophy, through a systematic and detailed discussion of his essay Halakhic Man. Schwartz successfully exposes hidden layers in Halakhic Man, which may not be immediately evident.

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9004157662

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9789004157668

Agnon's Art of Indirection

Uncovering Latent Content in the Fiction of S.Y. Agnon

By: Nitza Ben-Dov

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Agnon's Art of Indirection

Uncovering Latent Content in the Fiction of S.Y. Agnon

By: Nitza Ben-Dov

Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888-1970), winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1966 and the undisputed master of the Hebrew novel, still remains largely an unknown or even misunderstood figure. Agnon's innovation was to construct an intricate dialectic between Hebrew tradition and the modern predicament, thereby producing a very distinctive mode of modernist narrative. Agnon deployed a technique of rich allusiveness drawn from traditional Hebrew lore and language using free-association, especially by means of imaginative dream-sequences designed to unveil the ambivalent but fateful meanings in the apparently inconsequential events and thoughts which determine the lives of his characters. This book explores the methods and materials of Agnon's art so as to provide the English reader with insight into his unique fictional world, and it proposes a fresh approach to the reading of Agnon which will also be of interest to those familiar with his work and the crucial literature on it.

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900467912X

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9789004679122

From Phenomenology to Existentialism

The Philosophy of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Volume 2

By: Dov Schwartz

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From Phenomenology to Existentialism

The Philosophy of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Volume 2

By: Dov Schwartz

Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik’s philosophy plays a significant role in twentieth century Jewish thought. This book focuses on the first and the second stages of Soloveitchik’s philosophy (1945-1965), through a systematic and detailed discussion of some of his essays, including "From There You Shall Seek" and "The Lonely Man of Faith". Schwartz analyzes these essays according to this thesis: in the mid 40s Soloveitchik used the phenomenology of religion to express his views, while in the 50s he added the existential theory.

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9004243348

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9789004243347

Religious Zionism and the Six Day War

From Realism to Messianism

By: Avi Sagi,Dov Schwartz

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Religious Zionism and the Six Day War

From Realism to Messianism

By: Avi Sagi,Dov Schwartz

This book offers a new insight into the political, social, and religious conduct of religious-Zionism, whose consequences are evident in Israeli society today. Before the Six-Day War, religious-Zionism had limited its concern to the protection of specific religious interests, with its representatives having little share in the determination of Israel’s national agenda. Fifty years after it, religious-Zionism has turned into one of Israeli society’s dominant elements. The presence of this group in all aspects of Israel’s life and its members’ determination to set Israel’s social, cultural, and international agenda is indisputable. Delving into this dramatic transformation, the book depicts the Six-Day War as a constitutive event that indelibly changed the political and religious consciousness of religious-Zionists. The perception of real history that had guided this movement from its dawn was replaced by a "sacred history" approach that became an actual program of political activity. As part of a process that has unfolded over the last thirty years, the body and sexuality have also become a central concern in the movement’s practice, reflection, and discourse. The how and why of this shift in religious-Zionism – from passivity and a consciousness of marginality to the front lines of public life – is this book’s central concern. The book will be of interest to readers and scholars concerned with changing dynamic societies and with the study of religion and particularly with the relationship between religion and politics.

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Routledge

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0429757239

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9780429757235

German Jews in the Era of the “Final Solution”

Essays on Jewish and Universal History

By: Otto Dov Kulka

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German Jews in the Era of the “Final Solution”

Essays on Jewish and Universal History

By: Otto Dov Kulka

These essays, written in the course of half a century of research and thought on German and Jewish history, deal with the uniqueness of a phenomenon in its historical and philosophical context. Applying the "classical" empirical tools to this unprecedented historical chapter, Kulka strives to incorporate it into the continuum of Jewish and universal history. At the same time he endeavors to fathom the meaning of the ideologically motivated mass murder and incalculable suffering. The author presents a multifaceted, integrative history, encompassing the German society, its attitudes toward the Jews and toward the anti-Jewish policy of the Nazi regime; as well as the Jewish society, its self-perception and its leadership.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110671433

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9783110671438

The Shochet

A Memoir of Jewish Life in Ukraine and Crimea

By: Pinkhes-Dov Goldenshteyn

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The Shochet

A Memoir of Jewish Life in Ukraine and Crimea

By: Pinkhes-Dov Goldenshteyn

Set in Ukraine and Crimea, this unique autobiography offers a fascinating, detailed picture of life in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Tsarist Russia. Goldenshteyn (1848-1930), a traditional Jew who was orphaned as a young boy, is a master storyteller. Folksy, funny, streetwise, and self-confident, he is a keen observer of nineteenth-century Eastern Europe, both Jewish and non-Jewish. His accounts are vivid and readable, sometimes stunning in their intensity. The memoir is brimming with information; his adventures shed light on communal life, persecution, family relationships, religious practices and beliefs, social classes, local politics, interactions between Jews and other religious communities (including Muslims, who formed the majority of Crimea’s populace), epidemics, poverty, competition for resources, migration, war, modernity and secularization, holy men and charlatans, acts of kindness and acts of treachery. In chronicling his own life, Goldenshteyn inadvertently tells a bigger story—the story of how a small, oppressed people, among other minority groups, struggled for survival in the massive Russian Empire. Until now, only a small circle of Yiddish-speaking scholars had access to this extremely significant primary source. This translation is a game-changer, making this treasure trove of information accessible to academics and ordinary readers alike. Informed by research in Ukrainian, Israeli, and American archives and personal interviews with the few surviving individuals who knew Goldenshteyn personally, The Shochet is a magnificent new contribution to Jewish and Eastern European history.

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Academic Studies PRess

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9798887193021

Studies on Astral Magic in Medieval Jewish Thought

By: Dov Schwartz

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Studies on Astral Magic in Medieval Jewish Thought

By: Dov Schwartz

Astral magic is shown to be a major influence in Jewish medieval thought. The book traces its winding course in the work of such figures as Judah Halevi, Nahmanides and others, and provides a new perspective on medieval Jewish rationalism.

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BRILL

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9047406885

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9789047406884

A Long Night in Paris

Winner of the Crime Writers' Association International Dagger

By: Dov Alfon

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A Long Night in Paris

Winner of the Crime Writers' Association International Dagger

By: Dov Alfon

From a former Israeli spy, comes the most realistic and authentic thriller of the year. The Times Number One Bestseller Winner of the CWA International Dagger. A Times, Telegraph and FT pick for Summer Reads 2019 "The year's best espionage thriller" Daily Telegraph Best Books of 2019 "Breathlessly exciting" Marcel Berlins, The Times. "Races along with pace and verve" Adam LeBor, Financial Times "A genuinely thrilling espionage novel" John Williams, Mail on Sunday "A deeply enjoyable espionage thriller" Jake Kerridge, Daily Telegraph. When an Israeli tech exec disappears from Charles de Gaulle airport with a woman in red, logic dictates youthful indiscretion. But Israel is on a state of high alert nonetheless. Colonel Zeev Abadi, the new head of Unit 8200's Special Section, just happens to have arrived on the same flight. For Commissaire Léger of the Paris Police, all coincidences are suspect. When a second young Israeli from the flight is kidnapped, this time at gunpoint from his hotel room, his suspicions are confirmed - and a diplomatic crisis looms. As the race to identify the victims and the reasons behind their abductions intensifies, a covert Chinese commando team watches from the rooftops, while hour by hour the morgue receives fresh bodies from around Paris. This could be one long night in the City of Lights. Translated from the Hebrew by Daniela Zamir

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MacLehose Press

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0857058827

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9780857058829

Community, Covenant, and Commitment

Selected Letters and Communications of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik

By: Joseph Dov Soloveitchik,Netanʼel Helfgoṭ

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Community, Covenant, and Commitment

Selected Letters and Communications of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik

By: Joseph Dov Soloveitchik,Netanʼel Helfgoṭ

Community, Covenant and Commitment, edited by Nathaniel Helfgot, brings to light unpublished manuscripts and material of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the foremost Orthodox Jewish thinker of the 20th century. It includes close to eighty letters and communications, most never published before, on a wide range of communal, political and theological issues that confronted American Jewry in the twentieth century, including Communal and Public Policy Issues; Academic and Educational Issues; Orthodoxy, the Synagogue and the American Jewish Community; Religious Zionism and the State of Israel; Interreligious Affairs; and Torah, Philosophical and Personal Insights.

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KTAV Publishing House, Inc.

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0881258725

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9780881258721

Agnon's Art of Indirection

Uncovering Latent Content in the Fiction of S.Y. Agnon

By: Nitza Ben-Dov

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Agnon's Art of Indirection

Uncovering Latent Content in the Fiction of S.Y. Agnon

By: Nitza Ben-Dov

This study demonstrates how Agnon combined traditional Hebrew lore, modern literary devices and, especially, highly crafted dream-sequences revealing subconscious motivations behind apparently fortuitous acts and decisions, thus creating a unique narrative form reflecting the "indeterminacy" of human behaviour.

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9004098631

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9789004098633

Reinventing Project Management

The Diamond Approach To Successful Growth And Innovation

By: Aaron J. Shenhar,Dov Dvir

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Reinventing Project Management

The Diamond Approach To Successful Growth And Innovation

By: Aaron J. Shenhar,Dov Dvir

Projects are the engines that drive innovation from idea to commercialization. In fact, the number of projects in most organizations today is expanding while operations is shrinking. Yet, since many companies still focus on operational excellence and efficiency, most projects fail—largely because conventional project management concepts cannot adapt to a dynamic business environment. Moreover, top managers neglect their company's project activity, and line managers treat all their projects alike—as part of operations. Based on an unprecedented study of more than 600 projects in a variety of businesses and organizations around the globe, Reinventing Project Management provides a new and highly adaptive model for planning and managing projects to achieve superior business results.

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Harvard Business Press

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1422163474

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