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The Journey Home

Discovering the Deep Spiritual Wisdom of the Jewish Tradition

By: Lawrence A. Hoffman

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The Journey Home

Discovering the Deep Spiritual Wisdom of the Jewish Tradition

By: Lawrence A. Hoffman

Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman is widely recognized as a leader in bringing spiritual innovation into modern Jewish life and worship. Now, drawing on a lifetime of study, he explores the Jewish way of being in the world-the Jewish relationship to God and to questions of human purpose that lie just below the surface of biblical and rabbinic literature.

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0807036218

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9780807036211

The Way Into Jewish Prayer

By: Lawrence A. Hoffman

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The Way Into Jewish Prayer

By: Lawrence A. Hoffman

The Way Into ... Series offers an accessible and highly usable "guided tour" of the Jewish faith, people, history, and beliefs -- in total, an introduction to Judaism that will enable you to understand and interact with the sacred texts of the Jewish tradition. Each volume is written by a leading contemporary scholar and teacher, and explores one key aspect of Judaism. The Way Into ... enables all readers to achieve a real sense of Jewish cultural literacy through guided study. Book jacket.

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Jewish Lights Publishing

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1580232019

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The Art of Public Prayer

Not for Clergy Only

By: Lawrence A. Hoffman

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The Art of Public Prayer

Not for Clergy Only

By: Lawrence A. Hoffman

A resource for worshipers today looking to change hardened worship patterns that stand in the way of everyday spirituality. All too often, those who attend church or synagogue find themselves bored or baffled by the service. Their predominant thought is how slowly the time ticks by--and that the service never seems to end. Written for laypeople and clergy of any denomination, The Art of Public Prayer examines how and why religious ritual works--and why it often doesn't work. The Art of Public Prayer uses psychology, social science, theology and common sense to explain the key roles played by ritual, symbolism, liturgy and song in services. Each chapter features "conversation points" designed to get you and your faith community thinking and talking about your own worship patterns--where they succeed, and where they need improvement. The Art of Public Prayer can help you and your fellow congregants revitalize your worship service by allowing you to organize and direct your own worship, making it a meaningful and fulfilling part of your life.

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SkyLight Paths Publishing

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1893361063

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Israel—A Spiritual Travel Guide (2nd Edition)

A Companion for the Modern Jewish Pilgrim

By: Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD

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Israel—A Spiritual Travel Guide (2nd Edition)

A Companion for the Modern Jewish Pilgrim

By: Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD

Be spiritually prepared for your journey in Israel. The only travel guide to Israel that will help you to prepare spiritually for your visit. Combining, in quick reference format, ancient blessings, medieval prayers, biblical references, and modern poetry, it helps today’s pilgrim tap into the deep spiritual meaning of the ancient—and modern—sites of the Holy Land. For each of 25 major tourist destinations—from the Western Wall to Masada to a kibbutz in the Galilee—it gives guidance in sharply focused, four-step sections: Anticipation: To read in advance. Information to help orient you in the site’s historical context. Approach: To read on the way there. Readings from traditional and modern sources to orient you in the site’s spiritual context. Acknowledgment: To read at the site. A prayer or blessing to integrate the experience into your spiritual consciousness. Afterthought: Journaling space for writing your own thoughts and impressions. More than a guidebook: It is a spiritual map of the Holy Land.

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Turner Publishing Company

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1580235727

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What You Will See Inside a Synagogue

By: Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD,Dr. Ron Wolfson

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What You Will See Inside a Synagogue

By: Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD,Dr. Ron Wolfson

A colorful, fun-to-read introduction that explains the ways and whys of Jewish worship, faith, and religious life. What You Will See Inside a Synagogue will: Satisfy kids’ curiosity about what goes on in synagogues attended by their friends, broadening awareness of other faiths at an important age when opinions and prejudices can first form. Provide Jewish children with a deeper understanding of the practices of their own religious tradition. Give children the opportunity to ask questions, making them more active participants. Colorful full-page photographs set the scene for concise but informative descriptions of what is happening, the objects used, the clergy and laypeople who have specific roles, the spiritual intent of the believers, and more. The What You Will See Inside... series is designed to show children ages 6–10 the Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How of traditional houses of worship, liturgical celebrations, and rituals of different world faiths, empowering them to respect and understand their own religious traditions—and those of their friends and neighbors.

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1594735026

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The Way Into Jewish Prayer

By: Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD

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The Way Into Jewish Prayer

By: Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD

An accessible introduction to the reasons for and the ways of Jewish prayer. The Way Into Jewish Prayer helps us to explore the reasons for and the ways of Jewish prayer. It opens the door to 3,000 years of Jewish prayer, making available all you need to feel at home in the Jewish way of communicating with God.

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1580235549

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Sacred Strategies

Transforming Synagogues from Functional to Visionary

By: Isa Aron,Steven M. Cohen,Lawrence A. Hoffman,Ari Y. Kelman

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Sacred Strategies

Transforming Synagogues from Functional to Visionary

By: Isa Aron,Steven M. Cohen,Lawrence A. Hoffman,Ari Y. Kelman

Sacred Strategies is about eight synagogues that reached out and helped people connect to Jewish life in a new way—congregations that had gone from commonplace to extraordinary. Over a period of two years, researchers Aron, Cohen, Hoffman, and Kelman interviewed 175 synagogue leaders and a selection of congregants (ranging from intensely committed to largely inactive). They found these congregations shared six traits: sacred purpose, holistic ethos, participatory culture, meaningful engagement, innovation disposition, and reflective leadership and governance. They write for synagogue leaders eager to transform their congregations, federations and foundations interested in encouraging and supporting this transformation, and researchers in congregational studies who will want to explore further. Part 1 of this book demonstrates how these characteristics are exemplified in the four central aspects of synagogue life: worship, learning, community building, and social justice. Part 2 explores questions such as: What enabled some congregations to become visionary? What hindered others from doing so? What advice might we give to congregational, federation, and foundation leaders? The picture that emerges in this book is one of congregations that were entrepreneurial, experimental, and committed to 'something better.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1566996236

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Covenant of Blood

Circumcision and Gender in Rabbinic Judaism

By: Lawrence A. Hoffman

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Covenant of Blood

Circumcision and Gender in Rabbinic Judaism

By: Lawrence A. Hoffman

Central to both biblical narrative and rabbinic commentary, circumcision has remained a defining rite of Jewish identity, a symbol so powerful that challenges to it have always been considered taboo. Lawrence Hoffman seeks to find out why circumcision holds such an important place in the Jewish psyche. He traces the symbolism of circumcision through Jewish history, examining its evolution as a symbol of the covenant in the post-exilic period of the Bible and its subsequent meaning in the formative era of Mishnah and Talmud. In the rabbinic system, Hoffman argues, circumcision was neither a birth ritual nor the beginning of the human life cycle, but a rite of covenantal initiation into a male "life line." Although the evolution of the rite was shaped by rabbinic debates with early Christianity, the Rabbis shared with the church a view of blood as providing salvation. Hoffman examines the particular significance of circumcision blood, which, in addition to its salvific role, contrasted with menstrual blood to symbolize the gender dichotomy within the rabbinic system. His analysis of the Rabbis' views of circumcision and menstrual blood sheds light on the marginalization of women in rabbinic law. Differentiating official mores about gender from actual practice, Hoffman surveys women's spirituality within rabbinic society and examines the roles mothers played in their sons' circumcisions until the medieval period, when they were finally excluded.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226347834

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The Journey Home

Discovering the Deep Spiritual Wisdom of the Jewish Tradition

By: Lawrence A. Hoffman

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Discovering the Deep Spiritual Wisdom of the Jewish Tradition

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Rethinking Synagogues

A New Vocabulary for Congregational Life

By: Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD

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Rethinking Synagogues

A New Vocabulary for Congregational Life

By: Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD

A critical and challenging look at reinventing the synagogue, as the centerpiece of a refashioned Jewish community. “America is undergoing a spiritual revolution: only the fourth religious awakening in its history. I plead, therefore, for an equally spiritual synagogue, knowing that any North American Jewish community that hopes to be around in a hundred years must have religion at its center, with the synagogue, the religious institution that best fits North American culture, at its very core.” —from Chapter 1 Synagogues are under attack, and for good reasons. But they remain the religious backbone of Jewish continuity, especially in America, the sole Western industrial or post-industrial nation where religion and spirituality continue to grow in importance. To fulfill their mandate for the American future, synagogues need to replace old and tired conversation with a new way of talking about their goals, their challenges and their vision for the future. In this provocative clarion call for synagogue transformation, Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman summarizes a decade of research with Synagogue 2000—a pioneering experiment that reconceptualized synagogue life—providing fresh ways for synagogues to think as they undertake the exciting task of global change.

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1580236405

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Beyond the Text

A Holistic Approach to Liturgy

By: Lawrence A. Hoffman

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Beyond the Text

A Holistic Approach to Liturgy

By: Lawrence A. Hoffman

This unique and groundbreaking study moves "beyond the texts" of prayers to carefully study the worshipping community from an anthropological perspective. Hoffman's innovative approach opens up the world of prayer to the academy and the community at large. With the publication of this book, the study of liturgy will never again be the same.

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Indiana University Press

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0253113873

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The Art of Public Prayer (2nd Edition)

Not for Clergy Only

By: Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD

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The Art of Public Prayer (2nd Edition)

Not for Clergy Only

By: Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD

A resource for worshipers today looking to change hardened worship patterns that stand in the way of everyday spirituality. All too often, those who attend church or synagogue find themselves bored or baffled by the service. Their predominant thought is how slowly the time ticks by—and that the service never seems to end. Written for laypeople and clergy of any denomination, The Art of Public Prayer examines how and why religious ritual works—and why it often doesn't work. The Art of Public Prayer uses psychology, social science, theology and common sense to explain the key roles played by ritual, symbolism, liturgy and song in services. Each chapter features "conversation points" designed to get you and your faith community thinking and talking about your own worship patterns—where they succeed, and where they need improvement. The Art of Public Prayer can help you and your fellow congregants revitalize your worship service by allowing you to organize and direct your own worship, making it a meaningful and fulfilling part of your life.

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Covenant of Blood

Circumcision and Gender in Rabbinic Judaism

By: Lawrence A. Hoffman

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Circumcision and Gender in Rabbinic Judaism

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The Way Into Jewish Mystical Tradition

By: Lawrence A. Hoffman,Lawrence Kushner

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The Way Into Jewish Mystical Tradition

By: Lawrence A. Hoffman,Lawrence Kushner

An accessible introduction to the concepts of Jewish mysticism and how they relate to our lives. Allows us to experience mysticism's inexpressible reverence before the mystery of creation and celebrate the quest to transform ordinary reality into holiness.

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Jewish Lights Publishing

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1580232000

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An Archaeology of Australia Since 1788

By: Susan Lawrence,Peter Davies

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An Archaeology of Australia Since 1788

By: Susan Lawrence,Peter Davies

This volume provides an important new synthesis of archaeological work carried out in Australia on the post-contact period. It draws on dozens of case studies from a wide geographical and temporal span to explore the daily life of Australians in settings such as convict stations, goldfields, whalers' camps, farms, pastoral estates and urban neighbourhoods. The different conditions experienced by various groups of people are described in detail, including rich and poor, convicts and their superiors, Aboriginal people, women, children, and migrant groups. The social themes of gender, class, ethnicity, status and identity inform every chapter, demonstrating that these are vital parts of human experience, and cannot be separated from archaeologies of industry, urbanization and culture contact. The book engages with a wide range of contemporary discussions and debates within Australian history and the international discipline of historical archaeology. The colonization of Australia was part of the international expansion of European hegemony in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. The material discussed here is thus fundamentally part of the global processes of colonization and the creation of settler societies, the industrial revolution, the development of mass consumer culture, and the emergence of national identities. Drawing out these themes and integrating them with the analysis of archaeological materials highlights the vital relevance of archaeology in modern society.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1441974857

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Sacred Places and the Pilgrimage of Life

By: Lawrence A. Hoffman

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Sacred Places and the Pilgrimage of Life

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A discussion of three types of sacred places: those of natural beauty, those of historical significance, and those made holy by human ritual.

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Rethinking Synagogues

A New Vocabulary for Congregational Life

By: Lawrence A. Hoffman

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A New Vocabulary for Congregational Life

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A critical and challenging look at reinventing the synagogue, as the centerpiece of a refashioned Jewish community. America is undergoing a spiritual revolution: only the fourth religious awakening in its history. I plead, therefore, for an equally spiritual synagogue, knowing that any North American Jewish community that hopes to be around in a hundred years must have religion at its center, with the synagogue, the religious institution that best fits North American culture, at its very core. from Chapter 1 Synagogues are under attack, and for good reasons. But they remain the religious backbone of Jewish continuity, especially in America, the sole Western industrial or post-industrial nation where religion and spirituality continue to grow in importance. To fulfill their mandate for the American future, synagogues need to replace old and tired conversation with a new way of talking about their goals, their challenges and their vision for the future. In this provocative clarion call for synagogue transformation, Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman summarizes a decade of research with Synagogue 2000 a pioneering experiment that reconceptualized synagogue life providing fresh ways for synagogues to think as they undertake the exciting task of global change.

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1580232485

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The Art of Public Prayer

Not for Clergy Only

By: Lawrence A. Hoffman

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What You Will See Inside a Synagogue

By: Lawrence A. Hoffman,Ron Wolfson

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By: Lawrence A. Hoffman,Ron Wolfson

Names and explains the various objects found in a synagogue, how they are used in the service and other events, the rabbi and lay people who use them, and the meaning behind them.

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Broken Tablets

Restoring the Ten Commandments and Ourselves

By: Lawrence Kushner,Arnold Jacob Wolf,Eugene B. Borowitz

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Broken Tablets

Restoring the Ten Commandments and Ourselves

By: Lawrence Kushner,Arnold Jacob Wolf,Eugene B. Borowitz

Even people who claim not to be ?religious? will generally maintain that they do observe the Ten Commandments. Why is it that these ten statements, thousands of years old, continue to have such a special hold on us? Here, twelve outstanding spiritual leaders from across the spectrum of Jewish thought bring us to the life and soul of the Ten Commandments? unusual power. In voices that are personal and diverse, they help us take a closer look at the ten utterances that not only touch every aspect of our lives, but also present each of us with a profound challenge. Contributors include: Eugene B. Borowitz ? Leonard Fein ? Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer ? Laura Geller ? Lawrence A. Hoffman ? Menachem Kellner ? Peter S. Knobel ? Richard N. Levy ? Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi ? Levi Weiman-Kelman

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1580231586

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