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Modern Arabic Poetry

1800 - 1970 ; the Development of Its Forms and Themes Under the the Influence of Western Literature

By: Shmuel Moreh

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Modern Arabic Poetry

1800 - 1970 ; the Development of Its Forms and Themes Under the the Influence of Western Literature

By: Shmuel Moreh

The purpose of this book is to trace the development of the differing forms employed in various liteary movements in modern Arabic poetry. This development seems to me the most important elemment in the understanding of the contemporary revolution in Arabic poetry. Moreover, this revolution is considered to be the first in the history of Arabic poetry in which the influence of foreign literature has been such that it las almost completely cut off modervn Arabic poetry from its classical heritage." from Introduction.

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Brill Archive

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9004047956

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Haskalah and History

The Emergence of a Modern Jewish Historical Consciousness

By: Shmuel Feiner

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Haskalah and History

The Emergence of a Modern Jewish Historical Consciousness

By: Shmuel Feiner

‘This impressive study will doubtless come to be considered one of the definitive works in the intellectual history of the Jewish Enlightenment . . . The outstanding nature of this work, its conceptual clarity, and its penetrating analysis make it an exceptional piece of historical research.’ From the Arnold Wiznitzer Prize citation

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Liverpool University Press

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1909821322

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Moses Mendelssohn

Sage of Modernity

By: Shmuel Feiner

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Moses Mendelssohn

Sage of Modernity

By: Shmuel Feiner

From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, an accessible and fascinating biography of Moses Mendelssohn, the seminal Jewish philosopher "A fascinating portrait of an important Enlightenment figure."—Library Journal The “German Socrates,” Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786) was the most influential Jewish thinker of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. A Berlin celebrity and a major figure in the Enlightenment, revered by Immanuel Kant, Mendelssohn suffered the indignities common to Jews of his time while formulating the philosophical foundations of a modern Judaism suited for a new age. His most influential books included the groundbreaking Jerusalem and a translation of the Bible into German that paved the way for generations of Jews to master the language of the larger culture. Feiner’s book is the first that offers a full, human portrait of this fascinating man—uncommonly modest, acutely aware of his task as an intellectual pioneer, shrewd, traditionally Jewish, yet thoroughly conversant with the world around him—providing a vivid sense of Mendelssohn’s daily life as well as of his philosophical endeavors. Feiner, a leading scholar of Jewish intellectual history, examines Mendelssohn as father and husband, as a friend (Mendelssohn’s long-standing friendship with the German dramatist Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was seen as a model for Jews and non-Jews worldwide), as a tireless advocate for his people, and as an equally indefatigable spokesman for the paramount importance of intellectual independence.

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Yale University Press

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0300167520

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9780300167528

Fifty-four Pick Up

Fifteen-minute Inspirational Torah Lessons

By: Shmuel Herzfeld

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Fifty-four Pick Up

Fifteen-minute Inspirational Torah Lessons

By: Shmuel Herzfeld

There is no issue too controversial for Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld as he seamlessly connects ideas and themes of the Torah to the major issues of our times. What does the Torah say about homosexuality? What is the agunah crisis, and what can we do about it? How do we effectively combat intermarriage? Is our justice system truly just? In this collection of thoughts about the fifty-four weekly Torah portions, Rabbi Herzfeld shows us how the Torah can guide us and inspire us in our daily lives. Why is giving away your pillow the best way to get a good night s sleep? Should the Internet be used for bar mitzvah lessons? How can you be a good parent? What would you do if you had only five minutes to live? Rabbi Herzfeld is confident and proud of his Jewishness. His enthusiasm and unabashed love for the Torah is contagious, and his Jewish pride shouts out from every page. Warning: If you read this book you will be infected by Rabbi Herzfeld's love of Torah!

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Gefen Publishing House Ltd

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9652295582

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9789652295583

Unlocking the Torah Text: Bereishit

By: Shmuel Goldin

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Unlocking the Torah Text: Bereishit

By: Shmuel Goldin

An In-Depth Journey Into the Weekly Parsha.

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Gefen Publishing House Ltd

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9652294128

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Unlocking the Torah Text Numbers Bamidbar

By: Shmuel Goldin

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Unlocking the Torah Text Numbers Bamidbar

By: Shmuel Goldin

An In-Depth Journey Into the Weekly Parsha.

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Gefen Publishing House Ltd

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9652295256

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The Journey to Your Ultimate Self

An Inspiring Gateway into Deeper Jewish Thought through the Lens of the Weekly Parashah

By: Rabbi Shmuel Reichman

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The Journey to Your Ultimate Self

An Inspiring Gateway into Deeper Jewish Thought through the Lens of the Weekly Parashah

By: Rabbi Shmuel Reichman

Everyone will agree that a story needs an ending; unless a story goes somewhere, it’s pointless. The purpose of a set-up is to lead toward a conclusion, toward a destination. A story without an ending, without a purpose, is not a story worth telling. The same is true for our lives: we need a destination. We are all part of a larger story, but we’re also writing our own individual stories. Hashem created us in this world with unlimited potential, but that was only the “set-up” ― the beginning of our story. Without a purposeful destination, a clear goal, and a deeper understanding of who we are and who we are meant to be, the set-up lacks true meaning. We need to make this a meaningful journey ― a story of growth, creativity, and contribution. This book is written to help you along your personal journey, to help you become the ultimate version of yourself. As you learn through this sefer, plant the ideas within your mind and soul, and bring them to life. Make your life a meaningful journey, an extraordinary story.

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Mosaica Press

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1952370736

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Days of Awe

A Treasury of Jewish Wisdom for Reflection, Repentance, and Renewal on the High Holy Days

By: Shmuel Yosef Agnon

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Days of Awe

A Treasury of Jewish Wisdom for Reflection, Repentance, and Renewal on the High Holy Days

By: Shmuel Yosef Agnon

Compiled by S.Y. Agnon, one of the greatest Hebrew writers of the twentieth century and winner of the 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature, Days of Awe is the long-acknowledged classic companion to the High Holy Days prayerbook. Here in one volume are readings from the meditations from the Bible, the Talmud, the Midrash, and the Zohar, to deepen the spiritual experience of the holiest days of the Jewish year. More than three hundred texts. selected from the vast storehouse of Jewish literature from ancient to modern times, are arranged to follow the order of the synagogue service for the High Holy Days. "From the moment of its appearance," writes Judah Goldin in the Introduction, "[this] volume seemed as though it had always been here, as though it had always been the companion of the holiday prayerbook.

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Schocken

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0805210482

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9780805210484

Unlocking the Torah Text: Vayikra

By: Shmuel Goldin

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Unlocking the Torah Text: Vayikra

By: Shmuel Goldin

An In-Depth Journey Into the Weekly Parsha.

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Gefen Publishing House Ltd

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9652294500

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9789652294500

Unlocking the Torah Text: Shmot

By: Shmuel Goldin

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Unlocking the Torah Text: Shmot

By: Shmuel Goldin

An In-Depth Journey Into the Weekly Parsha.

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Gefen Publishing House Ltd

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9652294497

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9789652294494

The Origins of Jewish Secularization in Eighteenth-Century Europe

By: Shmuel Feiner

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The Origins of Jewish Secularization in Eighteenth-Century Europe

By: Shmuel Feiner

Throughout the eighteenth century, an ever-sharper distinction emerged between Jews of the old order and those who were self-consciously of a new world. As aspirations for liberation clashed with adherence to tradition, as national, ethnic, cultural, and other alternatives emerged and a long, circuitous search for identity began, it was no longer evident that the definition of Jewishness would be based on the beliefs and practices surrounding the study of the Torah. In The Origins of Jewish Secularization in Eighteenth-Century Europe Shmuel Feiner reconstructs this evolution by listening to the voices of those who participated in the process and by deciphering its cultural codes and meanings. On the one hand, a great majority of observant Jews still accepted the authority of the Talmud and the leadership of the rabbis; on the other, there was a gradually more conspicuous minority of "Epicureans" and "freethinkers." As the ground shifted, each individual was marked according to his or her place on the path between faith and heresy, between devoutness and permissiveness or indifference. Building on his award-winning Jewish Enlightenment, Feiner unfolds the story of critics of religion, mostly Ashkenazic Jews, who did not take active part in the secular intellectual revival known as the Haskalah. In open or concealed rebellion, Feiner's subjects lived primarily in the cities of western and central Europe—Altona-Hamburg, Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Breslau, and Prague. They participated as "fashionable" Jews adopting the habits and clothing of the surrounding Gentile society. Several also adopted the deist worldview of Enlightenment Europe, rejecting faith in revelation, the authority of Scripture, and the obligation to observe the commandments. Peering into the synagogue, observing individuals in the coffeehouse or strolling the boulevards, and peeking into the bedroom, Feiner recovers forgotten critics of religion from both the margins and the center of Jewish discourse. His is a pioneering work on the origins of one of the most significant transformations of modern Jewish history.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812201892

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9780812201895

Explorations in Jewish Historical Experience

The Civilizational Dimension

By: Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt

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Explorations in Jewish Historical Experience

The Civilizational Dimension

By: Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt

Professor S.N. Eisenstadt has written numerous essays on Jewish Identity over the years. This volume brings together some of these. The major argument of the essays follows the Weberian view of Jewish historical experience as that of a distinct civilization, as a distinct Great Religion, the first monotheistic civilization - without, however, accepting many of Weber's concrete analyses.

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BRILL

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9004136932

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9789004136939

The Jewish Enlightenment

By: Shmuel Feiner

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The Jewish Enlightenment

By: Shmuel Feiner

At the beginning of the eighteenth century most European Jews lived in restricted settlements and urban ghettos, isolated from the surrounding dominant Christian cultures not only by law but also by language, custom, and dress. By the end of the century urban, upwardly mobile Jews had shaved their beards and abandoned Yiddish in favor of the languages of the countries in which they lived. They began to participate in secular culture and they embraced rationalism and non-Jewish education as supplements to traditional Talmudic studies. The full participation of Jews in modern Europe and America would be unthinkable without the intellectual and social revolution that was the Haskalah, or Jewish Enlightenment. Unparalleled in scale and comprehensiveness, The Jewish Enlightenment reconstructs the intellectual and social revolution of the Haskalah as it gradually gathered momentum throughout the eighteenth century. Relying on a huge range of previously unexplored sources, Shmuel Feiner fully views the Haskalah as the Jewish version of the European Enlightenment and, as such, a movement that cannot be isolated from broader eighteenth-century European traditions. Critically, he views the Haskalah as a truly European phenomenon and not one simply centered in Germany. He also shows how the republic of letters in European Jewry provided an avenue of secularization for Jewish society and culture, sowing the seeds of Jewish liberalism and modern ideology and sparking the Orthodox counterreaction that culminated in a clash of cultures within the Jewish community. The Haskalah's confrontations with its opponents within Jewry constitute one of the most fascinating chapters in the history of the dramatic and traumatic encounter between the Jews and modernity. The Haskalah is one of the central topics in modern Jewish historiography. With its scope, erudition, and new analysis, The Jewish Enlightenment now provides the most comprehensive treatment of this major cultural movement.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812200942

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9780812200942

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Convincing Evidence of the Truths of Judaism

By: Shmuel Waldman

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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Convincing Evidence of the Truths of Judaism

By: Shmuel Waldman

This book was written for the Jew who seeks evidence and proofs that the principal beliefs of Judaism are indeed true. Readable and friendly, inspiring and refreshing, this book presents the main issues of Judaism in depth. It includes compelling evidence to there being a Creator, evidence to the Divine origin of our Torah, to there being a spiritual soul and the World To Come, and Divine guidance throughout Jewish history. It discusses the problems with Evolution, and it deals with the Holocaust and human suffering. It also provides many other sources for further reading, and a glossary of terms. This edition is recommended for readers with a strong Torah background, seeking an informed, yet less secular, approach.

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Feldheim Publishers

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1583308067

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9781583308066

Memories of Eden

A Journey Through Jewish Baghdad

By: Violette Shamash

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Memories of Eden

A Journey Through Jewish Baghdad

By: Violette Shamash

According to legend, the Garden of Eden was located in Iraq, and for millennia, Jews resided peacefully in metropolitan Baghdad. Memories of Eden: A Journey Through Jewish Baghdad reconstructs the last years of the oldest Jewish Diaspora community in the world through the recollections of Violette Shamash, a Jewish woman who was born in Baghdad in 1912, sent to her daughter Mira Rocca and son-in-law, the British journalist Tony Rocca. The result is a deeply textured memoir—an intimate portrait of an individual life, yet revealing of the complex dynamics of the Middle East in the twentieth century. Toward the end of her long life, Violette Shamash began writing letters, notes, and essays and sending them to the Roccas. The resulting book begins near the end of Ottoman rule and runs through the British Mandate, the emergence of an independent Iraq, and the start of dictatorial government. Shamash clearly loved the world in which she grew up but is altogether honest in her depiction of the transformation of attitudes toward Baghdad’s Jewish population. Shamash’s world is finally shattered by the Farhud, the name given to the massacre of hundreds of Iraqi Jews over three days in 1941. An event that has received very slight historical coverage, the Farhud is further described and placed in context in a concluding essay by Tony Rocca.

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Northwestern University Press

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0810164086

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Modern Arabic Poetry

1800 - 1970 ; the Development of Its Forms and Themes Under the the Influence of Western Literature

By: Shmuel Moreh

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Modern Arabic Poetry

1800 - 1970 ; the Development of Its Forms and Themes Under the the Influence of Western Literature

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Egyptian Historian 'Abd Al-Rahman Al-Jabarti

His Life, Works, Autographs, Manuscripts and the Historical Sources of 'Aja'ib Al-Athar

By: Shmuel Moreh

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Egyptian Historian 'Abd Al-Rahman Al-Jabarti

His Life, Works, Autographs, Manuscripts and the Historical Sources of 'Aja'ib Al-Athar

By: Shmuel Moreh

This study is the companion volume to the new Arabic Edition of 'Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti's imposing magnum opus 'Aja'ib al-Athar fi 'l-Tarajim wa-'l-Akhbar (The Marvellous Compositions of Biographies and Events). Moreh has made a rigorous comparison of the entire text as found in the most important manuscripts and in the printed editions.

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0198722249

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9780198722243

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