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Justice Not Vengeance: A Key Question for the 21st Century - Richard Odier
Inviting God In, by Rabbi David Aaron
This warm, inspiring look at the Jewish holidays—by one of the most dynamic and accessible teachers of Jewish thought today—shows us how each holy day empowers us to recognize God's loving presence in our life everyday.
Room for Doubt, by Wendy Lesser
Room for Doubt is about one writer's growing suspicion that there are more things in heaven and earth than were dreamt of in her previous philosophy. Through Wendy Lesser's account of her stay in a city that she never imagined she would see, a book she thought she wanted to write but never did, and a friendship that constantly broke down and endured, she offers us an unusual journey through the terrain of feeling and beliefs, and in the end shows us how, once examined, things are never quite what she thought they were.
Fear: Anti-Semitism after Auschwitz, by Jan T. Gross
For more than half a century, what happened to Jewish Holocaust survivors in Poland has been cloaked in guilt and shame. Writing with passion, brilliance, and fierce clarity, Gross at last brings the truth to light.
Jewish Relational Care A-Z: We Are Our Other's keeper, by Rabbi Jack H. Bloom, PhD
A collection of caregiving techniques combining the values of Jewish tradition with self-relations— for practitioners of ANY faith!
A Code of Jewish Ethics: You Shall Be Holy, Vol. 1, by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
The initial volume of the first major code of Jewish ethics to be written in the English language. It is a monumental work on the vital topic of personal character and integrity by one of the premier Jewish scholars and thinkers of our time.
Overcoming Life's Disappointments, by Harold S. Kushner
From the author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, a book that shows us how to be our best selves even when things don't turn out as we had hoped—that is, how we can overcome life's disappointments.
Lonely Soldier: The Memoir of an American in the Israeli Army, by Adam Harmon
Lonely Soldier, completed as Israel was beginning to disengage from Gaza, is a glimpse into a revered yet misunderstood institution that is integral to Middle East peace.
Somewhere A Master: Hasidic Portraits and Legends, by Elie Wiesel
This remarkable sequel to Souls on Fire provides portraits of nine Hasidic masters who revitalize Judaism with their joyous and proud faith in man and God.
Stardust Lost: The Triumph, Tragedy, and Mishugas of the Yiddish Theater in America, by Stefan Kanfer
A definitive, soulful and entertaining look back at the YIddish Theater, its meteoric rise, its precipitous fall, and its lasting mark on American theater, film, and culture in general.
Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, by Mark Mazower
Drawing on an astonishing array of primary sources, historian Mark Mazower follows the city’s inhabitants through the terrors of plague, invasion and famine, and takes us into their taverns, palaces, gardens and brothels. His vivid narrative illuminates the multicultural fabric of this great city and describes how its fortunes changed as the empire fell apart and the age of national enmities arrived.
Revenge: A Story of Hope by Laura Blumenfeld
Laura Blumenfeld's father was shot in Jerusalem in 1986 by a member of a rebel faction of the PLO responsible for attacks on several tourists Her father survived, but Blumenfeld's desire for revenge haunted her.
Torah-crowns
Are there any halakot derived from the crowns drawn on top of letters in the Torah?
Evil Eye
I would like to learn more about the evil eye. How central is this seeming superstition to Jewish thought?
