Sketches of Jewish Social Life in the Days of Christ
Author : Alfred Edersheim
Publisher :
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 27,57 MB
Release : 1876
Category : Bible
ISBN :
Shuva
Author : Yehuda Kurtzer
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 49,7 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1611682320
Book Description
Offers a roadmap for revitalizing the connection between the Jewish people and the Jewish past
Israel: An Echo of Eternity
Author : Abraham Joshua Heschel
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 22,88 MB
Release : 1987-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0374507406
Book Description
Israel: An Echo of Eternity is Dr. Heschel's book about the past, present, and future home of the Jews. According to Dr. Heschel the presence of Israel has tremendous historical and religious significance for the whole world: "History is not always made by men alone...Israel is a personal challenge, a personal religious issue. We are God's stake in human history. We are the dawn and the dusk, the challenge and the test. The presence of Israel is the repudiation of despair. Israel calls for a renewal of trust in the Lord of history." Abraham Joshua Heschel, one of the foremost religious figures of our time, died in 1972. Israel: An Echo of Eternity is his powerful and eloquent book on the meaning of Israel today.
JPS: The Americanization of Jewish Culture, 1888–1988
Author : Jonathan D. Sarna
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 49,11 MB
Release : 2021-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0827615507
Book Description
Published to mark the 100th anniversary of The Jewish Publication Society, Jonathan Sarna’s engaging blend of anecdote and analysis presents the personalities and the controversies, the struggles and the achievements behind a century of publishing by the oldest English-language publisher of Jewish books in the world. Includes black and white photographs and extensive listings of JPS officers and editors, governing boards, and authors, translators, and illustrators, up to 1988.
The Jewish Year Book
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 20,64 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Jews
ISBN :
Book Description
A Short History of the Jewish People
Author : Raymond P. Scheindlin
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 36,9 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195139419
Book Description
From the original legends of the Bible to the peace accords of today's newspapers, this engaging, one-volume history of the Jews will fascinate and inform. 30 illustrations.
American Judaism
Author : Jonathan D. Sarna
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 45,21 MB
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0300190395
Book Description
Jonathan D. Sarna's award-winning American Judaism is now available in an updated and revised edition that summarizes recent scholarship and takes into account important historical, cultural, and political developments in American Judaism over the past fifteen years. Praise for the first edition: "Sarna . . . has written the first systematic, comprehensive, and coherent history of Judaism in America; one so well executed, it is likely to set the standard for the next fifty years."--Jacob Neusner, Jerusalem Post "A masterful overview."--Jeffrey S. Gurock, American Historical Review "This book is destined to be the new classic of American Jewish history."--Norman H. Finkelstein, Jewish Book World Winner of the 2004 National Jewish Book Award/Jewish Book of the Year
From Krakow to Krypton
Author : Arie Kaplan
Publisher : Jewish Publication Society
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 17,9 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Art
ISBN : 0827610432
Book Description
Jews created the first comic book, the first graphic novel, the first comic book convention, the first comic book specialty store, and they helped create the underground comics (or "Comix") movement of the late '60s and early '70s. Many of the creators of the most famous comic books, such as Superman, Spiderman, X-Men, and Batman, as well as the founders of MAD Magazine, were Jewish. From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books tells their stories and demonstrates how they brought a uniquely Jewish perspective to their work and to the comics industry as a whole. Over-sized and in full color, From Krakow to Krypton is filled with sidebars, cartoon bubbles, comic book graphics, original design sketches, and photographs. It is a visually stunning and exhilarating history.
A Passion for Truth
Author : Abraham Joshua Heschel
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 13,14 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0374229929
Book Description
Explores despair and hope in Hasidism as Heschel experienced it himself through study of the Baal Shem Tov and the Kotzker Rebbe.
The Jews of Chicago
Author : Irving Cutler
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 42,25 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9780252021855
Book Description
Vividly told and richly illustrated with more than 160 photos, this fascinating history of the cultural, religious, fraternal, economic, and everyday life of Chicago's Jews brings to life the people, events, neighborhoods, and institutions that helped shape today's Jewish communities. 15 maps. Graphs & tables.
