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All-of-a-kind family volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
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The adventures of five sisters growing up in a Jewish family in New York in the early twentieth century.
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IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 21
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In 1996, Hanna Heath, a young Australian book conservator is called to analyze the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, a priceless six-hundred-year-old Jewish prayer book that has been salvaged from a destroyed Bosnian library. When Hanna discovers a series of artifacts she unwittingly exposes an international cover up.
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IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
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Mitch Albom's first true-life story since Tuesdays with Morrie explores life through a unique journey: his search for the right words to eulogize a Man of God. Along the way, Albom--who walked away from a deeply religious background as a young man--rekindles his faith by sitting with and caring for the wise, funny, but slowly decaying man of the cloth. Together, they explore the things that pull us apart about faith, as well as the universal beliefs...
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"[The author's] detailed history of Jewish life in the U.S. spans 350 years, from its colonial beginnings in 1654 to the present. [He] points out that already in the late colonial period American Judaism had begun to diverge from religious patterns that existed in Europe and the Caribbean. The American Revolution, the ratification of the Constitution, the passage of the Bill of Rights, and the nationwide democratization of religion further transformed...
5) Jewish Pride
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In Jewish Pride: Rebuilding a People, Ben M. Freeman, inspired by his experiences with LGBTQ+ pride, aims to educate, inspire and empower Jewish people to reject the shame of antisemitism imposed on Jews by the non-Jewish world as well as non-Jewish perceptions of what it means to be a Jew, enabling them to begin the process of defining their own identities as proud Jews through Jewish experience, Jewish history and Jewish values. Jewish Pride is...
6) Worldmask
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Do you ever wonder what lies behind the mask of this physical world? Do you ever feel that there is more to reality than what meets the eye? Do you ever want to explore the spiritual dimension of existence and discover its secrets?
If so, then you will enjoy listening to Worldmask, a bestselling work by Rabbi Akiva Tatz, a renowned expert in Jewish thought and philosophy. In this book, Rabbi Tatz traces some of the Torah themes that express the duality...
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Martin Buber (1878-1965) was the author of numerous works in the fields of art, education, sociology, philosophy, philosophy of religion, and Biblical interpretation. Among his works are I and Thou, Good and Evil, and the novel For the Sake of Heaven.
The Jewish philosopher Martin Buber spoke directly to the most profound human concerns in all his works, including his discussions of Hasidism, a mystical-religious movement founded in Eastern Europe...
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Look around, there's not many here. This is a special place that looks like Jesus. A place of power, boldness, guidance in the Spirit; and holy obedience to His Truth. It's the Kingdom on Earth. It fills, it satisfies, it sets free, and fills a hole within mainstream Christianity.
It's not the Truth without the Spirit or Spirit without the Truth, it's the fullness of Messiah that drips with anointing. He is calling and enabling a radical bride, who...
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Kar-Ben Read-Aloud eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to bring eBooks to life!
Debbie Friedman always had music inside her, and she dreamed of using her love of singing to do what no one else had done before-create Jewish music that would welcome, include, and honor the whole Jewish community.
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The Tree of the Sephiroth may be considered an invaluable compendium of the secret philosophy which originally was the spirit and soul of Chasidism. The Qabbalah is the priceless heritage of Israel, but each year those who comprehend its true principles become fewer in number. The Jew of today, if he lacks a realization of the profundity of his people's doctrines, is usually permeated with that most dangerous form of ignorance, modernism, and is prone...
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Hebrew theology was divided into three distinct parts. The first was the law, the second was the soul of the law, and the third was the soul of the soul of the law. The law was taught to all the children of Israel; the Mishna, or the soul of the law, was revealed to the Rabbins and teachers; but the Qabbalah, the soul of the soul of the law, was cunningly concealed, and only the highest initiates among the Jews were instructed in its secret principles....
12) The matzah ball
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"Rachel Rubenstein-Goldblatt is a nice Jewish girl with a shameful secret: she loves Christmas. For a decade she's hidden her career as a Christmas romance novelist from her family. Her talent has made her a bestseller even as her chronic illness has always kept the kind of love she writes about out of reach. But when her diversity-conscious publisher insists she write a Hanukkah romance, her well of inspiration suddenly runs dry. Hanukkah's not magical....
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In 16th-century Portugal, even Doña Gracia's Jewish name was a secret. But she and her merchant husband were rich and powerful, and wished to help others, giving treasures to the king to protect other secret Jews during the Inquisition. When her husband died, many said no woman would be able to run their powerful business, but Doña Gracia did. Escaping Portugal, she helped other Jews do the same, smuggling them out of the country on her spice ships...
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As a child, Isaac Mayer Wise loved to study. Words were like magic keys that could unlock new worlds. He had big ideas and big dreams. Becoming a rabbi, he thought some long-held traditions needed changing, but some of his ideas were unpopular with European Jews. He decided to go to America, where he had heard Jews were more open to new ideas – and they were. He started a Jewish newspaper to share his new ideas and built a synagogue across the street...
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IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 8
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The story of Eichmann's capture is now a major motion picture starring Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley, Operation Finale!
In 1945, at the end of World War II, Adolf Eichmann, the head of operations for the Nazis' Final Solution, walked into the mountains of Germany and vanished from view. Sixteen years later, an elite team of spies captured him at a bus stop in Argentina and smuggled him to Israel, resulting in one of the century's most important trials...
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It's Rosh Chodesh, the beginning of a new month in the Jewish calendar! In celebration of this monthly event, a family goes out to the Negev Desert to camp out and observe the moon. A photo essay about the changing phases of the moon and their relationship to the Jewish calendar, this beautifully photographed book explains the basics of the Jewish calendar, which is based on the moon rather than the sun. Instructions for building a papier mache moon...
17) Kabbalah: Unlocking Hermetic Qabalah to Understand Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalistic Rituals, Ideas
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Delve into the world of Jewish mysticism and learn all about Kabbalah.
Do you want to learn about the fascinating history of Kabbalah?
Are you curious about the beliefs and practices of this ancient wisdom?
Has Jewish mysticism always intrigued you?
If so, then this audiobook is for you.
Practiced for centuries by Jewish mystics, Kabbalah is a belief system of mystical teachings offering insight into the nature of God, the universe, and the human...
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Meet the seekers, like Lily, who long for a connection that transcends the mundane. Their lives are shadowed by loneliness, isolation, and a constant struggle to make the right decisions.
But what if the answers they seek lie beyond the tangible world, in a realm unseen yet profoundly felt?
Follow the paths of these brave souls as they embark on a quest to uncover the mysteries of the angelic realm, to find the missing link that will heal their hearts...
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Israeli kids observe the holiday of Tisha B'Av, which commemorates the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, by visiting an archaeological dig at the Temple Mount. There, they participate in their own dig, which readers will experience through this beautifully photographed book.
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