What does it mean to be a Jew? How does one begin to answer so extensive a question?
In this insightful and completely updated tome, esteemed rabbi and bestselling author Joseph Telushkin helps answer the question of what it means to be a Jew, in the largest sense. Widely recognized as one of the most respected and indispensable reference books on Jewish life, culture, tradition, and religion, Jewish Literacy covers every essential aspect of the Jewish people and Judaism. In 352 short and engaging chapters, Rabbi Telushkin discusses everything from the Jewish Bible...
What does it mean to be a Jew? How does one begin to answer so extensive a question?
In this insightful and completely updated tome, e...
Here is a wealth of astute and warmhearted counsel on many of life s most difficult ethical dilemmas. Joseph Telushkin outlines his ten commandments of character, explaining why each one is so vital, and then addresses perplexing issues that can and often do crop up in our lives relating to family, friends, work, community, medical ethics, and money, such as: How honest should you be when you are asked to give a reference? How much assistance should you give your son with his college application essay? Is it wrong to receive a kidney from an executed prisoner in China? What...
Here is a wealth of astute and warmhearted counsel on many of life s most difficult ethical dilemmas. Joseph Telushkin outlines his ten commandments o...
If you've damaged a person's reputation unfairly, can the damage be undone?
Is a person who sells weapons responsible for how those weapons are used?
if the fetus is not a life, what is it? How, as an adult, can one carry out the command to honor one's parents when they make unreasonable demands?
What are the nine biblical challenges a good person must meet?
What do the great Jewish writings of the last 3,500 years tell us about these and all other vital questions about our lives? Rabbi Joseph Telushkin has...
When, if ever, should lying be permitted?
If you've damaged a person's reputation unfairly, can the damage be undone?
Here are more than 100 of the best Jewish jokes you'll ever hear, interspersed with perceptive and persuasive insight into what they can tell us about how Jews see themselves, their families, and their friends, and what they think about money, sex, and success. Rabbi Joseph Telushkin is as celebrated for his wit as for his scholarship, and in this immensely entertaining book, he displays both in equal measure. Stimulating, something stinging, and always very, very funny, Jewish Humor offers a classic portrait of the Jewish collective unconscious.
Here are more than 100 of the best Jewish jokes you'll ever hear, interspersed with perceptive and persuasive insight into what they can tell us ab...
From the bestselling authors of The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism, a compelling discussion of the dangerous rise in antisemitism during the twenty-first century. The very word Jew continues to arouse passions as does no other religious, national, or political name. Why have Jews been the object of the most enduring and universal hatred in history? Why did Hitler consider murdering Jews more important than winning World War II? Why has the United Nations devoted more time to tiny Israel than to any other nation on earth? In this seminal study, Dennis Prager and...
From the bestselling authors of The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism, a compelling discussion of the dangerous rise in antisemitism duri...
Peoplehood--everyone's talking about it. But what does it actually mean and why is it important to the future of Judaism?
"Why is this conversation important? Why does it merit your attention? If you care about Jewish identity and community, then you know that we have no trouble identifying the problems that fragmentize us as a people but have far less success identifying that which unites us. Without a unifying, collective notion of Jewish identity that is meaningful and robust, it is virtually impossible to make a strong case for Jewish continuity." --from the...
Peoplehood--everyone's talking about it. But what does it actually mean and why is it important to the future of Judaism?
Many of the truths that matter most are brief but powerful. You can read the book itself in an hour or two, but the lessons it contains - largely drawn from Jewish sources thousands of years old - can bless and enrich your life for as long as you live. In addition, practicing the activities described inside will also make you a happier person. What more could one want from a book?
Learn how to declare a Complaining Fast
Realize that sometimes having things to worry about is a blessing, not a curse
Discover why Judaism does not always mandate that we forgive people who hurt us...
Many of the truths that matter most are brief but powerful. You can read the book itself in an hour or two, but the lessons it contains - largely draw...
"One of the greatest religious biographies ever written." - Dennis Prager
In this enlightening biography, Joseph Telushkin offers a captivating portrait of the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, a towering figure who saw beyond conventional boundaries to turn his movement, Chabad-Lubavitch, into one of the most dynamic and widespread organizations ever seen in the Jewish world. At once an incisive work of history and a compendium of Rabbi Schneerson's teachings, Rebbe is the definitive guide to understanding one of the most vital, intriguing figures of...
"One of the greatest religious biographies ever written." - Dennis Prager
In this enlightening biography, Joseph Telushkin o...
Peoplehood--everyone's talking about it. But what does it actually mean and why is it important to the future of Judaism?
"Why is this conversation important? Why does it merit your attention? If you care about Jewish identity and community, then you know that we have no trouble identifying the problems that fragmentize us as a people but have far less success identifying that which unites us. Without a unifying, collective notion of Jewish identity that is meaningful and robust, it is virtually impossible to make a strong case for Jewish continuity." --from the...
Peoplehood--everyone's talking about it. But what does it actually mean and why is it important to the future of Judaism?
