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In Jewish Texas: A Family Memoir
ISBN: 9780875651873 / Angielski / Twarda / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Stanley Ely says that when the fiftieth or so person confronted him with a skeptical, "You mean you're Jewish, and you're from Texas?" he decided to do more than smile and say, "Yes." The result is this funny, caustic, and nostalgic tale in the tradition of popular regionally and ethnically focused memoirs.
Around the beginning of this century, Ely's parents (as young children) and grandparents immigrated to Galveston, fleeing oppression as Jews in Russia and Romania. Their arrival sets Ely's memoir in motion. Combining the stories of the author's grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles,... Stanley Ely says that when the fiftieth or so person confronted him with a skeptical, "You mean you're Jewish, and you're from Texas?" he decided to d...
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94,42 |
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Dynamics of the Unconscious: Seminars in Psychological Astrology, Vol. 2
ISBN: 9780877286745 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An exciting book to help you understand yourself and your clients, combining the symbolism of astrology with psychology. Dynamics of the Unconscious shows readers how to understand depression, the astrology and psychology of aggression, and alchemical symbolism for growth.
An exciting book to help you understand yourself and your clients, combining the symbolism of astrology with psychology. Dynamics of the Unconscious s...
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115,42 |
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Women Leaders in the Ancient Synagogue
ISBN: 9780891306702 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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129,27 |
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Home to Stay: One American Family's Chronicle of Miracles and Struggles in Contemporary Israel
ISBN: 9781400049592 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the summer of 1998, Daniel Gordis and his family moved to Israel from Los Angeles. They planned to be there for a year, but a few months into their stay, Gordis and his wife decided to remain in Jerusalem permanently, confident that their children would be among the first generation of Israelis to grow up in peace.
Immediately after arriving in Israel, Daniel had started sending out e-mails about his life to friends and family abroad. These missives passionate, thoughtful, beautifully written, and informative began reaching a much broader readership than he d ever envisioned,... In the summer of 1998, Daniel Gordis and his family moved to Israel from Los Angeles. They planned to be there for a year, but a few months into their...
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73,22 |
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Auschwitz: A Doctor's Story
ISBN: 9781555536596 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A taut, terse Holocaust narrative that is all the more powerful for its ironic reserve. -- Kirkus Reviews
A taut, terse Holocaust narrative that is all the more powerful for its ironic reserve. -- Kirkus Reviews
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102,25 |
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Celebrating the Lives of Jewish Women: Patterns in a Feminist Sampler
ISBN: 9781560239130 / Angielski / Miękka / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jewish women of all ages and backgrounds come together in Celebrating the Lives of Jewish Women to explore and rejoice in what they have in common--their heritage. They reveal in striking personal stories how their Jewishness has shaped their identities and informed their experiences in innumerable, meaningful ways. Survivors, witnesses, defenders, innovators, and healers, these women question, celebrate, and transmit Jewish and feminist values in hopes that they might bridge the differences among Jewish women. They invite both Jewish and non-Jewish readers to share in their discussions and...
Jewish women of all ages and backgrounds come together in Celebrating the Lives of Jewish Women to explore and rejoice in what they have in common--th...
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161,57 |
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Niggun: Stories Behind the Chasidic Songs That Inspire Jews
ISBN: 9781568210476 / Angielski / Twarda / 293 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com.
To find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com.
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597,22 |
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The Jewish Traveler: Hadassah Magazine's Guide to the World's Jewish Communities and Sights
ISBN: 9781568210780 / Angielski / Miękka / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What is there of Jewish interest to see in Bombay? In Casablanca? Where are the kosher restaurants in Seattle? How did the Jewish community in Hong Kong originate? The Jewish Traveler: Hadassah Magazine's Guide to the World's Jewish Communities and Sights provides this information and much more.
What is there of Jewish interest to see in Bombay? In Casablanca? Where are the kosher restaurants in Seattle? How did the Jewish community in Hong Ko...
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279,17 |
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Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto: His Life and Works
ISBN: 9781568212937 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume chronicles the life of Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, one of the greatest and most controversial of kabbalistic thinkers. Best known for his work Mesillat Yesharim a treatise on the path man must follow to attain religious and ethical perfection Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, also known as the Ramchal, was a kabbalist, Hebrew poet, accomplished linguist, and leader of a group of religious thinkers who were primarily interested in the problems of redemption and messianism. Born in Padua, Italy, in 1707, Luzzatto was regarded as a genius from childhood, thoroughly knowledgeable in Bible,...
This volume chronicles the life of Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, one of the greatest and most controversial of kabbalistic thinkers. Best known for his ...
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284,07 |
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Hebrewspeak: An Insider's Guide to the Way Jews Think
ISBN: 9781568214184 / Angielski / Twarda / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hebrewspeak is both educational and entertaining_a revised, enhanced, and jam-packed collection of Joseph Lowin's _About Hebrew_ columns, featured monthly in Hadassah magazine. Rabbis, speakers, teachers, historians, and anyone who enjoys playing with the mystical words that make up the Hebrew language will find Hebrewspeak a valuable addition to his or her library.
Hebrewspeak is both educational and entertaining_a revised, enhanced, and jam-packed collection of Joseph Lowin's _About Hebrew_ columns, featured mon...
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284,07 |
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A History of Jewish Life from Eastern Europe to America
ISBN: 9781568214337 / Angielski / Twarda / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Historian and biographer Milton Meltzer draws heavily upon eye-witness accounts, memoirs, letters, diaries, poems, and songs to graphically depict the dramatic history of the Jews of Eastern Europe and their journey to America. This award-winning writer offers a well-researched history of this important era in American Jewish history.
Historian and biographer Milton Meltzer draws heavily upon eye-witness accounts, memoirs, letters, diaries, poems, and songs to graphically depict the...
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465,29 |
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One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church
ISBN: 9781568582832 / Angielski / Miękka / 672 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Founded in 1830, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was initially perceived as a movement of polygamous, radical zealots; now in parts of the U.S. it has become synonymous with the establishment. In reevaluating its preoccupation with issues of church and state, Abanes uncovers the political agenda at Mormonism's core: the transformation of the world into a theocratic kingdom under Mormon authority. This illustrated edition has been revised and offers a new postscript by the author.
Founded in 1830, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was initially perceived as a movement of polygamous, radical zealots; now in parts of...
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249,02 |
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Inheriting the Crown in Jewish Law : The Struggle for Rabbinic Compensation, Tenure, and Inheritance Rights
ISBN: 9781570036088 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In his legal history of the rabbinic profession from biblical to modern times, Jeffrey I. Roth traces the development of principles governing compensation and related benefits for rabbis, scholars, teachers, and judges under Jewish law. Roth focuses on the disconnect that evolved as rabbis wished to serve God and their communities yet needed to provide for the material needs of their families. He charts the shift from the Talmudic ideal of uncompensated service and follows the development of four material advantages sought by the rabbinic profession--compensation, protection against...
In his legal history of the rabbinic profession from biblical to modern times, Jeffrey I. Roth traces the development of principles governing compensa...
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186,11 |
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One God Clapping
ISBN: 9781580231152 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From Zen Buddhist practitioner to rabbi, East meets West in this firsthand account of a spiritual journey. Rabbi Alan Lew is known as the Zen Rabbi, a leader in the Jewish meditation movement who works to bring two ancient religious traditions into our everyday lives. One God Clapping is the story of his roundabout yet continuously provoking spiritual odyssey. It is also the story of the meeting between East and West in America, and the ways in which the encounter has transformed how all of us understand God and ourselves. Winner of the PEN / Joseph E.... From Zen Buddhist practitioner to rabbi, East meets West in this firsthand account of a spiritual journey. Rabbi Alan Lew is known as... |
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Kabbalah and Art
ISBN: 9781584652250 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Told as a series of reflections, this study traces links between cultures as diverse as pre-Vedic India and late 19th-century France. An array of unrelated artists are all in fact linked by the Kabbalah and the correlation between art and this mystic Jewish thought.
Told as a series of reflections, this study traces links between cultures as diverse as pre-Vedic India and late 19th-century France. An array of unre...
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103,11 |
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Observing America's Jews
ISBN: 9781584655640 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Collected essays by a preeminent authority on American Jewish history.
Collected essays by a preeminent authority on American Jewish history.
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179,38 |
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Pseudo-Gregory of Nyssa: Testimonies Against the Jews
ISBN: 9781589830929 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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105,20 |
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Paradise Now: Essays on Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism
ISBN: 9781589832572 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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210,40 |
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My Lover the Rabbi, My Husband the Doctor: What more could a Jewish girl want?
ISBN: 9781601450357 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This memoir/autobiography starts to chronicle 90-year-old Ethel J. David?'s life and the history she experienced first-hand since 1916, but evolves to show one humorous and quirky woman?'s panache as she faces old age and death as an extraordinary, ordinary woman.
This memoir/autobiography starts to chronicle 90-year-old Ethel J. David?'s life and the history she experienced first-hand since 1916, but evolves to...
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103,36 |
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Land, Center and Diaspora
ISBN: 9781850756446 / Angielski / Twarda / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The unique duality of Jewish existence, wherein a major Jewish centre in the Land of Israel flourished alongside a large and prosperous diaspora, was one of the outstanding features of Second Temple and post-Temple Jewish life. As in modern times, ongoing Jewish dispersion raised questions that went to the heart of Jewish self-identity, and declarations of allegiance to the ancestral homeland were frequently accompanied by seemingly contrary expressions of 'local-patriotism' on the part of Jewish diaspora communities. The destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple in 70 CE, and the subsequent... The unique duality of Jewish existence, wherein a major Jewish centre in the Land of Israel flourished alongside a large and prosperous diaspora, w... |
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