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Havdalah: the ceremony that completes the sabbath
Par Jamie Lash, Neil Lash. 2009
Most people know that Shabbot--the Sabbath Day--begins Friday evening at sundown with a special ceremoney. But most people don't know…
that the Sabbath ends with another shorter, yet equally sweet, ceremony called havdalah. Practiced by observant Jews die millennia, it is now returning, not just among Jews, but among Christians who are searching to understand the Jewish background of their faith. Dr. Neil and jamie Lash have written a short introduction to havdalah, which can be used by anyone--Jew or Gentile--who wants to experience the important biblical principle of separation.Nietzsche, Soloveitchik, and Contemporary Jewish Philosophy
Par Daniel Rynhold, Michael J. Harris. 2018
What does one do as a Jewish philosopher if one is convinced by much of the Nietzschean critique of religion…
Is there a contemporary Jewish philosophical theology that can convince in a post-metaphysical age The argument of this book is that Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik 1903 1993 - the leading twentieth-century exponent of Modern Orthodoxy - presents an interpretation of halakhic Judaism grounded in traditional sources that brings a life-affirming Nietzschean sensibility to the religious life Soloveitchik develops a form of Judaism replete with key Nietzschean ideas which parries Nietzsche s critique by partially absorbing it This original study of Soloveitchik s philosophy highlights his unique contribution to Jewish thought for students and scholars in Jewish studies while also revealing his wider significance for those working more broadly in fields such as philosophy and religious studiesAm I a Jew? Lost Tribes, Lapsed Jews, and One Man's Search for Himself
Par Theodore Ross. 2012
What makes someone Jewish? Theodore Ross was nine years old when he moved with his mother from New York City…
to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Once there, his mother decided, for both personal and spiritual reasons, to have her family pretend not to be Jewish. He went to an Episcopal school, where he studied the New Testament, sang in the choir, and even took Communion. Later, as an adult, he wondered: Am I still Jewish? Seeking an answer, Ross traveled around the country and to Israel, visiting a wide variety of Jewish communities. From “Crypto-Jews” in New Mexico and secluded ultra-devout Orthodox towns in upstate New York to a rare Classical Reform congregation in Kansas City, Ross tries to understand himself by experiencing the diversity of Judaism. Quirky and self-aware, introspective and impassioned, Am I a Jew? is a story about the universal struggle to define a relationship (or lack thereof) with religion. .Love's Voice
Par Richard Zimler. 2007
These aphoristic gleanings of ancient and mystical philosophy- written in the form of haiku by award-winning novelist Richard Zimler- capture…
the heart of the tradition in ways that are personally awakening. Love's Voice is a doorway to Kabbalah for readers at all levels of experience. Acclaimed novelist Richard Zimler uses the form of haiku to distill Kabbalistic philosophy into its most essential form, providing a rare and deeply affecting experience of the wisdom of the ages. These seventy-two haiku require no special knowledge of Kabbalah or, indeed, of Jewish culture. Readers who do have some background in Kabbalah will find additional-and sometimes hidden-references and meanings in many of these verses. Every passage in Love's Voice verse is a memorable meditation that will touch each reader in a different way. Here is a greatly original yet historically framed entry point to an extraordinary mystical tradition. .Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage
By Richard Hakluyt.
Not Quite Paradise
Par Adele Barker. 2010
A chronicle of life on the resplendent island, combining the immediacy of memoir with the vividness of travelogue and reportage…
Adele Barker and her son, Noah, settled into the central highlands of Sri Lanka for an eighteen-month sojourn, immersing themselves in the customs, cultures, and landscapes of the island--its elephants, birds, and monkeys; its hot curries and sweet mangoes; the cacophony of its markets; the resonant evening chants from its temples. They hear stories of the island's colorful past and its twenty-five-year civil war between the Sinhalese majority and the Tamil Tigers. When, having returned home to Tucson, Barker awakes on December 26, 2004, to see televised images of the island's southern shore disappearing into the ocean, she decides she must go back. Traveling from the southernmost coasts to the farthest outposts of the Tamil north, she witnesses the ravages of the tsunami that killed forty-eight thousand Sri Lankans in the space of twenty minutes, and reports from the ground on the triumphs and failures of relief efforts. Combining the immediacy of memoir and the vividness of travelogue with the insight of the best reportage, Not Quite Paradise chronicles life in a place few have ever visited.From the Trade Paperback edition.First Across the Continent
By Noah Brooks.
My Summer in a Garden
By Charles Dudley Warner.
Sustainable Revolution
Par Paul Hawken, Louis Fox, Juliana Birnbaum, Erika Rand. 2014
Urban gardeners. Native seed-saving collectives. Ecovillage developments. What is the connection between these seemingly disparate groups? The ecological design system…
of permaculture is the common thread that weaves them into a powerful, potentially revolutionary--or reevolutionary--movement. Permaculture is a philosophy based on common ethics of sustainable cultures throughout history that have designed settlements according to nature's patterns and lived within its bounds. As a movement that has been building momentum for the past 40 years, it now is taking form as a growing network of sites developed with the intention of regenerating local ecologies and economies. Permaculture strategies can be used by individuals, groups, or nations to address basic human needs such as food, water, energy, and housing. As a species, humans are being called forth to evolve, using our collective intelligence to meet the challenges of the future. Yet if we are to survive our collective planetary crisis, we need to revisit history, integrating successful systems from sustainable cultures. To boldly confront our position on the brink of the earth's carrying capacity and make changes that incorporate the wisdom of the past is truly revolutionary. Sustainable Revolution features the work of a worldwide network of visionaries, including journalists, activists, indigenous leaders and permaculturists such as David Holmgren, Vandana Shiva, Charles Eisenstein, Starhawk, Erik Assadourian, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Albert Bates, and Geoff Lawton. This beautifully photographed collection of profiles, interviews, and essays features 60 innovative community-based projects in diverse climates across the planet. Edited by anthropologist Juliana Birnbaum Fox and award-winning activist filmmaker Louis Fox, it can be read as an informal ethnography of an international culture that is modeling solutions on the cutting edge of social and environmental change. The research presented in the book frames the permaculture movement as a significant ally to marginalized groups, such as the urban poor and native communities resisting the pressures of globalization. Sustainable Revolution uplifts and inspires with its amazing array of dynamic activists and thriving, vibrant communities.From the Trade Paperback edition.Charting the Unknown
Par Kim Petersen. 2010
This is Kim Petersen's memoir recounting how she and her family navigated through death of a child, facing fear of…
the water, personally building a sixty-five-foot power catamaran and a four thousand mile crossing of the Atlantic Ocean with her husband and two teenaged kids. It's Eat, Pray, Love on the water.Ecologies of Witnessing: Language, Place, and Holocaust Testimony
Par Hannah Pollin. 2018
An innovative reassessment of Holocaust testimony revealing the dramatic ways in which the languages and places of postwar life…
inform survivor memory This groundbreaking work rethinks conventional wisdom about Holocaust testimony focusing on the power of language and place to shape personal narrative Oral histories of Lithuanian Jews serve as the textual base for this exploration Comparing the remembrances of Holocaust victims who remained in Lithuania with those who resettled in Israel and North America after World War II Pollin-Galay reveals meaningful differences based on where survivors chose to live out their postwar lives and whether their language of testimony was Yiddish English or Hebrew The differences between their testimonies relate to notions of love justice community and how the Holocaust did violence to these aspects of the self More than an original presentation of yet-unheard stories this book challenges the assumption of a universal vocabulary for describing and healing human painBears in the Streets: Three Journeys across a Changing Russia
Par Lisa Dickey. 2017
**One of Bustle's 17 of the Best Nonfiction Books Coming in January 2017****One of Men's Journal's 7 Best Books of…
January**Lisa Dickey traveled across the whole of Russia three times—in 1995, 2005 and 2015—making friends in eleven different cities, then coming back again and again to see how their lives had changed. Like the acclaimed British documentary series Seven Up!, she traces the ups and downs of ordinary people’s lives, in the process painting a deeply nuanced portrait of modern Russia. From the caretakers of a lighthouse in Vladivostok, to the Jewish community of Birobidzhan, to a farmer in Buryatia, to a group of gay friends in Novosibirsk, to a wealthy “New Russian” family in Chelyabinsk, to a rap star in Moscow, Dickey profiles a wide cross-section of people in one of the most fascinating, dynamic and important countries on Earth. Along the way, she explores dramatic changes in everything from technology to social norms, drinks copious amounts of vodka, and learns firsthand how the Russians really feel about Vladimir Putin. Including powerful photographs of people and places over time, and filled with wacky travel stories, unexpected twists, and keen insights, Bears in the Streets offers an unprecedented on-the-ground view of Russia today.From apples and oranges to pawpaws and persimmons Half of the fruit that grows in yards and public spaces is…
never picked or eaten. Citrus trees are burdened with misshapen lemons, berries grow in tangled thickets on the roadside, and the crooked rows of abandoned orchards fill with fallen apples. At the same time, people yearn for an emotional connection that’s lacking in bland grocery store bananas and tasteless melons. The Fruit Forager’s Companion is a how-to guide with nearly 100 recipes devoted to the secret, sweet bounty just outside our front doors and ripe for the taking, from familiar apples and oranges to lesser-known pawpaws and mayhaws. Sara Bir—a seasoned chef, gardener, and forager—primes readers on foraging basics, demonstrates gathering and preservation techniques, and presents a suite of recipes including habanero crabapple jelly, lime pickle, pawpaw lemon curd, and fermented cranberry relish. Bir encourages readers to reconnect with nature and believes once the foraging mindset takes control, a new culinary world hiding in plain sight will reveal itself. Written in a witty and welcoming style, The Fruit Forager’s Companion is a must-have for seekers of both flavor and fun.The Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to Guilt
Par Ruth Andrew Ellenson. 2005
Twenty-eight of today's top Jewish women writers tell the truth about all the things their rabbis warned them never to…
discuss in public in this hilarious and provocative collection. Includes original essays on: * Finding (and Divorcing) the Perfect Jewish Man * Not Calling Your Mother * Marrying a German * Failing to Supply Enough Grandchildren * Learning to RSVP No * And many other guilty pleasures . . . Includes pieces by: Elisa Albert, Aimee Bender, Jennifer Bleyer, Kera Bolonik, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Baz Dreisinger, Pearl Gluck, Rebecca Goldstein, Lori Gottlieb, Lauren Grodstein, Dara Horn, Molly Jong-Fast, Rachel Kadish, Jenna Kalinsky, Cynthia Kaplan, Binnie Kirshenbaum, Amy Klein, Daphne Merkin, Tova Mirvis, Gina Nahai, Katie Rophie, Francesca Segré, Wendy Shanker, Laurie Gwen Shapiro, Susan Shapiro, Ayelet Waldman, Rebecca Walker, Sheryl ZohnHome Nesting Basics: 12 Simple Steps to Creating a Space That's Truly Yours
Par Pat Ross. 2003
Wanderlust
Par Don George. 2000
Simon Winchester in Romania -- Isabel Allende in the Amazon -- Pico Iyer in Bali -- Bill Barich in Italy…
-- Sallie Tisdale in Japan -- Carlos Fuentes in Zurich- Po Bronson in the Caribbean, and thirty-four more scintillating and sizzling tales of serendipity and wanderlust.The Rebbe: The Life and Afterlife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Par Samuel C. Heilman, Menachem M. Friedman. 2010
From the 1950s until his death in 1994, Menachem Mendel Schneerson--revered by his followers worldwide simply as the Rebbe--built the…
Lubavitcher movement from a relatively small sect within Hasidic Judaism into the powerful force in Jewish life that it is today. Swept away by his expectation that the Messiah was coming, he came to believe that he could deny death and change history. Samuel Heilman and Menachem Friedman paint an unforgettable portrait of Schneerson, showing how he reinvented himself from an aspiring French-trained electrical engineer into a charismatic leader who believed that he and his Lubavitcher Hasidic emissaries could transform the world. They reveal how his messianic convictions ripened and how he attempted to bring the ancient idea of a day of redemption onto the modern world's agenda. Heilman and Friedman also trace what happened after the Rebbe's death, by which time many of his followers had come to think of him as the Messiah himself. The Rebbe tracks Schneerson's remarkable life from his birth in Russia, to his student days in Berlin and Paris, to his rise to global renown in New York, where he developed and preached his powerful spiritual message from the group's gothic mansion in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. This compelling book demonstrates how Schneerson's embrace of traditionalism and American-style modernity made him uniquely suited to his messianic mission.Digging Deep
Par Fran Sorin. 2004
By tuning in to the processes of the natural world, millions have discovered that gardening acts as a conduit for…
experiencing creativitynot just in the garden, but in life. Now, gardening expert Fran Sorin offers this prescriptive and motivational book to teach readers to use gardening as a tool for exploring creativity in all areas of life. With evocative illustrations and a series of eye-opening, inspirational exercises, DIGGING DEEP encourages gardeners of all levels to enjoy their gardens more deeply while setting their creative selves free.A Cross Too Heavy: Pope Pius XII and the Jews of Europe
Par Paul O Shea. 2011
The papacy of Pius XII (1939-1958) has been a source of near-constant criticism and debate since his death, particularly because…
of his alleged silence during the Holocaust. Paul O'Shea examines his little-studied pre-papal life to demonstrate that Pius was neither an anti-Semitic villain nor a 'lamb without stain. '