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JEWISH CONTINUITY IN AMERICA presents an overview of a life's work by a preeminent scholar and brings new insight to the challenge of American Jewish continuity. As the title suggests, this book argues that continuity in a free and open society hinges on creativity anchored in foundational ...

JEWISH CONTINUITY IN AMERICA presents an overview of a life's work by a preeminent scholar and brings new insight to the challenge of American Jewish continuity. As the title suggests, this book argues that continuity in a free and open society hinges on creativity anchored in foundational institutions of community, religion, and culture.

No other product of the Jewish heritage reaches as deeply in the heart and mind of the Jewish people and no other religious work reflects as full the spiritual history of the Jewish people as the Siddur. No wonders the worship of the synagogue has intrigued both laymen and scholars. This book should ...

No other product of the Jewish heritage reaches as deeply in the heart and mind of the Jewish people and no other religious work reflects as full the spiritual history of the Jewish people as the Siddur. No wonders the worship of the synagogue has intrigued both laymen and scholars. This book should be of interest to both Jew and Gentile. For a concise yet authentic summary of pharisaic Judaism nothing equals the Siddur, the core of which composed by the rabbis of the Talmud. It is also hoped that this book will prove useful as a text for advanced students in the synagogue and for college students.

How do Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform Judaism differ? Is caviar kosher? Who was Maimonides? What is current Jewish thought on Jesus, sex, abortion, feminism, and capital punishment? Spanning from biblical times to the present, The Jewish Religion offers a goldmine of information on Jewish belief ...

How do Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform Judaism differ? Is caviar kosher? Who was Maimonides? What is current Jewish thought on Jesus, sex, abortion, feminism, and capital punishment? Spanning from biblical times to the present, The Jewish Religion offers a goldmine of information on Jewish belief and practice, wisdom and culture, history and tradition. Sweeping in scope and based on impeccable scholarship, this volume's 750 alphabetical entries range from Aaron to Zweifel to illuminate virtually every facet of the Jewish heritage. For example, the book explains Halakhah and Aggadah, the legal and non-legal sides of Jewish thought; traces the development of the Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform Movements; discusses Haskalah (the Jewish Enlightenment) and Hasidism; and explores the differences between the Spanish traditions of the Sephardim and the German traditions of the Ashkenazim. It examines the great philosophical questions underlying the Jewish faith; carefully examines Zionism, with its tension between religion and nationalism and its profound implications for the present and the future of Israel; and serves as a marvelous companion to Jewish religious and philosophical literature. Readers will find entries on all the books of the Old Testament--with compelling descriptions of the patriarchs, prophets, and law givers--on the oral and written Torah, on the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmud, and on the Kabbalah. Jacobs examines all the great Jewish thinkers--from Rashi, Akiba, and Judah the Prince, to Maimonides, Spinoza, and Martin Buber--and he describes the thought of the Baal Shem Tov, founder of Hasidism, Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, father of the Reform movement, and Theodore Herzl, the originator of modern Zionism. Finally, the book is filled with information on popular customs, rituals, and religious services, covering all the major holidays, providing guidance on prayer and liturgy, and explaining the dietary laws in detail. It even offers step-by-step instructions for conducting the Passover Seder, preparing matzoh, kindling the Hannukah lights, building a sukkah, and much, much more. Here then is a matchless guide to Jewish religion, history, culture, and thought and a valuable repository of knowledge for both Jews and non-Jews alike.

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 ...

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 several black and white photographs and extensive listings of JPS officers and editors, governing boards, and authors, translators, and illustrators, up to 1988.