judaism

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The gifts of the Jews

how a tribe of desert nomads changed the way everyone thinks and feels
1999
Studies the role of the Jews in the development of Western civilization, and credits the ancient Jewish people with setting the course for the way humanity thinks and feels even in the late twentieth century.

An introduction to Judaism

2000
Studies the history, traditions, literature, and individual and community life of Judaism and the Jewish people.

The Jewish religion

a companion
1995
Presentation of the principle beliefs, practices, and personalities of the Jewish faith, from ancient through modern times.

A history of the Jews in America

1993
Chronicles three and a half centuries of Jews in America.

The will to live on

this is our heritage
2000
Examines the changes that are affecting the Jewish religion at the start of the twenty-first century.

Apples and pomegranates

a family seder for Rosh Hashanah
2004
A collection of blessings, songs, and folk tales commemorating the eight foods eaten on Rosh Hashanah.

Bar mitzvah, bat mitzvah

the ceremony, the party, and how the day came to be
2007
Describes the history and importance of the rituals associated with both the Bar Mitzvah and the Bat Mitzvah including the ceremony and the celebration; and features personal remembrances about their own experiences from actors, television personalities, and sports figures.

Telling and remembering

a century of American Jewish poetry
1997
Contains over two hundred poems by fifty-six American Jewish poets writing on Jewish subjects and themes, organized chronologically from the late 1800s to the last half of the twentieth century.

The Jews in America

the roots, history, and destiny of American Jews
1978
Examines the history of the Jews in the United States from 1654 to the present and speculates on the future of American Judaism.

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