A historical and contemporary overview of customs and ceremonies as practiced by Jews from Biblical times to the present, discussing the changes that have taken place through the centuries.
Presents a short study of Judaism, and describes the history of the Jewish community, the Holocaust, Jewish worship, beliefs, and holy days, and much more.
how small acts of kindness can heal, inspire, and change your life
Cohen, Linda
2011
Traces the author's inspirational quest to honor the memory of her late father by performing one thousand acts of kindness, describing the unexpected personal benefits she experienced while helping others and explaining how readers can transform their own lives through mitzvah acts.
In 1996, Hanna Heath, a young Australian book conservator is called to analyze the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, a priceless six-hundred-year-old Jewish prayer book that has been salvaged from a destroyed Bosnian library. When Hanna discovers a series of artifacts in the centuries' old binding, she unwittingly exposes an international cover up.
Contains over six hundred alphabetically arranged entries on Judaism, covering Diaspora Jewish communities as well as theological concepts, personalities, historical events, movements, and institutions, with a chronology and photographs.