For those seeking answers to the most difficult questions about religion today: How do we know there is a God?How could God allow the Holocaust to happen?Why do we need ritual? Rabbi Neil Gillman will help you question what you believe. He will also make you angry. Most of all, he will leave you grateful for the questions, for the anger, and his ...
A dynamic account of the creation and evolution of the Conservative movement over the last 100 years. The concerns, changes, and achievements of Conservative belief and practice since the turn of the century, and how the movement is confronting today's most challenging issues, including: The role of women in the synagogue Homosexuality Patrilineal ...
The author of "The Death of Death, " a "Publishers Weekly" "Best Book of the Year, " explains how Jews have encountered God throughout Jewish history--and today--by exploring the many metaphors for God in the Jewish tradition, how they originated, and what they mean.
A learned yet highly accessible classic statement of the ideas that form the religious consciousness of the Jewish people at large--by one of the great minds of Jewish scholarship in the 20th century. Includes the original Preface from the 1909 edition and Louis Finkelstein's Introduction to the 1961 edition.
In this inspiring book, award-winning author and teacher Neil Gillman probes for clues that can help you determine God's presence in your life??????not in place or space, above or below, outside or inside, but in the sanctified moments that you experience each day and throughout the year. Elegant and profound, this thought-provoking spiritual ...
This magisterial survey of the history and origins of Jewish attitudes toward resurrection and immortality, written by a professor of philosophy at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, thoroughly debunks the popular misconception that Judaism fails to address the afterlife.
Recovery is a conscious choice from moment to moment, day in and day out. This helpful and healing book of affirmations and daily recovery meditations gives readers words to life by, throughout the annual cycle of holiday observances and special times of the Jewish calendar.
This anthology of addresses and essays by former Jewish Theological Seminary Chancellor Cohen is written in a popular style and is intended for a wide audience. The pieces offer an overview of his thoughts on such topics as the centrality of religion to Judaism, eschatology, Jewish history in its cultural context, Jewish scholarship, and Zionism. ...
This magisterial survey of the history and origins of Jewish attitudes toward resurrection and immortality, written by a professor of philosophy at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, thoroughly debunks the popular misconception that Judaism fails to address the afterlife.
With clarity and passion, Neil Gillman, respected scholar, theologian and winner of the National Jewish Book Award, reviews his fifty years of religious exploration to give us extraordinary insights into Jewish identity, theology and our relationship with God. Gillman examines the central themes of Judaism to distill the spiritual and theological ...
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