Dr. Rachel Remen, author of KITCHEN TABLE WISDOM, remembers her grandfather, a Kabbalah scholar, and the bits of wisdom that he would impart to her as a child in the guise of blessings. His touching words reaffirm that there is goodness in the world, if only people have the faith and patience to perceive it and to serve it.
Like a Jewish "Book of Virtues, " this volume by the author of "Jewish Wisdom" offers ancient and modern advice on how to live an ethical life in an ethically ambiguous world.
Here are the most significant ethical writings of the 12th-century philosopher, physician, and master of rabbinical literature -- translated from the original sources by noted Maimonides scholars.
Drawing on works ranging from the Book of Ruth to the novels of Isaac Bashevis Singer, from the films of Woody Allen to the teachings of Hasidism, this book shows that the contemporary dilemmas of Jewish desire have their analogues in the past. David Biale is the author of "Gershom Sholem" and "Power and Powerlessness in Jewish History", both ...
The incredible medical breakthroughs of today, like genetic engineering , in-vitro fertilization, and cloning have transformed long-held beliefs on the nature of both life and death; they raise difficult moral and religious questions. In Matters of Life and Death Elliot Dorff addresses the unavoidable confluence of medical technology and Jewish ...
Dorff and Newman collect the best of recent work in Jewish ethics. The volume will serve as an introduction to Jewish ethics by acquainting the reader with the distinctive methodological issues involved, and will also suffer a sampling of Jewish positions on contemporary moral problems; it will thus be suited to a variety of courses in Jewish ...
Rabbi Dorff focuses on the social aspects of the Jewish tradition, while tackling such timely topics as poverty, war, intrafaith and interfaith relations, and forgiveness. In addition, he discusses Jewish social ethics as they both relate to and contrast with Christian and American belief systems in modern society. Dorff argues that Jewish sources ...
The Hebrew Bible offers countless examples of how God intends a compassionate and caring attitude toward animals, our health, and the health of the planet. This attitude, as Richard Schwartz shows in his pioneering work now fully revised, has been a constant theme throughout Judaism to the present day. Dr. Schwartz shows not only how Judaism is ...
Struggling with questions of Jewish identity, values, or theology? Not sure how to reconcile Jewish history with its modern practice? Wondering what Judaism has to say to contemporary Jews about the meaning of life? An exploration of these issues and more can be found in these first two volumes of a six-part Jewish ethical series.Each book ...
This book challenges us to take a broad and ethical view of economic behavior, which includes all forms of exchange and human interaction, from how we spend our money to how we fulfill our role as responsible human beings in a global ecological framework. Drawing on Jewish ethical teachings, mystical lore, and tales of the Hasidic masters, the ...
The most in-depth and scholarly panorama of Western spirituality ever attempted! In one series, the original writings of the universally acknowledged teachers of the Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, Jewish, Islamic and Native American traditions have been critically selected, translated and introduced by internationally recognized scholars ...
Two consummate storytellers -- one a liberal Catholic priest, the other a conservative Jewish rabbi -- draw on their religious heritages to reveal fresh ways of understanding good and evil behavior. Inspired by scripture and oral tradition, each author presents a story on each of the seven deadly sins, and then offers a story on one of the seven ...
In the bestselling tradition of Harold Kushner and Thomas Moore, a world-renowned rabbi examines one of mankind's most profound questions. "With a rare gift for making difficult subjects clear and a treasure trove of perfectly selected anecdotes, Sherwin makes a persuasive case for goodness".--Rabbi Harold Kushner.
Written from a thoroughly Jewish perspective, this book challenges people of every faith to reconcile the cares of work and the soul, critiquing our modern culture of workaholism and careerism, and offering practical suggestions for balancing professional and spiritual life.
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