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Following the painful loss of his father, former Chief Rabbi Sacks began to learn how to celebrate life in a new way. Based, in part, on Rabbi Sacks's collection of columns in the UK's Times newspap……続きを見る

Rabbi Sacks argues that preoccupation with self is a mistake and that ethics are concerned with the life we live together, talking with as much authority about Sigmund Freud or Karl Marx as he does ……続きを見る

The Jewish people, having survived for thousands of years in the most adverse circumstances, including the Holocaust and horrific terrorist attacks, is today also threatened by intermarriage and ass……続きを見る

Confidence in a faith is a subtle quality and lack of it shows in many ways, some contradictory. Dr Sacks has that confidence and the quiet charisma to communicate it. Sacks argues that faiths must ……続きを見る

Communication technology and social media saturate our lives. Torah in a Connected World offers a Torah perspective on these new technologies and analyzes halakhic issues that arise in five differen……続きを見る

El libro de Éxodo es la meta-narrativa de la esperanza de Occidente. Nos cuenta la asombrosa historia de cómo un grupo de esclavos fueron liberados del imperio más poderoso de la antigüedad. Desde e……続きを見る

Faith in the Future addresses some of the major themes of our time: the fragmentation of our common culture, the breakdown of family and community life, the lack of moral direction and the waning of……続きを見る

One People?, first published in 1993, examines ways of mending the schisms between Reform and Orthodox Judaism, between religious and secular Jews in Israel, and between Israel itself and the diaspo……続きを見る

One of the most respected religious thinkers of our time makes an impassioned plea for the return of religion to its true purposeーas a partnership with God in the work of ethical and moral living. ……続きを見る

One of the most admired religious thinkers of our time issues a call for world Jewry to reject the self-fulfilling image of “a people alone in the world, surrounded by enemies” and to reclaim Judais……続きを見る

Time and again, in the midst of troubled times or facing difficult decisions, I’ve found the words of the weekly parasha giving me guidance – or, conversely, the events themselves granting me deeper……続きを見る

A varied and fascinating look at sin, confession and pardon in Judaism. Through a series of lively introductions and commentaries, almost forty contributorsーmen and women, scholars, rabbis, theolog……続きを見る

The most memorable prayer of the Jewish New Yearーwhat it means, why we sing it, and the secret of its magical appeal. Through a series of lively commentaries, over thirty contributorsーmen and wome……続きを見る

An engaging and sobering look at memorializing in Judaism and why memoryーours and God'sーis so central to people. Through a series of lively introductions and commentaries, over thirty contributors……続きを見る

The most controversial prayer of the Jewish New Yearーwhat it means, who wrote it, why we say it. Over forty contributors who span three continents and all major Jewish denominations examine Un'tane……続きを見る

Martin D. Yaffe's Judaism and Environmental Ethics: A Reader is a well-conceived exploration of three interrelated questions: Does the Hebrew Bible, or subsequent Jewish tradition, teach environment……続きを見る

This book examines the ways in which two distinct biblical conceptions of impurity-"ritual" and "moral"-were interpreted in the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, rabbinic literature, and the New T……続きを見る

This book is about what makes food Jewish, or better, who and how one makes food Jewish. Making food Jewish is to negotiate between the local, regional, and now global foods available to eat and the……続きを見る

When did Rosh HaShana, the anniversary of creation, become a day of judgement? How does Yom Kippur unite the priest’s atonement with the prophet’s repentance? What makes Kohelet, read on Sukkot, the……続きを見る

The official prayer book for Orthodox Jews in the UK, with supporting commentary by Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. The Hebrew Daily Prayer Book is the official prayer book for all Orthodox Jews in the ……続きを見る

Social Functions of Synagogue Song: A Durkheimian Approach by Jonathan L. Friedmann paints a detailed picture of the important role sacred music plays in Jewish religious communities. This study exp……続きを見る