Judaism

The life and thought of a forceful figure in Israels religious and political life Rav Abraham Isaac Kook (18651935) was one of the most influential...

The first novel written and published in English by an American Jewish woman. Published serially in the spiritualist journal Banner of Light­ in 18...

Songs of Sonderling is the story of Jacob Sonderling's unique contributions to Jewish liturgical music. Rabbi Sonderling was many things: a descend...

Modern Orthodox Judaism offers an extensive selection of primary texts documenting the Orthodox encounter with American Judaism that led to the eme...

The urban origins of American Judaism began with daily experiences of Jews, their responses to opportunities for social and physical mobility as we...

One of the most joyous weeks in the Jewish year is when families gather for eight evenings to celebrate the festival of Hanukkah. Jews the world ov...

Containing nearly two million words in 37 volumes, the Talmud covers topics as diverse as law, faith, medicine, magic, ethics, sex, humour and pray...

Drawing from contemporary and traditional texts and music, this is a moving and uplifting guide to commemorating Yom Hashoah--Holocaust Remembrance...

Recognizing that certain of the more archaic aspects of Jewish liturgy contain passages and statements that apply more to past eras than to the pre...

Over the last several hundred years, the recitation of Havineinu, an abridged version of the daily prayer usually recited in pressing situations, h...

A number of the basic tenets of Jewish belief regarding the afterlife, resurrection, immortality, judgment, messianism, and the world to come are l...

Writing with his usual grace and fluency, Jonathan Sacks moves beyond the tired arguments of militant atheists such as Dawkins' The God Delusion an...

From a manuscript that was lost for more than half a century comes new information about one of the greatest Jewish communities of all time. The co...

From the Heart of a Lion is a unique combination of in-depth essays on the weekly Torah portion on the book of Genesis coupled with inspiring perso...