Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Y si no es ahora, cuando?	Marcelo Rittner	Presents spiritual reflections, thoughts, stories, and ideas intended to inspire readers to realize the immeasurable value of every moment of life, and to encourage them to conduct their lives accord…	OL10220570W
The merrymaker	Yuri Suhl	With little to eat themselves, a poor Jewish family of eastern Europe invites a guest into their home, a merrymaker at weddings, who eventually brings them good fortune.	OL1245852W
Snow in August	Pete Hamill	In Brooklyn in the late 1940s, adolescent Michael Devlin is a dutiful son to his widowed mother and a conscientious altar boy at the parish church. One day, he meets Rabbi Judah Hirsch, a chance enco…	OL15845208W
Practical Kabbalah	Laibl Wolf	Kabbalah is an ancient Jewish wisdom that explains the laws of spiritual energy. Up until very recently the Kabbalah was reserved for the elite, those who only after years of scholarship and practice…	OL16028810W
Judaism	Kahn-Harris, Keith	For a group of people so limited in number, the Jewish community has had a huge impact on both global events and local politics. In this vibrant new look at Judaism, sociologist and cultural critic K…	OL17203518W
Oy vey!	Miniature Book Collection (Library of Congress)	79 p. ; 96 mm	OL19620005W
Nine essential things I've learned about life	Harold S. Kushner	"A profoundly inspiring yet practical guide to well-being from one of modern Judaism's most beloved sages.As a congregational rabbi for half a century and the bestselling author of When Bad Things Ha…	OL20006302W
Visiting the sick	Sharon Selib Epstein	xviii, 183 p. ; 23 cm	OL2003763W
Ye ye yi ding you ban fa	Phoebe Gilman	When Joseph was a baby, his grandfather made him a wonderful blanket, and then over the years he recycled what was left to make something else until all that was left was enough material to make a bu…	OL20046127W
Breaking free	Riva Pomerantz	A moody eighteen year-old former "child-at-risk" who can't seem to shake his streetwise past finds some inner strength with the help of his still uncertain parents.	OL23165892W
You are my witness	Naomi Meyer,Marshall T. Meyer	ix, 175 p. ; 23 cm	OL23886991W
Morah, morah, teach me Torah	Tobey Greenberg	This resource has songs, plays, stories and activities to make parashat ha-shavua come alive in pre-school classes. The goal of this book is to teach young children and their familuies the weekly Tor…	OL27296332W
I love you just because you're you	Rochel Levy	Esti, Chaim, Sara, Leah and Dovi have not acted as they should and are worried about their parent's or teacher's reaction. What will they say? Will they be upset? Our children need reassurance, encou…	OL27956418W
Blessings	Melanie Hope Greenberg	A book of life-cycle religious ceremonies for young Jewish children.	OL2911138W
Diamonds from the past	Ruth Benjamin	When Moshe takes a massive loan to avoid bankruptcy, he plunges into an international web of intrigue and deception. His daughter must break off a promising shidduch; his wife is in turmoil. But Mosh…	OL31213646W
An orphan in history	Paul Cowan	You are about to embark on a wondrous voyage through time and culture. The journey carries you from the privileged world of Park Avenue to nineteenth-century Lithuania, turn-of-the-century Chicago, a…	OL3278894W
Jewish heroes, Jewish values	Barry L. Schwartz	Presents biographies of famous Jewish men and women who have shown a commitment to upholding Jewish values. Includes activities for performing mitzvot.	OL3346719W
This is my God	Herman Wouk	This Is My God is Herman Wouk's famous introduction to Judaism completely updated and revised with a new chapter, Israel at Forty. A miracle of brevity, it guides readers through the world's oldest p…	OL729145W
Take Him a Nation	Robert Morris	The time is the twenty-first century, two years after Scotland has achieved independence. Without warning, Scotland’s newfound nationhood is challenged, not by England’s might, but by one man’s dream…	OL8085171W
Like Bread on the Seder Plate	Rebecca Alpert,Rebecca T. Alpert,Rebecca T Alpert	One of the first women to be ordained as a rabbi explores how lesbians can shape Jewish tradition to resonate with their own experience.	OL8886352W