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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
Gods of our fathers	Richard A Gabriel	"A new look at Judaism and Christianity by which Gabriel attempts to trace their historical theological roots, not to the revelations of God, but to the common theological ancestor: the religions of …	OL11742641W
Ursprung und Anfänge der Kabbala	Gershon Scholem	One of the most important scholars of our century, Gershom Scholem (1897-1982) opened up a once esoteric world of Jewish mysticism, the Kabbalah, to concerned students of religion. The Kabbalah is a …	OL1264880W
Judaism and other religions	Alan Brill	"With insight and scholarship, Alan Brill crisply outlines the traditional Jewish approaches to other religions for an age of globalization. He provides a fresh perspective on biblical and rabbinic t…	OL15409030W
Nathan blows out the Hanukkah candles	Tami Lehman-Wilzig	Although Jacob finds his autistic brother, Nathan, annoying, he gets angry at a new neighbor who calls Nathan weird, but their mothers help the boys get along with a special Hanukkah observance.	OL15473099W
The Pope's maestro	Gilbert Levine	"The story of the friendship between a Jewish-American conductor and Pope John Paul II This book offers the inspirational story of an unlikely friendship and the two men who collaborated in an extra…	OL15473544W
„Jüdische Ethik“ und Anarchismus im Spanischen Bürgerkrieg	Marianne Kröger	Diese Publikation nimmt Bezug auf das Ende des Spanischen Bürgerkriegs vor 70 Jahren und untersucht Motive und Gründe des freiwilligen Engagements dreier europäischer Intellektueller – Carl Einstein,…	OL15620101W
Religious law and ethics	Zeʹev W. Falk	221 p. ; 24 cm	OL1576836W
Perush Rashi ʻal ha-Torah	Rashi	"The Collected Stories of Joseph Roth are collected in English for the first time. These seventeenth stories and novellas, perhaps more than any other work of fiction of Roth (1894-1939), echo the in…	OL1577597W
Eight winter nights	Laura Krauss Melmed	Short verses describe symbols, foods, and family fun associated with the festival of Hanukkah. Includes facts about the history and traditions.	OL157864W
Principles of Faith (Rosh Amanah)	Isaac Abravanel	Don Isaac Abravanel was one of Judaism's greatest thinkers. In his Rosh Amanah (Principles of Faith) Don Isaac Abravanel points out that Hasdai Crescas and his pupil Joseph Albo criticize Maimonides …	OL1579581W
That's funny, you don't look Buddhist	Sylvia Boorstein	Explores the relationship between Jewish and Buddhist traditions and discusses the reasons why some Jews are drawn to Buddhism and become practicing Buddhists.	OL15833573W
The God upgrade	Jamie S. Korngold	Looks at how the concept of the Jewish God has evolved over the centuries and shows how Judaism can be made more meaningful and relevent to one's life.	OL16297947W
Where the spirit leads	Marty, Martin E.	"The essays in this book appeared originally in the Christian century series 'The Churches: Where from Here?'"	OL16459319W
The story of Hanukkah	Jill Weber,David A. Adler	Introduces children to the Maccabean Revolt, the Holy Temple of Jerusalem, and the oil that burned for eight nights.	OL16484349W
The food and feasts of Jesus	Douglas E. Neel	The New Testament is filled with stories of Jesus eating with people—from extravagant wedding banquets to simple meals of loaves and fishes. The Food and Feasts of Jesus offers a new perspective on l…	OL16557796W
Midrash, Mishnah, and Gemara	David Weiss Halivni	From the Introduction... This book was written at a time when my critical commentary on the Talmud (called Sources and Traditions) had achieved half its goal: it covered half of the Talmud text. T…	OL17060975W
Historic synagogues of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley	Julian H. Preisler	Featuring nearly 200 b&w images of current and former synagogues and temples in Philadelphia and suburbs as well as Southern New Jersey and Delaware.	OL1708122W
Jews and Samaritans	Gary N. Knoppers	Even in antiquity, writers were intrigued by the origins of the people called Samaritans, living in the region of ancient Samaria (near modern Nablus). The Samaritans practiced a religion almost iden…	OL17081853W
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