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El cristianismo ha oscurecido el hecho de que Jesú s enseñ ó el judaí smo. Esta pé rdida es visible de muchas maneras, como la interpretació n erró nea de muchas Escrituras del Nuevo Testamento. Este libro redescubre el inquebrantable, e incluso reforzado, compromiso con la Ley por parte de Jesú s y de los autores...
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2012.
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In the early 1930's Hitler began firing Jewish musicians across Europe. Overcoming extraordinary obstacles, violinist Bronislaw Huberman moved these great musicians to Palestine and formed a symphony that would become the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. With courage, resourcefulness and an entourage of allies including Arturo Toscanini and Albert Einstein, Huberman saved nearly 1000 Jews - and guaranteed the survival of Europe's musical heritage.
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Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum is devoted to his congregation of mostly middle- and upper-middle-class Conservative Jews - yet their lax observance frustrates and saddens him. Competing daily with an increasingly secular culture, Rosenbaum struggles to show his congregation the riches and fulfillment of an observant Jewish life. Exploring the rabbi's sometimes troubled, sometimes joyful leadership, And They Shall Be My People presents a complex and human portrait...
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A collection of essays interrogates the nature of Jewish identity in the time between two world wars. The history of Jews in interwar Germany and Austria is often viewed either as the culmination of tremendous success in the economic and cultural realms and of individual assimilation and acculturation, or as the beginning of the road that led to Auschwitz. By contrast, this volume demonstrates a re-emerging sense of community within the German-speaking...
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Many of us belong to communities that have been scarred by terrible calamities. And many of us come from families that have suffered grievous losses. How we reflect on these legacies of loss and the ways they inform each other are the questions Laura Levitt takes up in this provocative and passionate book.
An American Jew whose family was not directly affected by the Holocaust, Levitt grapples with the challenges of contending with ordinary Jewish...
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For Emmanuel Acho and Noa Tishby no question about Jews is off-limits. They go there. They cover Jews and money. Jews and power. Jews and privilege. Jews and white privilege. The Black and Jewish struggle. Emmanuel asks, Did Jews kill Jesus? To which Noa responds, "Why are Jewish people history's favorite scapegoat?" They unpack Judaism itself: Is it a religion, culture, a peoplehood, or a race? And: Are you antisemitic if you're anti-Zionist? The...
9) Los Lubavitch en la Argentina: ¿Quiénes son los nuevos judíos ortodoxos? ¿Qué buscan? ¿Cómo lo es
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Descubra el enigmático mundo de Jabad Lubavitch -un viaje al corazón de una rama de judíos ortodoxos en rápido crecimiento y explosiva influencia.En Los Lubavitch en la Argentina: ¿Quiénes son los nuevos judíos ortodoxos? ¿Qué buscan? ¿Cómo lo están consiguiendo? Alejandro Soifer, Ph.D., ofrece una crónica periodística que ahonda en el corazón de un movimiento que ha intrigado y desconcertado por partes iguales. A través de una investigación...
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...balanced and well informed...a striking piece of scholarship aimed at demythologizing the origins of the Ethiopian Falasha.
-Foreign AffairsKaplan's definitive treatment will be of interest to students and scholars of Jewish history, African history, and comparative religion, as well as anyone interested in Jewish affairs and the modern Middle East.
The Midwest Book ReviewKaplan's conceptualizations are judicious and clearly expressed...incisive...
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Discover the ancient wisdom and historical influence of a cornerstone of Judaism. The Wisdom of the Talmud presents a thorough history and overview of the Talmud, the rabbinical commentary on the Torah that was developed in the Jewish academies of Palestine and Babylonia. From the close of the Biblical canon to the end of the fifth century, Jewish scholars studied the scripture and worked to develop - and debate - supplementary understandings of the...
12) Golda
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MVD Entertainment Group
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2024.
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Shortly before her passing, Golda Meir was interviewed by Israeli television. After shooting ended, the cameras kept rolling, recording an intimate talk with the first and only woman to ever rule Israel. As she lit one cigarette after another, she spoke freely, pleading her case for her term as Prime Minister: five turbulent years that secured her place in history, albeit at a high personal cost.
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Ce livre est une plongée fascinante dans l'univers de l'une des forces armées les plus influentes et novatrices du monde. Ce livre offre un récit exhaustif de l'histoire de Tsahal, de sa naissance à nos jours, et explore les défis uniques auxquels cette institution militaire a dû faire face tout au long de son existence.Découvrez les leaders militaires visionnaires qui ont façonné le destin de Tsahal, de David Ben Gourion à Yitzhak Rabin,...
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The seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson (1902-1994) was perhaps the twentieth century's most well-known Jewish religious leader, best identified for spearheading the world-wide reconstruction of post-Holocaust Jewish religious life and inspiring a re-awakening of Jewish awareness and observance. Overseeing a primarily educational organization in over fifty countries, he addressed a vast range of educational matters in his correspondence,...
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"Islam in Eruku Land" by Abdul Azeez Badrudeen, Chief Imam of Eruku Land, is a three-part exploration. The book includes an introductory section covering 14 pages, a main body with nine chapters exploring Eruku's history, coexistence of religions, and detailed examination of Islam in Erukuland. Chapters address challenges, debunk misconceptions, and discuss relationships between Muslims and non-Muslims, Imams in Erukuland, and notable personalities....
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This monument of rabbinical exegesis written at the end of the twelfth century has exerted an immense and continuing influence upon Jewish thought. Its aim is to liberate people from the tormenting perplexities arising from their understanding of the Bible according only to its literal meaning. This edition contains extensive introductions by Shlomo Pines and Leo Strauss, a leading authority on Maimonides.
17) The Ari
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The most famous Kabbalist of all times, Isaac Luria or known as the Ari (the Lion), came to this world to teach the wisdom of Kabbalah to one student only, Chaim Vital. As the Ari did not physically write anything, his student Chaim was the only person who recorded the teachings.
Years later, his son Shmuel Vital edited and published the writings that we have now. However, some of the deepest secret writings were buried with Chaim in his grave. Against...
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In the field of biblical commentary, Hindsight Is 2020 offers both traditional and contemporary perspectives. Over the course of an entire year from March 2020 through March 2021, Rabbi Margie Cella wrote a daily study of the Torah, adding one entry for each of the seven sections of every one of the fifty-four weekly portions. Hindsight is written in the style of a journal, with each day's writing dated and titled.
Motivated by her desire to...
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Shi'ism in America provides the first general overview of the Shi'i community in America, tracing its history, its current composition, and how Shi'a have negotiated their identity in the American context.
There are over two million Shi'is, who differ from Sunni Muslims in their understandings of the early line of succession after Muhammad, in the United States. With community roots going back sometimes close to one hundred years, Shi'is can be found...
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Summary for The Wondering Jew: My Journey into JudaismIt all began with a promise: a promise I made to my father, a promise that led me on a journey into the heart and soul of Judaism. The result is this book, filled with intensely personal stories that helped me unlock some of the complicated teachings that make Judaism such a difficult religion to understand. The reader will learn, in a very unique way, the basics of the Jewish religion: Torah,...
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