One-Minute Jewish Stories

One-Minute Jewish Stories
Author: Shari Lewis
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1993-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780440408789

The American Catholic Experience Through Stories, Memoirs, Essays and Commentary.

A First Book of Jewish Bible Stories

A First Book of Jewish Bible Stories
Author: Mary Hoffman
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780789485045

Seven stories from the Old Testament, such as Noah's Ark and Joseph and his Rainbow Coat, are retold for the very young. Includes "Who's Who in the Bible Stories."

Stars of David

Stars of David
Author: Scott R. Benarde
Publisher: UPNE
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781584653035

A fascinating look into how Judaism has shaped and influenced the makers of rock music over the past fifty years.

The Family Book of Midrash

The Family Book of Midrash
Author: Barbara Diamond Goldin
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2006-09-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0742579670

This collection gives the reader a taste of the thousands of stories one can find in the treasure house of rabbinic literature. Some of these stories are humorous, some mysteriuos, some tense with drama or adventure, some filled with the joy of a miracle and the beauty of faith. All of these stories come from either the Talmud or the Midrash. This collection shows that these rabbinical stories are not old and outdated, but alive and timeless, for future generations to continue to enjoy.

The Barefoot Book of Jewish Tales

The Barefoot Book of Jewish Tales
Author: Shoshana Boyd Gelfand
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9781782853541

Retold by Rabbi Gelfand, each of these eight delightful tales from Jewish tradition is accompanied by Hall's vivid artwork and delivers a simple yet powerful message. Full color. 8 x 11.

With a Mighty Hand

With a Mighty Hand
Author: Amy Ehrlich
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2013-08-27
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0763643955

A lyrical adaptation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible presents the stories of Adam and Eve, Abraham, Moses and other primary figures in a continuous narrative that upholds the complexities of the original text.

One Minute Wisdom

One Minute Wisdom
Author: Anthony De Mello
Publisher: Image
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2012-10-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 030780545X

Through profound spiritual insights and his unique approach to the inner life, internationally acclaimed author Anthony de Mello points the way toward new levels of contemplation, happiness, love, wisdom, and enlightenment. In more than two hundred parables and lessons about living life fully yet simply, de Mello gives examples filled with wisdom that cannot be conveyed in regular direct discourse. Rooted in the spirit of the Gospel and spanning the mystical traditions of East and West, this invigorating volume -- like all the author's previous books -- is intended to enliven our faith and free us from whatever imprisons our mind, body, and soul. One Minute Wisdom will lead from sense to sensitivity, from mood to meaning, from thought to feeling. And as de Mello writes, "Wisdom can come without the slightest effort—in the time it takes to open your eyes." Wherever your spiritual belief may lie—or even if you have no beliefs at all—you will find in these pages needed and helpful direction on continuing the process of self-discovering and on finding the satisfying riches that lie deep within you.

People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
Author: Dara Horn
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2021-09-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0393531570

Winner of the 2021 National Jewish Book Award for Con­tem­po­rary Jew­ish Life and Prac­tice Finalist for the 2021 Kirkus Prize in Nonfiction A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A Wall Street Journal, Chicago Public Library, Publishers Weekly, and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A startling and profound exploration of how Jewish history is exploited to comfort the living. Renowned and beloved as a prizewinning novelist, Dara Horn has also been publishing penetrating essays since she was a teenager. Often asked by major publications to write on subjects related to Jewish culture—and increasingly in response to a recent wave of deadly antisemitic attacks—Horn was troubled to realize what all of these assignments had in common: she was being asked to write about dead Jews, never about living ones. In these essays, Horn reflects on subjects as far-flung as the international veneration of Anne Frank, the mythology that Jewish family names were changed at Ellis Island, the blockbuster traveling exhibition Auschwitz, the marketing of the Jewish history of Harbin, China, and the little-known life of the "righteous Gentile" Varian Fry. Throughout, she challenges us to confront the reasons why there might be so much fascination with Jewish deaths, and so little respect for Jewish lives unfolding in the present. Horn draws upon her travels, her research, and also her own family life—trying to explain Shakespeare’s Shylock to a curious ten-year-old, her anger when swastikas are drawn on desks in her children’s school, the profound perspective offered by traditional religious practice and study—to assert the vitality, complexity, and depth of Jewish life against an antisemitism that, far from being disarmed by the mantra of "Never forget," is on the rise. As Horn explores the (not so) shocking attacks on the American Jewish community in recent years, she reveals the subtler dehumanization built into the public piety that surrounds the Jewish past—making the radical argument that the benign reverence we give to past horrors is itself a profound affront to human dignity.

Short Vort

Short Vort
Author: Moshe Kormornick
Publisher:
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2013
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 9781598260342

A Small Book of Jewish Comedians

A Small Book of Jewish Comedians
Author: Tony Nourmand
Publisher: Reel Art Press
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2021-09-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9781909526839

An unmissable gift book, A Small Book of Jewish Comedians is a perfect (please God) post-pandemic pick-me-up In 1978, Time magazine estimated that around 80 percent of professional American comics were Jewish, and Jewish humor remains a foundation stone of American popular culture and humor. This book is not intended as a definitive tome but is instead a joyful and irreverent celebration of great photography and some of the greatest one-liners of the 20th century, ripe in satire, anecdote, self-deprecation and irony. Featuring photographs of comedians such as Larry David, Fran Lebowitz, Mel Brooks, Sid Caesar, Lenny Bruce, Sarah Silverman, Joan Rivers and George Burns, the book's portraits are accompanied by one-liners such as: "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." (Groucho Marx); "When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick." (George Burns); "It was a Jewish porno film ... one minute of sex and nine minutes of guilt." (Joan Rivers); "You know who wears sunglasses inside? Blind people and assholes." (Larry David); "I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel." (Fran Lebowitz).