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Essential judaism by george robinson is a good primer on jewish prayer, worship, festivals, customs, history, language, philosophy, and ideology. The author identifies as a reform jew on a journey towards greater observance, so he takes pains to talk about both traditional and progressive practice and thought. Sommers project is a contrast between the stenographic theory of revelation and what he calls the participatory theory, which puts a premium on human agency and gives witness to the grandeur of a god who accomplishes a providential task through the free will of human subjects under gods authority. In may 2014, rabbi sacks spoke at the national library of israel in jerusalem. By rabbi shalom arush this is the englishlanguage version of the hebrew book began haosher in stock ships worldwide from israel within 36 business days. How a new generation of jews can transform the american synagogue jewish lights, 2000 buy now. To life a celebration of jewish being and thinking by harold kushner. Rabbi joseph krakoff and michelle sider of michigan have a new book on how to deal with losing a loved one. Combining quality scholarship and sacred spiritual instruction, living judaism is a thoughtprovoking reference and guide for those already steeped in in living judaism, rabbi wayne dosick, ph. Rabbi benzion gold the rich legacy of longtime harvard.
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