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Getting to Know God
This book is a journey of discovery into the fascinating world of Christian theology. Elisheva Mechanic begins an exploration into the question of what theology is and how we do theology. She introduces some of the early church fathers and tells their stories and what contribution they made to the development of theology and the "great tradition." This book gives a wide-ranging survey of Christian theology and encourages us all to get to know God better.
Always Something Else
Ten-year old Elisheva Raskin has a knack for getting herself into sticky situations at home or in school with her friends, but tries to make the best of every situation.
Messianic Jewish Art
In this book, Elisheva and Roni Mechanic, two Messianic teachers, consider the subject of the International Messianic Jewish movement as well as drawing together some of the artists that have given artistic expression to its developing range of artwork. Christian, Jewish and Messianic Jewish artists have illustrated the life, identity and work of Jesus the Messiah and some of these portrayals have been included in this book. We have also included other genres of art in the section on Messianic Jewish artists. Authors: Elisheva is a keen photographer and has built up her own collection of photographs of travels to many places and of artwork in many galleries. She is also the author of several books including the latest, The Temple in the Gospel of Mark, (2022). Roni is an artist, theological educator, writer, conference speaker and Messianic Jew. Roni studied Industrial Design at the Johannesburg School of Art and Design. He also specialized in graphic art and fine art painting.
Olive Days
Winner of the GLCA New Writers Award A smoldering debut novel about a young mother in an Orthodox Jewish community of Los Angeles whose quest for authenticity erupts in a passionate affair following a night of wife swapping Rina Kirsch is a young mother and Modern Orthodox Jew in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood of Los Angeles. Dutifully keeping to the formidable expectations of a traditional household connects Rina with generations past and those to come. But a contradiction burns at her center: Rina is an atheist. She is also stymied in her life and marriage. Hoping to reinvigorate their relationship, Rina’s husband convinces her to partake in a night of wife swapping with other Orthodox ...
Secrets of Great Teachers
You can abandon rote learning with this middle and high school teaching guide. Encouraging both students and teachers to unlock their creativity, the authors provide guidance in lesson planning and ideas for creating unconventional homework, projects and tests that are cost-free and easy to implement. This book leads teachers away from endorsing competition and teacher-pleasing behavior, and offers ideas for independent thinking that will strengthen students' decision-making, deductive reasoning and emotional intelligence.
Mothers and Children
This book presents a synthetic history of the family--the most basic building block of medieval Jewish communities--in Germany and northern France during the High Middle Ages. Concentrating on the special roles of mothers and children, it also advances recent efforts to write a comparative Jewish-Christian social history. Elisheva Baumgarten draws on a rich trove of primary sources to give a full portrait of medieval Jewish family life during the period of childhood from birth to the beginning of formal education at age seven. Illustrating the importance of understanding Jewish practice in the context of Christian society and recognizing the shared foundations in both societies, Baumgarten's...
Why I Left Judaism
With a great sense of humor, Steinberg examines why she has decided to turn her back on Judaism and her Jewish identity. She discusses Jewish men, Jewish image, Jewish religion, and the Jewish state. (Judaism)
New Perspectives on Jewish-Christian Relations
The delicate balance between toleration and repulsion of the Jews, a tiny minority living within the Christian world, stands at the center of studies of religion and society. The development of this difficult relationship on many levels, theological, institutional, and individual, is a matter of continuing relevance in religious history from ancient to contemporary contexts. This volume, written by the leading scholars of Jewish-Christian engagement, seeks to revisit the question in light of new sources and re-readings of older sources. The old view of two implacable enemies battling for their version of truth, of Jews living as insular pariahs within a hostile world, the tale of persecution...
On My Right Michael, On My Left Gabriel
Introduction : angelic greetings or Shalom Aleichem -- At home with the angels : Babylonian ritual sources -- Out and about with the angels : Palestinian ritual sources -- No angels? early rabbinic sources -- In the image of God, not angels : rabbinic sources -- In the image of the angels : liturgical sources -- Israel among the angels : Late rabbinic sources -- Jewish mystics and the angelic realms : early mystical sources -- Conclusion : angels in Judaism and the religions of late antiquity -- Appendix A : table -- Appendix B : description of table.
Between Judaism and Christianity
The essays collected in this volume present a multi-faceted range of scholarship from late antique synagogues, Jewish funerary art, early Christian and Byzantine mosaics, to Byzantine and Jewish book art, and the representation of the Old Testament in Western manuscripts.
