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Memorial Book of Goniadz Poland
Memorial Book of Goniondz is a translation of the Yizkor book first published in 1961 by its many Jewish inhabitants. There are eye-witness accounts of the horrors of World War II, along with list of Shoah victims. This translation passes on their lost world of this Jewish community to future generations.
ספר יצירה
Now in its 7th printing since republication in 1997, the Sefer Yetzirah has established itself as a primary source for all serious students of Kabbalah. Rabbi Kaplan's translation of this oldest and most mysterious of all Kabbalistic texts provides a unique perspective on the meditative and magical aspects of Kabbalah. He expounds on the dynamics of the spiritual domain, the worlds of Sefirot, souls and angels. This translation is based on Gra version of the Sefer Yetzirah and includes the author's extraordinary commentary on all its mystical aspects including kabbalistic astrology, Ezekiel's vision and the 231 gates. Also included are three alternative versions to make this volume the most complete work on the Sefer Yetzirah available in English.
Red, Black, and Jew
Between 1890 and 1924, more than two million Jewish immigrants landed on America's shores. The story of their integration into American society, as they traversed the difficult path between assimilation and retention of a unique cultural identity, is recorded in many works by American Hebrew writers. Red, Black, and Jew illuminates a unique and often overlooked aspect of these literary achievements, charting the ways in which the Native American and African American creative cultures served as a model for works produced within the minority Jewish community. Exploring the paradox of Hebrew literature in the United States, in which separateness, and engagement and acculturation, are equally st...
Kisvei HaRambam
In Kisvei HaRambam, the writings of the Rambam, Rabbeinu Moshe ben Maimon, are translated phrase-by-phrase, annotated, and elucidated with additional insights. Included are the Rambam’s famous introduction to Cheilek, the Thirteen Principles of Faith, essays on the Afterlife, Providence and free will, relevant chapters from Mishneh Torah, and a letter of encouragement to a struggling Jew.
A Social History Database of East European Jewish Deserted Wives, 1851-1900
The Database is a companion volume to The Plight of Jewish Deserted Wives, 18511900 (978-1-78976-168-9). It comprises circa 5000 entries, providing name, date and circumstance, with extensive cross-reference to aid future researchers. Agunot (Agunah, sing., meaning anchored in Hebrew) is a Jewish term describing women who cannot remarry because their husband has disappeared. According to Jewish law (Halacha) a woman can get out of the marriage only if the husband releases her by granting a divorce writ (Get), if he dies, or if his whereabouts is not known. Women whose husbands cannot be located, and who have not been granted a Get, are considered Agunot. The Agunah phenomenon was of major co...
Israeli Generals
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 66. Chapters: Ariel Sharon, Moshe Dayan, Rehavam Ze'evi, Effi Eitam, Shlomo Goren, David Elazar, Mickey Marcus, Chaim Herzog, Ezer Weizman, Yoav Galant, Benny Gantz, Avichai Rontzki, Yigal Allon, Yitzhak Pundak, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Giora Eiland, Israel Tal, Amir Drori, Efraim Sneh, Yitzhak Sadeh, Doron Almog, Matan Vilnai, Meir Zorea, Meir Amit, Shmuel Gonen, Yitzhak Ben Yisrael, Avigdor Ben-Gal, Avigdor Kahalani, Yitzhak Mordechai, Amram Mitzna, Daniel Rothschild, Yitzhak Arad, Yekutiel Adam, Uzi Narkiss, Yair Naveh, Gadi Eizenkot, Avner Shalev, Dan Harel,...
The Plight of Jewish Deserted Wives, 1851-1900
Agunot (Agunah, sing., meaning anchored in Hebrew) is a Jewish term describing women who cannot remarry because their husband has disappeared. According to Jewish law (Halacha) a woman can get out of the marriage only if the husband releases her by granting a divorce writ (Get), if he dies, or if his whereabouts is not known. Women whose husbands cannot be located, and who have not been granted a Get, are considered Agunot. The Agunah phenomenon was of major concern in East European Jewry and much referred to in Hebrew and Yiddish media and fiction. Most nineteenth-century Agunot cases came from Eastern Europe, where most Jews resided (twentieth-century Agunot were primarily in North America...
