Download or read book What Is a Nice Jewish Girl Like Me Doing in a Place Like This written by Bette Harrison and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-23 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What Is a Nice Jewish Girl Like Me Doing in a Place Like This written by Bette Harrison and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-27 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A MIRACULOUS STORY OF CONVERSION or -What Is A Nice Jewish Girl Like Me Doing In a Place Like This?- (The Catholic Church) The story begins at the birth of a young Jewish girl born into a patriarchal Israeli heritage, a girl who dropped out of Hebrew school after her teacher was arrested for a crime, a crime that proved her father's idea of truth, that "the Bible is fairy tales and fables made up to control man." However, he challenged his 12-year-old daughter, "Go on with your life and read; study; seek the truth; and when you find it, I will respect it." An incredible journey, Bette's life, thus far a 60-year span, began with a traumatic circumstance, death surrounding her while she was yet unborn. Yet, God intervened despite her own mother's plea to her doctor and his response. God reached into her mother's womb and consecrated Bette to Himself. And so, the narrative of Bette's life begins told poignantly with great humor and storytelling capability. Born in 1953, Bette experienced childhood loss of innocence when her home playground was destroyed and converted into a fallout shelter to protect against nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis. Then came the traumatic death of President John F. Kennedy, born 20 minutes from her own birthplace in Massachusetts. As a young bride, Bette moved to her childhood dream location, southern California, the home of Disneyland, "The Happiest Place on Earth." God reached out his hand to Bette many years later on a beach, giving her a mystical understanding of the cosmos. He took her out of her body and into His mind to see His creation, hear a special message, and experience a remarkable healing all simultaneously. With God's Word affirming Bette, this book contains photos of miraculous events and poetry. The birth of their daughter opens up more telepathic, mystical experiences revealing the realm of God and His messengers on our journeys. Bette's heritage is discovered upon meeting a man on an aircraft who is able to unravel questions of her Israeli background with his interpretation of her great-grandfather's tombstone. The even greater adventure continues to unfold as Bette and her husband fly 14 hours to an incredible pilgrimage to find the birthplace of her fathers. Bette discovers that her great-grandfather was a brilliant man, a rabbi buried near the tomb of Ari (the modern day founder of the Kabbalah) and that her ancestry goes back, according to a tombstone to the Tribe of Naphtali, one of the first 12 tribes of Israel. A beautifully graphic story of conversion, it would be difficult to read this story and not see the hand of God at work in Bette's life. Hearing Bette's story will help elevate your own faith in God. Her telling is like going on an epic journey that traverses time and space. It encompasses Kairos time, God's perfect time, and His illustrating transcendent presence. Ask and the Lord will bring you deeper into a relationship with Him as you read the testimony of Bette's conversion to Catholicism, her first experiences with the Holy Spirit and then when she cautiously opened her heart to Jesus Christ and realized her need to respond. Much more soul-searching ensued when her first born child's comment, "Mommy I think Mary is the most beautiful women on earth," led her to discover the powerful intercession of Jesus' mother. Discover Bette's story, and hopefully enrich your own relationship with God!
Download or read book What s a Nice Jewish Boy Like You Doing in a Place Like This written by Dan Cohn-Sherbok and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The funny and warming story of how a rabbi kept his faith, sanity and sense of humor, this hilarious memoir is an account of his battle with the Establishment on four continents.
Download or read book The Jew Named Jesus written by Rebekah Simon-Peter and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Rebekah Simon-Peter says "Jesus was born a Jew, raised a Jew, lived a Jew, died a Jew, and resurrected a Jew. He was no backsliding Jew, but an observant Jew. He honored and observed the Sabbath and the Jewish holidays. But most of all, he honored and observed the Torah, the Hebrew Bible, or what we call the Old Testament . . . How could he do anything but love his own people? I believe it’s important for the church to own that and to claim it proudly. Jesus was Jewish—through and through. Why is that important? I believe how we see, name, and claim Jesus has everything to do with how we see, name, and claim each other." Simon-Peter, an ordained elder in The United Methodist Church, was born and raised a Jew, first Reform, then later Orthodox. She challenges Christians to rethink Jesus’ identity as a Jew, and in the process, to consider ways traditional Christian theology has contributed to anti-semitism. How can we continue to heal the breaches between Jews and Christians? How can the biblical texts enrich our understanding of Jesus as a practicing Jew? How can our Christian faith deepen and grow as we consider ways to respect Jesus’ identity as a faithful Jew?
Download or read book America s Jewish Women A History from Colonial Times to Today written by Pamela Nadell and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking history of how Jewish women maintained their identity and influenced social activism as they wrote themselves into American history. What does it mean to be a Jewish woman in America? In a gripping historical narrative, Pamela S. Nadell weaves together the stories of a diverse group of extraordinary people—from the colonial-era matriarch Grace Nathan and her great-granddaughter, poet Emma Lazarus, to labor organizer Bessie Hillman and the great justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, to scores of other activists, workers, wives, and mothers who helped carve out a Jewish American identity. The twin threads binding these women together, she argues, are a strong sense of self and a resolute commitment to making the world a better place. Nadell recounts how Jewish women have been at the forefront of causes for centuries, fighting for suffrage, trade unions, civil rights, and feminism, and hoisting banners for Jewish rights around the world. Informed by shared values of America’s founding and Jewish identity, these women’s lives have left deep footprints in the history of the nation they call home.
Download or read book Nice Jewish Girls written by Grace Paley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1996-04-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “While nearly every Jewish female reader will find herself reflected here, the poignancy of these stories will be felt by readers of all ethnicities.”—Library Journal Chicken soup and Barbra Streisand, lost fathers and first dates, Hebrew school and Queen Esther, seders and seductions. In this insightful, original anthology, forty-five American Jewish writers explore the richness of their shared heritage, from the tragic to the trivial. In memoirs, fiction, and poetry new and favorite writers like Grace Paley, Amy Bloom, Vivian Gornick, and Laura Cunningham brilliantly reveal the challenges of coming of age as a Jewish woman in America today. What have we lost that our mothers and grandmothers had? Do we still feel close ties to family and community? Can we make a decent pot roast? This spirited collection is full of humor and wisdom, memory and affection—and there isn’t a Jewish girl (nice or otherwise) who won’t find herself reflected in these vibrant pages.
Download or read book My Confection written by Lisa Kotin and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A funny, candid, and original coming-of-age story told through sugar addiction She doesn’t drink or do drugs, but like millions of other Americans, Lisa Kotin has a substance abuse problem. Kotin is addicted to sugar. My Confection is a darkly funny and candid memoir of where sugar took this teenage mime when she left her San Francisco Bay Area home in pursuit of artistic greatness. From the strict macrobiotic house where she is kicked out for smuggling Snickers, to her early days of Overeaters Anonymous meetings where she is bewildered by the idea of submitting to a higher power, to the stylish shrink who suggests she figure out how many minutes of tennis equal the calories in one jelly donut, to the men she unwraps and consumes like cheap chocolate bars, Kotin careens from romantic disasters to caloric catastrophes. Original and surprisingly affecting, this portrait of a sugar addict has nothing to do with losing weight or getting fit but rather with coming out of the (sugar) closet, finding allies who understand, and learning how to live healthfully, in spite of her compulsion.
Download or read book Harvest of Stars written by Poul Anderson and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The virtual persona of a long-dead visionary entrepreneur threatens to incite a revolution from space that could topple Earth’s powerful and repressive religious-technological dictatorship in this ingenious science fiction classic In the future, individual freedom is a thing of the past. North America is a police state controlled by the Avantist government, a despotic, techno-religious ruling order that promises an impending transcendence for the oppressed. Space, however, remains free, thanks to Anson Guthrie’s powerful Fireball Corporation. Guthrie’s corporeal self died many generations ago, but his essence lives on, preserved forever in a computerized state that enables him to inspire his loyal employees and adherents to keep reaching for the farthest stars. But now the totalitarian enemy, led by sadistic secret policeman Enrique Sayre, has gained possession of a Guthrie download, intending to subvert it to the Avantist cause, thereby breaking Fireball’s hold on the cosmos. The corporation is doomed unless ace pilot Kyra Davis can smuggle a still-unreconstructed version of Guthrie out of enslaved America and rocket him to the moon and beyond, where Fireball’s virtual creator can attempt to stoke the flames of revolution—and change the direction of his world. A truly remarkable work from one of science fiction’s all-time greats, Harvest of Stars might be the most ingenious and ambitious novel of Grand Master Poul Anderson’s acclaimed and prolific career. Thoughtful and adventurous, rich in imagination and integrity, it offers definitive proof of the seven-time Hugo Award–winning author’s unparalleled mastery in the field of speculative fiction.
Download or read book What Is a Nice Jewish Girl Like Me Doing in the Catholic Church written by Bette Harrison and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than a coming of age story, Bette unveils not only her life but also her heritage. Beginning with potential death and loss surrounding her birth. The dramatic telling takes you from ancient Israel to the 60 year time in US history, including the Cuban Missile crises and the assassination of JFK. Traverse from Massachusetts to California. Learn how a Jewish girl loses her faith only to find something bigger. Beginning with a mystical, out of body experience, continuing by witnessing miracles, beyond belief. Join Bette through her life and discover with her the incredible magnificence of God in our lives.
Download or read book From Bagels to Buddha written by Judi Hollis and published by Central Recovery Press, LLC. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part memoir, part how-to, this book addresses the growing obesity epidemic in the US in a humorous and non-judgmental manner.
Download or read book The Hired Girl written by Laura Amy Schlitz and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2016 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction A 2016 Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Award Winner Winner of the 2016 National Jewish Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz brings her delicious wit and keen eye to early twentieth-century America in a moving yet comedic tour de force. Fourteen-year-old Joan Skraggs, just like the heroines in her beloved novels, yearns for real life and true love. But what hope is there for adventure, beauty, or art on a hardscrabble farm in Pennsylvania where the work never ends? Over the summer of 1911, Joan pours her heart out into her diary as she seeks a new, better life for herself—because maybe, just maybe, a hired girl cleaning and cooking for six dollars a week can become what a farm girl could only dream of—a woman with a future. Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz relates Joan’s journey from the muck of the chicken coop to the comforts of a society household in Baltimore (Electricity! Carpet sweepers! Sending out the laundry!), taking readers on an exploration of feminism and housework; religion and literature; love and loyalty; cats, hats, and bunions.
Download or read book Jewish Poland Revisited written by Erica T. Lehrer and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Jewish Book Award Finalist: “A fresh and delightful portrait of Jewish renewal in Poland . . . Highly recommended.” —Choice Since the end of Communism, Jews from around the world have visited Poland to tour Holocaust-related sites. A few venture further, seeking to learn about their own Polish roots and connect with contemporary Poles. For their part, a growing number of Poles are fascinated by all things Jewish. In this book, Erica T. Lehrer explores the intersection of Polish and Jewish memory projects in the historically Jewish neighborhood of Kazimierz in Krakow. Her own journey becomes part of the story as she demonstrates that Jews and Poles use spaces, institutions, interpersonal exchanges, and cultural representations to make sense of their historical inheritances.
Download or read book The Wizardry of Jewish Women written by Gillian Polack and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2021-12-19 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pink tutus, magic, sarcasm, amulets and bushfires: this is suburban fantasy in Australia. Life is never quite what it seems, even without the lost family heritage delivered to Judith and Belinda. Judith wants an ordinary life... mostly. If Belinda weren't Judith's sister, and if it wasn't for bushfires and bigots, Belinda's life would be perfectly ordinary. Judith will tell you so; you don't even have to ask. Belinda's friend Rhonda has a superpower. Each time she sees the future or reveals deep secrets, seekers for the 'New Nostradamus' come closer to destroying her life. Her hold on normalcy is very fragile; so is her hold on safety. Judith and Rhonda are haunted, Judith by her past and Rhonda by her gift. Will they ever come into the sunshine and find happiness?
Download or read book A Jewish Tale written by Elizabeth Cooper and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2014-08-22 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can you know God; and how would that relationship impact your life? A Jewish Tale is a saga of an American Jewesss life, which spans from her birth in Brooklyn at the end of World War II, through the great cultural upheaval of the 1960s and 70s to the present. Moving to the West Coast in 1970, Ms. Cooper lived in communes in the San Francisco Bay area, and was very much a participant of the counterculture. During that turbulent era, she began asking such pivotal questions as, Can you change society to make it more equitable for all? And, Can you know God; and how would that relationship impact your life? Follow Ms. Coopers quest for the answers to her probing questions. Read the account of how this Jewish woman had an encounter with the God of Israel in a most unexpected way.
Download or read book Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism written by Dennis Prager and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1986-04-21 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you have ever wondered what being born Jewish should mean to you; if you want to find out more about the nature of Judaism, or explain it to a friend; if you are thinking about how Judaism can connect with the rest of your life -- this is the first book you should own. It poses, and thoughtfully addresses, questions like these: Can one doubt God's existence and still be a good Jew? Why do we need organized religion? Why shouldn't I intermarry? What is the reason for dietary laws? How do I start practicing Judaism? The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism was written for the educated, skeptical, searching Jew, and for the non-Jew who wants to understand the meaning of Judaism. It has become a classic and very widely read introduction to the oldest living religion. Concisely and engagingly, authors Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin present Judaism as the rational, moral alternative for contemporary man.
Download or read book Venus in the Afternoon written by Tehila Lieberman and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction, 2012. The short stories in this rich debut collection embody in their complexity Alice Munro's description of the short story as "a world seen in a quick, glancing light." In chiseled and elegant prose, Lieberman conjures wildly disparate worlds. A middle aged window washer, mourning his wife and an estranged daughter, begins to grow attached to a young woman he sees through the glass; a writer, against his better judgment, pursues a new relationship with a femme fatale who years ago broke his heart; and the daughter of a Holocaust survivor struggles with the delicate decision of whether to finally ask her aging mother how it was that she survived. It is all here--the exigencies of love, of lust, the raw, unlit terrain of grief. Whether plumbing the darker depths or casting a humorous eye on a doomed relationship, these stories never force a choice between tragedy and redemption, but rather invite us into the private moments and crucibles of lives as hungry and flawed as our own.
Download or read book The Goomba s Book of Love written by Steven R. Schirripa and published by Crown. This book was released on 2010-07-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Move over Miss Lonelyhearts . . . Steven R. Schirripa, author of the runaway bestseller A Goomba’s Guide to Life, is back with more life lessons from the neighborhood. Recalling stories of his own colorful journey from the streets of Bensonhurst to the bright lights of Las Vegas and stardom as Bobby “Bacala” Baccalieri in the HBO hit series The Sopranos, Schirripa observes the finer points of amore in all its forms—love for his mother and her Sunday sauce, his wife and kids, his friends, his goomar on the side, even for his car (and he better not catch you eating in it, if you know what’s good for you). Alternately touching, telling, and laugh-out-loud funny, The Goomba’s Book of Love proves that no one loves as fiercely (or as frequently) as a goomba.
