Download or read book Torah As Teacher written by Kent Aaron Reynolds and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Despite extensive study of the poetic features of Psalm 119, the conceptions it advocates and its contribution to developing Judaism have not been well understood; indeed some scholars have dismissed the psalm as containing little more than wearisome repetition. Reynolds distinguishes between the psalmist and the speaker within the psalm. The psalmist portrays the speaker as an exemplary Torah student and thereby promotes the contemplation of Torah as a facet of ethical instruction. Using this new perspective, Reynolds contributes a fresh and coherent understanding of the ideas in Psalm 119. He explains the function of its length and highlights its emphasis on Torah study that became axiomatic in Rabbinic Judaism."--Publisher's website.
Download or read book Bar Bat Mitzvah Sourcebook written by Behrman House and published by Behrman House, Inc. This book was released on 2005-06 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The leading thinkers in Jewish education today analyze current practices, reflect on the social and psychological aspects of Bar/Bat Mitzvah, provide examples of programs to replicate, address concerns of those with special needs, outline creative family education opportunities and successful mitzvah programs, and provide strategies for teaching trope. Fifty chapters written by cantors, rabbis, directors of education, and scholars. Results of a survey of Bar/Bat Mitzvah educators included.
Download or read book Thirteen and a Day written by Mark Oppenheimer and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-05-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A striking look at the Jewish rite-and at American Jews in all their diversity Since its emergence here a century ago, the bar or bat mitzvah has become a distinctively American rite of passage, so much so that, in certain suburbs today, gentile families throw parties for their thirteen-year-olds, lest they feel left out. How did this come about? To answer that question, Mark Oppenheimer set out across America to attend the most distinctive b'nai mitzvah he could find, and Thirteen and a Day is the story of what he found- an altogether fresh look at American Jews today. Beginning with the image of a party of gaudy excess, Oppenheimer then goes farther afield in the great tradition of literary journalists from Joseph Mitchell to Ian Frazier and Susan Orlean. The two dozen Jews of Fayetteville, Arkansas, he finds, open their synagogue to eccentrics from all over the Ozarks. Those of Lake Charles, Louisiana, pass the hat to cover the expenses of their potluck dinner. And in Anchorage, Alaska, a Hasidic boy's bar mitzvah in a snowed-in hotel becomes a striking image of how far the Jewish diaspora has spread. In these people's company, privy to their soul-searching about their religious heritage, Oppenheimer finds that the day is full of wonder and significance. Part travelogue, part spiritual voyage, Thirteen and a Day is a lyrical, entertaining, even revelatory look at American Jews and one of the most original books of literary journalism to appear in some years.
Download or read book 13 and a Day written by Mark Oppenheimer and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the story of the author's journeys across America to attend the most distinctive b'nai mitzvah he could find in order to reveal how the bar and the bat mitzvah have become a distinctively American rite of passage.
Download or read book Guess What I Discovered on the Way to Church written by Diane Otto and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Christians who have wondered why the Church is so different from the Congregation in the Brit Chadasha/New Testament, Otto takes a look at whats missing, when those things were changed or replaced, and by whom. (Christian)
Download or read book Torah Tutor written by Rabbi Lenore Bohm and published by Read the Spirit Books. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Torah Tutor explores the Bible's early books highlighting themes for moral, spiritual and intellectual growth. This contemporary self-guided study is ideal for individual seekers and group discussions.
Download or read book Be Midbar Numbers 1 1 4 20 and Haftarah Hosea 2 1 22 written by Jeffrey K. Salkin and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2018-12 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be-midbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20) and Haftarah (Hosea 2:1-22): The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary shows teens in their own language how Torah addresses the issues in their world. The conversational tone is inviting and dignified, concise and substantial, direct and informative. Each pamphlet includes a general introduction, two model divrei Torah on the weekly Torah portion, and one model davar Torah on the weekly Haftarah portion. Jewish learning--for young people and adults--will never be the same. The complete set of weekly portions is available in Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin's book The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary (JPS, 2017).
Download or read book Searching for Comfort written by Meir Munk and published by Mesorah Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The loss of a loved one can be a devastating blow, its impact unpredictable and often perplexing. In this sensitively written volume, letters to a young man offer solace, strength and rare insight. The correspondence format allow Meir Munk to
Download or read book The Benderly Boys and American Jewish Education written by Jonathan B. Krasner and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first full-scale history of the creation, growth, and ultimate decline of the dominant twentieth-century model for American Jewish education
Download or read book The Bar and Bat Mitzvah Book written by Linda Burghardt and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to planning a Bar/Bat Mitzvah, for both traditional and non-observant families, includes study tips, party games, personal anecdotes, Judiac resources, and more.
Download or read book A Cultural History of Education in the Medieval Age written by Jo Ann Moran Cruz and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-04-20 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Cultural History of Education in the Medieval Age presents essays that examine the following key themes of the period: church, religion and morality; knowledge, media and communications; children and childhood; family, community and sociability; learners and learning; teachers and teaching; literacies; and life histories. The medieval world was a rich blend of cultures and religions within which individuals were shaped and schooled. Men and women learned, taught, worked, fought, and prayed in social contexts that witnessed an expansion of literacy and learning. The chapters in this volume illustrate the extent to which medieval education formed the foundation of the modern educational enterprise. An essential resource for researchers, scholars, and students in history, literature, culture, and education.
Download or read book Bar Bat Mitzvah Basics 2 E written by Cantor Helen Leneman and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011-09-08 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to manage the process with grace, joy and good sense. A practical guide that gives parents and teens the "how-to" information they need to navigate the bar/bat mitzvah process and grow as a family through this experience. For the first time in one book, everyone directly involved offers practical insights into how the process can be made easier and more enjoyable for all. Rabbis, cantors and Jewish educators from the Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist movements, parents, and even teens speak from their own experience. • What's it all about? • Preparation for Parent and Child • Tutoring, stress, expectations, enjoyment, planning for children with special needs • Negotiating the ceremony and celebration • Designing a creative service, heightening the spiritual exercise, special issues related to divorced and interfaith families, planning a party that neither breaks the bank nor detracts from the inherent spirituality of the event.
Download or read book Jews in the Realm of the Sultans written by Yaron Ben-Naeh and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2008 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jewish society in the Ottoman Empire has not been the subject of systematic research. The seventeenth century is the main object of this study, since it was a formative era. For Ottoman Jews, the 'Ottoman century' constituted an era of gradual acculturation to changing reality, parallel to the changing character of the Ottoman state. Continuous changes and developments shaped anew the character of this Jewry, the core of what would later become known as 'Sephardi Jewry'.Yaron Ben-Naeh draws from primary and secondary Hebrew, Ottoman, and European sources, the image of Jewish society in the Ottoman Empire. In the chapters he leads the reader from the overall urban framework to individual aspects. Beginning with the physical environment, he moves on to discuss their relationships with the majority society, followed by a description and analysis of the congregation, its organization and structure, and from there to the character of Ottoman Jewish society and its nuclear cell - the family. Special emphasis is placed throughout the work on the interaction with Muslim society and the resulting acculturation that affected all aspects and all levels of Jewish life in the Empire. In this, the author challenges the widespread view that sees this community as being stagnant and self-segregated, as well as the accepted concept of a traditional Jewish society under Islam.
Download or read book written by Dovid Ribiat and published by Feldheim Publishers. This book was released on 1999-06 with total page 890 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the 39 categories of labor forbidden on Shabbos. With hundreds of illustrations, a comprehensive index, and over 10,000 Hebrew notes.
Download or read book Handbook of Rabbinic Theology written by Jacob Neusner and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-12-28 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From his study of the rabbinic literature, Jacob Neusner shows how the rabbinic documents give expression to a theological system. Neusner discusses the how divine thought came to expression and he shows how the implicit theological system is expressed in the rules for the life of God’s chosen people. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.
Download or read book The Transformation of Judaism written by Jacob Neusner and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neusner describes, analyzes, and interprets the transformation of one system of the Israelite social order by a connected but autonomous successor-system. He reviews the initial statements made in The Transformation of Judaism: From Philosophy to Religion. The book summarizes ten years of work, from 1980 to 1990.
Download or read book Jewish Education and Society in the High Middle Ages written by Ephraim Kanarfogel and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2007-06-11 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paperback edition of a favorite text on the literary creativity and communal involvement in the production of the Tosafist corpus. The Jews of northern France, Germany, and England, known collectively as Ashkenazic Jewry, have commanded the attention of scholars since the beginnings of modern Jewish historiography. Over the past century, historians have produced significant studies about Jewish society in medieval Ashkenaz that have revealed them as a well-organized, creative, and steadfast community. Indeed, the Franco-Russian Jewry withstood a variety of physical, political, and religious attacks in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries to produce an impressive corpus of Talmudic and halakhic compositions, known collectively as Tosafot, that revolutionized the study of rabbinic literature. Although the literary creativity of the Tosafists has been documented and analyzed, and the scope and policies of communal government in Ashkenaz have been fixed and compared, no sustained attempt has been made to integrate these crucial dimensions. Jewish Education and Society in the High Middle Ages considers these relationships by examining the degree of communal involvement in the educational process, as well as the economic theories and communal structures that affected the process from the most elementary level to the production of the Tosafist corpus. By drawing parallels and highlighting differences to pre-Crusade Ashkenaz, the period following the Black Death, Spanish and Provençal Jewish society, and general medieval society, Ephraim Kanarfogel creates an insightful and compelling portrait of Ashkenazic society. Available in paperback for the first time with a new preface included, Jewish Education and Society in the High Middle Ages will be a welcome addition to the libraries of Jewish studies scholars and students of medieval religious literature.
