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Come, take your seat as a juror on the Cain v. Abel trial. The prosecution and defense attorneys-angels from Jewish legend-will soon call Cain, Abel, Sin, Adam, Eve, great commentators of Jewish tradition, and God to the witness stand to unpack the emotional, societal, and spiritual influences underlying the world's first murder.

Of the more than fifty monarchs who sat on the throne of the Jews for over 1000 years, most of us can recall only a few. What we do remember about them has been coloured by legend and embellishment. In Kings of the Jews, Norman Gelb tells us the real stories of them all. And in doing so, he reveals how a remarkably resilient people whi survived divisions, discord, and conquest.

How do we expand health care coverage to more Americans? Are hate crimes legislation and affirmative action fair? What sacrifices must we make to protect the environment? Is the death penalty morally acceptable? Contributors include Jill Jacobs, of Jewish Funds for Justice; Arthur Waskow, director of The Shalom Center; and TV commentator and UCLA law professor Laurie Levenson.

Suitable for political figures and journalists, business professionals and authors, this title deals with some of the most critical moral issues of our time. It takes a hard look at important and controversial topics of our time.

These seventy-one firsthand stories from survivors of the Holocaust teach us to choose to remember for life, for their words are not about hatred and death but about ethics, decency and love. Although the stories are arranged to accompany the weekly Torah readings and many of the Jewish holidays, they are just as meaningful when read on their own, in any sequence.

Part of the "JPS Guides" series, this title provides access to important facts and Bible basics: how the Bible became the "Bible"; its origins, content, and organization distinctions between the Jewish Bible (the TANAKH) and Christian Bibles, a short history of Bible translations, and more.

Examples of such postcards, largely from the pre-Holocaust era, are reproduced here for the first time - selected, translated, and historically contextualized by one of the world's foremost postcard collectors.

A book that American Jews and particularly American Reform Jews have been waiting for: a clear and informed call for further reform in the Reform movement. It argues that rather than focusing on the importance of loyalty to community, Reform Judaism must determine how to engage the individual in a search for existential meaning.

Presents the history and dramatic rescue of the oldest Hebrew Bible in book form. In Crown of Aleppo, Hayim Tawil and Bernard Schneider tell the incredible story of the survival, against all odds, of the Aleppo Codex - one of the most authoritative and accurate traditional Masoretic texts of the Bible.

Acclaimed storyteller and Jewish scholar Ellen Frankel has masterfully tailored fifty-three Bible stories that will both delight and educate today's young readers. Using the 1985 JPS translation (NJPS) of the Hebrew Bible as her foundation, Frankel retains much of the Bible's original wording and simple narrative style as she incorporates her own exceptional storytelling technique.

These six short books of the Bible, each read in connection with a Jewish holy day, constitute a literature unto themselves - a poetic, spiritual, and literary treasure. This volume includes The Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, and Jonah.

Set in the fortified city of Bethlehem and the mountainous towns of Moab, this young adult novel imagines the life of the biblical Naomi and her deep friendship with her daughter-in-law Ruth. It traces Naomi's suffering at the hands of warring tribes; her struggles as a woman of low rank in the ancient world; and Ruth's and Naomi's perseverance, both individually and together.

A definitive historical-critical commentary on the Passover seder. The Passover haggadah enjoys an unrivaled place in Jewish culture, both religious and secular. Joseph Tabory, one of the world's leading authorities on the history of the haggadah, traces the development of the seder and the haggadah through the ages.

Features verses from the pages of "Genesis", "Exodus", "Ecclesiastes", "Jeremiah", "Lamentations", "Proverbs", "Psalms", and many other biblical books, with the JPS English translation.

Presents a holiday book that takes us through the joys, spirit, and meaning of the seasons. This title focuses on our personal connections to each holiday and our home observance. It features readings that teach us about the history of each holiday, as well as its theological, ethical, agricultural, and seasonal importance and interpretation.

A young adult biography that focuses on Einstein as a great Jewish thinker and champion of Israel. It explores the story of Albert Einstein's connection to his Jewish roots and the growth of his commitment to the creation of the State of Israel.

Part of the "JPS Scholar of Distinction" series, this title deals with the Bible as interpreted through ancient Near-Eastern creation myths, flood myths, and goddess myths; gender in the Bible; the feminist approach to Jewish law; comparative Jewish and Christian perspectives on the Hebrew Bible; biblical perspectives on ecology; and more.

Much more than a history of the Passover story. This title mirrors the last five centuries in Jewish history as reflected in the haggadah itself. It features two hundred facsimile plates to reproduce representative pages from printed haggadot.

What Jewish history and wisdom teach us about coping with worry. This book addresses such questions as: What is worry? Why, when, and how do all of us do it? Is it a Jewish thing? Is it avoidable, and is it all bad? And, how can we turn our tendency to worry into a positive force in our lives?

The Book of Ecclesiastes is part of the ""wisdom literature"" of the Bible. It concerns itself with universal philosophical questions, rather than events in the history of Israel and in the Hebrews' covenant with God. Koheleth, the speaker in this book, ruminates on what - if anything - has lasting value, and how - if at all - God interacts with humankind.

The teachers of Hasidism gave new life to the literary tradition of parable, a story that teaches a spiritual or moral truth. In The Hasidic Parable, acclaimed author Aryeh Wineman takes readers through the great works of the hasidic storytellers. Although these parables date back 200 years or more, they deal with moral and religious themes and issues still relevant today.

Includes translations of eight of the most interesting and developed narratives found in the "Zohar", the central medieval Jewish mystical text. The author's artful translation, together with commentaries and notes, reveals the richness of the "Zohar".

Justice Menachem Elon's classic text surveys the panorama of Jewish law from biblical times to contemporary Israel. The result is the most definitive record to date of a unique legal system that integrates criminal, civil, and religious law to form a unified whole of unprecedented range. This four-volume set is an essential resource for academic, legal, and personal libraries.

Guides readers through the words and ideas of the Torah. Each volume is the work of a scholar who stands at the pinnacle of his field. Every page contains the complete traditional Hebrew text, with cantillation notes, the JPS translation of the Holy Scriptures, aliyot breaks, Masoretic notes, and commentary by a distinguished Hebrew Bible scholar, integrating classical and modern sources.

Presents an entirely original translation of the Holy Scriptures into contemporary English, based on the Masoretic (the traditional Hebrew) text. This book is collaboration by academic scholars and rabbis, representing the three largest branches of organized Judaism in the United States.

The history of modern Israel is a story of ambition, violence, and survival. Return to Zion traces how a scattered and stateless people reconstituted themselves in their traditional homeland, only to face threats by those who, during the many years of the dispersion, had come to regard the land as their home.

In this innovative guidebook, Julie Baretz takes readers to twenty-one off-the-beaten-path locations in Israel where Bible stories are said to have happened. At each site, she sets the scene by relating the historical context of the event, then follows with the biblical text itself and her own lively commentary.