Evil speech can destroy friendships, break up marriages and ruin businesses. Gossip-negative talk, put-downs, rumors, accusations-not only hurts the person being talked about, it also hurts the person speaking and the person listening. In short, gossip has a negative impact on everyone. Yet, despite these negative consequences, gossip has been around since the beginning of humankind and continues to be a popular but destructive pastime. Throughout this timely and enjoyable book, readers will learn what the Bible and Jewish wisdom have to say regarding speech and how their teachings relate to our world today. Readers will also learn via real-life examples how to break the gossip habit and how to teach others to do the same. Gossip will help people develop skills to improve their lives by getting along better with others; mending old hurts and reclaiming lost relationship; keeping good relationships from going bad through hurtful words; and strengthening relationships they already have by speaking in a more encouraging and productive manner. The purpose of this book is to extinguish the fire of evil speech and help us live in a gossip-free environment. The result? Positive interactions with the people around us, the healing of relationships and a more complete self.

Gossip: Ten Pathways to Eliminate It from Your Life and Transform Your Soul

Self-Help

Palatnik, Lori

Personal Transformation

Simcha Press

In pursuit of an answer to the question of what would constitute a perfect world, author Ken Spiro questioned more than 1,500 people of various backgrounds and religions. His findings revealed six core elements: Respect for human life; peace and harmony; justice and equality; education; family; and social responsibility. He then set off on a journey to find out why these were such common goals across cultural, economic, social and racial lines, and in the process, traced the history of the development of world religions, values and ethics. As a rabbi, he paid particular attention to how Judaism impacted, and was influenced by, the course of these developments. The result is a highly readable and well-documented book about the origins of values and virtues in Western civilization as influenced by the Greeks, Romans, Christians, Muslims and, most significantly, the Jews. The history of religion, presented in Spiro’s highly readable style, is a fascinating and timely subject, especially in today’s volatile religious climate. Spiro divides his book into five engaging parts: <ul>
<li>Where the Quality of Mercy Was Not Strained: The World of Greece and Rome</li> <li>Against the Grain: The Jewish View</li> <li>A Father to Many Nations: Abraham and the Implications of Monotheism</li> <li>With Sword and Fire: The Rise of Christianity and Islam</li> <li>The New Promised Land: Impact of Judaism on Liberal Democracies</li>
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Readers of all faiths will find that the elements of a perfect world can only be achieved by a common understanding of our mutual backgrounds and that our diverse religions are all merely branches growing from one single tree.

WorldPerfect: The Jewish Impact on Civilization

History

Spiro, Ken

World

Stairway to Serenity Adapted from the Shaar Habitachon

Robert Kremnizer

Australian Encounters is a collection of firsthand accounts by Robert Kremnizer who is a highly-respected lawyer, businessman, and writer who is based in Sydney, Australia, portraying his interactions with the Rebbe, both in his professional capacity and in his private life..

Australian Encounters - Firsthand Stories of the Rebbe

Joseph (Yossel) Green was a college student who was sure he knew everything - including that the Divine has no control over the world - until the day when his zaidy asked him to elaborate... Conversations with Zaidy is a journey through the deepest fundamentals of judaism, framed as a conversation between a grandfather and grandson exploring various common questions that people have about belief in G-d. The teachings of the "Zaidy" in this story are culled from the teachings of the Chabad Rebbes in general and the Lubavitcher Rebbe in particular and are presented in a way that make them accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds. Conversations with Zaidy is Robert Kremnizer's seventh book. He is a highly-respected lawyer, businessman, and writer who is based in Sydney, Australia.

Conversations with Zaidy - A Story of Faith (Kremnizer)