With its verse-by-verse analysis of Creation, Six Days of Cosmology and Evolution presents a detailed commentary on the first chapter of Genesis through scientific and rabbinic lenses. Focusing on topics such as the nature of time and the biblical use of homonyms, Daniel Langer demonstrates that, when properly understood, the Genesis account does not conflict with modern cosmology, geology, or evolution.

Six Days of Cosmology and Evolution: A Scientific Commentary on the Genesis Text With Rabbinic Sources

Religion & Spirituality

Langer, Daniel

Christian Books & Bibles

Urim Pubns

The JDC Haggadah highlights the work of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, which, since it was founded in 1914, has been the premier organization reaching out to Jews in distress around the world. For the making of this Haggadah, JDC opened its vast archives of photographs, letters and documents, many of them never before made public. This Haggadah is rich in pictures of the rescue and relief of Jews in times of crisis from pre-state Israel to post-Shoah Europe to Soviet Russia to the deserts of Ethiopia. It reminds us how the JDC helped liberate Jews in distress and provided for both their physical and spiritual needs. Some of the most moving images are of Jews who themselves narrowly escaped tragedy marking the Passover seder with the potent holiday symbols of matzah and wine. The connections between the Exodus story and these modern-day rescues are made in the inspiring Foreword by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin and the insightful Commentary by Professor Ari L. Goldman. Historical anecdotes inserted at appropriate points in the text feature firsthand accounts by both rescuers and those rescued. Skillfully edited by Linda Levi, Director of Global Archives for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC ), and JDC Consultant, Ilana Stern Kabak, what emerges is a vivid and moving account of the Exodus that reaches back through the ages and reminds us why the Passover story is a story for all times

In Every Generation: The JDC Haggadah: from the Archives of "The Joint," the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (English and Hebrew Edition)

Goldman, Ari L.

Flower of God was named Best Biography of 2011-2012 at the DIY Book Festival in Hollywood, California Flower of God was named Best Biography in Next Generation Indie Book Awards of 2012 Runner up for Best Biography of 2011 at the London International Book Festival Flower of God tells the story of the author's paternal ancestral family from the time of the Temple of Solomon to the present: their migration from ancient Israel to Babylon, to Persia, to Anatolia, to Europe and finally to the United States. Dr. Herbert Ausubel's saga of his family history is a captivating story of the Jewish experience, at once universal and unique. It is Everyman's tale, and the family's struggles are immediately recognized by anyone who knows something of the immigrant's journey, whatever the ethnicity. It is easy to empathize with the characters because Ausubel captures their humanity, and their difficult search for a hard-won life of dignity, purpose and acceptance. This book is a testament to the unbelievable courage of the Jewish people and the indomitable human spirit. William Faulkner's marvelous Nobel Prize acceptance speech provides the perfect summary of their struggle: ''We will not merely endure, we will prevail.'' Dr. Ausubel has written with a sensitive pen, using poignant language, evoking compassionate images, describing action with its fortuitous consequences. Were this not a portrayal based on the lives of real people, documented by historical facts, environmental locales and interviews with remaining relatives, it would read like a compelling novel-the reader cheering the families on in their laborious quest for dignity, freedom and life. Lynne Gusikoff Hawes author of Guide to Musical America Dr. Ausubel’s writing is highly colorful, meticulous, historically accurate, and beautifully expressed. The author obviously sees the Jewish experience from the inside out, and his ability to make the reader, Jewish and gentile, share his unfolding saga. Thus the reader is carried along in a most impressive “page-turning” experience. Dr. Arbie Orenstein Professor of Music, Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College

The Flower of God: A Jewish Family's 3,000-Year Journey from Spice to Medicine

History

Ausubel, Herbert, M.D.

World

One Baby Step at a Time is a collection of eye-opening personal essays, inspirational readings, and refreshingly honest interviews that will uplift, validate, and provide practical suggestions to improve the life of every Jewish mother. In this sequel to her critically-acclaimed book Expecting Miracles, author Chana (Jenny) Weisberg describes the seven ancient Jewish secrets that have enabled Jewish women throughout the millennia to infuse their mothering lives with more happiness, fulfillment, and spirituality.

One Baby Step at a Time: Seven Secrets of Jewish Motherhood

Parenting & Relationships

Weisberg, Chana

Family Relationships

This Passover Haggadah compiles the Rav s commentary from the Rav's shiurim on Pesach which he delivered to his students at Yeshiva University and to the general public at Congregation Moriah in Manhattan. Rabbi Adler has presented those lectures in this accessible resource for pre-Pesach studies and an insightful accompaniment to the Pesach Seder. Not only does the Rav illuminate the halachic basis of many of the mitzvot of the Seder, but he also expounds on the traditional text with universal and relevant interpretations. Includes the full Passover Haggadah text in Hebrew with an English translation plus commentary.

Haggadah for Passover With Commentary Based on the Shiurim of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik (English and Hebrew Edition)

Adler, Yosef

Judaism

Rabbi Avraham Sabba was born in Castile in 1440 and spent the first 50 years of his life in parts of Spain where Jews lived in prosperity and security. He wrote many books, among them the Torah commentary Tzror Hamor. His genius is evident from the manner in which he selects hundreds of quotations from the Zohar, the most famous mystical text, in which he demonstrates that the author of the Zohar is capable of being understood by the average Jew, (as opposed to scholars) and that the Zohar is helpful in understanding many difficult passages in the Torah. He was forced into exile to Portugal in 1492, and to North Africa in 1497 after not only being persecuted and seeing many members of his family die for kiddush hashem, but he had to rewrite this commentary completely from memory, as in Fez, Morocco he had no library at his disposal. He died on board a ship on the way to Italy and was buried in Verona in 1510.

Tzor Hamor: Torah Commentary by Rabbi Avraham Saba. Set

Eliyahu Munk

Luzzatto's Torah commentary presents the reader with the work of an accomplished and highly respected Bible Commentator of the 19th century, a leading Bible scholar at the University of Padua, who tackled the well-worn theories of Bible critics who deny the Divinity of the Torah, both Gentile and Jewish. His commentary preceded, by 40 years, that of Dr. David Hoffman, head of the Berlin Rabbinical seminary, which first appeared in 1904 and also addressed Bible critics. Luzzatto's credentials as an expert in all the languages that could have had an influence on the text of the Torah are beyond question, including, for the first time, Syriac. Doing all this work in a country that was thoroughly Catholic, and taking issue with ancient as well as recent critics, was an act of fearlessness and integrity, and displayed peerless scholarship.

Torah Commentary

Luzzatto, Samuel David

Lonely But Not Alone: A Spiritual Autobiography

Nathan Lopes Cardozo

The work has served as an inspiration to rabbis and laymen for centuries, but due to its kabbalistic passages, it presents great difficulties for those who are not at home in that discipline. It is hoped that even readers who normally prefer to study the text in original Hebrew will find it possible to benefit from the author's wisdom and erudition by studying this version in English.

Shney Luchot Habrit on the Written Torah: Book of Genesis

Horowitz, Isaiah

Shney Luchot Habrit on the Written Torah: Books of Exodus & Leviticus

Unknown, Author

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