The Jps Guide To Jewish Women PDF Download
Are you looking for read ebook online? Search for your book and save it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Download The Jps Guide To Jewish Women PDF full book. Access full book title The Jps Guide To Jewish Women.
Author | : Emily Taitz |
Publisher | : Jewish Publication Society |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2003-02-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0827607520 |
Download The JPS Guide to Jewish Women Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This is an indispensable resource about the role of Jewish women from post-biblical times to the twentieth century. Unique in its approach, it is structured so that each chapter, which is divided into three parts, covers a specific period and geographical area. The first section of the book contains an overview, explaining how historical events affected Jews in general and Jewish women in particular. This is followed by a section of biographical entries of women of the period whose lives are set in their economic, familial, and cultural backgrounds. The third and last part of each chapter, "The World of Jewish Women," is organized by topic and covers women's activities and interests and how Jewish laws concerning women developed and changed. This comprehensive work is an easy-to-use sourcebook, synopsizing rich and diverse resources. By examining history and analyzing the dynamics of Jewish law and custom, it illuminates the circumstances of Jewish women's lives and traces the changes that have occurred throughout the centuries. It casts a new and clear light on Jewish women as individuals and sets women firmly within the context of their own cultural and historical periods. The book contains illustrations, boxed text, extensive endnotes, and indices that list each woman by name. It is ideal for women's groups and study groups as well as students and scholars.
Author | : Josh Lambert |
Publisher | : Jewish Publication Society |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 0827610025 |
Download American Jewish Fiction Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This new volume in the JPS Guides series is a fiction reader?s dream: a guide to 125 remarkable works of fiction. The selection includes a wide range of classic American Jewish novels and story collections, from 1867 to the present, selected by the author in consultation with a panel of literary scholars and book industry professionals. Roth, Mailer, Kellerman, Chabon, Ozick, Heller, and dozens of other celebrated writers are here, with their most notable works. Each entry includes a book summary, with historical context and background on the author. Suggestions for further reading point to other books that match readers? interests and favorite writers. And the introduction is a fascinating exploration of the history of and important themes in American Jewish Fiction, illustrating how Jewish writing in the U.S. has been in constant dialogue with popular entertainment and intellectual life. Included in this guide are lists of book award winners; recommended anthologies; title, author, and subject indexes; and more.
Author | : Ronald L. Eisenberg |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 713 |
Release | : 2020-06-22 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0827614268 |
Download Jewish Traditions Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Thanks to these generous donors for making the publication of this book possible: Miles z"l and Chris Lerman; David Lerman and Shelley Wallock The bestselling guide to understanding Jewish traditions, now in paperback This is a comprehensive and authoritative resource with ready answers to questions about almost all aspects of Jewish life and practice: life-cycle events, holidays, ritual and prayer, Jewish traditions and customs, and more. Ronald Eisenberg has distilled an immense amount of material from classic and contemporary sources into a single volume, which provides thousands of insights into the origins, history, and current interpretations of a wealth of Jewish traditions and customs. Divided into four sections--Synagogue and Prayers, Sabbaths and Festivals, Life-Cycle Events, and Miscellaneous (a large section that includes such diverse topics as Jewish literature, food, and plants and animals)--this is an encyclopedic reference for anyone who wants easily accessible, accurate information about all things Jewish. Eisenberg writes for a wide, diversified audience, and is respectful of the range of practices and beliefs within today's American Jewish community--from Orthodox to liberal.
Author | : Rivkah bat Meir |
Publisher | : Jewish Publication Society |
Total Pages | : 333 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0827610009 |
Download Meneket Rivkah Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A book of ethics by one of the first female Jewish writers
Author | : Julie Pelc |
Publisher | : Jewish Publication Society |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0827610327 |
Download The Jewish Bible Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This guide to the Jewish Bible explains what the Jewish Bible is, how it developed, its structure and differences between it and Christian Bibles. It also includes short histories of Bible translations and commentaries, a guide to characters and places, plus an introduction to Biblical poetry, storytelling, law and Bible study.
Author | : Rachel Adler |
Publisher | : Beacon Press |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 1999-09-10 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780807036198 |
Download Engendering Judaism Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Winner of the National Jewish Book Award for 1998. How can women's full participation transform Jewish law, prayer, sexuality, and marriage? What does it mean to "engender" Jewish tradition? Pioneering theologian Rachel Adler gives this timely and powerful question its first thorough study in a book that bristles with humor, passion, intelligence, and deep knowledge of traditional biblical and rabbinic texts.
Author | : Silver |
Publisher | : Jewish Publication Society |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2011-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0827611218 |
Download Best Jewish Books for Children and Teens Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Linda Silver selected the titles that "represent the best in writing, illustration, reader appeal, and authentically Jewish content--in picture books, fiction and non-fiction, for readers ranging from early childhood through the high school years."--P. [4] of cover.
Author | : Blu Greenberg |
Publisher | : Jewish Publication Society of America |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2013-12-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780827611597 |
Download On Women and Judaism Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A classic for more than 20 years, this thought-provoking volume explores the role of Jewish women in the synagogue, in the family, and in the secular world. Greenberg offers ways to change present Jewish practices so that they more readily reflect feminine equality.
Author | : Devra Kay |
Publisher | : Jewish Publication Society |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2004-09-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0827607733 |
Download Seyder Tkhines Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Seyder Tkhines, translated from its original Yiddish by noted tkhines scholar, Devra Kay, and centerpiece of this groundbreaking work, was a standard Yiddish prayer book for women. It first appeared in Amsterdam in 1648, and continued to be published for the next three generations, usually inside the Hebrew synagogue prayer book. A product of an age when mysticism pervaded mainstream Judaism, the Seyder Tkhines provided women with newly composed, alternative daily prayers that were more specific to their needs. Included in this volume is a unique Yiddish manuscript dating from the 17th century ? a collection of prayers written specifically for a rich, pregnant woman, which Kay discovered among the rare books of the Bodleian Library in Oxford, England. Now, for the first time, these prayers have been skillfully translated and brought to public view. In addition to her translations, Kay presents her own extensive commentary, providing a deeper understanding of the historic, religious, and cultural background of this period in Jewish history. This unparalleled book will have special appeal to those interested in the social, literary, and religious history of women, as well as the history of the Yiddish language and literature. The interest in these forgotten prayers and their significance to the lives of women has now been revived, and these tkhines are ready to be rediscovered by a modern readership.
Author | : Norman H. Finkelstein |
Publisher | : Jewish Publication Society |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0827609752 |
Download American Jewish History Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This JPS Guide chronicles the extraordinary history of American Jewry. Finkelstein tells the dramatic 350-year story of the people and events that shaped the lives of today's American Jews. Divided into six time periods, American Jewish History describes Jewish life from the time of the early settlers, to the period of massive immigration that flooded the cities, to the incredible growth of Jews in positions of influence in business, politics, and the arts. This is a story of a people who affected not only the lives of Jews in the U.S. today, but also the course of American history itself. There are over 70 black and white photographs, maps, and charts and more than 120 feature boxes and biographies throughout, as well as timelines, notes, a bibliography, and index. Finkelstein has made the saga of American Jewry much more than a compilation of historical facts. This is wonderfully stimulating journey--a worthwhile adventure for readers of all ages.