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Pekudei Exodus 38 21-40 38 and Haftarah 1 Kings 7 40-50 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
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Tetsavveh Exodus 27 20-30 10 and Haftarah Ezekiel 43 10-27 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
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Mishpatim Exodus 21 1-24 18 and Haftarah Jeremiah 34 8-22 33 25-26 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
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Terumah Exodus 25 1-27 19 and Haftarah 1 Kings 5 26-6 13 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
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Ki Tissa Exodus 30 11-34 35 and Haftarah 1 Kings 18 1-39 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
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Yitro Exodus 18 1-20 23 and Haftarah Isaiah 6 1-7 6 9 5-6 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
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Shemot Exodus 1 1-6 1 and Haftarah Isaiah 27 6-28 13 29 22-23 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
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Va- era Exodus 6 2-9 35 and Haftarah Ezekiel 28 25-29 21 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
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Nature, Dinosaurs, Science and technology
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Be-shallah Exodus 13 17-17 16 and Haftarah Judges 4 4-5 31 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
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Bo Exodus 10 1-13 16 and Haftarah Jeremiah 46 13-28 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
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Dinosaurs, Archaeology, Customs and cultures
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Dinosaurs
Conservationist Richard Ellis s fascinating examination of extinction one of the most powerful forces on earth and… one of the most enigmatic In No Turning Back naturalist Richard Ellis conducts a masterful and engrossing investigation of one of the world s most harrowing inevitabilities extinction Taking a concentrated look at a variety of species--from those that went out with a bang upon the impact of an Everest-sized asteroid to those that gradually disappeared after years of human overhunting--Ellis discusses the five great mass extinctions in history and how extinction shapes the evolutionary process He also outlines the steps we can take to ensure that today s endangered species can be pulled back from the brink Richly illustrated with Ellis s stunning hand-drawn artwork No Turning Back is an invaluable read for anyone seeking to understand the past present and future of life on our planet
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Animals and wildlife, Nature, Dinosaurs
Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House Fact Trackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When… Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #7: Sunset of the Sabertooth, they had lots of questions. What was it like to live in the Ice Age? How did early humans stay warm enough to survive? Who made the first cave paintings? What happened to saber-toothed cats and woolly mammoths? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.
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Asian history, Islam, Judaism, General non-fiction
In this book Israeli anthropologist Andr Levy returns to his birthplace in Casablanca to provide a deeply… nuanced and compelling study of the relationships between Moroccan Jews and Muslims there Ranging over a century of history--from the Jewish Enlightenment and the impending colonialism of the late nineteenth century to today s modern Arab state--Levy paints a rich portrait of two communities pressed together of the tremendous mobility that has characterized the past century and of the paradoxes that complicate the cultural identities of the present Levy visits a host of sites and historical figures to assemble a compelling history of social change while seamlessly interweaving his study with personal accounts of his returns to his homeland Central to this story is the massive migration of Jews out of Morocco Levy traces the institutional and social changes such migrations cause for those who choose to stay introducing the concept of contraction to depict the way Jews deal with the ramifications of their demographic dwindling Turning his attention outward from Morocco he goes on to explore the greater complexities of the Jewish diaspora and the essential paradox at the heart of his adventure--leaving Israel to return home
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Biography, Religious biography, Royalty biography, Judaism
Of all the figures in the Bible David arguably stands out as the most perplexing and enigmatic He… was many things a warrior who subdued Goliath and the Philistines a king who united a nation a poet who created beautiful sensitive verse a loyal servant of God who proposed the great Temple and founded the Messianic line a schemer deceiver and adulterer who freely indulged his very human appetites David Wolpe whom Newsweek called the most influential rabbi in America takes a fresh look at biblical David in an attempt to find coherence in his seemingly contradictory actions and impulses The author questions why David holds such an exalted place in history and legend and then proceeds to unravel his complex character based on information found in the book of Samuel and later literature What emerges is a fascinating portrait of an exceptional human being who despite his many flaws was truly beloved by God
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History, Judaism
Gershom Scholem stands out among modern thinkers for the richness and power of his historical imagination. A work widely esteemed… as his magnum opus, Sabbatai Ṣevi offers a vividly detailed account of the only messianic movement ever to engulf the entire Jewish world. Sabbatai Ṣevi was an obscure kabbalist rabbi of seventeenth-century Turkey who aroused a fervent following that spread over the Jewish world after he declared himself to be the Messiah. The movement suffered a severe blow when Ṣevi was forced to convert to Islam, but a clandestine sect survived. A monumental and revisionary work of Jewish historiography, Sabbatai Ṣevi details Ṣevi's rise to prominence and stands out for its combination of philological and empirical authority and passion. This edition contains a new introduction by Yaacob Dweck that explains the scholarly importance of Scholem's work to a new generation of readers.
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Religion, Judaism, General non-fiction
Mother of Mercy, Bane of the Jews explores a key moment in the rise of the cult of the Virgin… Mary and the way the Jews became central to her story. Benedictine monks in England at the turn of the twelfth century developed many innovative ways to venerate Mary as the most powerful saintly intercessor. They sought her mercy on a weekly and daily basis with extensive liturgical practices, commemorated additional moments of her life on special feast days, and praised her above all other human beings with new doctrines that claimed her Immaculate Conception and bodily Assumption. They also collected hundreds of stories about the miracles Mary performed for her followers in what became one of the most popular devotional literary genres of the Middle Ages. In all these sources, but especially the miracle stories, the figure of the Jew appears in an important role as Mary's enemy. Drawing from theological and legendary traditions dating back to early Christianity, monks revived the idea that Jews violently opposed the virgin mother of God; the goal of the monks was to contrast the veneration they thought Mary deserved with the resistance of the Jews. Kati Ihnat argues that the imagined antagonism of the Jews toward Mary came to serve an essential purpose in encouraging Christian devotion to her as merciful mother and heavenly Queen.Through an examination of miracles, sermons, liturgy, and theology, Mother of Mercy, Bane of the Jews reveals how English monks helped to establish an enduring rivalry between Mary and the Jews, in consolidating her as the most popular saint of the Middle Ages and in making devotion to her a foundational marker of Christian identity.
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Nature, Science and technology, Dinosaurs
Two hundred and sixty million years ago life on Earth suffered wave after wave of cataclysmic extinctions with… the worst--the end-Permian extinction--wiping out nearly every species on the planet The Worst of Times delves into the mystery behind these extinctions and sheds light on the fateful role the primeval supercontinent known as Pangea may have played in causing these global catastrophes Drawing on the latest discoveries as well as his own firsthand experiences conducting field expeditions to remote corners of the world Paul Wignall reveals what scientists are only now beginning to understand about the most prolonged and calamitous period of environmental crisis in Earth s history He describes how a series of unprecedented extinction events swept across the planet in a span of eighty million years rapidly killing marine and terrestrial life on a scale more devastating than the dinosaur extinctions that would come later Wignall shows how these extinctions--some of which have only recently been discovered--all coincided with gigantic volcanic eruptions of basalt lavas that occurred when the world s landmasses were united into a single vast expanse Unraveling one of the great enigmas of ancient Earth The Worst of Times also explains how the splitting apart of Pangea into the continents we know today ushered in a new age of vibrant and more resilient life on our planet
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Philosophy, Judaism, Religion, General non-fiction
Hasidism a controversial mystical-religious movement of Eastern European origin has posed a serious challenge to mainstream Judaism… from its earliest beginnings in the middle of the eighteenth century Decimated by the Holocaust it has risen like a phoenix from the ashes and has reconstituted itself as a major force in the world of ultra-Orthodox Judaism Philosopher Martin Buber found inspiration in its original tenets and devoted much of his career to making its insights known to a wide readership First published in 1958 Hasidism and Modern Man examines the life and religious experiences of Hasidic Jews as well as Buber s personal response to them From the autobiographical My Way to Hasidism to Hasidism and Modern Man and Love of God and Love of Neighbor the essays span nearly half a century and reflect the evolution of Buber s religious philosophy in relation to the Hasidic movement Hasidism and Modern Man remains prescient in its portrayal of a spiritual movement that brings God down to earth and makes possible a modern philosophy in which the human being becomes sacred