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"Rabbi Simeon Schreiber is the founder, director, and lead chaplain of Visiting Chaplain Services, Inc., a not-for-profit agency providing comfort and support to anyone in spiritual or emotional...

No other type of book can compare to an Israeli autobiography for bearing witness to the events that have shaped the history of the Jewish people in the last century. Yissakhar Ben-Yaacov's memoirs...

"What a strange little boy is Amnon Ben Tamim, he always wants things when it's not the right time!" Amnon wants things to work his way, but there are rules we all must obey! He doesn't understand...

Discover how the foundation of modern-day Israel rests on a prophet understanding of the principles of Jewish statehood enunciated by Yehoshua, and the role of every Jew in promoting the Jewish...

This novel follows the lives or two men: one modern day, the other who lived 400 years ago. Both the heroes are fleeing from the threat of death: the first from renegade Jewish fanatics; the other...

One of the main themes of Pesach are the 4 questions that are asked... but do not be mistaken, there are still many other questions to be asked and lessons to be learned! Joe Bobker addresses amusing...

In 1955, at age 11, Baruch was sent to study in Israel. Returning to Ethiopia at 19, he worked as an agro-mechanic and later bought a farm, on which he and his family prospered...until the Revolution...

What is hatred? What is baseless hatred? And how does this basic human emotion affect our relationships, our communities, and our world? In this fascinating study, pharmacological researcher Rene H...

Whenever the name of Menachem Begin is mentioned, people of all ages and persuasions respond in the same way: "We need him now." What is it that "we need"; what is missing? Perhaps Menachem Begin's...

Covering two periods, from World War II to the establishment of the State of Israel, this historical novel follows the lives of two men a father, Jochanan, and his son, Benhazar. Benhazar learns the...

When Zara Rubens is suddenly widowed, she decides to take control of her life and visit Palestine. Zara creates a new life for herself in nineteenth-century Jerusalem. She becomes acquainted with...

Nathan is a young, impressionable boy who is saved from the Nazis by Catholic gentiles in his homeland, Holland. But in order to survive he must learn to be a good Catholic and undergo baptism. From...

Seldom has a small grassroots organization polarized American Jewry as did the American Association for Ethiopian Jews (AAEJ) and seldom has a grassroots organization been so successful. How were...

In Bringing the Prophets to Life, Rabbi Neil Winkler off ers us a masterful source of inspiration and insight into the early prophets. He shows us that in order to understand the vital messages of...

Careful, Beauties Ahead: My Year with the Ultra-OrthodoxAuthor: Tuvia TenenbomPublisher: Gefen BooksPublication Date: 45430Number of Pages: 576 pagesBinding: ReligionISBN-10: 9657801559ISBN-13:...

Lilo was a child during the Holocaust. Now that the older generation of Holocaust survivors, such as her parents, are just about gone, she and others like her are the last survivors of the Holocaust...

The three stories in this volume are derived from real-life experiences, mostly during Arieh Larkey s more than forty years of living out his dream in the Jewish Homeland. The first story, An...

Creation Ex Nihilo is about science and faith, the secular view on the one hand, and the Jewish-religious view on the other. Professor Benjamin Fain, the renowned physicist and Soviet refusenik, here...

In these clear and concise yet comprehensive essays, the author examines over 100 contemporary issues highlighting their timely relevance from the perspective of halacha - Jewish law. Never shy of...

Ruth Abraham and Maria Nickel would never have met each other if it hadn't been for the Shoah. But when Hitler turned Germany into a cauldron of anti- Semitism, Maria Nickel decided that morality and...

One spring morning in the ghetto, my mother, sisters, and I went down the steps into the cellar. Mother was holding a long tube, which she had filled with the few pieces of jewelry she still had from...

For the believing Jew today, no less than for those in the past, the study of the weekly Torah portion is a religious experience. For this reason it is customary to consider the section along with...

A few years ago, there were hundreds of "dot com millionaires." When the Internet bubble burst and the smoke cleared, few of those titans were left standing. Howard Jonas and his company, IDT, were...

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising has become a symbol of heroism throughout the world. A short time before the uprising began, Pawel Frenkel addressed a meeting of the Jewish Military fighters: "Of course...

With the information included in this book, you will be well equipped to make healthy food choices and prepare nutritious meals for you and your family. Food for the Soul: Traditional Jewish Wisdom...

A collection of short articles describing the author's experiences during the Holocaust in Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, a Hamburg labor camp, and Bergen-Belsen where she was liberated. Describes how...

In Auschwitz, time had different dimensions. Time here was defined by waiting for the one daily ration of a slice of bread which was the very substance of life This is a powerfully moving, poignant...

Few knew him by his full name, Amihai Paglin. Everyone called him Gidi.Author: Joseph EvronPublisher: Gefen BooksPublication Date: 40096Number of Pages: 424 pagesBinding: Biography &...

Grandfather's Acres is a novel that presents a mixed Jewish and gentile rural community in Eastern Galicia (Ukraine), at the end of the nineteenth century. An Orthodox Jewish family of farmers...

It was during the euphoric aftermath of Israels victorious Six Day War in 1967, that Yoram (Richie) Friedman uprooted his wife and ten-year-old son from the good life; in the States, to settle on a...