Jewish Lights Publishing

What Happens When Your Spiritual Path Leads You Far from Home? Many who embark on a spiritual quest discover that the people they meet along the way ultimately point them back home, into the very...

This inspiring handbook incorporates the fruits of a decade-long program investigating the challenges facing modern synagogues to show how crucial deep hospitality is for congregational survival and...

Through witty illustrated narrative, celebrated artist Stan Mack takes you on a rewarding comic-strip-style journey through 4,000 years of ups and downs in Jewish history, celebrating major...

A unique look at the revolutionary teachings that gave birth to Judaism, helping us better understand its laws and narrative. Presents a surprisingly modern picture of human life by explaining the...

An accessible introduction to the Jewish understanding of God throughout history--and today. The Way Into Encountering God in Judaism is an accessible introduction to the Jewish understanding of...

An accessible introduction to the concepts of Jewish mysticism and how they relate to our lives. Allows us to experience mysticism's inexpressible reverence before the mystery of creation and...

An accessible introduction to the reasons for and the ways of Jewish prayer. Opens the door to 3,000 years of Jewish prayer, making available all you need to feel at home in the Jewish way of...

This guide helps you explore with a group the reasons for and the ways of Jewish prayer. It opens the door to 3,000 years of Jewish prayer, making available all you need to feel at home in the Jewish...

An accessible introduction to the many ways Jews understand Jewishness and identify themselves and their communities--throughout history and today. For everyone who wants to understand the varieties...

An accessible introduction to the Jewish concept of our responsibility to care for others and repair the world. Shows the way into an essential aspect of Judaism and allows you to interact directly...

This powerful guide to Jewish meditation incorporates philosophy and story with ideas for daily living, including suggestions for setting up your own meditative practice, and invites you to wander an...

A comprehensive teaching tool to help you guide each student to a deeper understanding of the Talmud and its eternal wisdom in conjunction with The Wisdom of Judaism, an accessible introduction from...

New Insights from Women Rabbis on the 54 Weekly Haftarah Portions, the 5 Megillot & Special ShabbatotAuthor: Elyse GoldsteinPublisher: Jewish Lights PublishingPublication Date: Sep 01, 2008Number of...

A groundbreaking conversation in the voices of Jewish women-rabbis, scholars, activists, artists-about the themes of the Exodus and exile, oppression and liberation, history and memory, as they...

For the first time, contemporary Jewish women's writings on the Passover seder are gathered in one sourcebook-a powerful resource for planning a women's seder or infusing a Passover celebration with...

Women rabbis are changing the face of Judaism. Here, for the first time, women's unique experiences and perspectives are applied to the entire Five Books of Moses, offering all of us a comprehensive...

Offers sensitive and intelligent wisdom from a woman who learned how awakening to religion can transform-and disrupt-a life. A poignant personal testimony of the discoveries, achievements, and...

A challenge to each of us to take personal responsibility for repairing the world. "We are taught that every one of us is created in the divine image. All of us can be holy through imitating God......

Insights, Ideas, and Thoughtful Questions for DiscussingJewish Approaches to Social Justice with StudentsA step-by-step guide to creative use of There Shall Be No Needy: Pursing Social Justice...

There's a Place for Us-12 PkAuthor: Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher: Jewish Lights PublishingPublication Date: Jan 01, 2002Number of Pages: NA pagesBinding: Quantity PackISBN-10: 1683366107ISBN-13:...

With humor and insight, Dr. Arthur Green explains the meaning, history and origin of over 150 core Hebrew words, laying out the basic vocabulary of Jewish communal and religious identity. A highly...

Gives us an invaluable key to understanding the intersection of ecology and Judaism and offers the wisdom of Judaism in dealing with the present environmental crisis. Volume 2 covers Zionism: One...

Can we re-imagine our relationship to the earth--using theviewpoints and texts of the last four millennia? Human responses to the natural world stretching back through the last 4,000 years come to...

Explores the inner torments and religious quest of one of Hasidism's major figures, providing an important key to making his teachings accessible. Unlocks the great themes of spiritual searching that...

Insights, ideas and activities for discussing the toughest questions of Jewish life. This comprehensive companion to the award-winning Tough Questions Jews Ask will help you guide students toward a...

In this challenging and inspiring look at the dynamics of religious experience and "seeing God," award-winning author and theologian Neil Gillman helps you develop and refine your own spiritual...

A rabbi, a psychiatrist and many recovering Jewish people present a Jewish perspective on the Twelve Steps. Traditional and contemporary Jewish sources and stories of personal experience offer...

A brilliant blending of modern midrash and the life stages of developmental psychology. Brings to life the leading figures of Genesis to speak directly to us, telling their spiritual and emotional...

Deepen your understanding, harness the power of the Infinite inside you, and connect to your own soul. This unique guide to the nature of both physical and spiritual reality explores the body's...

A comprehensive series of lively introductions and commentaries examines the history of confession in Judaism, its roots in the Bible, its evolution in rabbinic and modern thought, and the very...