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Kapporos Then And Now Toward A More Compassionate Tradition
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Book Synopsis Kapporos Then and Now: Toward a More Compassionate Tradition by : Yonassan Gershom
Download or read book Kapporos Then and Now: Toward a More Compassionate Tradition written by Yonassan Gershom and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06-03 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, right before Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, there is a cultural war in certain Jewish neighborhoods over a ceremony called Kapporos, in which a chicken is slaughtered just before the holy day. The animal rights people show up claiming, "Meat is murder!" while the Orthodox and Hasidic Jews who practice this ceremony accuse the activists of antisemitism and violating their freedom of religion. Epithets fly and confrontations occur across the barricades, but nobody is really listening to each other. Rabbi Gershom seeks to build a bridge of understanding between these two warring camps. On the one hand, he opposes using live chickens as Kapporos, and, like many other religious Jews before him, advocates giving money to charity instead. But on the other hand, he is himself a Hasid who understands and believes in the kabbalistic principle of ""raising holy sparks"" so central to the ceremony. In fact, he says, it is that very mysticism that has led him not to use chickens for the ritual.
Book Synopsis Vegan Revolution by : Richard H. Schwartz
Download or read book Vegan Revolution written by Richard H. Schwartz and published by Lantern Pub & Media. This book was released on 2020 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For over four decades, Richard Schwartz has engaged with two ethically rich ways of living that, as he charts in this book, he came to appreciate in middle age: Judaism and veganism. Having been born into a secular Jewish family, it was his marriage and an increasing commitment to social justice that propelled him to study and rediscover the essence of his Jewish faith. That sense of social justice further raised his awareness of the environmental movement, and, ultimately, to animal rights and veganism. In Vegan Revolution: Saving Our World, Revitalizing Judaism, Schwartz shows how, now perhaps more than ever, veganism offers a pathway for all of us of whatever faith (or no faith) to reduce hunger, conserve the environment, save water, reinstitute justice, and care for animals and the Earth. It is no coincidence, as Schwartz demonstrates, that many of these ideas are mandates in Jewish scripture, and that reincorporating a care for the world (tikkun olam) can itself reinvigorate the spirit of a faith and galvanize its practitioners to act"--
Book Synopsis Judaism and Global Survival by : Richard Schwartz
Download or read book Judaism and Global Survival written by Richard Schwartz and published by Lantern Books. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judaism and Global Survival discusses the challenges facing humanity and the Jewish teachings related to these challenges, in order to galvanize Jews to help repair the world (tikkun olam), as required by Jewish law. It argues that we don’t need to discover new values and approaches to address current global threats. What is needed is a rediscovery and application of basic Jewish teachings and mandates, such as to pursue peace and justice, to love our neighbors as ourselves, and to act as co-workers with God in protecting and preserving the world. Judaism and Global Survival is meant to be a wake-up call, the strongest that one can make, on the urgency of addressing climate threats and other environmental threats, and the importance of Jews applying Jewish values in addressing these threats. Among the issues discussed in the book are the following: Jews are to guardians of the earth, partners and co-workers with God in working toward tikkun olam, the healing repair and proper transforming of the world; climate change is an existential threat to the world and the only hope to avert a climate catastrophe is through a major shift to plant-based diets, as that would enable reforestation of the vast areas now used for animal agriculture, reducing atmospheric CO2 to a much safer level; vegetarianism, and even more so veganism, is the diet most consistent with Jewish teachings on preserving our health, treating animals with compassion, protecting the environment, conserving natural resources, and helping hungry people.
Download or read book Yard Birds written by Philip Levy and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2023-04-18 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2009, the New Yorker declared chickens the "it bird" and heralded "the return of the backyard chicken." This honor occurred as, a host of American cities were changing their laws to allow chickens in residents’ backyards. Philip Levy, a sometime chicken keeper himself, mixes cultural history with husbandry to chronicle the weird and wonderful story of Americans’ urban chickens. From the streets of Brooklyn to council chambers in Albany to the beat of Key West’s Chicken Nuisance Patrol, yard birds are an important and growing part of American city life. Part history, part travelogue, and part reportage, Yard Birds takes the reader on a tour-de-force journey across America, past and present, to profile its urban chickens housed in luxury coops or dying at yearly rituals. What emerges is a compelling picture of city chickens that can both serve as hipster status symbols and guarantee that the families keeping them have at least something to eat. Levy’s smart and entertaining investigation of the contemporary urban chicken craze reveals that poultry flocks were historically an integral part of America’s urban spaces; chickens have simply returned home now, some to very fancy roosts.
Book Synopsis Jewish Themes in Star Trek by : Yonassan Gershom
Download or read book Jewish Themes in Star Trek written by Yonassan Gershom and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-02-17 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rabbi Gershom takes you where no rabbi has gone before! You don't have to be Jewish to enjoy this well-researched and reader-friendly journey into Jewish themes, actors, writers, in-jokes and subtexts in the Star Trek Universe. Inspired by a class he taught at the Minneapolis Talmud Torah, the book explores such things as: The Jewish origin of the Vulcan salute; How Vulcan culture is based on rabbinical Judaism; "Who is a Jew" among Trek characters in episodes, movies and the novels; How Talmudic logic helped expand the Star Trek universe; Why Ferengi values are NOT Jewish values -- and much more!
Download or read book Yiddish Tales written by Helena Frank and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Beyond the Ashes by : Yonassan Gershom
Download or read book Beyond the Ashes written by Yonassan Gershom and published by A.R.E. Press (Association of Research & Enlightenment). This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it possible that people living today died in the Holocaust? Rabbi Yonassan Gershom presents compelling evidence that supports this seemingly impossible phenomenon. Based on the stories of people he counselled, the author sheds new light on the subject of reincarnation and the divinity of the human soul. In addition to the fascinating case histories, Rabbi Gershom includes information on Jewish teachings regarding the afterlife, karmic healing, and prophecies. Available November, 1992. (A.R.E. Press)
Download or read book Torah IQ written by David Woolf and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-21 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "These quizzes can transform a Shabbos table into an exciting, engrossing and enjoyable experience." - RABBI DR. SHOLOM GOLD, Rabbi Emeritus, Kehillat Zichron Yoseph, Har Nof TORAH IQ: The Great Torah Riddle Book More than 1,500 questions and answers on the parshiyot, the calendar, the chagim, halachot and Torah trivia-perfect for different ages and levels of knowledge. "With this sefer in hand, a whole new generation of young Jews will be excited to make our precious Torah part of their life." - RABBI YIRMIYA MILEVSKY, Rabbi, Congregation B'nai Torah, Toronto
Book Synopsis Who Stole My Religion? by : Richard H. Schwartz
Download or read book Who Stole My Religion? written by Richard H. Schwartz and published by Ktav Publishing House. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A thought-provoking and timely call to apply Judaism's powerful teachings to help shift our imperiled planet onto a sustainable path. While appreciating the radical, transformative nature of Judaism, Richard Schwartz argues that it has been "stolen" by Jews who are in denial about climate change and other environmental threats and support politicians and policies that may be inconsistent with basic Jewish values. Tackling such diverse issues as climate change, world hunger, vegetarianism, poverty, terrorism, destruction of the environment, peace prospects in Israel, and American foreign policy, he offers practical suggestions for getting Judaism back on track as a faith based on justice, peace, and compassion. He urges the reader to reconsider current issues in line with Judaism's highest values in an effort to meet the pressing challenges of today's world." --
Book Synopsis How to be an Extremely Reform Jew by : David M. Bader
Download or read book How to be an Extremely Reform Jew written by David M. Bader and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 1994 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Yonassan Gershom Publisher :A.R.E. Press (Association of Research & Enlightenment) ISBN 13 :9780876043400 Total Pages :0 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (434 download)
Book Synopsis From Ashes to Healing by : Yonassan Gershom
Download or read book From Ashes to Healing written by Yonassan Gershom and published by A.R.E. Press (Association of Research & Enlightenment). This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A followup to Beyond the Ashes. Fifteen gripping stories of people who have found healing through past-life recall of the Holocaust.
Download or read book Who's who in American Jewry written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mrs. Katz and Tush by : Patricia Polacco
Download or read book Mrs. Katz and Tush written by Patricia Polacco and published by Doubleday Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2014-06-25 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this special Passover story, Larnel Moore, a young African-American boy, and Mrs. Katz, an elderly Jewish woman, develop an unusual friendship through their mutual concern for an abandoned cat named Tush. Together they explore the common themes of suffering and triumph in each of their cultures.
Book Synopsis Morasha Kehillat Yaakov by : Michael Pollak
Download or read book Morasha Kehillat Yaakov written by Michael Pollak and published by Koren Publishers. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks is one of the most distinguished rabbinic leaders of our day and a world renowned spokesman for Judaism. To honor him upon his retirement from the chief rabbinate of the United Hebrew Congregations of Great Britain and the Commonwealth, his colleagues from the London Beth Din and the United Synagogue have produced a volume of stellar rabbinic scholarship. In this volume, eminent rabbis such as Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein and Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz join together with many others in tribute to a scholar and a leader.
Download or read book Rav Gustman written by David Page and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Jewish Tales of Reincarnation by : Yonassan Gershom
Download or read book Jewish Tales of Reincarnation written by Yonassan Gershom and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scattered throughout many kabbalistic and hasidic texts are numerous teaching stories with reincarnation as their central theme. Now, for the first time, you can read 70 of these fascinating tales in a single volume, collected and retold by master storyteller, Yonassan Gershom. The author begins with an over-view of basic themes about the afterlife, such as the judgement of souls before the Heavenly Court, the mystical significance of the Covenant at Sinai, the process of tikkun olam (repairing the universe), and some reasons why human beings return to earth in new bodies. He then takes you on an exciting journey through many centuries of Jewish tales, where you will meet dozens of saints and sinners, animals and humans, angels and mortals-all attempting to work out their past-life karma through applying the teachings of the Torah in earthly life. In order to make the classical stories understandable to the modern reader, each tale has been ex-panded to include clear explanations of cultural and religious details. So skillfully does Gershom weave this material into the narrative itself, that the reader scarcely notices how a gentle form of education is taking place. By the time you have finished the book, you will not only have been entertained, but will have completed an excellent introduction to Jewish spirituality as well. Both classical and contemporary tales are included here, from sources as widely varied as kabbalistic texts, folklore anthologies, and discussions on the Internet. Of special interest are several new tales collected by the author himself, which have never before appeared in print.
Book Synopsis The Legend of Running Brook by : William C. Barnes
Download or read book The Legend of Running Brook written by William C. Barnes and published by . This book was released on 2015-01-24 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unseen Watcher lives in the land of the Kepke. He resides in the inner forest -- the Forest of Thought and Creation. He was sent by the Great Everywhere Father to observe and judge the Kepke people. Every Kepke man is warned not to venture too far away from the outer forest, for he might come upon the Watcher and die a terrible fearful death. Yet someday there will be a Kepke man who will possess great medicine. He will venture into the inner forest. The Watcher will seek him out and the lives of the Kepke will be changed forever. But the legends never say exactly HOW this will happen, or what the change will be. To find the answer, Running Brook must leave the land of the Kepke on a quest that will take him into the mystical Forest and deep within himself. (A spiritual fantasy tale by William C. Barnes with Yonassan Gershom.)
