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The Dao of Being Jewish and Other Stories

Author : Irene Shaland
Publisher : GTA Books
ISBN 13 : 1733624597
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (336 download)

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Download or read book The Dao of Being Jewish and Other Stories written by Irene Shaland and published by GTA Books. This book was released on 2023-01-16 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This book is a collection of Jewish survival stories and fascinating tales. This is not a conventional travel guide: this book will shine a light on the history of 10 Jewish communities in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Together with the author, you will visit incredible places and meet the Jews of today.” (GTA Books) Two and a half millennia ago, a small party of Jews explored new trading routes for King Solomon, settled in the south of India, and lived there peacefully until today. Similarly, during the ancient Roman period, many Jewish merchants traveled to China over the Silk Route and some made it their permanent home. Also, before the Edict of Expulsion in 1492, Sicily was home to over 50 Jewish communities, possibly numbering 50,000 people. So, how did the Diaspora bring these wandering Jews to so many places around the globe? And why did Jews live happily in India and China for centuries and not experience antisemitism, while the story of the Jews in Europe went from persecution and massacres to unspeakable horrors of the Holocaust? Finally, why do we see the rise of antisemitism and violence again in the 21st century? You will find answers to these questions and much more in the current edition of Irene Shaland's artfully illustrated book The Dao of Being Jewish and Other Stories. She collected these fascinating stories while visiting ten countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa and interviewing the locals in their homes, synagogues, and even cemeteries. Now, Irene Shaland's book, replete with her husband's photos, takes you on your own exciting journey of discovery from Austria and the Czech Republic to Scandinavia, from India and China to Sicily and Sardinia, and from East Africa to Stalinist Russia.

The Dao of Being Jewish and Other Stories

Author : Irene Shaland
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781522977957
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (779 download)

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Download or read book The Dao of Being Jewish and Other Stories written by Irene Shaland and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-01-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Shaland takes you by the hand and delivers a Jewish heart." (HaLapid Magazine) "This book is a collection of Jewish survival stories and fascinating tales. This is not a conventional travel guide: this book will shine a light on the history of 10 Jewish communities in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Together with the author, you will visit incredible places and meet the Jews of today." (GTA Books) Two and a half millennia ago, a small party of Jews explored new trading routes for King Solomon, settled in the south of India, and lived there peacefully until today. Similarly, during the ancient Roman period, many Jewish merchants traveled to China over the Silk Route and some made it their permanent home. Also, before the Edict of Expulsion in 1492, Sicily was home to over 50 Jewish communities, possibly numbering 50,000 people. So, how did the Diaspora bring these wandering Jews to so many places around the globe? And why did Jews live happily in India and China for centuries and not experience antisemitism, while the story of the Jews in Europe went from persecutions and massacres to unspeakable horrors of the Holocaust? Finally, why do we see the rise of antisemitism and violence again in the 21st century? You will find answers to these questions and much more in the current edition of Irene Shaland's artfully illustrated book The Dao of Being Jewish and Other Stories. She collected these fascinating stories while visiting ten countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa and interviewing the locals in their homes, synagogues, and even cemeteries. Now, Irene Shaland's book, replete with her husband's photos, takes you on your own exciting journey of discovery from Austria and the Czech Republic to Scandinavia, from India and China to Sicily and Sardinia, and from East Africa to Stalinist Russia.

Shaland’s Jewish Travel Guide to Malta and Corsica

Author : Irene Shaland
Publisher : GTA Books
ISBN 13 : 1733624554
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (336 download)

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Download or read book Shaland’s Jewish Travel Guide to Malta and Corsica written by Irene Shaland and published by GTA Books. This book was released on 2023-01-10 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Irene Shaland takes you through the island treasures of the Mediterranean, a part of the ancient and modern Jewish world few of us know. This informative and scholarly book will make you want to start packing!" –Corinne Joy Brown, multi-award winning author and Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies editor HaLapid. Whether you are planning a trip to Malta and Corsica, or just love reading about Jewish communities in the most unlikely and exotic places on earth, this book is for you. Richly illustrated with 186 gorgeous, full-color photos and 12 maps, this guidebook is packed with historical and practical information and: · Illuminates 7,000 years of Malta’s historic past and its amazing present. Reveals Maltese Jewish story from 3,000 years ago when Israelites came to Malta—to the arrival of the Biblical Paul in the 1st century CE—through the dark times of Jewish slavery at the hands of the Knights of St. John’s in the 16th century—to today’s blossoming Jewish community. Did you know that Malta was the only country that admitted Jews without visas during the Holocaust? · Conveys the Jewish story of Corsica within the context of the island’s history and geography. Did you know that in 1763, Corsica was the first country to proclaim equality for the Jews, ahead of the U.S. and France? Do you want to know how the secret power of Omerta (the Mafia’s code of silence) saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust? · Serves as a practical field guide to Jewish-related sites throughout Malta and Corsica. This guidebook is your best friend when planning your trip and when you arrive at your destination. You will know which sites to visit and how to find them. You will also learn about typical food that reflects the history of each island. Happy reading and traveling!

Tennessee Williams on the Soviet Stage

Author : Irene Shaland
Publisher : GTA Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tennessee Williams on the Soviet Stage written by Irene Shaland and published by GTA Books. This book was released on 2020-04-25 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her Tennessee Williams on the Soviet Stage book, Irene Shaland explores the history and problems involved in staging Tennessee Williams’s works in the Soviet theater. This book has five chapters and discusses 1970s – early 1980s Russian productions of five plays, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Glass Menagerie, Orpheus Descending, Sweet Bird of Youth, and Kingdom of Earth, in several Moscow, St. Petersburg (Leningrad), and provincial theaters. This production-based study serves as a useful resource to theater historians interested in intercultural interpretations of the great American playwright.

Jew & Other Stories

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Jew & Other Stories written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Jewish Dharma: A Guide to the Practice of Judaism and Zen

Author : Brenda Shoshanna
Publisher : Brenda Shoshanna
ISBN 13 : 1640293280
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Jewish Dharma: A Guide to the Practice of Judaism and Zen written by Brenda Shoshanna and published by Brenda Shoshanna. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Jews, Zen students, "JuBus," and other open-minded seekers--a guide to authentic Jewish and Zen practice and how they illuminate, challenge, and enrich each other. Books like the Jew in the Lotus have helped to define the intersection of Jewish and Zen experience and custom. Now, in the first guide to the practice of both Judaism and Zen, Dr. Brenda Shoshanna, a long-time practitioner and student of both, shares her insights with over one million people who identify as "JuBus," as well as Jews, Zen students, non-Jews, and everyone in the interfaith community who seeks understanding, meaning, and a life grounded in these authentic faiths. Each chapter of Jewish Dharma focuses on common issues that introduce disorder to our lives, using personal narrative, parables, quotations from both Jewish and Zen scriptures, anecdotes, and exercises. Specific guidelines and exercises help readers integrate both practices into their everyday lives--and thereby gain deeper understanding and happiness. A long term Zen student and practicing Jew (who cannot let go of either), Dr. Shoshanna explores the ways in which Zen and Judaism practice illuminate and enrich one another. Zen deepens Jewish experience and Jewish practice provides the warmth and relationships that can get lost in the Zen. Zen is based on radical freedom, individuality, being in the present and nonattachment. Judaism comes rooted in relationships, family, love, prayer to a Higher power and the instruction to always remember. A Jewish heart is warm, giving, human, and devoted to family and friends. A Zen eye is fresh, direct, spontaneous and planted in the present moment. Together they are like two wings of a bird, both are needed to be able to fly. The book includes stories, discussion, information and wonderful exercises. It has been highly endorsed by Rabbis, Zen teachers, and others. "I couldn't put it dwn. ...Dr Brenda Shoshanna guides us into the heart of Jewish and Zen practice which enrich one another in ways that enhance....A must read for anyone who wishes to explore Zen meditatin and Jewish life." --Rabbi Marcia Prager, author The Path of Blessng "Brenda Shoshanna's book tells a story of a woman's coming to terms with the deepest part of each tradition - she is creating a unique path. I highly recommend this book to anyone." --Rodger Kamenetz, author The Jew in The Lotus "Dr Shoshanna's vision embrances both traditions with fidelity and beauty." --Robert Kennedy, S.J. Roshi, author Zen Gifts for Christians "Her good heart and wisdom mind shine through in this delightful, interesting, psychologically astute and practical book. Anyone intersted in finding deeper understanding and meaningful puprose in life will be rewarded by reading any one of the pages." --Lama Surya Das, author Awakening the Buddha Within

Have You Eaten Yet

Author : Cheuk Kwan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1639363351
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (393 download)

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Download or read book Have You Eaten Yet written by Cheuk Kwan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-01-03 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eye-opening and soul-nourishing journey through Chinese food around the world. From Cape Town, South Africa, to small-town Saskatchewan, family-run Chinese restaurants are global icons of immigration, community and delicious food. The cultural outposts of far-flung settlers, bringers of dim sum, Peking duck and creative culinary hybrids, Chinese restaurants are a microcosm of greater social forces. They are an insight into time, history, and place. Author and film-maker Cheuk Kwan, a self-described “card-carrying member of the Chinese diaspora,” weaves a global narrative by linking the myriad personal stories of chefs, entrepreneurs, labourers and dreamers who populate Chinese kitchens worldwide. Behind these kitchen doors lies an intriguing paradox which characterizes many of these communities: how Chinese immigrants have resisted—or have often been prevented from—complete assimilation into the social fabric of their new homes. In both instances, the engine of their economic survival—the Chinese restaurant and its food—has become seamlessly woven into towns and cities all around the world. An intrepid travelogue of grand vistas, adventure and serendipity, Have You Eaten Yet? charts a living atlas of global migration, ultimately revealing how an excellent meal always tells an even better story.

Jewish Stories from Heaven and Earth

Author : Dov Peretz Elkins
Publisher : Jewish Lights Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1580233635
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Jewish Stories from Heaven and Earth written by Dov Peretz Elkins and published by Jewish Lights Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This inspiring collection of stories, compiled by the well-known author, editor and anthologist Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins, encourages readers to reflect on the wonder, meaning and purpose of life by tapping into the core values, ethics, beliefs, history and emotions of life from a Jewish perspective. Chapters tell about:?Simple Goodness?Hope and Endurance?Continuity and Tradition?Lessons Learned?Light Out of the Holocaust?Great Escapes?Words of the Wise?Providence?IsraelPersonal and profound, this is a book that will send a chill up the spine, bring a tear to the eye, and warm the heart?collected by the co-editor of the New York Times best-selling Chicken Soup for the Jewish Soul.

Yoshko the Dumbbell

Author : Gershon Kranzler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book Yoshko the Dumbbell written by Gershon Kranzler and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Once Upon a Soul

Author : Hanoch Teller
Publisher : Feldheim Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780961477233
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (772 download)

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Download or read book Once Upon a Soul written by Hanoch Teller and published by Feldheim Publishers. This book was released on 1984 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-five powerful, true stories which fascinated, inspire, and enrich.

The Conversion of the Jews and Other Stories

Author : Philip Roth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book The Conversion of the Jews and Other Stories written by Philip Roth and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen-year-old Ozzie's questioning of what he is taught in religious class leads to a tense confrontation with his rabbi.

The Jewish Bishop and the Chinese Bible

Author : Irene Eber
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004320024
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Jewish Bishop and the Chinese Bible written by Irene Eber and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-05-18 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the life and times of Bishop S.I.J. Schereschewsky (1831-1906) and his translation of the Hebrew Old Testament into northern vernacular (Mandarin) Chinese. Based largely on archival materials, missionary records and letters, the book includes an analysis of the translated Chinese text together with Schereschewsky's explanatory notes. The book examines his Jewish youth in Eastern Europe, conversion, American seminary study, journey to Shanghai and Beijing, mission routine, the translating committee's work, his tasks as Episcopal bishop in Shanghai and the founding of St. John's University. Concluding chapters analyze the controversial "Term Question" (the Chinese term for God) and Schereschewsky's techniques of translating the Hebrew text. Included are useful discussions of the Old Testament's Chinese reception and the role of this translation for subsequent Bible translating efforts.

The Jewish Bishop and the Chinese Bible

Author : Irene Eber
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004112667
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book The Jewish Bishop and the Chinese Bible written by Irene Eber and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1999 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides new and fascinating information about a major 19th century Bible translator, S.I.J. Schereschewsky, the early years of the Episcopal mission in China, his translation of the Old Testament from Hebrew into northern vernacular Chinese and its Chinese reception.

Hasidic Tales

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Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1594733406
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book Hasidic Tales written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011-04-23 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tales of the Hasidic Masters Can Become a Companion for Your Own Spiritual Journey. "The wisdom of the Hasidim is earthy, realistic, rooted in the simplicity of the heart. It is alive with the awareness of the holiness of Creation and the boundlessness of God’s mercy, and is utterly honest about the necessity of living such awareness in loving service to all beings. It is a wisdom that fuses the highest mystical initiations with the most down-home celebration of life and a rugged commitment to social and political justice in all its forms. In other words, it is a wisdom that is never, as my old prep school headmaster would put it, "too divine to be of any earthly use." —from the Foreword by Andrew Harvey Martin Buber, author of Tales of Hasidim, was the first to bring the Hasidic tales to life for modern readers in the middle of the twentieth century. His groundbreaking work was the first time that most readers had ever encountered the lives and teachings of these profound and enigmatic spiritual masters from Eastern Europe. In Hasidic Tales: Annotated & Explained, Rabbi Rami Shapiro breathes new life into these classic stories of people who so marvelously combined the mystical and the ordinary. Each demonstrates the spiritual power of unabashed joy, offers lessons for leading a holy life, and reminds you that the Divine can be found in the everyday. Without an expert guide, the allegorical quality of Hasidic Tales can be perplexing. But Shapiro presents them as stories rather than parables, making them accessible and meaningful. Now you can experience the wisdom of Hasidism firsthand even if you have no previous knowledge of Jewish spirituality. This SkyLight Illuminations edition offers insightful yet unobtrusive commentary that explains theological concepts, introduces major characters, offers clarifying references unfamiliar to most readers, and reveals how you can use the Hasidic tales to further your own spiritual awakening.

From the Heart of Israel

Author : Bernard Drachman
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781497903418
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book From the Heart of Israel written by Bernard Drachman and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1905 Edition.

The Jewish-Chinese Nexus

Author : M. Avrum Ehrlich
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134105533
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book The Jewish-Chinese Nexus written by M. Avrum Ehrlich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-06-26 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is concerned with the areas where Jews and Chinese, Judaism and Chinese religions and ideologies are converging or inter relate to each other. It includes chapters on Confuciansim, the Kaifeng Jewish Descendants, business and Chinese/Israeli relations.

Three Creation Stories

Author : Michael Gold
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532653751
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Three Creation Stories written by Michael Gold and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-11-08 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is reality? Is reality both mind and matter, body and soul, as taught by Western religions such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam? This is dualism, the approach of philosophers from Plato to Descartes. Or is reality only matter, as taught by many modern scientists and philosophers? This is materialism, the approach of philosophers from Hobbes to Marx. Or is reality only mind, as taught by Eastern religions and Western mystics. This is the approach of philosophers from Berkeley to Whitehead. The beginning of Genesis allows for multiple translations and interpretations. We will read the creation story in Genesis from the point of view of each of these three approaches—dualism, materialism, and idealism. In doing so, we will tell three very different creation stories. These stories will take us on a fascinating journey through science, philosophy, and religion. Join us on this journey as we explore issues such as does God perform miracles, why is there evil in the universe, was Darwin correct, can robots have souls, and if light is a wave, what is waving?