Jewish Non-fiction


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Kramer invites everyone, regardless of religious background, to honor the tradition of Shabbat every Friday evening. Her modern recipes encourage readers to connect or reconnect with Jewish culture. She highlights the wide range of ingredients and flavors that have influenced Jewish cooking for centuries, and includes essays that examine the significance of the Shabbat meal--Adapted from back cover.
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"A ... history of how Jewish women maintained their identity and influenced social activism as they wrote themselves into American history."--
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"The Book of Proverbs is a collection of Jewish wisdom, song, and inspiration. Using a blend of social justice practice and Jewish thought from throughout history, the books shows how Proverbs are pertinent to issues we face today. Using a wide range of sources, the books explores topics such as income inequality, feminism, animal rights, environmentalism, and more"--

4. Brazen

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"A riveting, inspiring memoir of one woman's escape from an extremist religious sect and an extraordinary rise from housewife to shoe designer, to CEO and co-owner of the modeling agency Elite World Group. Ever since she was a child, every aspect of Julia Haart's life-what she wore, what she ate, what she thought-was controlled by the dictates of ultra-Orthodox Judaism. At nineteen, after a lifetime spent caring for her seven younger siblings, she...
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"Inspiring, mystical, and often surprising Chassidic tales combine with teachings and favorite Jewish recipes to nourish body and soul. Stories and food have always been central to Jewish life, and in this book, they are uniquely tied together. Thirty-nine Chassidic tales, revolving around food and eating and accompanied by spiritual teachings, delve into the mysteries of the Kabbalah, the joy of the Chassidim, and the power of religious faith and...
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"Kushner distills nine essential lessons from the sum of his teaching, study, and experience, offering a lifetime's worth of spiritual food for thought, pragmatic advice, inspiration for better living, and strength for trying times. With ... insights into everything from belief ('there is no commandment in Judaism to believe in God'), to conscience (the Garden of Eden story as you've never heard it), to mercy ('forgiveness is a favor you do yourself,...
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"ON REPENTANCE applies an ancient framework of repentance and repair to our personal lives today, to the contemporary public square, to institutions, and to national policy in ways that could transform our society and our culture"--
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"The most comprehensive book on the topic, Thinking about Good and Evil traces salient Jewish ideas about why innocent people seem to suffer, why evil individuals seem to prosper, and God's role in matters of (in)justice, from antiquity to modernity"--
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