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Examines and attempts to answer such questions as: how could the Holocaust have happened? who is God? what does God have in mind for us? The author also explores such topics as prayer, the concepts of the Messiah and the afterlife, and the nature of Judaism.

Encyclopedia of Judaism explores a tradition that has a 2,000-year recorded history and has been a part of the culture of almost every country and society around the globe. Encapsulating all things Jewish--language, laws, literature, arts, theology, ritual, land, culture, and personalities--this authoritative volume offers readers ba access to Judaism from both a historical and contemporary perspective.

Many disaffected Jews looking for an intelligent inquiry into spirituality have turned elsewhere, or nowhere. Meanwhile, faced with the chaos of modern life, returnees run back to Judaism with a blind and desperate faith and are quickly absorbed by outreach organizations that--in return for money--offer that those who adhere to this righteous path will never have to ask themselves another difficult question again. Ironically, Judaism was designed...

"The Cambridge Companion to American Judaism adopts an inclusive perspective on Jewish religious experience. Three initial chapters cover the development of Judaism in America from 1654, when Sephardic Jews first landed in New Amsterdam, until today. Subsequent chapters go beyond a presentation of the basic material and include cutting-edge scholarship and original ideas while remaining accessible at an introductory level."--Jacket.

"Judaism is one of the first recorded monotheistic religions and one of the oldest religious traditions still practiced today. Like many other cultural institutions, it has rarely remained static - instead, it continually investigates and questions itself, metamorphosing in relation to the world. Although its influences can be seen in both Christianity and Islam, many of its beliefs, traditions, and practices are unknown. This second editon of Historical...

"The culmination of decades of research, The History of Last Night's Dream is a riveting intellectual and cultural investigation of dreams and what they have to teach us. We discover how the age-old struggle between what we dream and how we interpret our dreams has shaped Western culture from biblical times to today. Kamenetz introduces us to an eighty-seven-year-old female kabbalist in Jerusalem, a suave Tibetan Buddhist dream teacher in Copenhagen,...

"Only one of the world's mythologies has remained essentially unexplored - the mythology of Judaism. As Howard Schwartz reveals in Tree of Souls, the first anthology of Jewish mythology in English, this mythical tradition is as rich and as fascinating as any in the world." "Drawing from the Bible, the Pseudepigrapha, the Talmud and Midrash, the kabbalistic literature, medieval folklore, Hasidic texts, and oral lore collected in the modern era, Schwartz...

"In this brief volume, celebrated critic Harold Bloom explores the universal fascination with angels. Drawing on his remarkable intimacy with the "long literary tradition [that] extends from ancient Persia through Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the various American religions," Bloom focuses in particular on the metaphoric power of angels. Examining sources that range from Zoroastrian texts, the Bible, and Kabbalah to Hamlet, Milton's Paradise Lost,...

Gordis, a conservative Rabbi, says modern American Jews need good reasons to identify as Jews. his goal in this book is to offer such reasons. he sees Judaism as a compelling, meaningful and enriching enterprise that helps define who and. What we are. he discusses the elements of Judaism which provide the Compellingly rich, textured and deeply spiritual dimension which many Jews are seeking.

A survey of the Jewish world since the Holocaust, not including Israel and the USA. See the index for antisemitism in each country.