San Antonio College Library

Author's writings on the practices and traditions of Judaism.

"In My Grandfather's Blessings, Rachel Naomi Remen, a cancer physician and master storyteller, uses her luminous stories to remind us of the power of our kindness and the joy of being alive." "Dr. Remen's grandfather, an Orthodox rabbi and scholar of the Kabbalah, saw life as a web of connection and knew that everyone belonged to him, and that he belonged to everyone. He taught her that blessing one another is what fills our emptiness, heals our loneliness,...

By explaining the Jewish life cycle, the Jewish year, and the Jewish day, the author attempts to explain what Judaism is today and what it means to be a Jew in the twenty-first century. Increasing numbers of Jews are returning to their religious roots in a search for meaning, eager to explore a heritage that is deeply embedded in history and at the same time rapidly changing. But what is Judaism today? And what does it mean--culturally, spiritually,...

The story of a Jewish community in Poland at the turn of the century, centered on the efforts of the rabbi's wife to marry their daughter to the richest man in the village. First in a series chronicling the fate of the community as it disperses throughout the world.