Understanding poets and prophets : essays in honour of George Wishart Anderson

Table of Contents: “…Gibson -- Qohelet, the rabbis and the Wisdom text from the Cairo Geniza / A.P. …”
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Jews and the Civil War : a reader

Table of Contents: “…Sokolow -- The abolitionists and the Jews : some further thoughts / Louis Ruchames -- Isaac Mayer Wise and the Civil War / Sefton D. Temkin -- Baltimore rabbis during the Civil War / Isaac M. Fein -- Divided loyalties in 1861 : the decision of Major Alfred Mordecai / Stanley L. …”
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Seekers of the Face Secrets of the Idra Rabba (the Great Assembly) of the Zohar. by Hellner-Eshed, Melila

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The quest for Jewish belief and identity in the graphic novel by Tabachnick, Stephen Ely

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The quest for Jewish belief and identity in the graphic novel by Tabachnick, Stephen Ely

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Jewish studies between the disciplines = : Judaistik zwischen den Disziplinen papers in honor of Peter Schäfer on the occasion of his 60th birthday. by Herrmann, K.

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Tabula gratulatoria; List of Contributors; CONTENTS; I RABBINIC JUDAISM; The Exposure and Sale of Infants in Rabbinic and Roman Law; Massekhet Tefillin -- Beobachtungen zur literarischen Genese eines Kleinen Talmud-Traktates; "Es gibt kein früher und später in der Tora": Zur Verwendung eines tannaitischen Prinzips im Talmud Yerushalmi; II EARLY JEWISH MYSTICISM AND MAGIC; Hebräische Losbuchhandschriften: Zur Typologie einer jüdischen Divinationsmethode; Das Alphabet des Rabbi Aqiva und sein literarisches Umfeld; Jewish Mysticism in the Geonic Period: The Prayer of Rav Hamnuna Sava.…”
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Polin : Jewish Women in Eastern Europe. by Hyman, Paula

Table of Contents: “…Shapiro, Between the Yeshiva World and Modern Orthodoxy: The Life and Works of Rabbi Jehiel Jacob Weinberg, 1884-1966; Shimon Frost, Schooling as a Socio-Political Expression: Jewish Education in Interwar Poland.…”
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Expulsion of the Jews from Spain. by Beinart, Haim

Table of Contents: “…Fernán Núñez Coronel's General Financial Activity; IX. Rabbi Meir Melamed and his Sons.…”
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The slayers of Moses : the emergence of rabbinic interpretation in modern literary theory by Handelman, Susan A.

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Sephardic Jewry and Mizrahi Jews

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Jewish Buenos Aires, 1890-1939 : in search of an identity by Mirelman, Víctor A.

Table of Contents: “…Religious Institutions and ObservancesFirst Priority: The Cemetery; Religious Observances; The Rabbis; Decreasing Influence of the Synagogue; 4. …”
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Religion and public life in Canada : historical and comparative perspectives

Table of Contents: “…Millar -- From a private to a public religion: the history of the public service Christian Fellowship / Don Page -- 'Justice and only justice thou shalt pursue': considerations on the social voice of Canada's Reform Rabbis / Gerald Tulchinsky -- Canadian Mennonites and a widening world / Harold Jantz -- Sikhism and secular authority / Hugh Johnston.…”
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A companion to Roman rhetoric

Table of Contents: “…Gaines -- Elocutio : Latin prose style / Roderich Kirchner -- Memory and the Roman orator / Jocelyn Penny Small -- Wit and humor in Roman rhetoric / Edwin Rabbie -- Oratorical delivery and the emotions : theory and practice / Jon Hall -- Lost orators of Rome / Catherine Steel -- Cicero as rhetorician / James M. …”
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Chapbook for Burnt-Out Priests. by Bradbury, Ray

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- A Chapbook for Burnt-out Priests, Rabbis, and Ministers -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- They Have Not Seen the Stars -- Shaw! …”
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Jewish Drama & Theatre : From Rabbinical Intolerance to Secular Liberalism. by Rozik, Eli

Table of Contents: “…Hebrew drama after de' SommiPart II: Advent of Yiddish Theatre; 8: Adoption of Theatre despite Ritual; The ritual of Purim; Rule of misrule; 9: Sephardi Roots of Jewish Parody; Sephardi parody; Parody's paths of propagation; A wider definition of 'parody'; Parodies of the Scroll of Esther; 10: The Nature of Carnival; Spirit of carnival; Mask and disguise; Carnivalesque parodies of ritual; 11: The Purim-shpil; Element of theatre; Jewish narratives; A Jewish language; Parodic element; Carnivalesque element; Circumstances of performance; From ritual to secular theatre; 12: The Purim-rabbi.…”
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Folktales of the Jews

Table of Contents: “…The House Vanished with All Its Inhabitants (IFA7290) -- 4. The Rabbi Who Was Tricked (IFA 779) -- 5. The Demons and Spirits under the Fingernails (IFA 8792) -- 6. …”
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Zer rimonim : meḥḳarim ba-Miḳra uva-parshanuto muḳdashim le-Prof. Rimon Kasher

Table of Contents: “…Penkower -- Rashi's criticism of Mahberet Menahem / Jair Haas -- Flying letters / Mayer Gruber -- The text of Rashbam's commentary on the Torah according to MS Breslau and other sources / Jonathan Jacobs -- Why did Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra leave Spain and go to Italy? …”
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True Heroes. by Allison, Scott T.

Table of Contents: “…The Dalai Lama: "My Religion is Kindness"Pat Tillman: The Consummate War Hero; Irena Sendler: The Hero Who Stood Up to Evil; George Bailey: A Hero's Wonderful Life; Confucius: The Master Hero of Virtue; Mother Teresa and the Call to Love; Lois Wilson: The Hero Who Helped Families of Alcoholics; Nathan Hale and the Powerful Heroic Script; Dana Reeve: The Unsung Selfless Hero; Groundhog Day's Phil Connors and the Heroic Theme of Redemption; Rabbi Israel Spira: A Hero of the Holocaust; Rosa Parks' Transforming Act of Civil Disobedience; Corrie ten Boom: The Holocaust Hero with a Hiding Place…”
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Identities in an era of globalization and multiculturalism : Latin America in the Jewish world

Table of Contents: “…Sarna -- Jewish identity and anti-Semitism / Michel Wieviorka -- Jews, nationality, and Judaism: the case of Ha-rishon le-Zion, Rabbi Meir Ben Zion Hair Uziel / Shalom Ratzabi -- Different concepts of a Jewish democratic state / Benyamin Newberger.…”
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Joshua Traditions and the Argument of Hebrews 3 and 4. by Whitfield, Bryan J.

Table of Contents: “…Kugler; James Kugel; Kathryn Lopez; Zechariah 3; Zechariah 3 (MT); Initial Description of the Divine Council Vision; Deliberations of the Divine Council; Excursus: Zechariah 3 and Joshua's Ordination; A Concluding Oracle; Zechariah 3 (LXX); Second Temple Texts and Exegetical Motifs; Introducing the Texts; An Overview of the Specific Motifs to be Explored; The Motif of a Priest in the Divine Council; Aramaic Levi; Jubiliees; Testament of Levi; Joseph and Aseneth; Pirqe Rabbi Eleizer; Conclusions.…”
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Jewish agricultural utopias in America, 1880-1910 by Herscher, Uri D.

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Other Middle Ages : witnesses at the margins of medieval society

Table of Contents: “…The Jews: From Tolerated Minority to Persecuted Foe; Caesarius of Heisterbach (ca. 1225) and Thomas of Cantimpre (ca. 1263) on Catherine of Louvain; Meir ben Isaac, Purim (1236); Rabbi Judah ben Yehiel Asheri of Toledo (d. 1349), Testament; Baruch the German of Languedoc (1320); Anonymous Disciple of Abraham Abulafia, Shaarei Tzedek (The Gates of Justice) (ca. 1290/95); II. …”
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Warsaw. the Jewish metropolis : essays in honor of the 75th birthday of professor Antony Polonsky

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 6 An Unhappy Community and an Even Unhappier RabbiChapter 7 Distributing Knowledge: Warsaw as a Center of Jewish Publishing, 1850-1914; Chapter 8 In Kotik's Corner: Urban Culture, Bourgeois Politics and the Struggle for Jewish Civility in Turn of the Century Eastern Europe; Chapter 9 Hope and Fear: Y.L. …”
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The Heart of Torah, Volume 1 : Essays on the Weekly Torah Portion: Genesis and Exodus. by Held, Shai

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The Golem redux : from Prague to post-Holocaust fiction by Baer, Elizabeth Roberts

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Redemption and Resistance : the Messianic Hopes of Jews and Christians in Antiquity. by Bockmuehl, Markus

Table of Contents: “…MATERIAL REMAINS; Chapter 17. THE RABBIS AND MESSIANISM; Chapter 18. MESSIANISM IN ANCIENT BIBLE TRANSLATIONS IN GREEK AND LATIN.…”
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Prohibition. Episode 2, A nation of scofflaws.

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Companion to an untold story by Aldrich, Marcia

Table of Contents: “…RoleRoses; Salesman; ""Secretary of Death"; Self-accusation; Self-annihilation; Self-pity; Sisyphus; 1635 San Andres Street; Spanish main; Spectacular suicide; Spin the bottle; Spoon altar; Spoons, commemorative; Stamp collection; Steinway Model K; Story; Substitute; Substitute teacher; Suicide; "Suicide"; Suicide Intent Scale; Suicide note; Synecdoche; A tale told by his rabbi, full of sound and fury, etc; Telescope; Test; Thanksgiving; Timeline; Time travel; Toast; Tools not elsewhere inventoried and not forgotten; Truth; Unclaimed Baggage Center.…”
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Companion to an untold story by Aldrich, Marcia

Table of Contents: “…RoleRoses; Salesman; ""Secretary of Death"; Self-accusation; Self-annihilation; Self-pity; Sisyphus; 1635 San Andres Street; Spanish main; Spectacular suicide; Spin the bottle; Spoon altar; Spoons, commemorative; Stamp collection; Steinway Model K; Story; Substitute; Substitute teacher; Suicide; "Suicide"; Suicide Intent Scale; Suicide note; Synecdoche; A tale told by his rabbi, full of sound and fury, etc; Telescope; Test; Thanksgiving; Timeline; Time travel; Toast; Tools not elsewhere inventoried and not forgotten; Truth; Unclaimed Baggage Center.…”
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We Jews and Blacks : memoir with poems by Barnstone, Willis, 1927-

Table of Contents: “…Not Me -- Changing Money on the Rue des Rosiers and Getting Married by the Grand Rabbi of Paris -- Having Fun at Gunpoint in Crete -- Working in Greece for the King -- White Islands and Northern Monasteries on Huge Stalagmites -- Thessaloniki, a City of Peoples -- Greeks and Jews and Blacks and Russians -- Jews, Greeks, and Romans in Alexandria -- Cavafy and His Poem "Of the Jews (a.d. 50)."…”
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An A-Z of feminist theology

Table of Contents: “…PriesthoodProcess Thought; Prophets; Rabbis; Rape; Reconciliation; Redemption (1); Redemption (2); Relationality; Religious Life; Repentance; Resurrection; Revelation; The Sacraments; Sadomasochistic Society; Saints; Salvation; Sexism; Sexuality; Shechinah; Sin; Spirituality; Suffering; Suffragettes; Symbols; Theology; Transcendence; Trinity; Truth; Violence (1); Violence (2); Virginity; Wholeness; Wicca; Wisdom; Womanist Theology; Women and Liturgical Music; Women-Church; Work; Worship; YHWH; Bibliography…”
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The Woman Who Pretended to Be Who She Was : Myths of Self-Imitation. by Doniger, Wendy

Table of Contents: “…Murder: Vertigo (1958)Black Science: Duplicates (1992) and Dark City (1998); Espionage: Total Recall (1990) (and True Lies [1994]); Masquerading in the Red and the Noir; Chapter 9: Passing: Race and Gender; Black as White as Black; Women Masquerading as Men as Women: Chudala; The Stage as World: Call Me Rosalind; The World as Stage: Beaumarchais and the Chevalier d'Eon; Women Masquerading as Women, Men as Men; Conclusion: The Zen Diagram of the Self; The Truth beneath the Mask; Appointment in Samsara; Loopholes; 1. The Rabbi from Cracow; 2. Second Naïveté; 3. The Happy Hypocrite.…”
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World of our fathers : the Journey of the East European Jews to America and the Life They Found and Made. by Howe, Irving

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Managing Concentrated Stock Wealth : an Advisor's Guide to Building Customized Solutions. by Kochis, Tim

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- MANAGING CONCENTRATED STOCK WEALTH -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Getting the Priorities Straight -- Knowing the Client -- Chapter Note -- PART I: SALES -- CHAPTER 1 Constraints on Managing Concentration Risk -- Taxes -- Pre-IPO Illiquidity -- Post-IPO Lockups and Other Market Considerations -- SEC Constraints, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and Dodd-Frank -- Notice and Reporting -- Controlled Sales of â#x80;#x9C;Founder Stockâ#x80;#x9D; -- No Trading on Material, Nonpublic Information -- No â#x80;#x9C;Short-Swingâ#x80;#x9D; Profits for Corporate Insiders -- No Favorable Financing for Senior Executives -- Employment/Career Constraints -- Psychological Barriers -- Chapter Notes -- CHAPTER 2 Sale and Diversification -- Overcoming the Tax Constraint -- Overcoming Psychological Barriers -- ESOP Sales -- Pre-IPO Considerations -- Letâ#x80;#x99;s Just Sell It -- CHAPTER 3 Coordinating Long Shares with Stock Options -- Employee Stock Options -- Taxes on Options -- Exercise Strategies -- Swapping -- Option Leverage -- Long Shares: No Leverage -- Ordering Rule -- Chapter Note -- CHAPTER 4 Diversification Sales and Deferred-Compensation Plans -- Deferred Compensation: Then and Now -- Sweetening the Pot -- Risks and Returns -- The Rabbi Trust -- Investment Options -- The Benefits of Deferral -- The Coinâ#x80;#x99;s Two Sides -- CHAPTER 5 An Out for Insiders -- SEC Rule 10b5-1 Plans -- Third-Party Discretion -- Formula Plans -- Short-Swing Constraints -- Sales During Retirement-Plan Blackout Periods -- Plan Logistics -- Prearranged Plans: Often a Corporate Requirement -- Appendix XYZ Co. …”
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The healing heart--families : storytelling to encourage caring and healthy families

Table of Contents: “…Spiritual Healing -- -- Buried treasure : Sacred tales and healing / Elisa Pearmain -- Story wrestling : Healing through telling Hasidic stories / Doug Lipman -- Rabbi Gershon's dream / Doug Lipman -- -- Teach Your Children Well -- -- Storytelling and resiliency : Why children need stories / Linda Fredericks -- The gift of good advide / Linda Fredericks -- The magic brush / Rose Owens -- Stories as tools for coping / Rose Owens -- -- Early Childhood Interventions : The Parent-Child Mother Goose Program -- -- The heart of Mother Goose : Lullabies, lap-rhymes and stories / Allison M. …”
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Divine action and natural selection : science, faith, and evolution

Table of Contents: “…A Cabbalistic interpretation of the theory of evolution based on the teachings of Rabbi Kook: natural selection and its moral implication / Dov Berger. 12. …”
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A feminist companion to reading the Bible : approaches, methods and strategies

Table of Contents: “…Rabinnic interpretation of scripture / J. Hauptman -- Rabbis, feminists and patriarchy's ordinariness / M. …”
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The actuality of sacrifice : past and present

Table of Contents: “…Sacrifice without the rabbis: ritual and sacrifice in the Second Temple period according to contemporary sources -- Part 3. …”
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Studies in the meaning of Judaism by Borowitz, Eugene B.

Table of Contents: “…8 / 1964 Why We Went: A Joint Letter from the Rabbis Arrested in St. AugustineA TRACK: LEADING ON FROM GOD, THE GROUND OF OUR VALUES -- 9 / 1966 On Celebrating Sinai -- 10 / 1970 The Problem of the Form of a Jewish Theology -- 11 / 1970 The Postsecular Situation of Jewish Theology -- 12 / 1971 Education Is Not I-Thou -- 13 / 1974 Tzimtzum: A Mystic Model for Contemporary Leadership -- 14 / 1978 A Jewish Response: The Lure and Limits of Universalizing Our Faith -- 15 / 1982 The Authority of the Ethical Impulse in Halakhah…”
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A History of Modern Israel. by Shindler, Colin

Table of Contents: “…; The Problem Solver; The Oslo Breakthrough; The Plo in Crisis; Chapter 11 The Killing of A Prime Minister; The Return of the Rejectionists; The Right's Backlash; Rabbis and Ayatollahs.…”
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