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Levine Querido
Language
English
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"Osnat was born five hundred years ago--at a time when almost everyone believed in miracles. But very few believed that girls should learn to read. Yet Osnat's father was a great scholar whose house was filled with books. And she convinced him to teach her. Then she in turn grew up to teach others, becoming a wise scholar in her own right, the world's first female rabbi! Some say Osnat performed miracles - like healing a dove who had been shot by...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Naomi and Ethan will test the boundaries of love in this provocative romance from the author of the groundbreaking debut, The Roommate. Naomi Grant has built a life around going against the grain. When the sex-positive start-up she cofounded becomes an international sensation, her responsibilities shift from the bedroom to the boardroom. Ready to conquer new worlds, Naomi wants to extend her educational platform to live lecturing, but despite her...
Author
Publisher
Viva Editions, an imprint of Start Midnight, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Believe it or not, all religions evolve and change. As church and synagogue attendance is in record decline, this young female rabbi has found a way to meet families from a variety of backgrounds in the modern world and help them connect with the traditions and practice that they crave. Rabbi Rebecca Keren Jablonski has served world-wide, bringing bespoke and creative religious experiences to those who sought spirituality outside of institutions...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Materialistic Delilah Levy gets a chance to exercise her social ambitions when her husband accepts a job as the rabbi of an affluent Connecticut congregation, but the realities of her position prove to be more demanding than she had imagined, and her behavior leads them to the brink of disaster.
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Language
English
Description
"Sal Cupertine is a legendary hit man for the Chicago Mafia, known for his ability to get in and out of a crime without a trace. Until now, that is. His first-ever mistake forces Sal to botch an assassination, killing three undercover FBI agents in the process. This puts too much heat on Sal, and he knows this botched job will be his death sentence to the Mafia. So he agrees to their radical idea to save his own skin. A few surgeries and some intensive...
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Series
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
An exploration of Maimonides, the medieval philosopher, physician, and religious thinker, author of The Guide of the Perplexed, from one of the world's foremost bibliophiles Moses ben Maimon, or Maimonides (1138-1204), was born in Córdoba, Spain. The gifted son of a judge and mathematician, Maimonides fled Córdoba with his family when he was thirteen due to Almohad persecution of all non-Islamic faiths. Forced into a long exile, the family spent...
Author
Publisher
Green Bean Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Ten-year-old Avery Green loves science. He loves football. He is crazy about Star Wars. But Hebrew school? No, thank you. Avery would rather have his arms sliced off with a lightsaber than sit through one more day of Hebrew School. He's only asked about a million times why he has to go, but no one in his family has managed to convince him. And then one day, Rabbi Bob shows up. He is strange, but how strange? And strange how? Piecing together some...
Author
Publisher
Kar-Ben Publishing ®
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Isaac Mayer Wise always dreamed of becoming a rabbi, but sometimes people didn't like it when he questioned old customs. He inspired a new kind of Judaism, dream by dream"--
Story of Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, founder of American Reform Judaism.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"When a controversial celebrity rabbi drops dead over his matzoh ball soup at the famed Canter's Deli in Los Angeles, retired private eye Amos Parisman- a sixtyish, no-nonsense Jewish detective who lives with his addled wife in Park La Brea-is hired by the temple's board to make sure everything is kosher. As he looks into what seems to be a simple, tragic accident, the ante is raised when more people start to die or disappear, and Amos uncovers a...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 850L
Language
English
Description
Rabbi Benjamin's congregation presents him with a special holiday vest--and cooks him so much food that soon its buttons pop off. Includes glossary, notes on Jewish holidays, and recipes for special foods associated with them.
Author
Publisher
Post Hill Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When I was a boy, I told my mother I wanted to become a rabbi on a motorcycle. This was a joke in our family for many years. As a young man, despite my love of Israel and a strong spiritual and cultural connection to Judaism, I would not have believed that my own childhood prediction would become a reality. And yet, for over twenty-five years, I have served large synagogue congregations and shepherded hundreds of families through unspeakable tragedy,...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Meir Kahane came of age amid the radical politics of the counterculture, becoming a militant voice of protest against Jewish liberalism. Kahane founded the Jewish Defense League in 1968, declaring that Jews must protect themselves by any means necessary. He immigrated to Israel in 1971, where he founded KACH, an ultranationalist and racist political party. He would die by assassination in 1990. Shaul Magid provides an in-depth look at this controversial...
Author
Publisher
Nehora Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"For centuries, the Kabbalah had been closed to all but a few. It was Rabbi Yehudah Leib Ashlag who opened this spiritual treasure for all. He became known as Baal HaSulam, "Master of the Ladder," after the name of his great commentary on the Zohar, the central work of Kabbalah. Rabbi Ashlag taught that the study of Kabbalah opens us to a spiritual path that connects soul with Source. He taught the importance of uniting outward action with inner intention;...
18) The golem
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Recognized as the source of the Frankenstein myth, an ancient Hebrew legend provides the substance for one of the most adventurous films of the early German cinema and a landmark in the evolution of the horror film. Suffering under the tyrannical rule of a merciless despot, a 16th century Talmudic rabbi creates a giant clay warrior that comes to life in a grand scale climax.
Author
Publisher
Kar-Ben Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
AD 470L
Language
English
Description
"When Faigel can't find her latke recipe her husband asks the rabbi, whose advice leads them to make way too many latkes, in this Hanukkah story about the foolish people of Chelm."--Provided by publisher.
20) Bardejov
Publisher
Bardejov Film LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The real life story of Rafuel Lowy, a rabbi who fashioned a plan to save the town of Bardejov from being sent off to Auschwitz during WWII.
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