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¿[T]he protagonist of ¿Trying to Recover¿ has autobiographical elements and other elements that are based on the fact that I¿m still trying to recover what I began to recover in 2008 (I began doing genealogy research in the prior year, and I figured out that I¿m Jewish just months before I was able to confirm it.). I might take at least another 15 years to fully recover it¿and that includes that I¿m still working to recover what past generations almost took to the grave¿¿

Maimonides, a seminal Jewish commentator, based his philosophical findings on Aristotle¿s logic as the exemplar of reason. Maimonides¿ views on creation, revelation, and redemption depart from Aristotle¿s views, even though he used Aristotelian methods. Creation, revelation, and redemption were the core of Maimonides¿ reality. In The Guide of the Perplexed, Maimonides argued that the eternity of the world is not demonstrable. He found that God is the First Cause as Creator, which providentially governs the world with concern for the human beings created in its image. Through study of the created order enlarges our understanding of God. Revelation is important because human beings receive help through divine graciousness. Torah enables human beings with a direction to perfection. Some even call him the forefather of the Jewish Enlightenment of the latter 18th and early 19th centuries. Maimonides remained a strictly observant Jew to his last day. In many respects, he defined normative Judaism, both in his own Sephardi (Spanish) world and in the rabbinical Ashkenazi academies.

In Commentary in April 2007, Charles Murray, the coauthor of The Bell Curve (1994), again claimed that "Jews are smarter" than everyone else (Murray, 2007). In The Bell Curve, he and his late (and Jewish) coauthor, Richard Herrnstein, presented the argument "Ashkenazic Jews of European origins," test higher than any other ethnic group (Murray and Herrnstein, 1994). Jews in America and Britain have an overall IQ mean somewhere between a half and a full standard deviation above the mean, with the source of the difference concentrated in the verbal component. Murray again makes the argument of an unmistakable "Jewish Genius," in Commentary, but now with an explanation. The book analyzes reason for such a favorable attribute: the genetic, the environmental, and the divine. The weights apportioned to each remain indeterminate.

In July 1939, 500 Jewish children were sent from Germany to Sweden in a joint project organized by the World Zionist Organization and the Stockholm Jewish Community. Some of these children came to Hälsinggården, near Falun, to learn farming and agriculture, in preparation for their future work in Palestine. World War II broke out two months after their arrival, and the children remained in Sweden as temporary residents until 1945. In the spring of 1941, Walter and Heini, both 16 years old, decided to leave the collective, facing the challenge of having to support themselves, and waiving their opportunity to rejoin the group on the planned immigration to Palestine. Most of the letters in this collection were written by Walter, after he and Heini had to go their separate ways. They reveal the struggle of a lonely boy in a foreign country, as war was raging through Europe, wreaking havoc on the home and people left behind.

Herb Levy began writing poetry in high school inspired, in part, by the poetry then being read at coffeehouses. His undergraduate degree is in English. That exposed him to some of the greatest poets writing in the English language. Some of the poetry he wrote in college was an exercise in learning the value of the many forms of poetry. He returned to free verse, as it is the clearest expression of his voice. Roughly thirty years ago, his poetry began to become an expression of his Jewish faith. This volume draws from some of the best of his work, but is largely composed of poems written in the last year. During that year, he wrote a poem for each of the parshas, the weekly portion of the Torah. The lens of that work is how the parsha offers an opportunity to wrestle with unhealed places and find healing. The spiritual intention of this collection is to use the Torah as a template in our healing. The power of the stories of Torah is that the stories are told about imperfect people. Each poem is an opportunity to revisit our hurts and to wrestle with those hurts lovingly to take the next step in healing them. COPY (read@coffeehouses.his)

This book examines the Harmony And Resonance Of Qur'an And Torah, the Three Unique Abrahamic Religions, Why Jesus Was A Rabbi, A Prophet, A Messiah, But Not The Son Of God, Divine Names In Torah, Gospel and Qur¿an: Past and Future, Jewish Views of Prophet Muhammad As An Abrahamic Prophet, Prophets in Judaism and Islam and How Allah Chooses Them, Why Jewish Views Of Heaven And Hell Are So Different, and the Two Sacred Sites Powered By Brotherly Love.

In Modern Midrash, Professor Schept combines her knowledge of psychological theory with her extensive reading of Jewish sacred texts to present fresh insights that invigorate a centuries-old scholarly conversation with contemporary feminine sensibilities. In her analysis of Jacob¿s Dream of a ladder, the unconscious mind presents a drama of family tensions and sexuality for Freud, but the psychic energy of transformational change for Jung. Applying the Object-Relations theories of Melanie Klein, Professor Schept presents the Cain and Abel story as a meditation on the good and evil within us all. The Tower of Babel marks the establishment of boundaries between individuals and the emergence of self. A time of reflection and repentance, the High Holidays offer a window into the psychological gradations of forgiveness. In this compilation of eight new and previously published articles, Professor Schept shows how ancient stories, myths, and rituals hold profound meaning that feels familiar and relevant today.

This eloquent collection of short stories and Jewish proverbs, folktales and essays reminds readers that a single life is fleeting and small, and yet each individual is connected to something larger and more constant than themselves. With simplicity and clarity, these stories ¿ many of them centuries old ¿ manage to bridge the distance between past and present, between individual virtues and the strength of a community. Like any good book, Hakak¿s does not provide answers. Instead, it asks the right questions ¿ the same questions our ancestors asked themselves, and the ones our children¿s children will ask themselves, too. (Alizah Salario)

Would you believe that Mati and Ahmed, two thumb-sized kids, have found a new friend? Her name is Amal, and she is their same size! Together these three continue with adventure after zany adventure in Jerusalem. While they plant trees, ride on a cat¿s tale, fly on a pelican¿s back, enjoy ice cream while helping a poor woman, and even rescue a baby monkey at the zoo, they learn about each other. They learn how much they share, and they are curious about their differences. These stories are the fourth in a series beginning with Mini Adventures in Jerusalem. Three little people show the way to creating a better world.

In recent years, there has been an increase in the public¿s awareness regarding the use and significance of polygraph machines as a reliable means of validating data and discerning truth from falsehood. We saw it prudent, therefore, to provide our opinion, through this study, with regards to a single fundamental question: Under what conditions would it be appropriate to allow for the admissibility of the findings of polygraph tests as evidence in criminal court, assuming such tests are conducted in accordance with the Concealed Information method, and not the Comparative Questions method? Our conclusions suggest that the day has come for us to begin employing this method as a legitimate means of obtaining admissible evidence in criminal proceedings. This book was edited by the very talented Guy Itzhak Sender, Adv.