Bücher veröffentlicht von Jewish Lights Publishing

A beautiful collection of blessings, prayers and meditations from many faith traditions about the creatures, wild and tame, that inhabit our world. Includes memorial prayers and prayers for an animal suffering illness or injury.

How alike and unlike were Paul and Jesus? If there were differences between them, what effect did that have on the growth of Christianity? And how can these differences help Christians today find their way forward in the midst of countless new and creative ways of understanding their religion and their spirituality?

Award-winning author Jan Phillips offers a joyful and liberating alternative to the degrading, socially constructed views of the body held by most of us today. She takes the reader on an energizing pilgrimage of their own bodies, exploring each part as a portal through which vital, creative, divine energy is received and released. This book fosters self-love, spiritual empowerment, and social consciousness by allowing readers to see their bodies as channels for expressing the Divine. Divining the Body leads readers into a milieu of reverence, mystery, and delight, helping them discover a redeemed sense of self. Readers will learn to trade self-defeating thoughts and behaviors for actions that are healing for themselves and others.

This beautiful collection of prayers will take you on a journey into the spiritual walk of women of color around the world.

This fascinating array of thirty original spiritual mini-autobiographies showcases the varied ways that people come to faith -- and what that means -- in today's multi-religious world. Examining their own journeys from belief to disillusionment and from searching to discovery, contributors from many faiths, ages, and backgrounds tell the stories of how they learned to integrate the life of the Spirit into their daily lives, and the remarkable transformations that followed.

Tapping the experiences and wisdom of his career as a spiritual leader, Lawrence Kushner delights, surprises, challenges and inspires us. With his signature candor, wit and compassion, he helps us reconnect with the why and how of our spiritual lives. He encourages us to find new perspectives on the "life-stuff" that shapes them, and gently reminds us of the Source of it All.These inspiring-often startling-insights will warm you during the dark times of your own doubts even as they brighten your quest for meaning, faith, identity, community-and holiness. Lawrence Kushner''s wisdom has illumined many topics over his forty-year career. Looking back now, in this retrospective volume of much previously unpublished thought, we discern a fabric woven with startling colors and lights. It warms us during the dark times of our own disbelief even as it brightens our quest for meaning, faith, identity, community and holiness.

Leading scholars and teachers share their favorite texts-many available in English for the first time-and explore why these materials are meaningful today. A rich combination of classical texts and contemporary reflections on Jewish mystical tradition.

The most controversial prayer of the Jewish New Year¿what it means, who wrote it, why we say it. Thought-provoking and inspiring discussions from a wide range of perspectives on all aspects of this prayer that defies easy understanding.

A rabbi, a psychiatrist and many recovering Jewish people present a Jewish perspective on the Twelve Steps. Traditional and contemporary Jewish sources and stories of personal experience offer consolation, inspiration and motivation for recovery.

Craft a joyous wedding celebration that reflects not only your personality but your values as well through creative use of Jewish traditions. Provides the tools you need to look at and think about ritual and tradition in new and innovative ways.

The generation of the late twentieth century experienced a rupture in Jewish time. As a result of their confrontation with Modernity, the integration of Jews into the mainstream, the shattering tragedy of the Holocaust and the miraculous rebirth of a Jewish State in the Land of Israel, they can no longer look easily to the past for lessons of faith and models of Jewish meaning. No longer do they confidently project themselves into the future. So much of what was taken for granted in earlier times is now open to question. In this thought-provoking book, five celebrated leaders in Judaism, representing a broad spectrum of contemporary Jewish experience, reinterpret Jewish life, re-envision its institutions and re-imagine its future in the shadow of the events of the twentieth century. Reflecting on the unique events of this century, these eminent scholars assert a shared recognition of human responsibility as the quintessence of God''s presence in the world. They imagine a new stage in the development of the ancient Covenant, a stage in which human beings take responsibility for shaping the Jewish historical experience. They explore how that new stage will find expression in the rhythms of Jewish personal and communal life - its implications for halachah, prayer, spirituality, the synagogue and their relations with the world.

This lively collection is a celebration of courageous and wise women from ancient tradition whom we seldom remember, with vivid prose and lush, full-color illustrations.

Women rabbis are changing the face of Judaism. Discover how their interpretations of the Prophets, Writings, and Megillot can enrich your perspective.The Haftarah is a potent tool for understanding the values, ethics, and moral lessons contained in the Torah readings. In this first-of-its-kind volume, more than eighty women rabbis from the Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist movements offer fresh perspectives on the beloved texts that make up the Haftarah-the Prophets and Writings-and the Five Megillot.Based on readings that are rich in imagery-some poetic, some narrative, some dark and brooding-their commentaries include surprising insights on the stories of Deborah and Yael, David and Goliath, David and Bathsheva, and the witch of Endor, among many others. Themes such as Jerusalem as woman, the story of Jonah and the fish, and other prophetic images are informed and challenged by this groundbreaking work.A rich resource, a major contribution to modern biblical commentary, and the ideal companion to The Women's Torah Commentary, The Women's Haftarah Commentary will inspire all of us to gain deeper meaning from the Hebrew scriptures and a heightened appreciation of Judaism.

Explores the teachings, history, folklore and culture of Judeo-Spanish life and how the Sephardim maintained dignity even in difficult social conditions. Focuses on what you can learn from the Sephardic sages to live a stronger, deeper spiritual life.

One simple, powerful word-hineini (here I am!)-contains the key to deeper relationships with God and with others. Scholar and popular teacher Norman Cohen explores powerful biblical stories of hineini and challenges the way we think about relationships.

A wise, encouraging, practical look at congregations and organizations-what they are and what they might become-revealing the unique role they have the potential to play in refreshing our minds, transforming our hearts and giving our lives meaning.

This indispensable guide to Jewish mourning and comfort provides insight into every aspect of loss. Takes you step by step through the mourning process, specific funeral preparations, readying the home and family to sit shiva and visiting the grave.

Practical, personal and wise, these brief Hasidic teachings, both historical and contemporary, offer life instruction, visualization exercises and mantras to provide spiritual guidance and aid in bringing joy and God's presence into daily life.

This extraordinary spiritual handbook is a compassionate call to reconnect with your spiritual roots & nourish your relationship with God. Breaks free from ways of Jewish worship that no longer inspire & offers practical ideas for enriching daily life.

Nurtures the body, mind and soul of pregnant women with up-to-date medical information and spiritual nourishment. Groundbreaking yet accessible, this handbook guides you through the miraculous and challenging process of creation in a uniquely Jewish way.

Explores the sometimes surprising intersection of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's rootedness in the halakhic tradition with his genuine responsiveness to modern Western theology.

Offers a candid, comprehensive discussion of the major paths to spirituality within the framework of Judaism, and the differing way each path can help us on our quest to nourish the soul and enlighten the mind.

Explore the inner meaning of the Hebrew alphabet and the deep connections between our body, mind and spirit. Step-by-step instructions, insights and photographs guide us in connecting the spiritual meaning of the Hebrew letters to our yoga practice.

With clarity, passion and outstanding scholarship, David Hartman addresses the spiritual and theological questions that face all people and shows how commitment to both Jewish tradition and to pluralism can create bridges of understanding.