Mensch Marks

Author : Joshua Hammerman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780757321788

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Mensch-Marks by Joshua Hammerman Pdf

The Talmud states, "In a world that lacks humanity, be human." In a world as untethered as ours has become, simply being human, a good person, is a measure of heroism. At a time when norms of civility are being routinely overwhelmed, it may be the only measure that matters. Mensch-Marks represents Rabbi Joshua Hammerman's personal Torah scroll—the sacred text of his experiences, the life lessons he has learned along his winding, circuitous journey. Mirroring 42 steps Israel wandered in the Wilderness, Hammerman offers 42 brief essays, several of which first appeared in The New York Times Magazine, organized into categories of character, or "mensch-marks," each one a stepping stone toward spiritual maturation. These essays span most of Rabbi Hammerman's life, revealing how he has striven to be a "mensch," a human of character, through every challenge. Mensch-Marks creates a brand-new genre. It is memoir as sacred story, as how-to book; a series of personal vignettes in dialogue with one another over the span of decades, resonating with eternal ideas that span centuries. It traces the author's own personal growth while providing a road map for people of all backgrounds seeking a life of moral vision. The wisdom is shared not from a pulpit on high, but rather from an unfolding story of a fellow traveler, one who has stumbled, failed, and persevered, struggling with the questions large and small. Through it all, Rabbi Hammerman has tried to live with dignity and grace, what he calls the "nobility of normalcy." He writes, "If by sharing what I've learned, I can add a modicum of generosity, honesty and human connection in a world overflowing with cruelty, loneliness and deceit, then I'll have done my job.' The essays cover crucial moments of failure and forgiveness, loving and letting go, finding deeper meaning in one's work, and holiness in the seemingly inconsequential moments of everyday life. Rabbi Hammerman, ever the optimist, believes that we can turn things around, one mensch at a time.

Author : Marjorie Ingall
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-30
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780804141420

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Mamaleh Knows Best by Marjorie Ingall Pdf

We all know the stereotype of the Jewish mother: Hectoring, guilt-inducing, clingy as a limpet. In Mamaleh Knows Best, Tablet Magazine columnist Marjorie Ingall smashes this tired trope with a hammer. Blending personal anecdotes, humor, historical texts, and scientific research, Ingall shares Jewish secrets for raising self-sufficient, ethical, and accomplished children. She offers abundant examples showing how Jewish mothers have nurtured their children’s independence, fostered discipline, urged a healthy distrust of authority, consciously cultivated geekiness and kindness, stressed education, and maintained a sense of humor. These time-tested strategies have proven successful in a wide variety of settings and fields over the vast span of history. But you don't have to be Jewish to cultivate the same qualities in your own children. Ingall will make you think, she will make you laugh, and she will make you a better parent. You might not produce a Nobel Prize winner (or hey, you might), but you'll definitely get a great human being.

Author : Linda Loewenthal,Irwin Kula
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2006-09-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781401385897

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Yearnings by Linda Loewenthal,Irwin Kula Pdf

"Irwin Kula shows us how to to live our humanness -- the pleasures and the challenges, the messiness and the triumphs -- with a profound acceptance of our desires and foibles and a joy that can only come from understanding." --Deepak Chopra "Yearning. After twenty-three years as a rabbi, I can think of no more defining human experience." Life can be messy and imperfect. We're all looking for answers. And yet, as renowned rabbi Irwin Kula points out, the yearning for answers is no different now than it was in the times that gave rise to Moses, Buddha, and Jesus. Far from being a burden, however, these yearnings can themselves become a path to blessing, prompting questions and insights, resulting in new ways of being and believing. In this, his first book, Rabbi Kula takes us on an excursion into the depths of our desires, applying ancient Jewish tradition to seven of our most wonderful yearnings. Merging ancient wisdom with contemporary insights, Rabbi Kula shows how traditional practices can inform and enrich our own search for meaning. More importantly, he invites us to embrace the messiness and complexities of the human experience in order to fully embrace the endless and glorious project of life.

Author : Jake Cohen
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780358354253

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Jew-Ish by Jake Cohen Pdf

A New York Times bestseller! A brilliantly modern take on Jewish culinary traditions for a new generation of readers, from a bright new star in the culinary world. When you think of Jewish food, a few classics come to mind: chicken soup with matzo balls, challah, maybe a babka if you’re feeling adventurous. But as food writer and nice Jewish boy Jake Cohen demonstrates in this stunning debut cookbook, Jewish food can be so much more. In Jew-ish, he reinvents the food of his Ashkenazi heritage and draws inspiration from his husband’s Persian-Iraqi traditions to offer recipes that are modern, fresh, and enticing for a whole new generation of readers. Imagine the components of an everything bagel wrapped into a flaky galette latkes dyed vibrant yellow with saffron for a Persian spin on the potato pancake, best-ever hybrid desserts like Macaroon Brownies and Pumpkin Spice Babka! Jew-ish features elevated, yet approachable classics along with innovative creations, such as: Jake’s Perfect Challah Roasted Tomato Brisket Short Rib Cholent Iraqi Beet Kubbeh Soup Cacio e Pepe Rugelach Sabich Bagel Sandwiches, and Matzo Tiramisu. Jew-ish is a brilliant collection of delicious recipes, but it’s much more than that. As Jake reconciles ancient traditions with our modern times, his recipes become a celebration of a rich and vibrant history, a love story of blending cultures, and an invitation to gather around the table and create new memories with family, friends, and loved ones.

Author : Joshua Hammerman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1934730890

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Embracing Auschwitz by Joshua Hammerman Pdf

The Judaism of Sinai and the Judaism of Auschwitz are merging, resulting in new visions of Judaism that are only beginning to take shape. Each of the chapters of this book outlines an aspect of this work-in-progress, this Torah of Auschwitz, and we will see just how the ways of Sinai are being recast, the old wells re-dug. Jewish survival will not be assured until the grandchildren of survivors and others of their generation can begin to take the darkness of the Shoah and turn it into a song, absorbing the absurdity of a silent God while loving life nonetheless. "Compelling and provocative." --Yossi Klein Halevi, author, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor "Eye opening and thought provoking." --U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal "A powerful meditation on what Judaism could be in this time." -- Peter Beinart, author, The Crisis of Zionism "Hammerman's brave new vision challenges us and demands our attention." -- Gary Rosenblatt, Editor At Large, The Jewish Week "Should be read by every Jew who cares about Judaism." -- Rabbi Dr. Irving "Yitz" Greenberg, author, The Jewish Way

Author : Neal Hoffman,Rob Foster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0615990533

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The Mensch on a Bench by Neal Hoffman,Rob Foster Pdf

Author : Annie Cohen-Solal
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300182040

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Mark Rothko by Annie Cohen-Solal Pdf

"Mark Rothko was not only one of the most influential American painters of the twentieth century; he was a scholar, an educator, and a deeply spiritual human being. Born Marcus Yakovlevich Rotkovitch, he emigrated from the Russian Empire to the United States at age ten, already well educated in the Talmud and carrying with him bitter memories of the pogroms and persecutions visited upon the Jews of Latvia. Few artists have achieved success as quickly, and by the mid-twentieth century, Rothko's artwork was being displayed in major museums throughout the world. In May 2012 his painting Orange, Red, Yellow was auctioned for nearly $87 million, setting a new Christie's record. Author Annie Cohen-Solal gained access to archival materials no previous biographer had seen. As a result, her book is an extraordinarily detailed portrait of Rothko the man and the artist, an uncommonly successful painter who was never comfortable with the idea of his art as a commodity"--

Author : Mark Messier,Jimmy Roberts
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781982158569

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No One Wins Alone by Mark Messier,Jimmy Roberts Pdf

Everybody has value and should be made to feel that way. That was one of our fundamental tenets, and we all bough into it completely. We believed that if you've built the right culture-a culture of inclusion-then an important contribution could just as likely come from a guy who says he's keeping his fingers crossed to hang on with the team as from one of the stars. Book jacket.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0215043979

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News International and phone-hacking by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Culture, Media and Sport Committee Pdf

This report concentrates on the issue of whether witnesses have previously misled a select committee of the House of Commons over the extent and knowledge of phone-hacking. The Committee concludes that several individuals misled the Committee in 2009 and more recently, and that the News of the World and News International corporately misled the Committee about the true nature and extent of the internal investigations they carried out into phone-hacking, made statements that were not fully truthful, and withheld documents. The companies' directors - including Rupert Murdoch and James Murdoch - should be prepared to take responsibility for these failings. The Committee reports its findings for the House of Commons to decide whether a contempt has been committed and, if so, what punishment should be imposed.

Author : Mike Arsuaga
Publisher : I Heart Book Publishing, LLC
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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FOUND! by Mike Arsuaga Pdf

The country hasn’t learned much in thirty years. By 2045, America is in a debt-fueled decline. After a presidential election rife with scandal, internal division approaches civil war. Discovery of an abandoned Nazi installation in Antarctica gains interest up to an Oval Office desperate for a distraction. A frail little man, cryogenically preserved in a brass case, headlines the find. President Marge Ellis orders ‘the man in the box’ kept under tight security and brought to a military medical facility in Orlando, Florida. Doctor Charmaine “Charlie” Finney, LCDR, USN, a leading expert on cryogenics receives the task of reviving the mystery man she names Mensch. Nordic good looks belie her Semitic ethnicity. The administration hopes the man in the case is General Kammler who headed Nazi super weapons projects. What they find turns the world on its ear. “FOUND!” cries the world’s media, when Adolf Hitler is identified. He has no memory. At learning his history, he professes remorse and a passion to make amends. Mysterious, recurrent dreams haunt him. Recent twists in statute of limitations laws soon set him free. On the outside, he discovers a following beyond any expectation. Charlie accompanies him. He loves Charlie and calls her “My Better Angel”, but power is seductive. As much of a divided country rallies around him, will she be enough to keep him on the right path?

Author : John Mark Comer
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310337324

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Garden City by John Mark Comer Pdf

You've heard people say, "Who you are matters more than what you do." But does the Bible really teach us that? Join pastor and bestselling author John Mark Comer in Garden City as he guides twenty- and thirty-somethings through understanding and embracing their God-given calling. In Garden City, John Mark Comer gives a surprisingly countercultural take on the typical "spiritual" answer the church gives in response to questions about purpose and calling. Comer explores Scripture to discover God's original intent for how we're meant to spend our time, reshaping how you view and engage in your work, rest, and life. In these pages, you'll learn that, ultimately, what we do matters just as much as who we are. Garden City will help you find answers to questions like: Does God care where I work? Does he have a clear direction for me? How can I create a practice of rest? Praise for Garden City: "In Garden City, John Mark Comer takes the reader on a journey--from creation to the final heavenly city. But the journey is designed to let each of us see where we are to find ourselves in God's good plan to partner with us in the redemption of all creation. There is in Garden City an intoxication with the Bible's biggest and life-changing ideas." --Scot McKnight, Julius R. Mantey Professor of New Testament, Northern Seminary

Author : Plutarch
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393292831

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The Age of Caesar: Five Roman Lives by Plutarch Pdf

“Plutarch regularly shows that great leaders transcend their own purely material interests and petty, personal vanities. Noble ideals actually do matter, in government as in life.” —Michael Dirda, Washington Post Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, Brutus, Antony: the names still resonate across thousands of years. Major figures in the civil wars that brutally ended the Roman republic, their lives pose a question that haunts us still: how to safeguard a republic from the flaws of its leaders. This reader’s edition of Plutarch delivers a fresh translation of notable clarity, explanatory notes, and ample historical context in the Preface and Introduction.

Author : Laura Bradley,Karen Leeder
Publisher : Camden House
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781571134929

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Edinburgh German Yearbook by Laura Bradley,Karen Leeder Pdf

While Bertold Brecht became identified internationally as the cultural figurehead of the GDR, his relationship with the authorities was always complex. This book examines his activities in the GDR and the regime's marginalizing response and posthumous appropriation of his legacy.

Author : Oda Wischmeyer,David C. Sim,Ian J. Elmer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110272826

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Paul and Mark by Oda Wischmeyer,David C. Sim,Ian J. Elmer Pdf

The hypothesis that the Gospel of Mark was heavily influenced by Pauline theology and/or epistles was widespread in the nineteenth century, but fell out of favour for much of the twentieth century. In the last twenty years or so, however, this view has begun to attract renewed support, especially in English language scholarship. This major and important collection of essays by an international team of scholars seeks to move the discussion forward in a number of significant ways – tracing the history of the hypothesis from the nineteenth century to the modern day, searching for historical connections between these two early Christians, analysing and comparing the theology and christology of the Pauline epistles and the Gospel of Mark, and assessing their reception in later Christian texts. This major volume will be welcomed by those who are interested in the possible influence of the apostle to the Gentiles on the earliest Gospel.

Author : New York (N.Y.). Board of Elections
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 920 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : Voting registers
ISBN : NYPL:33433093300576

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Transcript of the Enrollment Books by New York (N.Y.). Board of Elections Pdf