The Big Jewish Book For Jews

Author : Ellis Weiner,Barbara Davilman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-27
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781101457115

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The Big Jewish Book for Jews by Ellis Weiner,Barbara Davilman Pdf

A hilarious compendium of traditional wisdom, recipes, and lore from the authors of the bestselling Yiddish with Dick and Jane. Modern Jews have forgotten cherished traditions and become, sadly, all- too assimilated. It's enough to make you meshugeneh. Today's Jews need to relearn the old ways so that cultural identity means something other than laughing knowingly at Curb Your Enthusiasm- and The Big Jewish Book for Jews is here to help. This wise and wise-cracking fully-illustrated book offers invaluable instruction on everything from how to sacrifice a lamb unto the lord to the rules of Mahjong. Jews of all ages and backgrounds will welcome the opportunity to be the Jewiest Jew of all, and reconnect to ancestors going all the way back to Moses and a time when God was the only GPS a Jew needed.

Author : Jerome Rothenberg,Harris Lenowitz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105034349212

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Exiled in the Word by Jerome Rothenberg,Harris Lenowitz Pdf

Author : Jerome Rothenberg,Harris Lenowitz,Charles Doria
Publisher : Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Press
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Poetry
ISBN : STANFORD:36105037159261

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A Big Jewish Book by Jerome Rothenberg,Harris Lenowitz,Charles Doria Pdf

Brings together an unprecedented range of "poems" and other visions of the Jews from tribal times to present.

Author : William Novak,Moshe Waldoks
Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2006-10-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114437846

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The Big Book of Jewish Humor by William Novak,Moshe Waldoks Pdf

Two rival businessmen meet in the Warsaw train station. "Where are you going?" says the first man. "To Minsk," says the second. "To Minsk, eh? What a nerve you have! I know you're telling me you're going to Minsk because you want me to think that you're really going to Pinsk. But it so happens that I know you really are going to Minsk. So why are you lying to me?" Four men are walking in the desert. The German says, "I'm tired and thirsty. I must have a beer." The Italian says, "I'm tired and thirsty. I must have wine." The Mexican says, "I'm tired and thirsty. I must have tequila." The Jew says, "I'm tired and thirsty. I must have diabetes."

Author : Ellis Weiner,Barbara Davilman
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007-07-31
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780316025553

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Yiddish with Dick and Jane by Ellis Weiner,Barbara Davilman Pdf

Jane is in real estate. Today is Saturday. Jane has an open house. She must schlep the Open House signs to the car. See Jane schlep. Schlep, Jane. Schlep. Schlep, schlep, schlep. In text that captures the unque rhythms of the original Dick and Jane readers, and in 35 all-new illustrations, a story unfolds in which Dick and Jane -- hero and heroine of the classic books for children that generations of Americans have used when learning to read -- manage to express shades of feeling and nuances of meaning that ordinary English just can't deliver. How? By speaking Yiddish, employing terms that convey an attitude -- part plucky self-assertion, part ironic fatalism. When Dick schmoozes, when Jane kvetches, when their children fress noodles at a Chinese restaurant, the clash of cultures produces genuine hilarity.

Author : Samuel G. Freedman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Jews
ISBN : 9780684859453

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Jew Vs. Jew by Samuel G. Freedman Pdf

At a time when Jews in the United States appear more secure and successful than ever, Freedman maintains that cultural and religious differences are tearing apart their community.

Author : Masha Gessen
Publisher : Schocken
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780805242461

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Where the Jews Aren't by Masha Gessen Pdf

From the acclaimed author of The Man Without a Face, the previously untold story of the Jews in twentieth-century Russia that reveals the complex, strange, and heart-wrenching truth behind the familiar narrative that begins with pogroms and ends with emigration. In 1929, the Soviet government set aside a sparsely populated area in the Soviet Far East for settlement by Jews. The place was called Birobidzhan.The idea of an autonomous Jewish region was championed by Jewish Communists, Yiddishists, and intellectuals, who envisioned a haven of post-oppression Jewish culture. By the mid-1930s tens of thousands of Soviet Jews, as well as about a thousand Jews from abroad, had moved there. The state-building ended quickly, in the late 1930s, with arrests and purges instigated by Stalin. But after the Second World War, Birobidzhan received another influx of Jews—those who had been dispossessed by the war. In the late 1940s a second wave of arrests and imprisonments swept through the area, traumatizing Birobidzhan’s Jews into silence and effectively shutting down most of the Jewish cultural enterprises that had been created. Where the Jews Aren’t is a haunting account of the dream of Birobidzhan—and how it became the cracked and crooked mirror in which we can see the true story of the Jews in twentieth-century Russia. (Part of the Jewish Encounters series)

Author : David Baddiel
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780008490768

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Jews Don’t Count by David Baddiel Pdf

North American Edition of the UK Bestseller How identity politics failed one particular identity. ‘a must read and if you think YOU don’t need to read it, that’s just the clue to know you do.’ SARAH SILVERMAN ‘This is a brave and necessary book.’ JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER ‘a masterpiece.’ STEPHEN FRY

Author : Norman Lebrecht
Publisher : Scribner
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781982134266

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Genius & Anxiety by Norman Lebrecht Pdf

This lively chronicle of the years 1847­–1947—the century when the Jewish people changed how we see the world—is “[a] thrilling and tragic history…especially good on the ironies and chain-reaction intimacies that make a people and a past” (The Wall Street Journal). In a hundred-year period, a handful of men and women changed the world. Many of them are well known—Marx, Freud, Proust, Einstein, Kafka. Others have vanished from collective memory despite their enduring importance in our daily lives. Without Karl Landsteiner, for instance, there would be no blood transfusions or major surgery. Without Paul Ehrlich, no chemotherapy. Without Siegfried Marcus, no motor car. Without Rosalind Franklin, genetic science would look very different. Without Fritz Haber, there would not be enough food to sustain life on earth. What do these visionaries have in common? They all had Jewish origins. They all had a gift for thinking in wholly original, even earth-shattering ways. In 1847, the Jewish people made up less than 0.25% of the world’s population, and yet they saw what others could not. How? Why? Norman Lebrecht has devoted half of his life to pondering and researching the mindset of the Jewish intellectuals, writers, scientists, and thinkers who turned the tides of history and shaped the world today as we know it. In Genius & Anxiety, Lebrecht begins with the Communist Manifesto in 1847 and ends in 1947, when Israel was founded. This robust, magnificent, beautifully designed volume is “an urgent and moving history” (The Spectator, UK) and a celebration of Jewish genius and contribution.

Author : Roy H. Schoeman
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781642290776

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Salvation Is from the Jews by Roy H. Schoeman Pdf

The book traces the role of Judaism and the Jewish people in God's plan for the salvation of mankind, from Abraham through the Second Coming, as revealed by the Catholic faith and by a thoughtful examination of history. It will give Christians a deeper understanding of Judaism, both as a religion in itself and as a central component of Christian salvation. To Jews it reveals the incomprehensible importance, nobility and glory that Judaism most truly has. It examines the unique and central role Judaism plays in the destiny of the world. It documents that throughout history attacks on Jews and Judaism have been rooted not in Christianity, but in the most anti-Christian of forces. Areas addressed include: the Messianic prophecies in Jewish scripture; the anti-Christian roots of Nazi anti-Semitism; the links between Nazism and Arab anti-Semitism; the theological insights of major Jewish converts; and the role of the Jews in the Second Coming. "Perplexed by controversies new and old about the destiny of the Jewish people? Read this book by a Jew who became a Catholic for a well-written, provocative, ground-breaking account. Some of the answers most have never heard before." Ronda Chervin, Ph.D., Hebrew-Catholic

Author : Steve Silbiger
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2000-05-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781563525667

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The Jewish Phenomenon by Steve Silbiger Pdf

With truly startling statistics and a wealth of anecdotes, Silbiger reveals the cultural principles that form the bedrock of Jewish success in America.

Author : Yaakov Menken
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2005-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781440538018

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The Everything Torah Book by Yaakov Menken Pdf

From the Penteteuch and Nevi'im to the Ketuvim and the oral Torah, this straightforward reference walks you through God's instructions to His people and explains how these teachings are incorporated into Jewish life. The Everything Torah Book presents the tenets of the Jewish faith in an easy-to-understand reference. Fascinating insights into the history, stories, parables, and personalities that are featured in this sacred scripture will bring teachings to life. Regardless of your faith, The Everything Torah Book offers a wonderful insight into Jewish culture. Learn about: Jewish history and heritage What constitutes the Torah The importance of the Torah in the Jewish community How to expand your learning Incorporating teachings into your life Written by a rabbi, The Everything Torah Book presents the tenets of Jewish faith, tradition, and culture in one all-inclusive resource.

Author : Shlomo Sand
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781788736619

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The Invention of the Jewish People by Shlomo Sand Pdf

A historical tour de force that demolishes the myths and taboos that have surrounded Jewish and Israeli history, The Invention of the Jewish People offers a new account of both that demands to be read and reckoned with. Was there really a forced exile in the first century, at the hands of the Romans? Should we regard the Jewish people, throughout two millennia, as both a distinct ethnic group and a putative nation—returned at last to its Biblical homeland? Shlomo Sand argues that most Jews actually descend from converts, whose native lands were scattered far across the Middle East and Eastern Europe. The formation of a Jewish people and then a Jewish nation out of these disparate groups could only take place under the sway of a new historiography, developing in response to the rise of nationalism throughout Europe. Beneath the biblical back fill of the nineteenth-century historians, and the twentieth-century intellectuals who replaced rabbis as the architects of Jewish identity, The Invention of the Jewish People uncovers a new narrative of Israel’s formation, and proposes a bold analysis of nationalism that accounts for the old myths. After a long stay on Israel’s bestseller list, and winning the coveted Aujourd’hui Award in France, The Invention of the Jewish People is finally available in English. The central importance of the conflict in the Middle East ensures that Sand’s arguments will reverberate well beyond the historians and politicians that he takes to task. Without an adequate understanding of Israel’s past, capable of superseding today’s opposing views, diplomatic solutions are likely to remain elusive. In this iconoclastic work of history, Shlomo Sand provides the intellectual foundations for a new vision of Israel’s future.

Author : Alfred J. Kolatch
Publisher : Running Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0762441232

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The Jewish Book of Why by Alfred J. Kolatch Pdf

The Jewish Book of Why has sold more than three million copies to date and has been translated into several languages. In this bestseller turned Miniature Edition™, scholar Rabbi Alfred J. Kolatch explains the significance and origin of nearly every symbol and practice known to Jewish culture. It's an essential guide for both Jews and non-Jews alike, and will answer a wide spectrum of questions on every aspect of Jewish custom, tradition, and life.

Author : Tablet
Publisher : Artisan
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1648290779

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The Jewish Foods Sticker Book by Tablet Pdf

Introducing a new line of stationery products from Tablet magazine, featuring photographs and illustrations from the acclaimed 100 Most Jewish Foods. Celebrate Tablet's (highly debatable) list of the most Jewish foods with The Jewish Foods Sticker Book, featuring nearly 300 full-color stickers of all your favorite (and not-so-favorite) noshes.