Jewish Interest Titles Spring 2017 {PLEASE CONTACT [email protected] FOR MORE INFO} Am I My Body's Keeper? Torah, Diet, and Fitness -- for Life Michael Kaufman Summary In this day and age it is nearly impossible to stay 100% healthy and fit. Between long hours sitting in an office chair, balancing a family, and accomplishing everything else on your to-do list, it's no wonder that health has become a relative term. To combat this, Michael Kaufman shows you how to extend your life by living healthy and fit. Am I My Body's Keeper contains no magic life-extending elixir, nor a secret map to help you discover the fountain of youth. Am I My Body's Keeper provides a simple guide to changing your lifestyle, from the sedentary one characterizing most of society to an active one emphasizing physical activity and healthy eating. 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Dr. Kaufman resides with his family in HEA010000 Jerusalem, Israel. 9 in H | 6 in W Passover Grace Jones Summary Covers Judaism, the story of Passover, cleaning the house, festive food, the Seder, and more. Contributor Bio Booklife Grace Jones has edited more than 150 children’s titles and has penned more than 40 nonfiction and 9781910512968 fiction titles on a diverse range of topics. Pub Date: 5/1/17 Ship Date: 5/1/17 $19.99/$25.99 Can./£12.99 UK/€15.99 EU Discount Code: LON Hardcover Picture Book 24 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Ages 5 to 7, Grades K to 2 Juvenile Nonfiction / Holidays & Celebrations JNF026120 Series: Festivals Around the World 9.5 in H | 11.8 in W Jewish Interest - February 2017 Page 1 {PLEASE CONTACT [email protected] FOR MORE INFO} An Atheist Stranger in a Strange Religious Land Selected Writings from the Bible Belt Herb Silverman, Rev. Barry W. Lynn Summary From Orthodox Jewish child in postwar America to mild-mannered mathematician in academia to legendary atheist activist in the heart of today’s Republican South, Herb Silverman has always been outside the mainstream of American culture, politics, and religion. From this unique vantage point, he writes about the most pressing issues of our day, including those related to war, peace, patriotism, race, gender, and church-state separation. In this entertaining and thought-provoking volume, he curates some of his best written work. Silverman may see himself as an atheist stranger in a strange religious land, but thanks in part to his work as activist and author, atheists as a whole are no longer strangers in this increasingly irreligious land. Pitchstone Publishing 9781634311052 Contributor Bio Pub Date: 4/1/17 Herb Silverman is founder and president of the Secular Coalition for America, author of Candidate Ship Date: 4/1/17 $15.95/$20.95 Can. Without a Prayer . He is also Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the College of Discount Code: LON Charleston. Trade Paperback 264 Pages Carton Qty: 48 Religion / Atheism REL004000 9 in H | 6 in W Broken Chain Catholics Uncover the Holocaust's Hidden Legacy and Discover Their Jewish Roots Vera Muller-Paisner Summary By the early 1990s, four thousand Jews remained in Poland, a startling figure considering 3.25 million Jews lived there at the start of World War II. Indeed, of all the horrors of the Holocaust, Polish Jewry suffered the worst fate. But miraculously, the Jewish community in Poland has been experiencing a rebirth over the past decade. The Jewish population there is now estimated at twenty thousand. This increase is not due to immigration, but to the surfacing of secrets, family truths that have been buried since the early days of the Holocaust, when many Jews hid their identity, their religion, and their heritage in order to survive. Vera Muller-Paisner, a psychoanalyst who specializes in the transmission of trauma, became interested in this hidden legacy of the Holocaust and traveled Pitchstone Publishing to Poland to investigate this phenomenon and understand the impact it had on both the individual 9780972887557 and family. She had many questions. What happens when these long-held secrets—hidden from Pub Date: 9/1/05 $19.95/$22.95 Can. spouses and children—are finally revealed? What is it like to consider yourself a part of “us” one day, Discount Code: LON only to discov... Hardcover Contributor Bio 128 Pages Carton Qty: 28 Vera Muller-Paisner is a psychoanalyst and former research consultant for the International Study Religion / Judaism Group for Trauma, Violence and Genocide at Yale University School of Medicine. REL040000 9 in H | 6 in W | 0.7 in T | 0.8 lb Wt Jewish Interest - February 2017 Page 2 {PLEASE CONTACT [email protected] FOR MORE INFO} Judaism - Simple Guides David Starr-Glass Summary THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU • to appreciate the wisdom of the world’s oldest monotheistic religion • to understand what it means to be a Jew • to recognize the key Jewish festivals and the different aspects of Jewish practice and belief • to avoid faux pas in conversation, in travelling and in personal relationships Judaism is the world’s oldest monotheistic religion. While the number of its adherents has always been small, its principles and ethics have influenced Christianity and Islam, and its holy book, the Hebrew Bible, is arguably the foundation document of Western civilization. The most important principle in Judaism is the belief in a single, ineffable Godhead, who created the universe and continues to govern it with justice and compassion. 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Religion / Judaism REL040000 Other Formats Series: Simple Guides eBook - 7/19/2011 9781857336382 6.8 in H | 4.3 in W | 0.5 in T | 0.3 lb Wt Personal Midrash Fresh Insights into the Torah Daniel Shulman Summary A personal exploration of one Jew's journey to find meaning in the Torah, Personal Midrash is a unique collection of commentary and insights on the Torah. The search for meaning as religious and spiritual beings is anchored to a common written document: the Torah. But, if the Torah were inaccessible, or inscrutable, or beyond the grasp of the ordinary person, we would lose our way. This book is a personal journey through Torah by a curious Jew without rabbinic training. While a scholar may learn something new from this book, the hope is that any Jew may be inspired to likewise seek his or her own voice in interpreting Torah. Urim Publications Contributor Bio 9789655242676 Pub Date: 5/1/17 Daniel Shulman is a lawyer for intellectual property. 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He describes clearly and with historical insight how any concept of “Jewishness” can involve all of those things and more. Contributor Bio Leon Rosselson has been at the forefront of songwriting in Britain for over five decades. He has published two songbooks and released thirteen CDs plus a four-CD box set of seventy-two songs PM Press spanning fifty years of songwriting.