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Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.
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CLEAR ALL
When our ancestors received the Torah, they stood at a mountain. When we celebrate receiving the Torah on Shavuot, we will stand in the pews. They looked at the sky; we will look at the ceiling. They were warmed by the sun; we will be cooled by the air conditioning. I am a rabbi in a synagogue.
Named one of the most influential Jewish thinkers of our time, Rabbi David Wolpe joins Tyler in a conversation on flawed leaders, Jewish identity in the modern world, the many portrayals of David, what’s missing in rabbinical training, playing chess on the Sabbath, Srugim, Hasidic philosophy,...
Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Brettler parse opposing interpretations Jews and Christians have of the same Bible, and make the argument that religion doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game
In this landmark book, esteemed Buddhist teacher Sylvia Boorstein addresses this incisive question in a warm, delightful and personal way.
The Nag Hammadi Scriptures, edited by Marvin Meyer, is the most complete, up-to-date, one-volume, English-language edition of the renowned library of Gnostic manuscripts discovered in Egypt in 1945, which rivaled the Dead Sea Scrolls find in significance.
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For twenty-five years, Rabbi Harold Kushner served as the congregational rabbi of Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts, speaking each week with understanding and compassion to his congregants.
Best-selling author Harold Kushner writes of the traditions and practices of Judaism with all the wisdom, understanding, and humor for which he is so well known.
GI JEWS: Jewish Americans in World War II, a feature-length documentary broadcast on national public television in April, 2018, tells the profound and unique story of Jewish Americans in World War II—men and women who fought for their nation and their people, struggled privately with anti-Semitism,...
“Counting Jews and Jews Who Count”: Sermon by Rabbi David Wolpe
Rabbi David Wolpe | "Broken Tablets: How to Handle Our Regrets"