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Judaism is a monotheistic religion founded in the Middle East around 500 BCE. It is the tenth largest religion in the world, and its history, texts, and traditions have strong influence in both Christianity and Islam, which both hold the Jewish figure Abraham as the patriarch of faith. Judaism is one of the oldest monotheistic religions in existence, and its followers have a long history of suffering from bias and persecution, especially with the rise of Christianity in the West.

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Chesed, Tzedakah, Tzedek: What's the Difference?

Learn three Jewish practices that you can use to change the world for good with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg. Chesed is the Jewish practice of loving kindness or caring for someone else. It is voluntary and individual.

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Living a Jewish Life: Jewish Traditions, Customs, and Values for Today’s Families (Updated and Revised Edition)

Living a Jewish Life describes Judaism as not just a contemplative or abstract system of thought but as a blueprint for living fully and honorably. This new edition builds on the classic guide, which has been a favorite among Jewish educators and students for years.

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2012 - New Interpretations of an Ancient Identity - Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

The fourth Israeli Presidential Conference, Facing Tomorrow, 2012. Panel: New Interpretations of an Ancient Identity: The Next Jewish Generation. Speaker: Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, USA.

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Maimonides and the Book that Changed Judaism: Secrets of the Guide for the Perplexed

A publishing sensation long at the top of the best-seller lists in Israel, the original Hebrew edition of Maimonides and the Book That Changed Judaism has been called the most successful book ever published in Israel on the preeminent medieval Jewish thinker Moses Maimonides.

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Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi: What Is Fear of G!D

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Essential Judaism: A Complete Guide to Beliefs, Customs & Rituals (Updated Edition)

You’ll find everything you need to know about being Jewish in this indispensable, revised and updated guide to the religious traditions, everyday practices, philosophical beliefs, and historical foundations of Judaism.

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The Book of Jewish Values: A Day-by-Day Guide to Ethical Living

Telushkin speaks to the major ethical issues of our time, issues that have, of course, been around since the beginning. He offers one or two pages a day of pithy, wise, and easily accessible teachings designed to be put into immediate practice.

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Jewish Spirituality: A Brief Introduction for Christians

Jewish spirituality is an approach to life that encourages us to become aware of God's presence and purpose, even in unlikely places. “This world and everything in it is a manifestation of God’s presence,” says Rabbi Lawrence Kushner.

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To Life: A Celebration of Jewish Being and Thinking

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.

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God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism

This companion volume to Man Is Not Alone discusses not man's search for God but God's for man--the notion of a chosen people, an idea which, he writes, "signifies not a quality inherent in the people but a relationship between the people and God."

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