A detailed and comprehensive guide to jewish practice for home and synagogue,written in the spirit of the Conservative movement.

Drawing on the vast resources of the biblical-rabbinic tradition and of general philosophic and religious thought, the volume continues with comprehensive discussions which should prove helpful in formulating a personal philosophy when trying to integrate one's Jewish, American, and human heritages.

This book explores the impact of adult Jewish learning on individual Jewish learners. Focusing first on the experiences of one established adult Jewish learning program, it also moves to a larger discussion about adult Jewish literacy and adult Jewish growth.

The nature of Jewish identity and the challenges of maintaining, developing, and living with it.

An examination of the underlying causes and ideology behind the repressive treatment of the Jews by the Papacy in the late 1500's.

These six elegant and beautifully written essays remind the reader of the power of ideas and the great depth of Michael Rosenak's thinking. Investigating key themes of his long and distinguished career as teacher, scholar, mentor and philosopher, Rosenak touches upon some of the core issues of contemporary Jewish life and teases out the implications for education in our time. As always, he asks the most interesting questions and guides his readers along a path of understanding and exploration.

This is the story of Max Wohlberg's odyssey from a yeshiva in Hungary to the pinnacle of the American cantorate.

An inquiry into the spirit of many rabbinic observations and investigations of the facts, incidents, opinions, notions and beliefs to which the Rabbis allude in their statements.