Roots for Christians, Fruit for Jews shows that the Word of God is inspired by the Creator of all. The Bible is the Rock on which people of both Jewish and Christian faith share solid foundation. Jews throughout the world explore the same Parasha (Torah portion) each week. Following this pattern, Parasha forest & trees summarizes all of the Torah and gospels plus related sections from prophets and epistles. Key verses are highlighted to illuminate themes. Please join our journey of growing personal relationship with the Word which unites believers and shines light in our troubled world! Let's see together that God is One, Source of Word and Spirit through which we connect.

Roots for Christians, Fruit for Jews shows that the Word of God is inspired by the Creator of all. The Bible is the Rock on which people of both Jewish and Christian faith share solid foundation. Branches rooted in this Vine are nourished by living water that flows from Beyond. We know that we exist, that we did not create ourselves, and that our bodies grow old and will die. Most of us crave spiritual elevation, transcendence, eternal life. Despite doctrines and traditions that divide religions, direct personal relationship with the Word unites believers and shines light in our troubled world! Let's see together that God is One, Source of Word and Spirit through which we connect.

We know that we exist, that we did not create ourselves, and that our bodies grow old and will die. Most of us crave transcendence, spiritual elevation towards our Source, life that continues beyond this journey on earth. Despite doctrines and traditions that divide religions, delving directly into the Bible joins people of faith. Unification of believers is a growing phenomenon that shines light in our troubled world! Let's see together that God is One, Source of Word and Spirit through which we connect.

Roots for Christians, Fruit for Jews shows that the Word of God is the Rock on which people of faith share solid foundation, the Vine to which all branches need to attach in order to live. We know that we exist, that we did not create ourselves, and that our bodies grow old and will die. Most of us crave transcendence, spiritual elevation towards our Source, life that continues beyond this journey on earth. Despite doctrines and traditions that divide religions, delving directly into the Bible unites believers. Unification of believers is a growing phenomenon that shines light in our troubled world! Let's see together that God is One, Source of Word and Spirit through which we connect.

This book is a collection of letters from a religious Jew in Israel to a Christian friend in Barcelona on life as an Orthodox Jew. Equal parts lighthearted and insightful, it's a thorough and entertaining introduction to the basic concepts of Judaism.

As historical analyses of Diaspora Jewish visual culture blossom in quantity and sophistication, this book analyzes 19th-20th-century developments in Jewish Palestine and later the State of Israel. In the course of these approximately one hundred years, Zionist Israelis developed a visual corpus and artistic lexicon of Jewish-Israeli icons as an anchor for the emerging “civil religion.” Bridging internal tensions and even paradoxes, artists dynamically adopted, responded to, and adapted significant Diaspora influences for Jewish-Israeli purposes, as well as Jewish religious themes for secular goals, all in the name of creating a new state with its own paradoxes, simultaneously styled on the Enlightenment nation-state and Jewish peoplehood.

In a mud hut in the Jewish Quarter of 16th-century Fez, a dying woman hands her granddaughter a heavy gold ring--and an even heavier secret. Five hundred years later, Alma Ben-Ami journeys to Madrid to fulfill her ancestor's dying wish. She has recruited an unlikely research partner: Manuel Aguilar, a young Catholic Spaniard whose beloved priest always warned him about getting too friendly with Jews. As their quest takes them from Greenwich Village to the windswept mountain fortresses of southern Spain, their friendship deepens and threatens to cross boundaries sacred to them both; and what they finally discover in the Spanish archives will force them to confront the truth about who they are and what their faiths mean to them. At times humorous, at times deeply moving, this beautifully written and meticulously researched book will appeal to anyone interested in the history of Inquisition-era Spain, Sephardic Jews, or falling in love. Read an Excerpt Read online PDF Formatted for double-sided printing. To Learn More One Page Flyer - Printable PDF (3 mB ) - Email-friendly PDF (1 mb) Media Kit - Printable PDF (High quality, 6 Mb) - Email-friendly PDF (2 Mb) Downloadable images: Book cover, book mockups, etc. Author sites - www.daniella-levy.com - [email protected] - Facebook page Downloadable images: Book cover, book mockups, etc. Author sites - www.daniella-levy.com - [email protected] - Facebook page

Kabbalah and Ecology is a groundbreaking book that resets the conversation about ecology and the Abrahamic traditions. David Mevorach Seidenberg challenges the anthropocentric reading of the Torah, showing that a radically different orientation to the more-than-human world of nature is not only possible, but that such an orientation also leads to a more accurate interpretation of scripture, rabbinic texts, Maimonides and Kabbalah. Deeply grounded in traditional texts and fluent with the physical sciences, this book proposes not only a new understanding of God's image but also a new direction for restoring religion to its senses and to a more alive relationship with the more-than-human, both with nature and with divinity.

What does the Torah have to say about social justice? As the contributors to The Social Justice Torah Commentary demonstrate, a great deal. A diverse array of authors delve deeply into each week's parashah, drawing lessons to inspire tikkun olam. Chapters address key contemporary issues such as racism, climate change, mass incarceration, immigration, disability, women's rights, voting rights, and many more. The result is an indispensable resource for weekly Torah study and for anyone committed to repairing the world. Published by CCAR Press, a division of the Central Conference of American Rabbis