An award-winning journalist tells you everything you need to know about being Jewish in this user-friendly guide that explains not only what Jews do and believe, but why.

You are in the Mirrer Beis Midrash in Jerusalem, one of a thousand people leaning forward to hear a classic shmuess by the great Mirrer Rosh Yeshivah. The topic is timely, the insights illuminating. Translated by people who know the shmuessen intimately, under the supervision of the Rosh Yeshivah's sons; complete with a moving biographical essay.

Lessons From God's Bible - Torah Teachings The Holy Zohar teaches us, the Bible is not a collection of stories, it's a collection of lessons.Please join me on a journey, in which we shall discover, how the Divine truth, relates to your life: The very first verse of the Torah/Bible is "In The Beginning God Created Heaven And Earth.

Every Hollywood epic follows the same plot outline: a cosmic struggle of good and evil that pits a little hero against a big bad guy (think Luke Skywalker vs. Darth Vader, Frodo Baggins vs. Saruman, Harry Potter vs. Voldemort). The odds are totally stacked against the hero, yet as the story unfolds, his strengths are revealed, and in the final showdown he triumphs. All these movies follow this plot because it is deeply ingrained in our subconscious that this is the way the story is supposed to happen. This may be fiction and fantasy in the movies, but in reality it is the story of the Jewish people and the real plot of human history. This book walks the reader through the central themes in Jewish history: the impact of Jewish values on civilization, Jewish drive and the disproportionate impact of the Jewish people, antisemitism and its message, the Jewish view of history and conception of time and the End of Days. These themes allow the reader to see the striking parallel between the reality of Jewish history and the universal plot of these epic movies that everyone loves. The metaphor is enhanced with striking fold-out movie storyboards depicting Jewish history in movie form. The reader will come away with an understanding of the unique role and mission of the Jewish people in history and its very special destiny.