The Jewish Publication Society: 96 books
by Rose Zar, Eric A. Kimmel
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Rose Zar was 19 years old when the Nazis invaded her native Poland. Her father urged her to save herself by hiding “in the mouth of the wolf”—or within the enemy itself. She managed to obtain false papers, secretly changing her identity and surviving the Holocaust as maid and nanny for a Nazi SS colonel.
by Zev Eleff
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Modern Orthodox Judaism offers an extensive selection of primary texts documenting the Orthodox encounter with American Judaism that led to the emergence of the Modern Orthodox movement. Many texts in this volume are drawn from episodes of conflict that helped form Modern Orthodox Judaism. These include...
The Bible on Location
Off the Beaten Path in Ancient and Modern Israel
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
In this innovative guidebook Julie Baretz takes readers to twenty-one off-the-beaten-path locations in Israel where Bible stories are said to have happened. At each site she sets the scene by relating the historical context of the event, then follows with the biblical text itself and her own lively...
The Devil and the Jews
The Medieval Conception of the Jew and Its Relation to Modern Anti-Semitism
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
A JPS bestseller, this is the definitive work of scholarship on the medieval conception of the Jew as devil—literally and figuratively. Through documents, analysis, and illustrations, the book exposes the full spectrum of the Jew’s demonization as devil, sorcerer, and ritual murderer. The author...
Return to Zion
The History of Modern Israel
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
The history of modern Israel is a story of ambition, violence, and survival. Return to Zion traces how a scattered and stateless people reconstituted themselves in their traditional homeland, only to face threats by those who, during the many years of the dispersion, had come to regard the land as...
'Emor (Leviticus 21:1-24:23) and Haftarah (Ezekiel 44:15-31)
The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
*'Emor (Leviticus 21:1-24:23) and Haftarah (Ezekiel 44:15-31): *The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary shows teens in their own language how Torah addresses the issues in their world. The conversational tone is inviting and dignified, concise and substantial, direct and informative. Each pamphlet...
Hukkat (Numbers 19:1-22:1) and Haftarah (Judges 11:1-33)
The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
Hukkat (Numbers 19:1-22:1) and Haftarah (Judges 11:1-3): The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary shows teens in their own language how Torah addresses the issues in their world. The conversational tone is inviting and dignified, concise and substantial, direct and informative. Each pamphlet includes...
Toledot (Genesis 25:19-28:9) and Haftarah (Malachi 1:1-2:7)
The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Toledot (Genesis 25:19-28:9) and Haftarah (Malachi 1:1-2:7): The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary shows teens in their own language how Torah addresses the issues in their world. The conversational tone is inviting and dignified, concise and substantial, direct and informative. Each pamphlet...
Shemot (Exodus 1:1-6:1) and Haftarah (Isaiah 27:6-28:13; 29:22-23)
The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
*Shemot (Exodus 1:1-6:1) and Haftarah (Isaiah 27:6-28:13; 29:22-23): *The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary shows teens in their own language how Torah addresses the issues in their world. The conversational tone is inviting and dignified, concise and substantial, direct and informative. Each...
Korah (Numbers 16:1-18:32) and Haftarah (1 Samuel 11:14-12:22)
The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
*Korah (Numbers 16:1-18:32) and Haftarah (1 Samuel 11:14-12:22): *The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary shows teens in their own language how Torah addresses the issues in their world. The conversational tone is inviting and dignified, concise and substantial, direct and informative. Each pamphlet...
Tsav (Leviticus 6:1-8:36) and Haftarah (Jeremiah 7:21-8:3; 9:22-23)
The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
*Tsav (Leviticus 6:1-8:36) and Haftarah (Jeremiah 7:21-8:3; 9:22-23): *The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary shows teens in their own language how Torah addresses the issues in their world. The conversational tone is inviting and dignified, concise and substantial, direct and informative. Each...
Devarim (Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22) and Haftarah (Isaiah 1:1-27)
The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary shows teens in their own language how Torah addresses the issues in their world. The conversational tone is inviting and dignified, concise and substantial, direct and informative. Each pamphlet includes a general introduction, two model divrei Torah on the...
Noah (Genesis 6:9-11:32) and Haftarah (Isaiah 54:1-55:5)
The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
*Noah (Genesis 6:9-11:32) and Haftarah (Isaiah 54:1-55:5): The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary *shows teens in their own language how Torah addresses the issues in their world. The conversational tone is inviting and dignified, concise and substantial, direct and informative. Each pamphlet includes...
Pinhas (Numbers 25:10-30:1) and Haftarah (1 Kings 18:46-19:21)
The JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
*Pinhas (Numbers 25:10-30:1) and Haftarah (1 Kings 18:46-19:21): *The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary shows teens in their own language how Torah addresses the issues in their world. The conversational tone is inviting and dignified, concise and substantial, direct and informative. Each pamphlet...