Righteous Gentiles in the Hebrew Bible: Ancient Role Models for Sacred Relationships

Who are the ancient role models for the sacred relationship between Jews and non-Jews today? Now more than ever, gentiles are an integral part of the Jewish community. But they are not new to the Jewish story. In fact, righteous gentiles go back to Abraham. The story of the Jewish people can’t be told without them. Noted author and educator Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin provides an informative and inspiring look at the sympathetic non-Israelite characters of the Hebrew Bible and the redemptive relationships they had with the Jewish people. Relying on biblical and extra-biblical sources, he introduces each character, drawing lessons from the life of each that will be relevant to you, whatever your faith tradition. They include the … <ul>
<li>First gentile to bless a Jew </li> <li>First woman to hear the Divine voice and save a Jewish baby </li> <li>First teacher of morality to the Jews </li> <li>First gentile mother of Jewish children </li> <li>Gentile midwives who invented civil disobedience </li> <li>Mother of Moses and nurturer of the Jewish people </li> <li>Father-in-law and teacher of Moses </li> <li>First “gentile Zionist”</li> <li>Gentile warrior who fought for the Israelites </li> <li>Gentile contractor for Solomon’s Temple </li> <li>Gentiles who acknowledged God and repented </li> <li>Creator of the Second Jewish Commonwealth </li>
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History

Jeffrey K. Salkin

World

Jewish Lights

Putting God on the Guest List: How to Reclaim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Child's Bar or Bat Mitzvah

Jewish Lights Publishing

Expanded, updated, revised 2nd edition. Helps people find core spiritual values inAmerican Jewry's most misunderstood ceremony-Bar and Bat Mitzvah. Joins explanation, instruction and inspiration, to help parent and child truly be there when the moment of Sinai is recreated in their lives. How did Bar and Bat Mitzvah originate? What is its lasting significance? What are the ethics of celebration? How to make the event more spiritually meaningful!

Religion & Spirituality

Judaism

Jewish Lights Pub.

What is spirituality anyway? Isn't spirituality about emotion? And isn't work about the rational mind?
"Too often, we divorce our 'work life’ from our 'real life,’ from our innermost beliefs and convictions. But ‘work’ can be as much a part of our life―and as much a vehicle for spiritual growth and personal understanding―as going to synagogue or church on Saturday or Sunday or taking a walk in the woods or reading quietly to our kids at bedtime. In fact work may be among the most potent vehicles for fulfilling our spiritual life because, for many of us, it presents the best opportunities to meld community and social and economic productivity with personal belief and individual talent." ―from the Introduction by Norman Lear
Being God’s Partner will help people of every faith reconcile the cares of their work and the strivings of their souls―and restore the hidden link between them.
By exploding our assumptions that work and spirituality are irreconcilable, Salkin explores how spirituality can enhance our 9-to-5 lives. "It is time to be as rich internally as we are externally," he writes, offering soul-stirring ways to “smuggle religion” into our workplace.
Thought-provoking, practical and exhilarating, Being God’s Partner goes beyond just talking about the subject to give you specific actions to take and connections to make―right now―to help infuse our lives with greater meaning, purpose and satisfaction―and invigorate all that we do.

Being God's Partner: How to Find the Hidden Link Between Spirituality and Your Work

Norman Lear

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