A tabby cat, an Italian confection, and a young girl on the threshold of adulthood… A family gathers atop a mountain in Calabria, Italy where hidden Jews have practiced in secret for 500 years. As a rabbi unrolls a Torah scroll, inscribed in Hebrew in 1783, the ancient words illuminate the restored sanctuary, once a hidden prayer room, now brought to life in worship and song. The Italian-American rabbi is determined to uncover the Jewish roots buried in these hills, lost through centuries of persecution and obscured by decades of misunderstanding. Faced with more questions than answers, the tenacious rabbi overcomes the obstacles thrown her way by traditional colleagues to uncover the Jewish heritage that many believe had been lost forever.

The Cat That Ate the Cannoli: Tales of the Hidden Jews of Southern Italy

Religion & Spirituality

Barbara Aiello, Rabbi

Judaism

Hadassa Word Press

A reference on the Shofar, its history, its musicality, and its religious significance. The author traces its history from pre-Cannanite times, to the Holy Temple services, to the Rabbi's. The book explores the religious significance, legal and mystical, of this ancient instrument. This reference also guides learning how to play this ancient instrument and how to purchase the instrument. As a benefit to the reader, the book contains numerous musical notations and references (Biblical and post-Biblical).

Shofar: History, Technique and Jewish Law

Finkle, Arthur

An American-Israeli Psychiatrist reflects on sixty years of experience in the changing field of mental health. Starting with Foxboro State Hospital of the 1950's, the author describes his struggles with the contradictions inherent in medical and psychiatric training and practice. Each decade includes an imaginary conversation with Michel Foucault, one of the most important social critics of the twentieth century. The work provides a roller-coaster ride of wit and wisdom, anger and despair, warmth and relation. Losing It challenges mental health professionals from trainees to seasoned veterans with an incisive mirror of unspoken experiences and offers a wealth of conceptual analysis and suggestions for change. The work contains an unusually readable account of Foucault's thought brought to life through concrete examples from the author's vast array of professional encounters. Students of Foucault will find here a consideration of many topics which are carried an additional step beyond Foucault's writings and recently published lectures.

Losing It: Six Decades in Psychiatry

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Flashman, Alan

Psychology & Counseling

This is a book for those who are looking for the absolute truth about this upside-down fantasy world of lies and deceit. This is the culmination of a 24 year study proving that living the absolute truth is the only way to survive, thrive and even find the true meaning of happiness and success. My proof is unshakable – not based on abstract concepts, but on thousands of hours of research and scientific data, including observation of tens of thousands of individuals over a half century – documenting what caused happiness or sadness, success or failure in life. These are the results of this study.

The Absolute Truth: The Solution to All Your Problems - Guaranteed in Writing!

Robinson, Menachem

A powerful collection of essays and poetry that focuses on the author's search for meaning and connection in a frenetic and ever-changing world. Stacey Zisook Robinson grapples with her faith, wrestles with God, and ultimately finds meaning - and even joy - in the midst of all the gray that life has to offer. Throughout the book, the author shows us a vast and troubling wilderness - one of fear and doubt, loneliness and despair - but she does not leave us there to wander. Rather, she uses her writing to shine a light on the dark and narrow path stretching out before us. "If we're lucky," she writes, "we realize, in our fear, there is hope. In our loneliness, we are surrounded by love. In our doubt, we dance - with infinite grace - in the palm of God's hand."

Dancing in the Palm of God's Hand: Reflections on meaning, faith and doubt

Zisook Robinson, Stacey

Jewish Spirituality: Judaism For Daily Living

Solomon, Lewis D.

An account of a small industrial city, Trenton, that became a haven for immigrating Jews (German Jews in the 1850’s; and the Russian, Polish, Hungarian and Romanian Jews in 1881-1914). The story delves into the immigrant periods of a displaced people adapting to a completely new environment. It follow its people, its institutions, its work and its eventual economic success. Later, the story line explores the Second Generation of this Russian community, along with the older and smaller German Jewish community, and the amalgamating influences of the Young Men’s Hebrew Association (YMHA) and other secular organizations ‘Americanizing’ the Jewish community. Trenton is one of many small cities that served as havens for Jewish refugees who came to the land of opportunity to eventually achieve the American dream.

Trenton's Jews: Beginning, Adaptation and Achieving the American Dream

History

Finkle, Arthur L.

Americas

Modifying Sex Therapy: Treating Sexual Dysfunction in Orthodox Jewish Couples

Itkin, Natalie

To formulate an attitude toward aging that works for today, Rabbi Wechsler looks back almost two thousand years to the literature of the Talmud and the Midrash. While the Bible says: “Rise up before the white haired and give deference to the old,” the Talmud asks why. What is there about old age that should elicit such behavior? Rabbi Wechsler describes the unique role that learning and experience play in creating a society that venerates the old. Though we might assume that old age and its ailments are modern problems, Rabbi Wechsler shows that the sufferings of age are well described in the Rabbinic Literature nearly two millenia ago. By studying this literature, as well as placing it in the context of ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, Rabbi Wechsler focuses on the need for a society to create values throughout the life cycle which picture aging positively rather than negatively. That is the challenge: to put people on a pedestal as they arrive at one of life's most challenging times, making certain that OLD IS GOOD.

Old is Good: Ideas of Aging in Rabbinic Literature

Wechsler, Harlan J.

Bridging Word and World: Seeking Jewish Wisdom For Perplexing Modern Issues

Lewis, Sheldon

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