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You are an individual expression of God; that’s the teaching of the ancient Jewish mystical tradition. Here Rabbi David Aaron shows that when we truly connect to our inner self, that fact becomes wonderfully obvious. Each of us has a divine mission in life, he says, and when we understand this, we are empowered to take control of our life; to use our creative powers more fully; and to give more to others, our community, and the world. In The God-Powered Life, Rabbi Aaron uses Jewish mystical teachings, including the ten Sephirot, or attributes of God, to help us get in touch with our inner selves and find a deeper sense of our own self-worth. In his characteristic warm, witty, and accessible style, Rabbi Aaron helps us find a connection to the divine within ourselves and then shows us how to manifest that divine presence in our dealings with others and during tumultuous times. To learn more about the author, visit his website at www.rabbidavidaaron.com.
A tale of adventure, a coming-of-age novel and a biography of immigrant experience—THE WIDE WORLD is all of the above in one exciting, action-packed volume. Written for both young and old readers back in 1895, the Russian master, Vladimir Korolenko, traces the life’s journey of his strong, broad-shouldered hero, Matvei Lozinsky, from a remote village I n Ukraine to the churning existence of Gilded Age New York. Mystifying, intimidating, sometimes even threatening, immigrant trials and tribulations test the mettle of this upright young man with a luxuriant beard who doesn’t know a single word of English. His troubles begin in the great German immigrant port of Hamburg when he and his lively sidekick, Puff, miss the right boat and find themselves on one that almost collides with an iceberg. All turns out well: the young travelers dance on deck, and Matvei meets and falls in love with beautiful Anna. Freedom is the magnet; the friends know too little of it back in their homeland. Is it just because the great statue in New York harbor greets new immigrants, or something more? Matvei, Puff, and Anna disembark and think they’ve come not so much to a new country as to a new planet. The streets are filled with rushing crowds doing incomprehensible things. Incessant noise assaults the newcomers—steamship whistles, clanking trolleys, trains thundering along the famous Elevated—all so unlike the peaceful village sounds they knew. Church steeples are the highest points of the 19th century landscape, but the other structures—the Statue of Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge, the El—all newly built—bear down upon them. Fortunately, they have some help—good advice and even better examples of the new life—from a kindly Jewish family that runs a boarding house where they settle. There’s worse to come though. Puff succumbs to Tammany Hall corruption, and Anna and Matvei tie in with a nasty, expatriate Russian noblewoman. Intrepid Matvei even stares down a wolf in Central Park—that after becoming a homeless wanderer in the teeming melting pot of immigrant New York. He blunders upon and disrupts a rally of the city’s unemployed led by the famed 19th century labor leader Samuel Gompers. Matvei is cursed with notoriety because of the episode and pictures of the mysterious “giant” which had appeared on the front pages of all the newspapers. He clashes with the police and is rescued by a band of intrepid Italian compatriots. Placed in a train headed west, the city left behind, replaced by an American countryside that seems familiar, Matvei’s view of the new land begins to change. Judge Dick Dickinson gives him a new understanding of American law, and he comes to know Nilov, an idealistic Russian immigrant. His hopes of immigration and his experience of freedom come to be realized. AUTHOR: In Russia, Vladimir Galaktinovich Korolenko has an honored place in the great pantheon of 19th century Russian literature. Born in Zhitomir, Ukraine, the son of a judge, he was never a member of a political party but always had the worldview of a populist. He was exiled to Siberia three times, the first as a student at the Moscow Forestry Institute. A fearless Publicist and prolific literary figure, he became known as a champion of the oppressed. During the Beili’s Case, Tsarist Russia’s version of the Dreyfus Affair, he served as the successful advocate for exoneration. The translator Stanley Harrison taught Russian at Cornell University during the Cold War. He is retired.
“One of the most important and least attended-to mysteries in the treatment of mental illness is the need for a delicate, careful and thoughtful study and separation between the symptoms of illness and the search for God. There’s a difference between visions and hallucinations which very few psychiatrists and psychotherapists understand and support – even now. A Narrow Bridge is the only first-person memoir I’ve read to touch on and reveal these differences and to attempt to explain them. It is a well-thought-out, honest and penetrating memoir. This is one of the things that makes Bronstein’s work a vital contribution to the first-person literature on this deep subject.” —Joanne Greenberg, author of I Never Promised You A Rose Garden “This is a raw, heart rendering and, in the end, victorious book. Bontshe Sveig (in Yiddish literature) could not cry out. But Rabbi Deborah Bronstein could. And we can hear her. And we hear her now. And we will hear her Ad Olam; to the end of time.” —Dvorah Telushkin, author of Master of Dreams “This extraordinary book is a gift to anyone who has been touched first or secondhand by mental illness. With remarkable courage, candor, and compassion, Rabbi Bronstein shares her personal story and, in the process, illuminates the inner experience of mental illness and the inner world of the psychiatric hospital. Depression, despair, shame, rage, and self-loathing are depicted in all of their darkness. And yet, Bronstein insists, “truth is sometimes hidden in dark places. . .and goodness too.” This is ultimately an inspirational book, a testament to the power of the human spirit to move from great brokenness to greater wholeness and healing.” —Ken Pargament, author of Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy: Understanding and Addressing the Sacred
Using all 26 letters of the alphabet accompanied by rhymes, colorful illustrations, and informative text, this tribute to Jewish religion and heritage explores key concepts in a humorous way. Readers will enjoy fun facts, inspiring quotes, important terminology, and clever caricatures.
"This beautiful and moving fictional narrative deserves our attention. It is the work of a gifted writer." --Elie Wiesel A remarkable novel filled with love, adventure, and mystical imagination, set in the year 1800 in Russia, Vienna, Turkey, and the Land of Israel. The author portrays one year in the extraordinary life of the Hasidic master and leader, composer, and storyteller Reb Nachman of Bratzlav--the man who thought he was Messiah.
San Francisco contractor Mel Turner is leading a volunteer home renovation project, and while she expects lots of questions from her inexperienced crew, she can't help asking a few of her own--especially about the haunted house next door . . . the place local kids call the Murder House. But when volunteers discover a body while cleaning out a shed, questions pile up faster than discarded lumber. Mel notices signs of ghostly activity next door and she wonders: Are the Murder House ghosts reaching out to her for help, or has the house claimed another victim? Now, surprised to find herself as the SFPD's unofficial "ghost consultant," Mel must investigate murders both past and present before a spooky killer finishes another job.
This book enacts rather than reports on Boyarin's process or error, pain, impatience, uncertainty, discovery, embarrassment, self-criticism, intellectual struggle, and dawning awareness, challenging and engaging us in the process of discovery.
Science fiction-roman.
Hardly anyone remains impartial upon hearing the words “the wisdom of Kabbalah.” One may mock it as esoteric nonsense, another might speak its praises and tell stories of formidable, enigmatic people who can set fire to people or turn them into a heap of bones with their very gaze, while yet another might mention secret, shady societies. The authentic wisdom of Kabbalah had been concealed for two millennia. Over the centuries, so many myths, misunderstandings, and misinterpretations of it have been formed that today face and palm reading, astrology, numerology, and countless other practices claim to be related to Kabbalah. Yet, the authentic wisdom of Kabbalah is not related to any of them. In fact, it is a scientific, empirical method for achieving lasting happiness through social unity. It had been fashioned and practiced by the ancient Hebrews before they were exiled from Jerusalem 2,000 years ago, and now it is reemerging precisely because social unity is the only solution to our problems—be they personal, national, or global. A Very Narrow Bridge traces the roots of Kabbalah, Judaism, and the Jewish people, how they formed and for what purpose. It is a chronicle of the struggle of kabbalists to preserve the wisdom and pass it down through the ages until today, when it has become critical to humanity to reveal the truth about the people of Israel and the wisdom of Kabbalah. This book speaks of love, hate, and total dedication to the goal of saving the human race.