Chaim: 77 books
Jewish Men Pray
Words of Yearning, Praise, Petition, Gratitude and Wonder from Traditional and Contemporary Sources
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
A celebration of Jewish men's voices in prayer—to strengthen, to heal, to comfort, to inspire from the ancient world up to our own day.
"An extraordinary gathering of men—diverse in their ages, their lives, their convictions—have convened in this collection to offer contemporary,...
by Chaim Potok
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
“A novel of finely articulated tragic power. . . . Little short of a work of genius.”—The New York Times Book Review
Asher Lev is a Ladover Hasid who keeps kosher, prays three times a day and believes in the Ribbono Shel Olom, the Master of the Universe. Asher Lev is an artist who is...
Davita's Harp
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
For Davita Chandal, growing up in New York in the 1930s and '40s is an experience of indescribable joy—and unfathomable sadness. Her loving parents, both fervent radicals, fill her with the fiercely bright hope for a new, better world. But the deprivations of war and the Depression take their ruthless...
I Am the Clay
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2010
“[Chaim] Potok writes powerfully about the suffering of innocent people caught in the cross-fire of a war they cannot begin to understand. . . . Humanity and compassion for his characters leap from every page.”—San Francisco Chronicle
As the Chinese and the army of the North sweep south...
My Mother's Sabbath Days
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1997
This tender and moving memoir by the great Yiddish writer Chaim Grade takes us to the very source of his widely praised novels and poems—the city of Vilna, the "Jerusalem of Lithuania," during the years before World War II.
Centered on the figure of Grade's mother, Vella—simple,...
by Chaim Grade
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1997
These three superb novellas by the internationally celebrated Chaim Grade reaffirm his reputation as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, Yiddish writers of our time. Combining the richness of character and the moral concern that have consistently marked Grade's work, these stories offer a luminous...
by H. Chaim Gruber
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
Summary from Author and Quote from Eminent Psychologist Dr. Roy F. Baumeister:
The first topic in this book about sustainably increasing willpower regards my, the author’s, novel conclusion. Specifically, addicts or those with impulse-control issues should have an easier time building the willpower...
Hebrew Word Study
A Hebrew Teacher Finds Rest in the Heart of God
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013
In his third book Chaim Bentorah finds that after having discovered and exploring Gods heart, He found himself moving more in an Eastern or Semitic approach to his word studies. Rather than allowing his mind to rule his heart he found God's heart ruling his mind in his word studies. He began to feel...
The Kabbalistic Mirror of Genesis
Commentary on the First Three Chapters
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
A bold line-by-line reexamination of the first 3 chapters of Genesis that reveals the essential nature of mind and creativity
• Deconstructs each line of Genesis chapters 1-3 with esoteric methods derived from the oral teachings of the Kabbalah
• Reveals the sefirot, the Tree of...
Der Schmuggel über die Zeitgrenze
Erinnerungen
Language: German
Release Date: April 2, 2015
Im ersten Band seiner Erinnerungen beschäftigt sich Chaim Noll mit seiner Kindheit im geteilten Berlin. Noll, der vor zwanzig Jahren nach Israel auswanderte und heute in der Wüste Negev lebt, wuchs in Ost-Berlin auf, als Sohn des bekannten DDR-Schriftstellers Dieter Noll, der zur privilegierten...
American Aliya
Portrait of an Innovative Migration Movement
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
The major focus is on the who, when, and where of American immigration to Israel, but it is the "why" of this aliya which constitutes the core of the book. Waxman analyzes the relationship between Zionism, aliya, and the Jewish experience. Chapters include "Zion in Jewish culture,"...
by Chaim Gans
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Chaim Gans's A Political Theory for the Jewish People examines the two dominant interpretations of Zionism, contrasts them with post-Zionist alternatives, and develops a third model. Along with exploring the historiographic, philosophical and moral foundations of each of these approaches, Gans considers...
A Just Zionism
On the Morality of the Jewish State
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2008
The legitimacy of the Zionist project--establishing a Jewish homeland in Palestine--has been questioned since its inception. In recent years, the voices challenging the legitimacy of the State of Israel have become even louder. Chaim Gans examines these doubts and presents an in-depth, evenhanded...
The War of Atonement
The Inside Story of the Yom Kippur War
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
This is the authoritative account of the Israeli army’s performance in the bitter Yom Kippur War of 1973. The origins of the war amid the turbulent history of competing powers in the Middle East are fully explored, as is the build-up of Arab forces that almost inexplicably caught Israel by surprise....