Mordechai: 47 books
Principia Amoris
The New Science of Love
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
Stereotypically, science and emotion are diametric opposites: one is cold and unfeeling, the other soft and nebulous; one is based on proven facts while the other is based on inexplicable feelings and “never the twain shall meet,” until now.
John Gottman delves into the unquantifiable realm...
What Predicts Divorce?
The Relationship Between Marital Processes and Marital Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
This book details years of research involving questionnaires and observations of married couples in pursuit of the determinants of both marital happiness and divorce. It will be of interest to family and clinical psychologists and methodologists.
Minorities in the Middle East
A History of Struggle and Self-Expression, 2d ed.
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
The struggle for independence by minorities in the Middle East (those people who are non–Arab or non–Muslim) is affecting the political climate around the world. War and terrorism are threatening the safety of many minority communities and repression of minorities still remains standard state...
Saudi Arabia
Society, Government and the Gulf Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
This much-revised edition of Professor Abir's Saudi Arabia in the Oil Era now includes consideration of both Gulf Wars. Abir examines the social and political forces that have shaped Saudi Arabia, including the impact of Islam and of Westernization, drawing heavily on Saudi sources. There is also...
Hannah Arendt And Education
Renewing Our Common World
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
Hannah Arendt And Education: Renewing Our Common World is the first book to bring together a collection of essays on Hannah Arendt and education. The contributors contend that Arendt offers a unique perspective, one which enhances the liberal and critical traditions' call for transforming education...
Ethiopia and the Red Sea
The Rise and Decline of the Solomonic Dynasty and Muslim European Rivalry in the Region
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
First Published in 1980. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Oil, Power and Politics
Conflict of Asian and African Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2005
This study of political relations in the Middle East analyzes the reasons behind the instability of the region.
by Mordechai Ben-Ari
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2012
Mathematical Logic for Computer Science is a mathematics textbook with theorems and proofs, but the choice of topics has been guided by the needs of students of computer science. The method of semantic tableaux provides an elegant way to teach logic that is both theoretically sound and easy to understand....
In the Direction of the Gulf
The Soviet Union and the Persian Gulf
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
This text analyzes the USSR's interest in the countries of the Persian Gulf. The book places such interest within the context of the USSR's relations with the Arab world and the complexities of power politics.
Hasidic Psychology
Making Space for Others
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
Interest in the impact of ethical systems and social or religious ideologies on socio-behavioral patterns is a longstanding theme in social science research. While interest may have begun with Max Weber and his thesis of the relationship between the Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism, it...
Humor, Laughter and Human Flourishing
A Philosophical Exploration of the Laughing Animal
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
This book is a philosophical investigation of the significance of humor and laughter, examining its relation to other human phenomena including truth, nihilism, dreams, friendship, intimacy, aesthetic experience, self-transcendence and education. The author addresses the relative neglect of humor...
Meta-Emotion
How Families Communicate Emotionally
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
This book describes research on the emotional communication between parents and children and its effect on the children's emotional development. Inspired by the work, and dedicated to the memory of Dr. Haim Ginott, it presents the results of initial exploratory work with meta-emotion--feelings about...
by Mordechai Schechter, Robert C. Lucas
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by Mordechai Ben-Porat
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1998
Between the years 1949 and 1952, over 130,000 Jews immigrated to Israel from Iraq, thanks largely to the efforts of emissaries from Israel and activists of the 'Halutz' Movement in Iraq. This astounding Zionist accomplishment, known as Operation Ezra and Nehemiah, gave a final and glorious curtain call to the ancient Babylonian exile.