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	Select an Archives Section: JP Archives: The Book Shelf 463 Archived Articles Found in The Book Shelf Next 20 Articles > 1) Posted Oct 05 2011 Title: God's Favorite Prayers By Dr. Naomi G. Cohen God's Favorite Prayers, by Tzvee Zahavy, makes for fascinating reading. It is an intelligent, sometimes amusing, and always highly readable essay addressed first and foremost to those who know "everything" - those so familiar with the prayers that they don't really need a siddur to follow the service. Read Article 2) Posted Sep 21 2011 Title: Ponderables By Ephraim Zucker In recent years, the attitude dubbed "orthopraxy", the notion that holds that fulfillments of halakha is sufficient on its own terms without serving, or being subordinate to, any higher purpose , has become fashionable in some circles. Most famously advocated by the late distinguished Israeli scientist Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Orthopraxy - which has become accepted practically if not avowedly by many Orthodox Jews, both in the US and Israel - has found a number of other proponents as well, a disproportionate number of whom are among the intellectual elite. Read Article 3) Posted Sep 21 2011 Title: Morality for Muggles By Rivkah Blau Morality for Muggles - the title sounds intriguing. If you have to check in Wikipedia that a "muggle" is "a person who lacks any sort of magical ability and was not born into the magical world," then (1) even though Harry Potter has been a major part of Western culture for more than a decade and is well known to almost every young adult on the planet, you have not read even one of J.K. Rowling's seven novels about this hero nor seen any of the movies; and (2) your children and grandchildren will understand the reference. But don't worry - this book is for you. Read Article 4) Posted Sep 14 2011 'Let's Stay Safe' Let's Stay Safe by Bracha Goetz is published by Mesorah Publications, and it is the newest breakthrough from Project YES. Read Article 5) Posted Sep 07 2011 Title: Stages of Spiritual Growth By Rachel Wizenfeld For today's Jew seeking to grow spiritually, there's mussar, and then there is modern psychology. Armed with 20th century research on how behaviors develop and how humans create internal change, today's Jewish do-gooder has an arsenal of tools beyond Pirkei Avos and the mussar masters to work on problems like, say, gossiping or overeating. Read Article 6) Posted Aug 17 2011 Title: Soul to Soul - Writings from Dark Places By Yocheved Golani Every medical school in the world should have this book on the syllabus: once during first-year medical studies and again at residency. Pages 63-67 pretty much sum up the brutality of a given medical staff member's offhand remarks and intentional insensitivity in the presence of patients. They crush the spirits of otherwise valiant people struggling to live. Med students who assume superiority to their needy patients need not have airs. They're not G-d and not about to become His rival, either. Medical interventions have limits. And condescension kills people as much as disease can. Read Article 7) Posted Aug 10 2011 Title: The Family Guide to Touring Israel By Yocheved Golani The proof will be in your hands: some self-published books are remarkably wonderful. Lisa Aiken's The Family Guide to Touring Israel is a 382-page paperback with essentials even native Israelis need to know. Read Article 8) Posted Jul 29 2011 Title: Persian Food from the Non-Persian Bride By Yocheved Golani Savor the flavor and laugh along with the author as Reyna Simnegar teaches you about Persian cookery and life. Feldheim Publishing has done an outstanding job of presenting a handsome cookbook with references to normal human interactions in dating and marriage rather than pretending everyone adheres to "Three Dates and You're Done" behavior. Persian Food from the Non-Persian Bride is as much about the author's cross-country courtship and marital adjustments as it is about food. The bonus is that you'll eat wonderfully aromatic, delicious food by following the author's simple recipes and her cheerful path to a well-adjusted life. Read Article 9) Posted Jul 29 2011 Title: The Borders of Inequality: Where Wealth and Poverty Collide By Aharon ben Anshel Behind "the news" there's almost always a story that isn't being reported, and certain kinds of phenomenon occur almost simultaneously all over the world in almost every era. Read Article 10) Posted Jun 29 2011 In The Beginning... A New Chumash Workbook Helps Build Basic Skills By Sandy Eller Rabbi Yakov Horowitz, founder and director of Project YES, an organization dedicated to guiding troubled teens, is trying to put himself out of business. Read Article 11) Posted Jun 15 2011 Title: Nachas Ruach: Torah-based Psychotherapy and Tools for By Yocheved Golani Nachas Ruach: Torah-based Psychotherapy and Tools for Growth & Healing is Dr. Naftali Fish's 309-page explanation of a treatment model utilizing Torah values for emotional and mental health. As noted on page 5, the Nachas Ruach Treatment Model tool is " validated by changing trends within the field of psychotherapy increased openness and motivation to discover or to develop alternative ways to understanding the nature of health and healing " Read Article 12) Posted Jun 07 2011 Title: Kosher Elegance By Yocheved Golani Kosher cookbooks have come a long way to being what women need. Flimsy paperbacks and poorly bound hard covers with yellowed, deteriorating pages that kept falling out have become beautiful, helpful and long-lasting. With Kosher Elegance, author Efrat Libfroind brings classic culinary skills to the table with clear directions and illustrative photos that portray aroma and taste. You'll want to eat the pictures! Read Article 13) Posted May 26 2011 Title: The Light of Thirty-Six: Accessing the Hidden Light of Creation on a Daily Basis By Yocheved Golani Readers and nervous newshounds wondering how to become more spiritual in a hurry can take steps toward meeting that goal by studying The Light of Thirty-Six: Accessing the Hidden Light of Creation on a Daily Basis. Read and re-read the book. Invest time, effort and thought into your spirituality-seeking process so you can act on the book's lessons seriously, not superficially. Read Article 14) Posted May 19 2011 Title: Not Just Another Scenario 2 By Yocheved Golani Holy emunah, Not Just Another Scenario 2 is a riveting read. Rabbi Pinchas Winston's revised Not Just Another Scenario holds a plot, corroborated by recent headlines, underscoring ancient prophecies coming true in one hugely happy ending. Read Article 15) Posted Apr 28 2011 Title: Our Last Best Chance, The Pursuit of Peace in a Time of Peril By Aharon ben Anshel Whether this is a memoir or autobiography or whether this book was written as an article of regional diplomacy, King Abdullah does come across in this book as a quite sincere person making a valiant effort at regional diplomacy, who is trying to quell terrorism in the Mideast and raise the social and economic levels of his countrymen. Read Article 16) Posted Apr 14 2011 Opening The Eyes Of Our Youngsters By Nechama Drillick As we all know, time is of essence to transmit the saga of our parents' suffering in the Holocaust before there are no more witnesses alive to tell their stories. Chavi Diamond, a daughter of survivors, is a woman with a mission. She feels this urgency keenly and has initiated a groundbreaking series of Holocaust children's books geared to ages 6-12. Read Article 17) Posted Apr 14 2011 *A Sefer* With A Difference By Gitty Levine Since the invention of the printing press, thousands of books have promised to contain the secret to life's most elusive goal: happiness. In the secular world, they call them self-help books, but in our world, we know that the Torah view is the place to look for answers. Read Article 18) Posted Apr 06 2011 Title: Power Bentching By Breindy Reiss Expressing gratitude to Hashem for all the bounty He provides us is a Biblical mitzvah that is incumbent upon men and women when they finish a meal. We call this "bentching," most commonly known as "Grace after Meals." Unfortunately, for many of us it has turned into the "Race after Meals." Read Article 19) Posted Mar 23 2011 Title: The Queen You Thought You Knew: Unmasking Esther's Hidden Story By Yocheved Golani Rabbi David Fohrman of the Hoffberger Institute for Torah Study is an engaging speaker and astonishing interpreter of Torah texts, captivating his devoted listeners and readers for decades. The Queen You Thought You Knew: Unmasking Esther's Hidden Story is his most recent publication, unrolling the Megillah with the excitement of a blockbuster. Read Article 20) Posted Mar 23 2011 Title: Families, Rabbis and Education: Traditional Jewish Society in Nineteenth-Century Eastern Europe By Marc B. Shapiro For many years now, Shaul Stampfer has been recognized as an authority in all things dealing with nineteenth-century Jewish Eastern Europe. In his newest book we have a collection of numerous essays representing more than twenty years of his scholarship, including one essay published for the first time (The Missing Rabbis of Eastern Europe). Read Article 463 Archived Articles Found in The Book Shelf** Next 20 Articles >
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