Climbing Jacob's Ladder
Climbing Jacob's Ladder

Author: Alan Morinis

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2007-05-08

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1590303660

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“A compelling portrait of the relationship between a student and a teacher,” this spiritual memoir “raises important questions about the meaning of Judaism and the search for spirituality in this world” (Los Angeles Times) Jewish by birth, though from a secular family, Alan Morinis explored Hinduism and Buddhism as a young man. But in 1997, in the face of personal crisis, he turned to his Jewish heritage for guidance. In his reading he happened upon a Jewish spiritual tradition called Mussar. Gradually he realized that he had stumbled upon an insightful discipline for self-development, complete with meditative, contemplative, and other well-developed transformative practices designed to penetrate the deepest roots of the inner life. Eventually reaching the limits of what he could learn on his own, he decided to seek out a Mussar teacher. This was not an easy task, since almost the entire world of the Mussar tradition had been wiped out in the Holocaust. In time, he found an accomplished master who stood in an unbroken line of transmission of the Mussar tradition, and who lived in the center of a community of Orthodox Jews on Long Island. This book tells the story of Morinis’s journey to meet his teacher and what he learned from him, revealing the central teachings and practices that are the spiritual treasury and legacy of Mussar.

Climbing Jacob's Ladder
Climbing Jacob's Ladder

Author: Andrew Billingsley

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 0671677098

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To help the reader understand the African-American family in its broad historical, social, and cultural context, the author traces the rich history of the black family from its roots in Africa, through slavery, Reconstruction, the Depression, the Civil Rights Movement, and up to the present.

Climbin’ Jacob’s Ladder
Climbin’ Jacob’s Ladder

Author: Jack O Dell

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2012-09-30

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 0520274547

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“This book helps to set the record straight, not just through the facts of O'Dell's life, but through introducing the reader to O'Dell's powerful analysis.”—Bill Fletcher Jr., coauthor of Solidarity Divided “Jack O'Dell describes an 'easy journey…[and] an easy course' through his extraordinary life. But there was and is nothing easy about the roles Jack played—and continues to play—as strategist, tactician, mentor, and leader in so many campaigns for justice. As often behind the scenes as in front of the microphone, Jack fought for internationalism in the African-American freedom movement and held the internationalist movement accountable for fighting racism. Jack O'Dell resides among the greats in the pantheon of our movements and of our country. His words continue to shape our history.”—Phyllis Bennis, author of Challenging Empire: How People, Governments and the UN Defy U.S. Power "Jack O'Dell is one of the great unsung heroes of the Black Freedom Movement. Climbin' Jacob's Ladder offers a fascinating and inspiring chronicle of O'Dell's long career through his own writings. With a brilliant and exhaustive introduction by Nikhil Singh, one of the sharpest radical thinkers of his generation, this collection is a vital addendum and corrective to our existing knowledge of the 'long' Civil Rights Movement and its legacy."—Barbara Ransby, author of Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision

Jacob's Ladder
Jacob's Ladder

Author: Peter Kreeft

Publisher: Ignatius Press

Published: 2013-01-31

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 1681492733

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There are ten important questions everyone should ask; ; and the answers to these questions, which lead to ultimate ; truth, are a matter of reason, not of faith. Well-known Catholic philosopher and writer Peter ; Kreeft tackles each of these questions in a logical ; step-by-step way, like climbing the rungs of a ladder. ; Because questions are best answered by dialogue, Kreeft ; answers these fundamental questions in an imaginary ; conversation between two very different people who meet at ; the beach. Kreeft's characters begin at the ; beginning, at the bottom of the ladder, which is the ; passion for truth. When it comes to the most important ; questions a person can ask, no mere interest in ; philosophical dabbling will do. The passion for truth does ; not stop there, however, but carries the reader from one ; page to the next in this thought-provoking adventure of the ; mind. Among the topics, or "steps", that ; Kreeft's characters delve into include: Do you ; have the passion to know? Does truth ; exist? What is the meaning of life? What ; is love, and why is it so important for our ; lives? If there is a God, what proof is there for ; his existence? Has God revealed himself to us in a ; personal way? And many other important ; questions and topics to help climb the ladder to the truth ; about life.

Climbing Jacob's Ladder
Climbing Jacob's Ladder

Author: Shannon Bagley

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-01-17

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9781983980701

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I mostly just watched quietly holding my husband's hand as we sat in front of his headstone. I felt the pain of his death come over me as if not one day had passed. I began to feel the hot sting of tears come forth and roll down my cheeks again. Sweeping them away, all I could do was suppress the deep longing, and wishing that I could hold him again. I wanted to hold him just for one more moment, one last time; understanding fully that no amount of time would ever be enough. Jacob was our first baby, our first son, our first everything.

Climbing Jacob's Ladder
Climbing Jacob's Ladder

Author: Gerald Epstein

Publisher: A C M I Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9781883148072

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Can there be anything new to say about the Bible? Gerald N. Epstein, a psychiatrist and educator, presents his mystical perspective on 16 Bible stories and their heroes and heroines. The challenges and choices faced by these Biblical archetypes mirror those that we face today. It is through the original imagery exercises provided here that these Biblical characters come alive in us.

Jacob's Family Dynamics
Jacob's Family Dynamics

Author: Gad Dishi

Publisher: Devorah Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13:

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Why doesn't Jacob divorce Leah and demand justice upon discovering Leah in the morning? Why doesn't Esau chase Jacob to Haran? Why is Jacob silent during the Dinah crisis? Author Gad Dishi revives familiar terrain with a fresh perspective as Jacob's emotional odyssey is textually tracked to reveal newfound treasures of understanding integral to the Biblical story.

Escape From Mississippi
Escape From Mississippi

Author: Lee Wells

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2007-12-03

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 1452060541

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I wrote this book called “Escape from Mississippi”: The Diary of a Boy Growing up in the South in the 40s and 50s.’I’m going to take you to place’s tell you about people, that’s unique to me. . I will start in Columbus; go to Papa’s house and beyond. Everybody shopped in Columbus the biggest little town that was the closest to most of the country people. The hitch lot’s, where everybody parked their horses, Mules and wagons, for a fee. The proprietors in the little town of Columbus Jews owed. Most of it . There were a couple of black owed store’s. I will tell about the all White girls collage. Tell you about the County Fair. I will take you from up town through Seventh Avenue. The most popular street the most popular places. I will tell you about the schools in Columbus. Talk about the night life. The back door users, making love, through the floor. We’ll go to Steen’s, a little cross Road Town this was my Town. I’ll tell you about the Sand Road a hood within itself. A juke joint, people came from all over to hang out all night. Tell you about the churches the schools. Next to papas, two hundred and eighty five, acres of land. I’ll tell you about my best friend I grew up with. Tell you of the coal tin top house I was born in, only kerosene lamps, one working fireplace, to keep fourteen of us warm in winter. Tell you all about my sisters and brothers, about the hard work, Papa’s womanizing words papa and mama said when they were mad, slang words we used for a laugh. Tell you of the Uncles and Aunt’s Cousins. Tell you about friends of the family, people that worked for papa. Tell about papa’s saw mill. Tell you of Cattle and cops we raised. Tell you about the con men, the con preachers, the fireside ghost stories, the insane people stories. The baby with the man’s head, the poor, uneducated happy people, the biggest party in the country, the good year’s bad years… the crawling deadly creatures, the packs of wild dogs that roomed around in the fall… Moonshine makers, Moonshine runners.. I’ll take you to town Caledonia. I’ll tell you about the people the Schools Ball game’s Bar-b-q.