The Visual Culture of Chabad
The Visual Culture of Chabad

Author: Maya Balakirsky Katz

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-10-11

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 0521191637

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This book is the first full-length study of a complex visual tradition associated with the Hasidic movement of Chabad.

The Menorah
The Menorah

Author: Steven Fine

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2016-11-21

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 0674088794

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Introduction: Standing before the Arch of Titus menorah -- From Titus to Moses-and back -- Flavian Rome to the nineteenth century -- Modernism, Zionism, and the menorah -- Creating a national symbol -- A Jewish holy grail -- The menorah at the Vatican -- Illuminating the path to Armageddon

Gender and Timebound Commandments in Judaism
Gender and Timebound Commandments in Judaism

Author: Elizabeth Shanks Alexander

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-04-22

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 1107035562

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This book examines a key tradition in Judaism (the rule that exempts women from "timebound, positive commandments"), which has served for centuries to stabilize women's roles. Against every other popular and scholarly perception of the rule, Elizabeth Shanks Alexander demonstrates that the rule was not intended to have such consequences. She narrates the long and complicated history of the rule, establishing the reasons for its initial formulation and the shifts in interpretation that led to its being perceived as a key marker of Jewish gender.

What Should We Think About Israel?
What Should We Think About Israel?

Author: Randall Price

Publisher: Harvest House Publishers

Published: 2019-08-27

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 0736977805

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The One Resource with All the Facts You hear about Israel in the news regularly, but beyond the many opinions and preconceptions, do you really know what to make of the conflicts and controversies in the Middle East? What Should We Think About Israel? exposes the main current issues and provides well-researched objective facts to help you learn the truth about Israel’s past, present, and future. This compilation from experts including Walter Kaiser, Jr., David Brickner, Mitch Glaser, Michael Brown, Arnold Fructenbaum, and Steven Ger, will help you answer the tough questions: What is the history of the strife and suffering that continues in Israeli and Palestinian territories—and what are the potential solutions? What are the significant and long-term implications of locating the US Embassy in Jerusalem? Why is the Holocaust still such a big deal nearly 75 years after it happened? What is the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement all about? What is being done to restore relations between Jews and Arabs? Learn from respected scholars how to look past the heated debates and discern for yourself what is important to know about Israel, and how that affects you today.