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English
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In Brooklyn in the late 1940s, adolescent Michael Devlin is a dutiful son to his widowed mother and a conscientious altar boy at the parish church. One day, he meets Rabbi Judah Hirsch, a chance encounter that inaugurates a friendship with vast consequences, good and bad, for both of them. Michael lost his father in the war, and the rabbi, a recent immigrant to this country, lost his wife. The threads of their connection widen and strengthen as the...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
A book of stories about how we bless one another without knowing it; and of how we are blessed at every moment, even in sorrow and difficulty; and that it is possible for each of us to uncover live's hidden wholeness and restore wholeness in the world.
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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A profoundly inspiring yet practical guide to well-being from one of modern Judaism's most beloved sages. As a congregational rabbi for half a century and the bestselling author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People and twelve other books on faith, ethics, and how to translate the timeless wisdom of religious thought into dealing with everyday challenges, Harold Kushner knows a thing or two about living a good life. In this compassionate new work,...
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Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
A powerful portrayal of Jewish life in the New York City of Eisner's youth, Minor Miracles encourages similar introspection as it examines how luck and coincidence converge in everyday life in ways that, in hindsight, seem miraculous
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In Yearnings, renowned Rabbi Irwin Kula explores and celebrates seven of our deepest desires. He opens the spiritual toolbox of Jewish wisdom--it has much to teach about the ambiguities and uncertainties we all encounter--and takes us on an excursion into our age-old questions, merging ancient wisdom and stories with contemporary examples and insights. Whether it's a woman struggling with a breach in her marriage, a child wondering about the tooth...
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Draws on the life, teachings, and example of Moses to present a series of principles designed to help cope with the problems of everyday life, offering guidelines for dealing with disillusionment of an unfulfilled life, the loss of a job, and other trials.