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Lawrence Kushner
With an ability to blend scholarship, imagination, psychology, mysticism, humour, and great writing, Kusher shows how we all can discover personal meaning in the sacred that will animate each of…
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In these old prayerbook-like pages you will enter a world of sacred tradition and religious feeling. Weaves Talmudic commentary, Hasidic folktales and Kabbalistic mysteries around the Hebrew alphabet to reveal…
Kushner ties together the stories of our lives into a roadmap showing how something ‘ordinary’ is supercharged with meaning - if we can just see it.
In a daring blend of scholarship, imagination, psychology and history, Lawrence Kushner gathers an inspiring range of interpretations of Genesis 28:16 given by sages, what each discovered about God’s Self…
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Jewish spirituality approaches life in a way that encourages us to become aware of God’s presence and purpose, even in unlikely places. A unique guide to the rich wisdom of…
In the manner of his The Book of Letters - A Mystical Hebrew Alphabet, Kushner now looks at the 30 primary religious words we use to describe the spiritual dimension…
An insightful and absorbing introduction to the ten gates of Jewish mysticism and how they apply to daily life.
An accessible introduction to the concepts of Jewish mysticism and how they relate to our lives. Allows us to experience mysticism’s inexpressible reverence before the mystery of creation and celebrate…
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A book of spirituality, of adventure and of miracles which aims to introduce young people ages 9 to 13 to a way of spiritual thinking to last a lifetime. Encourages…
Lawrence Kushner’s wisdom has illumined many topics over his forty-year career. Looking back now, in this retrospective volume of much previously unpublished thought, we discern a fabric woven with startling…
Tapping the experiences and wisdom of his career as a spiritual leader, Lawrence Kushner delights, surprises, challenges and inspires us. With his signature candour, wit and compassion, he helps us…
Lawrence Kushner,Karen Kushner
What Does God Look Like? takes you and your child on an imaginative journey designed to help you open not only your child’s mind, but your child’s heart and soul…
Rabbi Lawrence Kushner
Hidden within the binding of an ancient text lies the answer to one of the heart’s eternal questions. When the text falls into the hands of Rabbi Kalman Stern, he…
With creativity and poetry (and occasional heresy) Kushner dusts off thirty classical Hebrew words, shakes them free of the effects of generations of overuse, re-translates them and liberates their ancient…
From the miracle at the Red Sea to the miracle of waking up, this intriguing book introduces young people to a way of spiritual thinking to last a lifetime. Encourages…
Imaginative, philosophical and intellectual, this book explores the meeting point of ancient journeys, current psychological theory and the practicalities of modern life to guide you on your journey into deeper…
Through stories of everyday human encounters Lawrence Kushner takes us deeply into our lives to find spiritual insight. In this book, literature meets spirituality, the sacred meets the ordinary &…
Lawrence Kushner,Nehemia Polen
Offers fresh insights and meditations that bring the traditional Jewish prayer book to life. Following the order of the traditional prayer book, this work examines the concepts, phrases and words…
Lawrence Kushner,David Mamet
A leading scholar of Jewish spirituality and a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright–study partners of long standing–offer a unique exploration of the meaning of the Bible in today’s world.
Lawrence Kushner,Gary Schmidt
David and Jacob live in the same little, ordinary town, but it’s almost as if they’re from different worlds. David is so poor he can barely feed his family. Jacob…
In this their first collaborative book husband-and-wife team Lawrence and Karen Kushner combine their expertise to help introduce children to the possibilities of spiritual life
Mary Blye Howe,Lawrence Kushner
Join Baptist Mary Blye Howe on an exhilarating journey to spiritual wholeness through deep and lasting friendships with several Jewish communities. No other book, memoir or otherwise, describes with such…
Mixing sparks of curiosity and spiritual imagination, creatively shows how God is with us every day, in every way. A vibrant invitation to children and their adults to explore-together-what, where…
Here is the story, told firsthand through electric, deeply engaged writing, of America’s living theater, high and low, mainstream and experimental.
Drawing on history, criticism, memoir, fiction, poetry, and parody…
R Kushner,Victor Lawrence,Sudhesh Kumar,Namson Lau
This accessible guide to obesity and its clinical management provides clear, didactic, clinically focused guidance for all healthcare professionals involved in the treatment and management of patients with obesity, thus…
Unique, fresh, honest translations, with notes comparing other translations. This volume of the My PeopleOs Prayer Book series explores the prayers that the Jewish community uses to welcome Shabbat together.
Volume 7 of My People’s Prayer Books celebrates Shabbat as a central family ritual, tracing the development of its loosely structured liturgy from early rabbinic prayer books through medieval Jewish…
This volume of the My People’s Prayer Book series underscores the mystery of the twilight moments and the opportunity for insight that they bring.
This volume of the My People’s Prayer Book series helps us to understand how this collection of short prayers and a call to study recognizes each new day: we awaken…
Probes the theological complexities of human nature presented in Tachanun, the prayers that acknowledge human sin & petition divine pardon. Also discusses the prayers that conclude the standard Jewish service…
This volume of the My People’s Prayer Book series unfolds the many layers of meaning in the ritual and prayers surrounding the communal reading of Torah.
This volume of the My People’s Prayer Book series celebrates Shabbat morning and guides us to a new understanding of this day of rest, memory and joy.
This third volume of the My People’s Prayer Book series explores the rich content and meaning of the P'sukei D'zimrah, which sets the tone and prepares the way for the…
A diverse and exciting collection of commentaries on the traditional Haggadah with a fresh translation. Introductions explain historical roots and development of the Haggadah to make sense out of texts…
Explores the origins and evolution of the prayer of prayers, the Amidah, long recognized as the most intriguing, most mysterious of Jewish prayers. Enables all of us to claim the…
