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'Haganah' Museum |
| Author: |
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Volume: |
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| Editor: |
Members of the Israeli Government Historical Department |
Copyright: |
2007 |
| Publisher: |
government of Israel |
Place: |
Tel Aviv |
| Description: |
Informative and pictorial booklet which outlines the role of the Palmach(the strong arm of the Haganah), and the Haganah, its leaders, its beginnings, its purpose, and its role in helping Israel achieve independence. A visit to the museum is a real eye o |
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'Marriage'(Reform Marriage - A Traditional Approach) |
| Author: |
Rabbi Rachel Montagu |
Volume: |
No. 5 |
| Editor: |
- |
Copyright: |
2000 |
| Publisher: |
RSGB, Sternberg Centre for Judaism |
Place: |
London |
| Description: |
Planning and preparations for weddings, order of the marriage service, Aufruf(Aliyah), customs and information about the Ketubah. |
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'Reform Judaism Is Living Judaism' |
| Author: |
- |
Volume: |
Annual Review, 1999/2000; 5759/5760 |
| Editor: |
- |
Copyright: |
2000 |
| Publisher: |
RSGB, Sternberg Centre for Reform Judaism |
Place: |
London |
| Description: |
Annual periodical which covers the major events in the RSGB movement including inductions of rabbis to synagogues, building projects, learning projects, and new members of the RSGB. |
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'Responsibility: Take it or Leave it?' |
| Author: |
Jewish Association for Business Ethics |
Volume: |
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| Editor: |
- |
Copyright: |
5767, 2006 |
| Publisher: |
Rotary |
Place: |
London: PO Box 3840, The Hyde, Colindale, London, NW9 6LG |
| Description: |
Ethics and the story of Jonah. An ethical guide for the business man who is entering the time of Yom Kippur. A bit simplistic, but of good intentions-to be read for all 'modern day Jonahs-those who believe that is, in behaving correctly. Ahem. |
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'Welcome to Reform Judaism' |
| Author: |
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Volume: |
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| Editor: |
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Copyright: |
- |
| Publisher: |
RSGB, Sternberg Centre for Reform Judaism |
Place: |
London |
| Description: |
One page tract which discusses the 'plus' of Reformed Judaism and its positions on the home and synagogue, learning, equality, Israel, young people, and society's needs. |
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'When Someone Dies' |
| Author: |
Joyce Rose |
Volume: |
No. 8 |
| Editor: |
- |
Copyright: |
1996 |
| Publisher: |
RSGB, Sternberg Centre for Judaism |
Place: |
London |
| Description: |
Essentials of Jewish funeral arrangements and mourning customs including: information about Burial Societies, the Service, Shivah, Stages of mourning, stone setting, and Yahrzeits. |
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'Women and Tallit'(Jewish Women and the Ritual of Prayer) |
| Author: |
- |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
Elizabeth Sarah and Dee Eimer |
Copyright: |
1997 |
| Publisher: |
RSGB, Sternberg Centre for Reformed Judaism |
Place: |
London |
| Description: |
More enlightened (feminist) approach to reasons why it is perfectly normal for women to wear the tallit from a group of academic and rabbinic female contemporary thinkers. The laws and customs behind this reasoning as well as personal reflections by women |
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A Community Seder from Southgate & District Reform Synagogue |
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Volume: |
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| Editor: |
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Copyright: |
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| Publisher: |
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Place: |
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| Description: |
Very 'hip' and liberal Seder service which certainly connects this traditional holiday to modern times. Some very poignant references (Elie Weisel, Primo Levi?) and a good way to connect this message of Freedom through all the ages. Not an Haggadah as suc |
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A Continuing Dialogue on Holocaust Theology: Canon Bob Reiss & R. Mark Winer |
| Author: |
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Volume: |
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| Editor: |
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Copyright: |
2008 |
| Publisher: |
West London Synagogue |
Place: |
Upper Berkley Street |
| Description: |
Transcripts of two sermons given by Reiss ("Jewish Thought about God after the Holocaust" ) and Winer (Dialogue on Holocaust Theology: A Response to Bob Reiss). Both men have been working on a theology of the Holocaust for many months and their transcript |
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A Jewish Guide to Fairtrade |
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Volume: |
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| Editor: |
- |
Copyright: |
2009 |
| Publisher: |
Fairtrade Foundation, Ibex House, 3rd Floor, 42-47 Minories, EC3N 1DY |
Place: |
London |
| Description: |
Backed by Orthodox and Progressive Jewish organisations throughout Great Britain, this helpful guide for those who support fair trade and equality and fight poverty for either secular or religious reasons. Tells you what is good to buy and what isn't if |
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A Manual of Judaism for Jewish and Non-Jewish Students |
| Author: |
R. Bernard Hooker |
Volume: |
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| Editor: |
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Copyright: |
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| Publisher: |
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Place: |
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| Description: |
What seems to be a private printing of an interesting booklet for it contains the differences between Christianity and Judaism, as well as the differences in practice, belief and customs between Liberal and Orthodox Judaism. Everything in a nut shell. A r |
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A Passover Haggadah |
| Author: |
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Volume: |
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| Editor: |
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Copyright: |
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| Publisher: |
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Place: |
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| Description: |
A photocopy perhaps of a service for the first night of Seder. Both in English and in Hebrew. A novice or non-Jewish reader won't have a clue but someone experienced in Seder Services certainly would. Not too user-friendly as a teaching tool. |
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Anne Frank House: A Museum with a Story(1 copy in Hebrew; 2 copies in English) |
| Author: |
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Volume: |
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| Editor: |
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Copyright: |
2004 |
| Publisher: |
Anne Frank House |
Place: |
PO Box 730, 1000 AS Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| Description: |
Small booklet which takes one through the Anne Frank House(Annex) and tells a little bit of her story during the 25 months she and her family and friends of the family lived there in hiding during the Nazi occupation(1942-44) prior to their arrest and mur |
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Be-hukkotai, Parashat HaShavuah |
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Volume: |
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| Editor: |
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Copyright: |
1998-2000 |
| Publisher: |
Jewish Theological Seminary |
Place: |
- |
| Description: |
Leviticus 26:3-27:34. The commandments given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai. |
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Birchat Ha'mazon & Zemirot for Shabbat |
| Author: |
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Volume: |
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| Editor: |
R. Geoffrey Shisler, R. Raphael Zarum, R. Michael Binstock |
Copyright: |
2006 |
| Publisher: |
United Synagogue, Community Dev. Group, Office of Small Communities, Jewish Membership. Council |
Place: |
London |
| Description: |
User-friendly, handy booklet which includes all the possible songs and prayers for grace after meals and for Shabbat. Transliteration from the text runs along side the traditional Hebrew and an English translation follows , |
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Birchat Ha'mazon & Zemirot for Shabbat |
| Author: |
- |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
R. Geoffrey L. Shisler, Dr. Raphael Zarum and Rev. Michael Binstock |
Copyright: |
2005 |
| Publisher: |
United Synagogue Community Development Group |
Place: |
London |
| Description: |
Compact and practical and useful booklet to help with the Shabbat Blessings and grace after meals. Well presented and not only is the English translation there, but also a transliteration, so al l can join in for the blessings. |
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Birkat Ha-mazon |
| Author: |
- |
Volume: |
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| Editor: |
Paul Freedman |
Copyright: |
2003 |
| Publisher: |
Sternberg Centre for Judaism |
Place: |
London, RSGB |
| Description: |
One page pamphlet which contains the blessings before and after the meals, particularly the procedure and blessings for Shabbat. Hebrew, transliteration, and English. A very condensed handling of the Shabbat or meal blessings but easily adapted and more |
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Chanukah-Living Festival Series |
| Author: |
Lynne Scholefield |
Volume: |
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| Editor: |
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Copyright: |
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| Publisher: |
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Place: |
- |
| Description: |
Clear, concise guide for RE teachers and non-Jewish students to this Festival of Lights. Things to do section at the end. |
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Common Ground-Journal of the Council of Christians and Jews |
| Author: |
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Volume: |
3 |
| Editor: |
- |
Copyright: |
1987 |
| Publisher: |
Council of Christians and Jews |
Place: |
London,1 Dennington Park Rd., West End Lane,NE6 1AX |
| Description: |
Little booklet carefully balancing the articles between Jews and Christians. One article, The Jewish Cross, gives pause for thought. |
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Diamond Jubilee 1947-2007: 60 Years of Bournemouth Reform Synagogue |
| Author: |
- |
Volume: |
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| Editor: |
Miriam Mays, Hon. Chairman of BRS |
Copyright: |
2007 |
| Publisher: |
Bournemouth Reform Synagogue |
Place: |
Bournemouth, Bournemouth Reform Synagogue |
| Description: |
Lovely booklet/pamphlet put together by many members of the synagogue retelling in pictures and in text, the past sixty years at the shul. Starting with meagre surroundings and a small congregation, it rose from a small out-post shul into a major force in |
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Education in the ULPS |
| Author: |
R. Andrew Goldstein |
Volume: |
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| Editor: |
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Copyright: |
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| Publisher: |
ULPS |
Place: |
London, The Montagu Centre |
| Description: |
Information on Cheders, Leo Baeck and Adult Education-all on offer at any of the Synagogues or at the College. |
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Exploring the Jewish Heritage in Spain |
| Author: |
Samuel and Tamar Gran |
Volume: |
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| Editor: |
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Copyright: |
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| Publisher: |
Secretary of State Tourism |
Place: |
Bilbao, Office of Tourist Information |
| Description: |
Nice pictures and colourful summary f the most famous Jewish sights/locations in Spain, from Samuel Levi Street in Toledo and the Santa Maria la Blanca Synagogue, to Maimonides Square in Cordoba. |
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Facts and Fallacies about Liberal Judaism(2 copies) |
| Author: |
R. Hooker |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
R. Sidney Brichto |
Copyright: |
1972 |
| Publisher: |
Union of Liberal and Progressive Synagogues |
Place: |
London, The Montagu Centre, 109 Whitfield St.,W1P 5RP |
| Description: |
An easy-to-follow format of Q & A which erases some of the prejudices and ignorance about liberal Judaism. One cannot simply dismiss ULPS after reading this booklet. |
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Feast of Lights/Feast of Lots-Guide to O Level Judaism |
| Author: |
Deborah Lustig |
Volume: |
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| Editor: |
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Copyright: |
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| Publisher: |
London, Harold Poster House, Kingsbury Circle, NW9 9SP-JNF |
Place: |
Rev. Reuven Turner |
| Description: |
Hard to read(small print)but informative booklet about Chanukah and Purim. A teacher's guide rather than student guide. |
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Feat of Weeks-Guide to O Level Judaism |
| Author: |
Janette Moore |
Volume: |
- |
| Editor: |
Rev. Reuven Turner, JNF |
Copyright: |
- |
| Publisher: |
JNF |
Place: |
London, Harold Poster House, Kingsbury Circle, NW9 9SP |
| Description: |
Brief and clear discussion of what Shavuot is and why it is celebrated. The O Level questions at the end are a good guide for teachers, too. |
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