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Nonfiction Building a Sustainable Home: Practical Green Design Choices for Your Health, Wealth and Soul Melissa Rappaport Schifman
Nonfiction The Question is “Why?”: Stanford M. Adelstein, a Jewish Life in South Dakota Eric Steven Zimmer; Stanford M. Adelstein, preface
Essay Levinas: On Ritual and Justice Earlier this week, Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz wrote about taxation in America and Hurricane Sandy, FEMA, and the Need for Big Government and . He has… Shmuly Yanklowitz December 14, 2012
Essay What Is Fair Taxation? Yesterday Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz wrote about Hurricane Sandy, FEMA, and the Need for Big Government. He will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council… Shmuly Yanklowitz December 11, 2012
Essay Hurricane Sandy, FEMA, and the Need for Big Government Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz is the Founder and President of Uri L’Tzedek, the Senior Rabbi at Kehilath Israel, and is the author of Jewish Ethics & Social Justice:… Shmuly Yanklowitz December 10, 2012
Nonfiction You Need a Schoolhouse: Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald, and the Building of Schools for the Segregated South Stephanie Deutsch
Essay Do We Prioritize the Vulnerable in Justice? Earlier this week, Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz wrote about prayer and activism. This week, the Amazon Kindle version of his book Jewish Ethics & Social… Shmuly Yanklowitz March 21, 2012
Essay Is Prayer for Activists? Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz is the founder and president of Uri L’Tzedek. He is the author of Jewish Ethics & Social Justice: A Guide for the 21st… Shmuly Yanklowitz March 19, 2012
Nonfiction Spiritual Activism: A Jewish Guide to Leadership and Repairing the World Rabbi Avraham Weiss
Nonfiction The Jewish Approach to Repairing the World (Tikkun Olam): A Brief Introduction for Christians Elliot N. Dorff
Children’s As Good As Anybody: Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Amazing March Toward Freedom Richard Michelson