Product Description: Economic inequity is an issue of worldwide concern in the twenty-first century. Although these issues have not troubled all people at all times, they are nonetheless not new. Thus, it is not surprising that Judaism has developed many perspectives, theoretical and practical, to explain and ameliorate the circumstances that produce serious economic disparity...read more

New York Times Bestseller!From the man who became Pope Francis, Jorge Mario Bergoglio shares his thoughts on religion, reason, and the challenges the world faces in the 21st century with Abraham Skorka, a rabbi and biophysicist.For years Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Argentina, and Rabbi Abraham Skorka were tenacious promoters of interreligious dialogues on faith and reason. They both sought to build bridges among Catholicism, Judaism, and the world at large. On Heaven and Earth, originally published in Argentina in 2010, brings together a series of these conversations where both men talked about various theological and worldly issues, including God, fundamentalism, atheism, abortion, homosexuality, euthanasia, same-sex marriage, and globalization. From these personal and accessible talks comes a first-hand view of the man who would become pope to 1.2 billion Catholics around the world in March 2013.From the Hardcover edition.

Product Description: Rabbi Rebecca Alpert is a leading voice in progressive Judaism. A crusader for reform within the Jewish community, she was one of the first women in Jewish history to be ordained a rabbi. Alpert is a celebrated teacher, an expert on Jewish American religious history, and a key public advocate for progressive social issues in contemporary Jewish life...read more

Product Description: This volume brings together thirty-four essays and ar- ticles by Werner J. Cahnman representing four decades (1940-1980) of work by an extraordinary, multidisciplinary scholar. Cahnman's work encompasses the experiences of a German Jewish refugee, an economist turned sociologist, and a scholar of Judaism...read more

Draws on the teachings of the late human rights leader and rabbi from Argentina who was at the head of the Congregation B'ai Jeshurun in the U.S., in a collection of writings that addresses such topics as greed, oppression, justice, and the power of social action. 15,000 first printing.

Product Description: Designing public policies to meet the needs of a diverse society is challenging, and the variety of necessary perspectives are often clouded by competing ideas about social responsibility, personal freedom, religious beliefs, and governmental intervention...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Book by Weiss, Avraham (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Draws on Jewish ethical teachings and mystical lore to examine competition, partnerships, contracts, loans and interest, and the laws of fair exchange. (view table of contents)

Award winner, Best Religion Book of the Year. What do we need to do to turn our "religion" into our lives? Wrestle with it. Penetrating, original, and exhilarating, Godwrestling--Round 2 plunges us into that wrestle: A spiral of discovery on which we go back to draw from the ancient wisdom of texts, history, and experience, so we can move forward and recognize the future paths open to us. By searching with ruthless honesty for truths in his own life and his own faith, Waskow grapples with some of the most profound, piercing, potentially rewarding religious issues of our day. In this soul-baring account of religious adventure, a sequel to his 1978 classic that helped pioneer the Jewish renewal movement, Waskow brings us along on a creative encounter with his--and our--spiritual identity and its connections with God, family, ecology, feminism, education, politics, and more. He throws us anew into the passion of the wrestle, and leads us to places in our awareness that most of us have never even dreamed of. With this incisive spiritual biography, Waskow once again challenges us to confront the past and envision the future as we would like to make it. . .and to turn the wrestle into a dance. (view table of contents)

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Draws on Jewish ethical teachings and mystical lore to examine competition, partnerships, contracts, loans and interest, and the laws of fair exchange (view table of contents)

Product Description: Book by Falk, Randall M., Harrelson, Walter J.

Gathers essays by the Jewish scholar, activist, and theologian about Judaism, Jewish heritage, social justice, ecumenism, faith, and prayer

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Product Description: "Lelyveld argues that Judaism through the ages fosters certain concrete values, by which he means attitudesd and actions alike. A good, readable, and valuable book.

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