The Book of Customs"Beginning in the late fourteenth century, The Book of Customs, a compact guide to the Jewish year, was published in Yiddish, the Jews' vernacular at that time in Europe. For nearly four centuries, elaborate editions were created, and it was among the most popular Jewish books in the European Diaspora until it disappeared by the end of the nineteenth century. Using the 1593 Venice edition as a model, Kosofsky added a number of discursive elements,

He relates old dilemmas to today's problems and shows how Jewish history is an endless and inspiring continuum

His broad experience lets him paint the picture of yesterday with the broad strokes of scholarly insight

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it is not always an easy observance

remains the standard text from which children in Jewish schools learn to read

Rebecca doesn't want to discuss it with her friends - what can they say except they're sorry

a member of the Jewish Theological Seminary faculty

to "upgrade" the design and usability of the Chumash

and is great to teach and guide children in understanding the miracles of the Exodus

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Bet Is for B'reishit is the next step for any adult on the path to becoming a Hebrew-literate Jew

Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews arrived in Mexico in the early years of this century