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  • Unlearning Jewish Anxiety

    How to Live with More Joy and Less Suffering

    by Caryn Aviv ...
    Confronting the reality, habits, and healing of Jewish anxiety.Jewish anxiety is not all in our heads. Nor is feeling anxious simply a Jewish stereotype, even though many Jews tout anxiety as a stereotypical virtue and ascribe it as a motivator for success. Jewish anxiety is real. We inherit it from our ancestors. We learn it simply by living in an unsafe world as Jewish people. We learn it ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • American Queer, Now and Then

    queer [adj]: 1 differing from what is usual or ordinary; odd; singular; strange 2 slightly ill; 3 mentally unbalanced 4 counterfeit; not genuine 5 homosexual: in general usage, still chiefly a slang term of contempt or derision, but lately used by some as a descriptive term without negative connotations --Webster's Dictionary queer [adj]: used to describe a 1 body of theory 2 field of critical ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • New Jews

    The End of the Jewish Diaspora

    For many contemporary Jews, Israel no longer serves as the Promised Land, the center of the Jewish universe and the place of final destination. In New Jews, Caryn Aviv and David Shneer provocatively argue that there is a new generation of Jews who don't consider themselves to be eternally wandering, forever outsiders within their communities and seeking to one day find their homeland. Instead, ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Queer Jews

    Edited by David Shneer, Caryn Aviv ...
    Queer Jews describes how queer Jews are changing Jewish American culture, creating communities and making room for themselves, as openly, unapologetically queer and Jewish. Combining political analysis and personal memoir, these essays explore the various ways queer Jews are creating new forms of Jewish communities and institutions, and demanding that Jewish communities become more inclusive. ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

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    Ancient Jewish Wisdom for the Best Way to Live Today

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    At age 30 Evan Moffic became the leader of a large congregation. He had great success. But he couldn't find happiness. Then he found a 2000-year-old prayer. In it were hidden elements of Jewish wisdom. They became a part of his life and those of his congregation and transformed them and him.What if we had a clear path to follow when life disappointed us? What if we had a time-tested guide for a ... Read more

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  • Live No Lies

    Recognize and Resist the Three Enemies That Sabotage Your Peace

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry equips readers to recognize and resist the lies that seek to rob them of peace and freedom.“Live No Lies is brilliant, deep, scriptural, and will equip you to face the enemy and fight.”—Jennie Allen, New York Times bestselling author of Get Out of Your HeadWe ... ... Read more

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  • The Amen Effect

    Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World

    by Sharon Brous ...
    **The national bestsellerFrom one of our country’s most prominent rabbis, an inspiring book about the power of community based on one of her most impactful sermons.**In a time of loneliness and isolation, social rupture and alienation, what will it take to mend our broken hearts and rebuild our society?Sharon Brous—a leading American rabbi—makes the case that the spiritual work of our time, as ... Read more

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  • The Blessing of a Skinned Knee

    Using Timeless Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children

    New York Times bestselling author and host of the podcast Nurture vs Nurture Dr. Wendy Mogel offers an inspiring roadmap for raising self-reliant, ethical, and compassionate children.In the trenches of a typical day, every parent encounters a child afflicted with ingratitude and entitlement. Parents want so badly to raise self-disciplined, appreciative, and resourceful children who are not spoiled ... Read more

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  • Everyday Holiness

    The Jewish Spiritual Path of Mussar

    by Alan Morinis ...
    Mussar is an illuminating, approachable, and highly practical set of teachings for cultivating personal growth and spiritual realization in the midst of day-to-day life. Here is an accessible and inspiring introduction to this Jewish spiritual path, which until lately has been best known in the world of Orthodox Judaism. The core teaching of Mussar is that our deepest essence is inherently pure ... Read more

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  • "You Can Tell Just By Looking"

    And 20 Other Myths about LGBT Life and People

    Series Book 3 - Myths Made in America
    **2014 Lambda Literary Award Finalist: LGBT NonfictionBreaks down the most commonly held misconceptions about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their lives**In “You Can Tell Just by Looking” three scholars and activists come together to unpack enduring, popular, and deeply held myths about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, culture, and life in America. Myths, such as ... Read more

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  • For Such a Time as This

    An Emergency Devotional

    by Hanna Reichel ...
    A guide for ordinary Christians seeking to live faithfully in extraordinary times"This is not the first end of the world. Many worlds have ended."In an era of political polarization, eroding democratic norms, and rising authoritarianism, many Christians find themselves disoriented, wondering how their faith should inform myriad daily decisions. Drawing upon both scholarship and pastoral wisdom, ... Read more

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  • Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers

    A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America

    As Lillian Faderman writes, there are "no constants with regard to lesbianism," except that lesbians prefer women. In this groundbreaking book, she reclaims the history of lesbian life in twentieth-century America, tracing the evolution of lesbian identity and subcultures from early networks to more recent diverse lifestyles. She draws from journals, unpublished manuscripts, songs, media accounts, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD