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Turbulent Souls: A Catholic Son's Return To His Jewish Family

10 best books like Turbulent Souls: A Catholic Son's Return To His Jewish Family (Stephen J. Dubner): The World That We Knew, The Hunt for Atlantis, More Tales of the City, Further Tales of the City, One for the Books, The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal, To Pray As A Jew: A Guide To The Prayer Book And The Synagogue Service, Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods, The Jew in the Lotus, The Jewish Study Bible

The World That We Knew
AuthorAlice Hoffman
ISBN1501137573
In 1941, during humanity’s darkest hour, three unforgettable young women must act with courage and love to survive, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dovekeepers and The Marriage of Opposites Alice Hoffman.

In Berlin, at the time when the world changed, Hanni Kohn knows...
The Hunt for Atlantis
AuthorAndy McDermott
ISBN0755339118
Following in the tradition of Clive Cussler and Matthew Reilly, Andy McDermott takes us a roller-coaster ride in search of the legendary Atlantis.

Archaeologist Nina Wilde believes she has found the location of the lost city of Atlantis and now she wants the opportunity to prove her theory....
More Tales of the City
AuthorArmistead Maupin
A surreal sequel to the first volume of the series, More Tales of the City heightens the stakes of the original: mystery, romance, and drama now feature even more prominently in the intertwining storylines of the residents of 28 Barbary Lane. Maupin established his characters' personalities and their...
Further Tales of the City
AuthorArmistead Maupin
ISBN0552998788
It took me 21 months to read this third volume. When Maupin comes up with a totally unbelievable plot line involving a resurrected Jim Jones, his kidnapping of two four-year-old children from an Alaskan cruise and then perhaps through Little Diomedes (a US island) to Big Diomedes (a Russian island)...
One for the Books
AuthorJoe Queenan
ISBN0670025828
One of America’s leading humorists and author of the bestseller Closing Time examines his own obsession with books

Joe Queenan became a voracious reader as a means of escape from a joyless childhood in a Philadelphia housing project. In the years since then he has dedicated himself to an...
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
AuthorJared Diamond
ISBN0060845503
Another great book from Jared Diamond. I found this to be just as engaging as Guns, Germs, and Steel, and also an easier read. I find that his books have so much information that it is helpful for me to outline them as I go. Here are my favorite bullet points from The Third Chimpanzee. Not at all a comprehensive...
To Pray As A Jew: A Guide To The Prayer Book And The Synagogue Service
AuthorHayim Halevy Donin
ISBN0465086330
A distinguished guide to Jewish prayer
Why do Jews pray? What is the role of prayer in their lives as moral and ethical beings? From the simplest details of how to comport oneself on entering a synagogue to the most profound and moving comments on the prayers themselves, Rabbi Hayim Halevy Donin...
Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods
AuthorMichael Wex
ISBN0061132179
A delightful excursion through the Yiddish language, the culture it defines and serves, and the fine art of complaint

Throughout history, Jews around the world have had plenty of reasons to lament. And for a thousand years, they've had the perfect language for it. Rich in color, expressiveness,...
The Jew in the Lotus
AuthorRodger Kamenetz
ISBN0060645741
While accompanying eight high–spirited Jewish delegates to Dharamsala, India, for a historic Buddhist–Jewish dialogue with the Dalai Lama, poet Rodger Kamenetz comes to understand the convergence of Buddhist and Jewish thought. Along the way he encounters Ram Dass and Richard Gere, and dialogues...
The Jewish Study Bible
AuthorAnonymous
ISBN0195297512
The Jewish Study Bible is a one-volume resource tailored especially for the needs of students of the Hebrew Bible. Nearly forty scholars worldwide contributed to the translation and interpretation of the Jewish Study Bible, representing the best of Jewish biblical scholarship available today....
Choosing a Jewish Life: A Handbook for People Converting to Judaism and for Their Family and Friends
AuthorAnita Diamant
ISBN0805210954
Married to a convert herself, Anita Diamant provides advice and information that can transform the act of conversion into an extraordinary journey of self-discovery and spiritual growth.

Here you will learn how to choose a rabbi, a synagogue, a denomination, a Hebrew name; how to handle...
To Be A Jew: A Guide To Jewish Observance In Contemporary Life
AuthorHayim Halevy Donin
ISBN0465086322
The classic guide to the ageless heritage of Judaism

Embraced over many decades by hundreds of thousands of readers, To Be a Jew offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to traditional Jewish laws and customs as they apply to daily life in the contemporary world. In simple and powerful...
The Jewish Book of Why
AuthorAlfred J. Kolatch
ISBN0824602560
A good deal of the whys didn't appear to justify or offer any sort of rational grounding to a number of Jewish practices, I understand their commitment to Torah, but the application of it and the basis for many customs seemed pretty out there for me. Many of the whys behind certain customs went back to medieval...
The Book of Jewish Values: A Day-by-Day Guide to Ethical Living
AuthorJoseph Telushkin
ISBN0609603302
In The Book of Jewish Values, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin has combed the Bible, the Talmud, and the whole spectrum of Judaism's sacred writings to give us a manual on how to lead a decent, kind, and honest life in a morally complicated world. Telushkin speaks to the major ethical issues of our time, issues that...
To Life: A Celebration of Jewish Being and Thinking
AuthorHarold S. Kushner
ISBN0446670022
This is a wonderful book that makes me appreciate our heritage. Kushner, a conservative rabbi, againn writes a book that is readily accepted by me, a question mark. A few things I liked:
1) One of the most important differences in Judaism and Christianity is that we were a people before we had a religion....
Essential Judaism: A Complete Guide to Beliefs, Customs and Rituals
AuthorGeorge Robinson
ISBN0671034812
What happens at a synagogue service? What are the rules for keeping kosher? How do I light the Hanukah candles? What is in the Hebrew Bible? What do the Jewish holidays signify? What should I be teaching my children about being Jewish?
A landmark reference, here is an indispensable one-volume...
Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books
AuthorAaron Lansky
ISBN1565125134
“Incredible . . . Inspiring . . . Important.” —Library Journal, starred review

“A marvelous yarn, loaded with near-calamitous adventures and characters as memorable as Singer creations.” —The New York Post
    
“What began as a quixotic journey was also a picaresque...
Sefer Yetzirah: The Book of Creation: In Theory and Practice
AuthorAnonymous
ISBN0877288550
To most people, the very word Kabbalah implies the mystical experience par excellence, but most modern books about this subject shed very little light into its ancient mystical and magical aspects. Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan has therefore translated the Sefer Yetzirah the oldest and most mysterious of all...
Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution
AuthorDavid Carter
ISBN0312342691
"Riveting...Not only the definitive examination of the riots but an absorbing history of pre-Stonewall America, and how the oppression and pent-up rage of those years finally ignited on a hot New York night." - Boston Globe

In 1969, a series of riots over police action against The Stonewall...
God Was in This Place and I, I Did Not Know
AuthorLawrence Kushner
ISBN1879045338
Wow, not at all what I expected.

This was yet another book I stumbled upon in grad school and told myself someday I'd need to get back to. I'm glad I did.

The story of Jacob's Ladder, reinterpreted and expounded upon by 7 Jewish teachers/scholars throughout history. Sounds riveting...
The Way: Using the Wisdom of Kabbalah for Spiritual Transformation and Fulfillment
AuthorMichael Berg
ISBN0471228796
The simple and practical wisdom I have gained by reading this book and studying Kabbalah is immeasurable.
--Madonna

"This book will inspire your soul. Michael Berg has accomplished the monumental task of translating the eternal truths of life into spiritual common sense. Without a...
Rabbi Jesus: An Intimate Biography
AuthorBruce Chilton
ISBN0385497938
Beginning with the Gospels, interpretations of the life of Jesus have flourished for nearly two millennia, yet a clear and coherent picture of Jesus as a man has remained elusive. In Rabbi Jesus, the noted biblical scholar Bruce Chilton places Jesus within the context of his times to present a fresh,...
The Lord Is My Shepherd: Healing Wisdom of the Twenty-third Psalm
AuthorHarold S. Kushner
ISBN1400033357
Another "damp, drizzly November in my soul" (Melville, Moby-Dick), and I've just come from another funeral. No, it's September, and the Twenty-Third Psalm that I heard this morning sounded different from the same psalm routinely recited at Jewish burials. Thank you, Harold Kushner.

Years...
The Essential Zohar: The Source of Kabbalistic Wisdom
AuthorPhilip S. Berg
ISBN0609807315
For thousands of years, no book has been more shrouded in mystery than the Zohar, yet no book offers us greater wisdom. The central text of Kabbalah, the Zohar is a commentary on the Bible’s narratives, laws, and genealogies and a map of the spiritual landscape. In The Essential Zohar, the eminent kabbalist...
The Inner Circle
AuthorBrad Meltzer
ISBN0446577898
The best-kept secret of the U.S. Presidency is about to be revealed.

"There are stories no one knows. Hidden stories. I love those stories. And since I work in the National Archives, I find those stories for a living."

Beecher White, a young archivist, spends his days working with the...
Taming Chaos: Harnessing the Power of Kabbalah to Make Sense of Our Lives
AuthorPhilip S. Berg
ISBN1571892257
In this significant work, Kabbalist Rav Berg explains how readers can simply and easily tame the chaos in their lives with the tools found in the wisdom of the Kabbalah. According to the Kabbalah, chaos is not random, but rather, the result of an improper understanding of one's personal power and the...
The Secret: Unlocking the Source of Joy and Fulfillment
AuthorMichael Berg
ISBN1571893148
More than 80 years ago, a young scholar emigrated from Eastern Europe to Jerusalem. Not long thereafter, he received a priceless spiritual teaching that revealed the source of lasting joy and fulfillment from a spiritual master whose name he would never disclose, not even after he himself became the...
Becoming Like God: Kabbalah and Our Ultimate Destiny
AuthorMichael Berg
ISBN1571892427
Recently I went through a period of time in which I was investigating and learning a lot about Judaism. Through this exercise there were plenty of things that I expected to learn about: The sacrificial system, the Talmud, its split with Christianity, the eventual coming of the messiah, etc. However,...
The First and Final Nightmare of Sonia Reich
AuthorHoward Reich
ISBN1586483625
On the evening of February 15, 2001, Sonia Reich, Howard Reich's mother, packed some clothes into two brown shopping bags, put on her gray winter coat, locked the door to her home in Skokie, Illinois and fled. Someone was trying to kill her, "to put a bullet in my head," Sonia told anyone who would listen....
The Art of Inventing Hope: Intimate Conversations with Elie Wiesel
AuthorHoward Reich
ISBN1641601345
The Art of Inventing Hope offers an unprecedented, in-depth conversation between the world’s most revered Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel, and a son of survivors, Howard Reich. During the last four years of Wiesel’s life, he met frequently with Reich in New York, Chicago and Florida—and...
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