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Books

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Rav David Weiss Halivni z"l

Hakham Isaac Sassoon

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An Adventure in Torah – A Fresh Look Through a Traditional Lens (2022)
Conflicting Attitudes to Conversion in Judaism, Past and Present (2017)
The Status of Women in Jewish Tradition (2011)
Uriel da Costa, Examination of Pharisaic Traditions, edited and translated from 1623 original with Herman Prins Salomon (1993)
The Marrano Factory: The Portuguese Inquisition and Its New Christians 1536-1765, translation of Antonio Jose Sariava with Herman Prins Salomon (2001)
V’harev Na, a prayerbook according to the Syrian nusach (2007)
Siddur ‘Alats Libbi (2023)
Haggadat Uvalaylah Shiro Immi (And At Night May His Song Be With Me) By Rabbi Steven H. Golden guided by the teachings of Hakham Isaac Sassoon (2022)

Rabbi Wayne Allen

Professor Gershon Bacon

Professor Reuven Kimelman

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The Mystical Meaning of “Lekhah Dodi” and “Kabbalat Shabbat”
The Moral Meaning of the Bible (Volume 1)
The Moral Meaning of the Bible (Volume 2)
The Hidden Poetry of the Jewish Prayerbook – The What, How, and Why of Jewish Liturgy (audio only edition)
The Mystical Element in Judaism by Abraham J. Heschel (Author), Reuven Kimelman (Introduction)
Rabbi Kilmelman’s article, “Judaism and the Ethics of War” appears in The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War (2023)

Rabbi Mark Kunis

Dancing with God: How to Connect with God Every Time You Pray

Rabbi Dr. Zvi Leshem

Redemptions: Contemporary Chassidic Essays on the Parsha and the Festivals (2006)

Mira Morgenstern

Rabbi David Novak

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Law and Theology in Judaism (Volumes I and II) (1974)
Suicide and Morality: The Theories of Plato, Aquinas, and Kant and Their Relevance for Suicidology (1975)
The Image of the Non-Jew in Judaism: A Historical and Constructive study of the Noahide Laws (1983)
Halakhah in a Theological Dimension (1985)
Jewish-Christian Dialogue: A Jewish Justification (1989)
The Theology of Nahmanides Systematically Presented (1992)
Jewish Social Ethics (1992)
The Election of Israel: The Idea of the Chosen People (1995)
Leo Strauss and Judaism: Jerusalem and Athens Critically Revisited (1996)
Natural Law in Judaism (1998)
Covenantal Rights: A Study in Jewish Political Theory (New Forum Books)
Talking with Christians: Musings of a Jewish Theologian (2005)
In Defense of Religious Liberty (2009)
Natural Law:A Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Trialogue (2014), co-authored with Matthew Levering and Anver Emon
Zionism and Judaism: A New Theory (2015)
Jewish Justice: The Contested Limits of Nature, Law, and Covenant (2017)
Athens and Jerusalem: God, Humans, and Nature (2019)

Rabbi Moshe Weisblum

Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz

The Jewish Vegan
The Soul of Jewish Social Justice
A Torah Giant: The Intellectual Legacy of Rabbi Dr. Irving (Yitz) Greenberg by Shmuly Yanklowitz (Editor), Rabbi Joseph Telushkin (Introduction), Rabbi Avi Weiss (Foreword)
Bringing Heaven Down To Earth: Jewish Ethics for an Evolving and Complex World
Torah of the Street, Torah of the Heart
Jewish Ethics & Social Justice
Existing Eternally, Existing Tomorrow: Essays on Jewish Ethics & Social Justice
Spiritual Courage: Vignettes on Jewish Leadership for the 21st Century
Soul Searching: A Jewish Workbook for Spiritual Exploration and Growth
Sparks!: Bringing Light Back Into The World

Rabbi Alan Yuter

The Holocaust in Hebrew literature, from genocide to rebirth (Series in Judaic studies)

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Other Book Suggestions

Maimonides’ Grand Epistle to the Scholars of Lunel: Ideology and Rhetoric Annotated by Rabbi Charles Sheer. Video from Rabbi Sheer’s UTJ webinar “The Rambam’s Remarkable Correspondence with the Scholars of Lunel” is available by clicking on the image beblow.