This literary biography brings the life and work of H N Bialik, widely known as the National Hebrew Poet, to the English reader for the first time. With appreciation for his brilliance and depth, Sara Feinstein expounds how Bialik drew upon sources in bible, Talmud, Kabbalah, and the Hebrew poets of the Golden Age of Spain in creating an archetypal mode of writing in Modern Hebrew Literature. This biography of Bialik is rich in detail and filled with critical acumen about the nature of Bialik's poetry and his place in Hebrew literature.

A folder for the teacher - accompanies the kit "Hebrew in focus". Includes thumbnails of the student's photographs, recommendations, suggestions and more. The students kit includes 46 large color photographs that bring the Israeli culture into the classroom. These photographs show a large variety of Israeli issues and topics. Info, vocabulary, discussion topics and suggestions for activities are included on the back of each photo. Preface and instructions in Hebrew and English.

Kobez al Yad , an annual of the Mekize Nirdamim Society, is a forum for the publication from manuscript sources of ancient texts in Jewish studies that are shorter than book-length Contents Additional Passages from the Land of Israel Amidah Prayer published by Uri Ehrlich An Additional Responsum by R. Hai Gaon published by Yehezkel David The Piyyutim of R. Yinnon ben Zemah published by Shulamit Elizur Hebrew Secular Poetry from Late Twelfth-Century Syria published by Ezra Fleischer Responsa by Maharam (Meir ben Baruch) of Rothenburg: MS. Parma 1282 published by Simcha Emanuel A Fourteenth-Century Commentary on the Thirteen Principles published by Esther Eisenmann Three Eulogies of R. Zerahiah ben Isaac ha-Levi (Ferrarius Saladi) published by Ari Ackerman Prayer Practices of the Regensburg Community published by Aaron Ahrend

The crucial question for today's Jewish world, Menachem Kellner argues, is not whether Jews will have Jewish grandchildren, but how many different sorts of mutually exclusive Judaisms those grandchildren will face. Kellner's short, brisk, and accessible book examines how the split that threatens the Jewish future can be avoided. His lucid analysis of what religious faith means in classical Judaism leads logically to a new way of construing the relationship of Orthodoxy to non-Orthodox Jews and institutions.