Author: Nicholas Wolfso
Publisher: Praeger Publisher
Keywords: speech, free, sex, hate
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 1997-06-30
List price: $86.95
ISBN-10: 0275957705
ISBN-13: 9780275957704

A powerful indictment of contemporary attacks on free speech, this book argues for a vigorous First Amendment jurisprudence protecting even offensive types of speech. In recent years, political activists, academics, and legal specialists have attacked traditional notions of free speech protection as they concern hate speech, obscenity, and pornography. They have called for changes in Supreme Court doctrine in defining the First Amendment and have argued that the traditional view of free speech actually creates and perpetuates a society in which the weak--women, minorities, the poor--have no vo

Author: Ron Wolfso
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Keywords: sacred, community, congregation, transform, welcoming, spirituality
Number of Pages: 207
Published: 2006-07-30
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 1580232442
ISBN-13: 9781580232449

So often we want our congregations to be more--more compelling, more member-focused, more spiritual and yet more useful for our daily lives. Through reflection, examples, tips and exercises--and incorporating the fruits of Synagogue 2000 (now Synagogue 3000), a groundbreaking decade-long program investigating the challenges facing modern synagogues--this inspiring handbook both establishes a sound foundation for why a deep hospitality is crucial for the survival of today’s spiritual communities, and dives into the practical hands-on how of turning your congregation into a place of invita

Authors:Isa Aron,  Dr. Ron Wolfso,
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Keywords: congregational, life, revitalizing, strategies, congregation, organizational, renewing
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2002-10-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1580231667
ISBN-13: 9781580231664

How can my congregation meet the present needs of its people while honoring tradition? What could becoming a self-renewing congregation mean to us? In the 2,500-year history of synagogue life, the rate of change has never been as rapid as it is today. The congregation of the twenty-first century must respond to new circumstances while respecting venerable traditions, attract new members while retaining old ones, and develop leadership that is both strong and responsive. Today’s synagogue life must bring new perspectives and fresh energy to what is old, and the resonance of age-old norms

Authors:Basil Tatakis, Nicholas Moutafakis,  Nicholas
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company
Keywords: philosophy, byzantine
Number of Pages: 544
Published: 2003-03-15
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0872205630
ISBN-13: 9780872205635

Since its publication in French in 1949 by the Presses Universitaires de France, Basil Tatakis’ Byzantine Philosophy remains the sole work of its kind, an analysis of the rise of Christianity in the East and the civilization that grew out of it at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Authors:Nicholas Serota, Richard Shiff, Nicholas Cullinan, Ta
Publisher: Tate/D.A.P.
Keywords: seasons, cycles, twombly
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2008-09-01
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 1933045884
ISBN-13: 9781933045887

A serious comprehensive overview of Cy Twombly’s art has been much in demand for many years, and in this publication we at last have one. Accompanying a major touring retrospective to mark Twombly’s eightieth year, it surveys a vast output of paintings, drawings and sculpture by an artist whose indifference to supposed distinctions between Pop and abstraction, between writing, drawing and painting, and between literature and art had, for many years, brought his work severe neglect. Twombly’s art upsets the prudish purist with its hybridism; as he declares, "I’m not a pu

Authors:Nicholas Awde, Nineb Limassu, Nicholas Al-Jeloo,
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
Keywords: english, swadaya, turoy, dicitonary, phrasebook, turyo, aramaic, syriac, modern, assyrinan
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 2007-06-30
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0781810876
ISBN-13: 9780781810876

The enormous success of Mel Gibson’s film, The Passion of the Christ, has reignited interest in the Aramaic language, gaining it worldwide recognition as the language spoken by Jesus Christ and the Apostles. Today, the language is very much alive, and has over four hundred thousand speakers. Also called Assyrian or Syriac, it is primarily spoken by the Assyrian peoples in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey, and can also be heard in Assyrian emigre communities such as those in the U.S., Europe, and Australia. Of the dialects that comprise Modern Aramaic, Swadaya (Eastern) and Turoyo (Wes

Authors:C. Quadir, M. Orwin, Nicholas Ande, Nicholas Awde,
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
Keywords: phrasebook, somali, dictionary, english, amp, hippocrene
Number of Pages: 175
Published: 1999-06
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 0781806216
ISBN-13: 9780781806213

This book is very helpful for travellers to Somalia. Included in the book are vocabulary sections, a phrasebook, pronunciation, and a brief outline of the language’s grammar rules and information on local culture.