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Ramah Library: Books
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 Click the book title below to purchase this book NOW at
amazon.com and contribute to Ramah!
Revenge: A Story of Hope
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The author of "Revenge," Laura Blumenfeld, is a
Ramah Berkshires Alum!
From Publishers Weekly
At its heart, this remarkable tale is a rite-of-passage story, an intense and
deeply personal journey. For newlywed and successful Washington Post
reporter Blumenfeld in 1998, life appeared to be just about perfect. But
she had a score to settle. In 1986, the same year her mother declared she
wanted a divorce, her father was shot by a Palestinian terrorist while
visiting Israel. Fortunately, the young man had poor aim. But the impact on
Blumenfeld was dramatic. That year, as a college student, she wrote a poem
in which she addressed the shooter: "this hand will find you/ I am his
daughter." In 1998, the shooter was released from prison. Blumenfeld
saw her chance and grabbed it. She traveled to such places as Bosnia,
Sicily and Iran, and interviewed both perpetrators and victims of violence
to determine the rituals and rites of revenge. She tracked down and spent
hours with the shooter's family, telling them only that she was American
journalist working on a book. She and the shooter became pen pals. The
book's only flaw, and it's minor, is a sense of detachment, though
Blumenfeld is an able and expressive writer and is not sparing when it
comes to personal revelations. The climax is astonishingly powerful a
masterfully rendered scene, crackling with the intensity of which great,
life-changing drama is made. (Apr. 4)Forecast: Needless to say, a book
about revenge against terrorism could not be better timed, and aided by
powerful writing and an excerpt in the New Yorker, this has bestseller
potential.
Copyright
2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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The Camping Experience 1995-1999
The Impact of Jewish Summer Camping on
the Conservative High School Seniors of the "Four Up" Study
By Ariela Keysar and Barry Kosmin
With
Reflections and Policy Implications for Ramah, by Sheldon Dorph
Published by
the National Ramah Commission
$18 per
copy, quantity discounts available
To order,
please email ramah@jtsa.edu
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Edward
Zinbarg
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Faith, Morals, and Money: What the World's Religions Tell Us
about Ethics in the Marketplace
By
Edward D. Zinbarg
Faith,
Morals, and Money examines the relationship of religion and business
head-on. Author Edward D. Zinbarg, a religion scholar, former executive
vice-president of Prudential Insurance Company, and a very good friend of
Ramah, examines tenets from Judaism, Islam, Christianity, and a number of
other religions practiced around the world as they pertain to both world
economic issues and day-to-day business practices. This interfaith approach
opens a very necessary dialogue about the role economics and spirituality
are playing in the recent events that have taken over the world stage.
Purchase
this book now from Amazon.com.
Faith,
Morals, and Money : What the...
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Rabbi Michael
Greenbaum
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Louis Finkelstein and the Conservative Movement: Conflict and
Growth
By Rabbi Michael Greenbaum
Michael B.
Greenbaum is vice chancellor of JTS and its chief administrative officer.
He is also assistant professor of educational administration.
As the chief administrative officer, Rabbi Greenbaum is responsible for
JTS's day-to-day operations. He works closely with the chancellor on a wide
range of JTS and Conservative movement issues and activities and represents
JTS on numerous boards and committees of the Conservative movement. He is
currently the secretary of the National Ramah Commission and the
Morningside Area Alliance as well as the second vice chairman of the joint
retirement board of the Conservative movement.
Click here
for a
complete bio of Rabbi Greenbaum.
Click here
for a review
of the book in the JTS Magazine.
Louis
Finkelstein and the Conservative Movement: Conflict and Growth may be ordered online
at globalpublicationspress.com
or by contacting the Global Publications Judaica department at
607.777.4495.
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The Ramah 50 Celebration Volume
Forward
from 50
Edited
by Dr. Sheldon Dorph,
National Ramah Director
This book
was made possible through the generosity of the family of Alvin E. Gershen
in his memory.
More than 20
articles focusing on research, new programming and future challenges for
the Ramah Camping Movement, including articles by: Dr. Steven M. Cohen
(Hebrew University), Dr. Rela Mintz Geffen (Gratz College), Dr. Ismar
Schorsch (Jewish Theological Seminary), Dr. Leora Isaacs (JESNA), Dr.
Michael Brown (York University), David Moss (Jerusalem), Dr. Walter I.
Ackerman (Ben Gurion University), Ramah Directors, and Jewish educators
creating new programs for the Ramah Camping Movement.
To order Forward
from 50, contact Ramah at ramah@jtsa.edu.
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Ramah CD Library
Listen to tracks from
these Camp Ramah CD's:
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Camp Ramah in California
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Camp Ramah in the Poconos
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Camp Ramah in Wisconsin
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