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  • Eight Decades

    The Selected Writings of W. Gunther Plaut

    W. Gunther Plaut is one of Reform Judaism’s most acclaimed twentieth century rabbis and scholars. He is a gifted writer and intellectual whose ideas garner devotees throughout the world. Eight Decades: The Selected Writings of W. Gunther Plaut is a selection of his previously published articles and essays. They include discussions on history, biblical topics, literature and linguistics, ... Read more

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  • The Jews of Windsor, 1790-1990

    A Historical Chronicle

    Beginning with the first Jewish settler, Moses David, the important role that Windsor Jews played in the development of Ontario’s south is mirrored in this 200-year chronicle. the founding pioneer families transformed their Eastern European shtetl into a North American settlement; many individuals were involved in establishing synagogues, schools, and an organized communal structure in spite of ... Read more

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  • La Cassette

    by Plaute ...
    La comédie intitulée la Cassette, is it of it the time to the plus maltraitées. La découverte denombreux fragments que M. Angelo Mai a extraits, en 1815, d'un palimpseste, et la restitution que M. Benoît,un humaniste distingué, une tente sans succès, prouvant sur les parties les plus délicatespeut-être de l'ouvrage ne sont pas des lieux jusqu'à nous. Il nous semble inutile de remettre à leurplace ... Read more

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  • La cassette

    by Plaute ...
    La comédie intitulée la Cassette, est une de celles que le temps a le plus maltraitées. La découverte denombreux fragments que M. Angelo Mai a extraits, en 1815, d’un palimpseste, et la restitution que M. Benoît,un humaniste distingué, a tentée non sans succès, prouvent surabondamment que les parties les plus délicatespeut-être de l’ouvrage ne sont pas venues jusqu’à nous. Il nous a semblé inutile ... Read more

    $1.59 CAD

  • Unbroken Chains

    A 5,000-Year History of African Enslavement

    by Martin Plaut ...
    Slavery has ravaged African societies since at least 2,500 BCE, from Egypt to the Cape; from Mauritania to Somalia. Most writing covers just one fraction of this history: the horrors of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Yet Indian Ocean slavery was equally sizeable, and far longer-lived. Historians often neglect the continent's internal practices, too--Ethiopian kingdoms enslaving conquered peoples; ... Read more

    $28.79 CAD

  • Understanding Ethiopia's Tigray War

    The ongoing war and consequent famine in the Ethiopian province of Tigray are increasingly critical. International journalists are not being allowed to travel to the region, which is almost completely sealed off from the outside world. This is a deliberate strategy by the Ethiopian and Eritrean governments prosecuting the war: their aim is to crush the Tigrayans at almost any cost. This ... Read more

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  • Messy Ethics in Human Rights Work

    Human rights work takes place everywhere, every day, and in every way, but good intentions don’t always bring the intended results.Messy Ethics in Human Rights Work invites readers into a series of overlapping conversations, as activists, researchers, and others consider the complex messiness of ethics in practice and the implications for human rights work in academia and beyond. Although formal ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Be More

    by Alison Plaut ...
    18 practical steps for more peace, success, and happiness in YOUR life...beginning today!Threads of Wisdom on the Path of BecomingWhat does it mean to you to be more? More happiness, more peace, more confidence, or more desires fulfilled? Or is something that grand too big to comprehend? Do you just want to get through the day without feeling exhausted?This book is for both the spiritual seeker of ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • One Voice

    The Selected Sermons of W. Gunther Plaut

    W. Gunther Plaut is an internationally recognized rabbi and scholar, and one of the greatest preachers of the twentieth century. He was born in Germany, but in 1935 fled the Nazis for the United States, where he became a rabbi. He served in Chicago and St. Paul, and, from 1961 to 1977 was Senior Rabbi of Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto. Upon his retirement he was appointed Senior Scholar.Published ... Read more

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  • The Growth of Reform Judaism

    American and European Sources

    Series series JPS Anthologies of Jewish Thought
    This fiftieth anniversary edition of W. Gunther Plaut’s classic second volume on the history of the Jewish Reform Movement is a sourcebook of the original writings that shaped the second century of organized liberal Judaism. The Growth of Reform Judaism features a new introduction, a new epilogue, and important additional primary sources documenting the profound changes of the last fifty years ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Understanding Eritrea

    Inside Africa's Most Repressive State

    by Martin Plaut ...
    The most secretive, repressive state in Africa is hemorrhaging its citizens. In some months as many Eritreans as Syrians arrive on European shores, yet the country is not convulsed by civil war. Young men and women risk all to escape. Many do not survive - their bones littering the Sahara; their bodies floating in the Mediterranean. Still they flee, to avoid permanent military service and a future ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

  • The Rise of Reform Judaism

    A Sourcebook of Its European Origins

    Series series JPS Anthologies of Jewish Thought
    This fiftieth anniversary edition of W. Gunther Plaut’s classic volume on the beginnings of the Jewish Reform Movement is updated with a new introduction by Howard A. Berman. The Rise of Reform Judaism covers the first one hundred years of the movement, from the time of the eighteenth-century Jewish Enlightenment leader Moses Mendelssohn to the conclusion of the Augsburg synod in 1871.In these ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD