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Sophie and the Shofar
Item #: 101078
Fran Manushkin,
Illustrated by
Rosalind Charney Kaye
Two cousins, Sophie and
Sasha, play and work
togetheruntil a missing
shofar comes between them.
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URJ Books & Music
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Welcome to URJ Press at URJ Books and Music
URJ Press, Transcontinental Music Publications, and Sounds Write Productions make up the book and music publishing arm of the Union for Reform Judaism. We produce textbooks, program guides, children's books, non-fiction titles, songbooks, CDs, MP3s, and other digital content used in religious schools and day schools throughout the movement and the larger Jewish world and sold in book stores around the country. We serve as both an independent publisher of books and music of Jewish interest and as the official publisher of the Union and the Reform Movement.
One of our most important accomplishments as a department has been the publication of the groundbreaking volume, The Torah: A Women's Commentary which has been awarded the top prize in the oldest Jewish literary award program, the 2008 National Jewish Book of the Year Award. We also publish The Torah: A Modern Commentary, Revised Edition, the revision of the Plaut Torah commentary. We are known for the CHAI: Learning for Jewish Life, curriculum currently used in over 1/3 of all Reform Jewish congregational schools and Mitkadem: Hebrew for Youth, our religious school Hebrew program.
Our Staff:
Victor Ney, Director of Business Operations
Michael H. Goldberg, Editor in Chief
Stephen G. Becker, Director of Marketing & Sales
Michael Boxer, Administrative Director, Transcontinental Music Publications
Steve Brodsky, Administrative Director, Sounds Write Productions
Lea Barak, Customer Sales and Service Representative
Helayne Friedland, Production Manager
Jessica Katz, Editorial Assistant
Jonathan Levine, Sales and Production Manager
Maria Nakahata, Customer Sales and Service Representative
Jayson Rodovsky, Music Editor, Transcontinental Music Publications
Rebecca Rosenfeld, Production Editor
Michael Silber, Art and Design Manager
Rachel Wetstein, Music Librarian/Publishing Assistant,Transcontinental Music Publications
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Torah: A Modern Commentary: (Pulpit Edition)
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Commentaries on Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy by W. Gunther Plaut
Commentary on Leviticus by
Bernard J. Bamberger
Essays on the ancient Near East by
William W. Hallo The Torah: A Modern Commentary is a one-volume edition of the Five Books of Moses, complete with the Hebrew text; English translations; commentaries and essays; notes and references; and gleanings from talmudic sources and the writings of scholars, ancient and modern.
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My Jewish World: An Early Childhood Music Curriculum (Book/CD set)
Music can be a wonderfully effective teaching tool for preschool aged children. My Jewish World guides teachers through the process of introducing and utilizing song in the classroom to teach Jewish values.
In her comprehensive and easy to follow book, Judy Caplan Ginsburgh includes twenty-six songs, religious and secular, that will help to facilitate an environment of fun and learning. Each song addresses important Jewish concepts and many use Hebrew words and prayers. Judy provides comments, activities, and creative ideas, specific for each song, which can be used in the classroom to learn about being Jewish every day. The importance of saying the Sh'ma each morning, learning the Hebrew words for colors, understanding body parts, and the value of cooperation are only some of the Jewish concepts touched on in the book.
In addition, Judy Ginsburgh includes a list of suggested books for many of the topics. These books help to reinforce and expand the lessons laid out in the curriculum.
With a helpful glossary of Hebrew and Yiddish terms and the companion music CD, My Jewish World is a wonderful guide to making music significant in the Jewish classroom.
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Haftarah Commentary, The
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The Haftarah Commentary is a comprehensive new translation of the weekly selections from the Prophets and Writings, complete with meticulously cantillated Hebrew text, commentary and translations, essays, gleanings from sources modern and ancient, notes, glossary, bibliography, and additional selections for use as alternatives to the traditional haftarot. To insure the accuracy and accessibility of the new volume, consulting editor S. David Sperling, a professor of Hebrew at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, reviewed the entire text and commentary.
Look what they're saying about The Haftarah Commentary:
"Eminently useful."--Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis, Valley Beth Shalom, Encino, CA
"A first-class, actually world-class, volume."--David Noel Freedman, Editor, Anchor Bible Dictionary
"The goal is to entice people into reading the Bible."--Gustav Niebuhr, The New York Times
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