Realities of Sufism, the Shaykh's only book, takes readers on a journey to the heart of Islam. Expositing on the foundations of Islam's spiritual path, Sufism, Shaykh `Abd al-Qadir simultaneously describes the workings of the path of excellence-ihsan-and answers the doubts of the orientalists, modernists, and would be Islamic revivalists. Some of the topics in this book include: the history and...

Seinen Grundsatz, den Glauben im Handeln zu verwirklichen, lebte der Theologe Dietrich Bonhoeffer mutig und konsequent. Nach Hitlers »Machtergreifung« verurteilte er öffentlich die Judenverfolgung und arbeitete engagiert für die Bekennende Kirche. Bonhoeffers Nähe zum wehrmachtsinternen Widerstand führte 1943 zu seiner Inhaftierung. Wenige Monate vor seiner Hinrichtung im KZ Flossenbürg 1945...

The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the oldest works of fiction, written long before Homer's ‘Iliad’ and ‘Odyssey,’ the greatest literary masterpiece of the Ancient East, which for the first time describes the myth of the Great Flood. The reader is presented with the story of the glorious deeds of the demigod king-warrior Gilgamesh (whose image is based on a real historical figure, Bilgames, the...

A Child’s First Introduction to the Bible. The Bible is a magnificent book. But how do you introduce a child to it? Now is the perfect time, because you are holding a unique edition. Its pages feature cheerful and touching biblical characters created by Spanish artist Gustavo Mazali. The most important Bible stories have been retold concisely and engagingly, specifically for little ones.

Before 1917, the Russian Tsar wielded absolute power over a vast empire, where more than 5 million Jews lived in isolation and segregation. Under the rule of Tsar Nicholas I (1825–1855), policies toward Jews became especially oppressive. Nicholas sought to erase Jewish identity by forcing their conversion to Christianity and promoting assimilation through mixed marriages. One of his most...

Year 2023 marked 120 years of the Lazarus Jewish Hospital in Lviv (Lwów/Lemberg). This richly illustrated book is a tribute to its place in the once-vibrant Jewish community of the city and in the society at large during the period 1903-1939. Visionaries from Lviv presents the hospital’s history and its fascinating architecture, its doctors, and its founder, a prominent local Jewish...

Between Anti-Fascist Society, Socialist Utopia and Lived Jewishness: What did it mean to be Jewish in the GDR? After the Shoah, many Jews made the conscious choice to live in East Germany, to be part of building a new, more equitable socialist society, hoping for greater justice and to overcome antisemitic structures. This volume looks at what became of their ideals, how Jewish life was newly...

This meticulously researched and very personal volume recounts in detail the history of the internment, most often referred to as the internal deportation, in Hungary of Hungary's aristocracy, military and professional classes as well as the more wealthy farmers, the 'kulaks,' during the era of Matyas Rakosi, 1947-1953. Hungarian history under Rakosi's leadership bore the hallmark of...

Estonia is perhaps the only country in Europe that lacks a comprehensive history of its Jewish minority. Spanning over 150 years of Estonian Jewish history, On the Margins is a truly unique book. Rebuilding a life beyond so-called Pale of Jewish Settlement in the Russian Empire, the Jewish cultural autonomy in interwar Estonia, and the trauma of Soviet occupation of 1940–41 are among the issues...