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Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Judaism
"Rediscovering the Beauty of Sabbath Rest"
Our bodies and souls were "created "to rest--regularly--and when
they do, we experience heightened productivity, improved health,
and more meaningful relationships.
In these pages you'll find wonderful stories of the senator's
spiritual journey, as well as special Sabbath experiences with
political colleagues such as Bill Clinton, Al and Tipper Gore, John
McCain, Colin Powell, George W. Bush, Bob Dole, and others. Senator
Joe Lieberman shows how his observance of the Sabbath has not only
enriched his personal and spiritual life but enhanced his career
and enabled him to serve his country to his greatest capacity.
What are you willing to do to survive? What are you willing to
endure if it means you might live? 'Achingly moving, gives
much-needed hope . . . Deserves the status both as a valuable
historical source and as a stand-out memoir' Daily Express 'A story
that needs to be heard' 5***** Reader Review Entering Terezin, a
Nazi concentration camp, Franci was expected to die. She refused.
In the summer of 1942, twenty-two-year-old Franci Rabinek -
designated a Jew by the Nazi racial laws - arrived at Terezin, a
concentration camp and ghetto forty miles north of her home in
Prague. It would be the beginning of her three-year journey from
Terezin to the Czech family camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau, to the
slave labour camps in Hamburg, and finally to Bergen Belsen.
Franci, a spirited and glamorous young woman, was known among her
fellow inmates as the Prague dress designer. Having endured the
transportation of her parents, she never forgot her mother's
parting words: 'Your only duty to us is to stay alive'. During an
Auschwitz selection, Franci would spontaneously lie to Nazi officer
Dr Josef Mengele, and claim to be an electrician. A split-second
decision that would go on to endanger - and save - her life.
Unpublished for 50 years, Franci's War is an astonishing account of
one woman's attempt to survive. Heartbreaking and candid, Franci
finds the light in her darkest years and the horrors she faces
instill in her, strength and resilience to survive and to live
again. She gives a voice to the women prisoners in her tight-knit
circle of friends. Her testimony sheds new light on the alliances,
love affairs, and sexual barter that took place during the
Holocaust, offering a compelling insight into the resilience and
courage of ordinary people in an extraordinary situation. Above
all, Franci's War asks us to explore what it takes to survive, and
what it means to truly live. 'A candid account of shocking events.
Franci is someone many women today will be able to identify with'
5***** Reader Review 'First-hand accounts of life in Nazi death
camps never lose their terrible power but few are as extraordinary
as Franci's War' Mail on Sunday 'Fascinating and traumatic. Well
worth a read' 5***** Reader Review
Authentic and simple, this retelling of the Passover story in the
Haggadah is designed to guide Passover participants through the
Seder while educating them about the practice. Detailing the
meaning of the ceremony in the past and present, the book also
discusses the authenticity of the ceremony and the story, allowing
those with little or no experience conducting a Seder to do so with
confidence. A phonetic version of the Hebrew text is also included
to aid those unfamiliar with Hebrew pronunciation.
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