A long ago "accident." An isolated girl named Aviva. A community that wants to help, but doesn't know how. And a ghostly dybbuk, that no one but Aviva can see, causing mayhem and mischief that everyone blames on her.That is the setting for this suspenseful novel of a girl who seems to have lost everything, including her best friend Kayla, and a mother who was once vibrant and popular, but who now can’t always get out of bed in the morning.As tensions escalate in the Jewish ...

**WINNER: NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD · SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARDMean Girls meets Heathers in this middle grade thrilled from award-winning author Mari Lowe**SHAINDY is a twelve-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl who struggles in school and has no good friends. She watches with envy as her next-door neighbor, GAYIL, excels socially and academically. They have little to do with each other, and it comes as a surprise when Shaindy looks out her window one September ...

A long ago “accident.” An isolated girl named Aviva. A community that wants to help, but doesn’t know how. And a ghostly dybbuk, that no one but Aviva can see, causing mayhem and mischief that everyone blames on her.That is the setting for this suspenseful novel of a girl who seems to have lost everything, including her best friend Kayla, and a mother who was once vibrant and popular, but who now can’t always get out of bed in the morning.As tensions escalate in the Jewish ...

In a Beinoni time there should be no war, no terrible illness, no crime. Even if that also means there won’t be any great discoveries, any cures, anything extraordinary. Ezra believes that’s worth fighting for.In fact, he’s been training most of his life to fight a battle to determine whether Beinoni time continues, or gives way to a more violent, less certain future. He is the Nivchar, the chosen one, with the sign of the scales on his skin. When he comes of age at his bar mitzvah...

In a Beinoni time there should be no war, no terrible illness, no crime. Even if that also means there won’t be any great discoveries, any cures, anything extraordinary. Ezra believes that’s worth fighting for.In fact, he’s been training most of his life to fight a battle to determine whether Beinoni time continues, or gives way to a more violent, less certain future. He is the Nivchar, the chosen one, with the sign of the scales on his skin. When he comes of age at his bar mitzvah...

Shaindy Goodman feels awkward, overlooked. Across the street and in another league, elegant Gayil lives the life of a queen bee: gorgeous, liked and admired, the perfect Bais Yaakov Middle School girl. Even her school uniform looks chic. So it’s more than a shock when Shaindy sees Gayil in the window looking at her and holding a sign with five little words: want to know a secret?Gayil’s found a way to break into their school after hours and asks Shaindy to help pull off a series of...

Are you ready to embark on a journey to better health, improved energy, and effective weight management? The "Glycemic Index Diet Cookbook for Beginners" is your ultimate guide to understanding and utilizing the power of the glycemic index (GI) to make smarter food choices. Packed with easy-to-follow recipes and essential tips, this cookbook is designed to help you take control of your diet and transform your lifestyle. Don't wait another day to start feeling your best—dive into the world ...

Did you notice that after you got 50 the way your body holds onto weight changed? Keto is the ideal regimen to add years to your life and life to your years!Dieting at any age is not an easy undertaking and it doesn’t get any easier as we get on in years. When it comes to the diets that come out each year, the trendy diets or the fads don’t always seem to give us the amazing results they seem to be giving everyone on television. Keto, as it turns out, holds many of...

Are you looking for a regimen that will not only change your weight but the way your body processes fat entirely? Then keep reading!For women, many of us know that our bodies have a few key areas where fat simply stays, no matter what we do. It just so happens that the ketogenic diet might be the answer to this problem. It also seems like the ketogenic diet might be the most optimal solution for keeping the weight off without having to struggle through f...

Contributors to this book analyze areas of Martin Luther’s and Lutheran theology that have otherwise been neglected or underrepresented in the five hundred years since the Reformation. They constructively widen the scope of Luther and Lutheran theology by viewing both from the perspectives of the “subaltern,” those whose voices are barely or rarely heard. The book formulates an inclusive Lutheran theology that reaches out but does not close out.The book’s sections address “Precario...

The title of this book plays upon the central place a theology of the cross holds in Lutheran theologies, especially lucid in Luther's Heidelberg Disputation (1518). The 500th anniversary of this document coincided with the 70th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations wherein the preamble points to a global aspiration of a common good shaped by freedom, justice and peace. This book is located at the intersection of these two themes, asserting that the cross has...

This audiobook explains why different preparations of the same herb will obtain better results, demonstrating how capsules, teas, tinctures, or glycerites of the same plant will not have the same effect on the body.Leading herbalists have tested and proven the herbal formulas they offer, along with suggestions for treating more than one hundred illnesses. They lay out the principles of herbal formulation and also provide instructions on how to prepare single herbs, a procedure that...