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Self-Help

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The Kab­bal­ah Sutras: 49 Steps to Enlight­en­ment: A Guide to ​“Count­ing The Omer” through Med­i­ta­tion, Phys­i­cal Exer­cise, Yoga, Rela­tion­ships, Busi­ness & Career
Mar­cus J. Freed
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Every­day Heal­ing: Stand Up, Take Charge and Get Your Health Back … One Day at a Time
Janette Hillis-Jaffe
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Thresh­olds: How to Thrive through Life’s Tran­si­tions to Live a Fear­less­ly and Regret-Free Life
Sherre Hirsch
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A Dual Path: Sacred Prac­tices and Bodywork
Monique Illona
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Divorce Demys­ti­fied: Every­thing You Need To Know Before You File For Divorce
Hen­ry S. Gornbein
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The Art of Grace: On Mov­ing Well Through Life
Sarah L. Kaufman
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Mon­ey Talks: 100 Strate­gies to Mas­ter Tricky Con­ver­sa­tions about Money
Deborah Garyson Riegel
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Take My Spouse, Please: How to Keep Your Mar­riage Hap­py, Healthy, and Thriv­ing by Fol­low­ing the Rules of Comedy
Dani Klein Modisett
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Play­ing Big: Find Your Voice, Your Mis­sion, Your Message
Tara Mohr
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Mil­lion Dol­lar Women: Build a Mul­ti­mil­lion-Dol­lar Busi­ness Raise Cap­i­tal and Love (Almost) Every Minute of It
Julia Pim­sleur
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Lighter As We Go: Virtues, Char­ac­ter Strengths, and Aging
Mindy Green­stein
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Book Cov­er of the Week: Thresholds

Post­ed by Nat BernsteinJew­ish Book Coun­cil is delight­ed to be work­ing once again with Rab­bi Sherre Hirsch, the first female rab­bi of Sinai Tem­ple Los Ange­les and…
Nat Bern­stein
March 13, 2015
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More Love, Less Pan­ic: 7 Lessons I Learned About Life, Love, and Par­ent­ing After We Adopt­ed Our Son from Ethiopia
Claude Knobler
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Ask Big Ques­tions: Why Bother?

The Jew­ish Book Coun­cil is delight­ed to pub­lish a con­tin­u­ing blog series in part­ner­ship with Ask Big Ques­tions, an ini­tia­tive out of Hil­lel Inter­na­tion­al…
Jes­si­ca Lamb-Shapiro
December 18, 2014
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Yahrzeit

Ear­li­er this week, Jes­si­ca Lamb-Shapiro wrote about writ­ing a book on self-help. The book, Promise Land: My Jour­ney through Amer­i­ca’s Self-Help Cul­ture, is now…
Jes­si­ca Lamb-Shapiro
August 21, 2014
Essay

What’s Your Book About?

Jes­si­ca Lamb-Shapiro has writ­ten for the New York Times Mag­a­zine, Time, and The Believ­er. Her book, Promise Land: My Jour­ney through Amer­i­ca’s Self-Help Cul­ture, is now…
Jes­si­ca Lamb-Shapiro
August 19, 2014
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