10 Jewish Books Top Ten, Best, Practical American-English Language Jewish Texts, Commentaries, & Guidebooks Presented by a friendly Bostonian Michael Alan Ross Boston Walks Publishers of The Ten Commandments Guidebook and BostonWalks' The Jewish Friendship Trail Guidebook.

Email: Michael Alan Ross

Copyright with a smile from Michael Alan Ross, 2004-2018.
All Rights Reserved.

10 Jewish Books Top Ten, Best, Practical American-English Language Jewish Texts, Commentaries, & Guidebooks

Number 1 BostonWalks' The Jewish Friendship Trail Guidebook Author: Michael Alan Ross Learn Boston's Jewish history by walking! Includes six self-guided walk tours of downtown Boston, Brookline, and Cambridge!

Number 2 The Ten Commandments Guidebook Author: Michael Alan Ross Learn the Ten Commandments by doing good deeds! Includes humorous, satirical songs and spirited, exhortatory poems and prose!

Number 3 Swimming in the Sea of Talmud Authors: Michael Katz & Gershon Schwartz Learn from the six major sections of the Jewish Talmud in English! Includes traditional and modern commentaries, interpretations and stories!

Number 4 Sedra Scenes - Skits for Every Torah Portion Author: Stan J. Beiner Learn the weekly reading of the Five Books of Moses from the Jewish Old Testament! Includes lively interpretive skits and dialogue!

Number 5 Prayerbook Hebrew - The Easy Way Authors: Joseph Anderson, Linda Motzkin, Jonathan Rubenstein, & Laurence Wiseman Learn to understand the Hebrew words you're praying in the synagogue each week! Includes vocabulary, grammar, and prayers!

Number 6 The Amazing Adventures of the Jewish People Author: Max I. Dimont Learn the entire history of Jews in one hundred, seventy-two pages! Includes great humor, great sadness, great hope, and gratefulness!

Number 7 Brandeis of Boston Author: Allon Gal Learn about this great American jurist along with the history of Zionism and Jewish Americans! Includes insights into pragmatism, politics, and personalities of early 20th century Jewish America!

Number 8 The Big Book of Jewish Humor Editors: William Novak & Moshe Waldoks Learn to laugh at Jewish foibles from the past and present Includes text, context, cartoons, and mishiggus!

Number 9 The International Jewish Songbook Editor: Velvel Pasternak Learn popular Hebrew and Yiddish 20th century songs! Includes Hebrew, Yiddish, and English lyrics, music, and transliterations!

Number 10 Etz Chayim - Torah and Commentary Editors: David L. Lieber, Chaim Potok, Harold Kushner, Jules Harlow, Elliot Dorff, Susan Grossman, & Michael Fishbane under the auspices of The Rabbinical Assembly of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Learn the Five Books of Moses from a Jewish translation and interpretation! Includes 3 levels of commentaries as well as overview essays!

Number 11 The ArtScroll / Schottenstein Edition Siddur for the Sabbath and Festivals with an Interlinear Translation Editors: Menachem Davis, Nosson Scherman, Meir Zlotowitz, & Yaakov Blinder under the auspices of The Mesorah Heritage Foundation Learn the classic Jewish prayers! Includes line-by-line English translations and traditional commentaries!

LINKS Walks Around Boston Links Boston MA's Top Ten Waterside Places to Walk BostonWalks' Ethnic and Ethics Explorations Brookline MA Jewish History Sites Boston MA Jewish History Sites Boston's North End Synagogue Sites Cambridge MA Jewish History Sites Boston's South End Jewish History Sites Boston, Brookline, and Cambridge Houses of Worship New Interpretations of our Ten Commandments Links The original Walter-Mittyish poem, Dance before God considering the 2nd Commandment, Have one God only! The original humorous satirical song lyrics, Please Keep Us Wealthy, considering the 8th Commandment, Don't steal! The original song, Try to Smile and Love Your Neighbor, considering what Mr. Ross labels the 11th Commandment, Love your neighbor as yourself! The original historical poem, Zionists, considering the 10th Commandment, Don't Covet! The original exhortatory poem, From Atonement to Good Deeds, considering the 7th Commandment, No adultery. The original, mystical, kabbalah-vision-type poem, Commit, considering the 1st Commandment, Recognize God/Goodness!

From the Charles River, a red, white, and blue political agenda flows!

Now available! The Jewish Friendship Trail Guidebook 6 Self-Guided Walking/Bicycling Jewish Boston History Tours Covers Boston, Brookline, and Cambridge Softcover 198 pages with maps & b/w photos Click here Book Order Form to order now!

Now available! The Ten Commandments Guidebook Ways to Self-Struggle with Classic Morals In Song, Poetry, and Prose Covers 10 Commandments Plus One Other! Softcover 153 pages with practical suggestions pages! Click here Book Order Form to order now!

"West End House" circa 2004
Begun by 35 Jewish boys in 1903!

Click here for an original, creative, re-interpretation for progressive Jews of Maimonides classic Jewish prayer of affirmation of Jewish faith, "Ani Maamin," THIRTEEN PRINCIPLES FOR PROGRESSIVE JEWS by Michael Alan Ross

FileneBest of BostonNYC UWSBrandeis Love Your NeighborWatertown, New Town, & Muddy RiverWalk Near WaterRefute Hate Walk West/North Ends We're One Pray HereMeditationClubsBrooklineSensual WalksMore LoveReportingJewish BooksTENSouth End What's a political mensch? More "What's a political mensch?"

Chazak Ve-ematz be strong and resolute (Moses words to Joshua in Deut. 31:7)

BostonWalks Integrating the urban, modern ethnic experience with its historical sites and ethical themes in urban locales such as Boston, MA, Portland, ME, East Bay and Providence, RI, and the Upper West Side of Manhattan, NYC.

How do you imagine the relationship between freedom and responsibility within a democracy? Check out this poetic interpretation: In Defense of Liberty and Democracy, Freedom and Responsibility considering the parasha of the week, Yitro.

Isn't it time to Attract Middle Class Families Back into Our Cities? Here's 10 Ways to bring middle-class families back into cities like NYC: 10 Ways to Bring Middle Class Families Back into New York City, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Atlanta, and other Cities considering the best of the suburban paradigm for our large cities.

Are you curious about what are some of the ethical reasons for single-payer universal health care insurance? 10 Moral Reasons for One Payer Universal Health Care Insurance for America in light of Hillel's If I'm only for myself, what am I?

When was the last time you really laughed? We're featuring good Jewish jokes! Check out this month's featured humor by clicking here! We know that there are other belly laughs our there. Email us at bostonwalks@hotmail.com with your contribution!

To be satisfied with life perhaps, one might consider this raspberry!

Table of Contents of Boston Walks The Jewish Friendship Trail ZIONISTS WOMEN WATERTOWN,NEWTOWNE,MUDDY RIVER UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE INSURANCE THE 10 COMMANDMENTS TEN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS GUIDEBOOK ORDER FORM SPIRITUALLY SHUSHAN SHULS OF BOSTON'S WEST END SHULS OF BOSTONS'S NORTH END SHEAYLOT SEATBELTS FOR SCHOOLBUSES SAUCYWALKS RHODE ISLAND WALKS RETAILERS A RED, WHITE & BLUE AGENDA PORTLAND, MAINE JEWISH SITES POLITICAL MENSCH STANDARDS 2 POLITICAL MENSCH STANDARDS 1 PATRIOT LEDGER ARTICLE CAR CRASH NEW YORK CITY UPPER WEST SIDE JEWISH SITES NEAR WATER BOSTON WALKS MIDDLE CLASS CITY LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR LIBERTY AND DEMOCRACY LAUGH LASHON HATZLACHA KEEP US WEALTHY THE JEWISH FRIENDSHIP TRAIL GUIDEBOOK ORDER FORM CAMBRIDGE MA JEWISH SITES JEWISH BOOKS BOSTON'S WEST & NORTH ENDS JEWISH SITES BOSTON'S SOUTH END JEWISH SITES OVERVIEW OF THE JEWISH FRIENDSHIP TRAIL THIS WEBSITE: BOSTONWALKS IN AWE HUMOR BOSTON HOUSES OF WORSHIP HEALTHY HOPITALS FILENE 10 WAYS THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION CAN CHANGE AMERICA DANCE BEFORE GOD CONSERVATIVE JEWISH COMMIT CLUBS CAPITALIST COMMANDS BROOKLINE MA JEWISH SITES Brooklyn NY BRANDEIS THE BOSTON GLOBE ARTICLE BOSTON'S BEST BIKE TRAILS ATONEMENT TO DEEDS ANTI-SEMITE ANI MAAMIN PHOENIX SCOTTSDALE, AZ