The Book of Jewish Belief

This book is a basic but comprehensive and unbiased introduction to various aspects of Jewish religion, culture, and history. It explains concepts in an approachable and interesting way, with useful textbook-like call-outs. There are several other books that I'd be more likely to recommend for someone looking for a good introduction to Judaism, but there's nothing wrong with this one. However, I have no idea what the person who chose the photographs was smoking. To start with, they are rather dated, even more so than you'd expect for something that was written in 1984. And they also often have only a tenuous connection to the concept that page or paragraph is discussing. To give an example, Jews, evidently, await the coming of the Messiah in small round boxes! ;-)

Louis Jacobs is one of the most distinguished of all scholars of Judaism. In this work he describes Judaism's system of beliefs. This is an exceptionally good work for all those who wish to understand what Judaism truly teaches.