Full name: Living a Jewish Life: Jewish Traditions, Customs and Values for Today's Families

Authors: Anita Diamant, Howard Cooper Year: 1991 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Religion, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780061173646 0061173649

Jewish tradition is a gift and a challenge. "Living a Jewish Life" is your guide to the cultural and spiritual treasures of Judaism, explained in ways that address the choices posed by modern life. From hanging a mezuzah to celebrating a wedding, from lighting Sabbath candles to choosing a synagogue that's right for you and your family, you will find " why-to's" and " how-to's" in these pages, which are tuned to both the realities of the modern world and the timeless, grounding rhythms of Jewish tradition. Spanning the spectrum of liberal Jewish thought " Conservative, Reconstructionist and Reform, unaffiliated, new age and secular" this book provides a sensitive and practical introduction to making Judaism a meaningful part of your life. Filled with anecdotes, lore, memorable quotations, history, prayers and ceremonies, "Living a Jewish Life" celebrates the diversity, joy and fulfillment of Jewish life today. This book is filled with your Jewish choices. Similar books: The Second Jewish Book of Why by Alfred J. Kolatch Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism by Dennis Prager How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household by Blu Greenberg The Jewish Book of Why by Alfred J. Kolatch Being Jewish by Ari L. Goldman Choosing a Jewish Life by Anita Diamant Jew vs. Jew by Samuel G. Freedman Jewish With Feeling by Zalman Schachter To Be A Jew by Hayim Halevy Donin Jewish Literacy by Joseph Telushkin Jewish Wisdom by Joseph Telushkin Judaism by Norman Solomon Living Judaism by Wayne D. Dosick Jewish Holidays by Michael Strassfeld Defenders of the Faith by Samuel Heilman Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis The Circle Maker by Mark Batterson Jesus Today by Sarah Young Four Blood Moons by John Hagee Jesus Always by Sarah Young