Full name: Choosing a Jewish Life: A Handbook for People Converting to Judaism and for Their Family and Friends

Author: Anita Diamant Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Religion, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780805210958 0805210954

Married to a convert herself, Anita Diamant provides advice and information that can transform the act of conversion into an extraordinary journey of self-discovery and spiritual growth. Here you will learn how to choose a rabbi, a synagogue, a denomination, a Hebrew name; how to handle the difficulty of putting aside Christmas; what happens at the mikvah (ritual bath) or at a hatafat dam brit (circumcision ritual for those already circumcised); how to find your footing in a new spiritual family that is not always well prepared to receive you; and how not to lose your bonds to your family of origin. Diamant anticipates all the questions, doubts, and concerns, and provides a comprehensive explanation of the rules and rituals of conversion. Similar books: Living a Jewish Life by Anita Diamant Being Jewish by Ari L. Goldman The Jewish Book of Why by Alfred J. Kolatch Choosing Judaism by Lydia Kukoff Judaism by Norman Solomon Jew vs. Jew by Samuel G. Freedman The Second Jewish Book of Why by Alfred J. Kolatch Jewish Literacy by Joseph Telushkin Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism by Dennis Prager How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household by Blu Greenberg Jewish With Feeling by Zalman Schachter To Be A Jew by Hayim Halevy Donin Jewish Wisdom by Joseph Telushkin The Talmud and the Internet by Jonathan Rosen Jewish Holidays by Michael Strassfeld 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