To Be a Jew

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2019-08-13

Type: BOOK

The inimitable, classic guide to the ageless heritage of Judaism, from Rabbi Hayim H. Donin, an incomparable teacher and interpreter of Jewish laws and practice.

How I Stopped Being a Jew

Publisher: Verso Books

Published: 2014-10-07

Type: BOOK

How I Stopped Being a Jew discusses the negative effects of the Israeli exploitation of the “chosen people” myth and its “holocaust industry.” Sand criticizes the fact that, in the current context, what “Jewish” means is, above ...

What Is A Jew?

Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing

Published: 2016-08-09

Type: BOOK

It is in this way—and only in this way that anyone can give a meaningful answer to the question, ‘What is a Jew?’”—Rabbi Morris N. Kertzer

How to be a Jew

Publisher: Jason Aronson

Published: 1992

Type: BOOK

Chapters include "how to believe in God, " "how to deal with the ego, " "how to die, " "how to behave sexually, " and "how to parent."

Becoming a Jew

Publisher: Jonathan David Pub

Published: 1991

Type: BOOK

Describes the odyssey of the convert to the Jewish faith, introducing the laws and traditions of Judaism, its life cycle events and holidays, and its ideals and values

On Being a Jew

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Published: 1998-05-15

Type: BOOK

Composed as a meandering dialogue between a wily Syrian-Jewish banker and an American graduate student of literature, this engaging book explains all the basic beliefs and practices of Judaism—Jewish teachings on intermarriage and ...

To Pray as a Jew

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2019-08-13

Type: BOOK

From the simplest details of how to comport oneself on entering a synagogue to the most profound and moving comments on the prayers themselves, Rabbi Hayim Halevy Donin guides readers of To Pray as a Jew through the entire prescribed course ...

To Be a Jew

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 1991

Type: BOOK

This indispensable volume has long been acknowledged as the classic guide to the traditional Jewish laws and customs as they apply to daily life in the contemporary world.

The Big Jewish Book for Jews

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010-07-27

Type: BOOK

It's enough to make you meshugeneh. Today's Jews need to relearn the old ways so that cultural identity means something other than laughing knowingly at Curb Your Enthusiasm- and The Big Jewish Book for Jews is here to help.