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A review of all the important facts about each Jewish holiday.

Circling the Jewish calendar from Rosh Hashanah to Tisha B'Av, this lively, accessible guide includes rituals, recipes, songs, prayers, and suggestions for new approaches to holiday observance.--pub.

Craft projects with a wide range of information, Easy-To-Follow Insructions and illustrations, for the holidays and Shabbat. op (avail from author).

"Fifteen years ago while researching Jewish imagery, book designer Scott-Martin Kosofsky happened upon a 1645 edition of the Minhogimbukh - the "Customs Book"--A beautifully designed and illustrated guide to the Jewish year written in Yiddish, the people's vernacular." "There are no works quite like the historical customs books available today - none so thorough and concise, intuitive in organization, and beautiful. Inspired by the originals, Kosofsky...

For each of the 366 days of the year, including February 29, offers essays exploring significant moments in world history through their anniversaries and holidays.

A day-by-day chronicle of significant events and people in American history that presents essays for each day of the calendar year, including February 29, on important anniversaries and birthdays.

In Digging the Days of the Dead, Juanita Garciagodoy depicts various aspects of the celebration - including Prehispanic and Spanish Catholic traces on its development as well as folk and popular culture versions - and describes its changing place in contemporary Mexico. Garciagodoy examines in detail differences in attitudes toward death in Mexico and the United States. In part because the living do not exclude the dead from their family circle, celebrants...

American or Middle Eastern, Ashkenazi or Sephardi, insular or immersed in modern life--however diverse their situations or circumstances, Jews draw on common traditions and texts when they mark life's momentous events and rites of passage. The interplay of past and present, of individual practice and collective identity, emerges as a central fact of contemporary Jewish experience in Harvey E. Goldberg's multifaceted account of how Jews celebrate and...

The New Testament is filled with stories of Jesus eating with people -- from extravagant wedding banquets to simple meals of loaves and fishes. The Food and Feasts of Jesus offers a new perspective on life in biblical times by taking readers inside these meals. Food production and distribution impacted all aspects of ancient life, including the teachings of Jesus. From elaborate holiday feasts to a simple farmer's lunch, the book explores the significance...