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"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...
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By explaining the Jewish life cycle, the Jewish year, and the Jewish day, the author attempts to explain what Judaism is today and what it means to be a Jew in the twenty-first century.
Increasing numbers of Jews are returning to their religious roots in a search for meaning, eager to explore a heritage that is deeply embedded in history and at the same time rapidly changing. But what is Judaism today? And what does it mean--culturally, spiritually,...
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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...
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A detailed and comprehensive guide to conservative Jewish practice, including laws of kashrut, observance of the Sabbath and holidays, life events. presents full.
Discussions, from the Jewish point of view, of current issues . includes the decisions of the law Committee of the rabbinical Assembly on driving.
On the Sabbath, calling women to the Torah, and counting them in the minyan.
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