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Book Synopsis The Biblical and Historical Background of Jewish Customs and Ceremonies by : Abraham P. Bloch
Download or read book The Biblical and Historical Background of Jewish Customs and Ceremonies written by Abraham P. Bloch and published by KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. This book was released on 1980 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each custom is examined both in its original form and through the various phases of its evolution in order to demonstrate its purpose and function in Jewish life: In many cases, it is revealed, the popular folkloristic under-standing of a custom is an erroneous later accretion. Always, though, it is shown how Jewish customs and practices are crucial elements of a lively and living religious consciousness.
Book Synopsis Jewish Customs and Ceremonies by : Ben M. Edidin
Download or read book Jewish Customs and Ceremonies written by Ben M. Edidin and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Jewish Life Cycle by : Ivan G. Marcus
Download or read book The Jewish Life Cycle written by Ivan G. Marcus and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this original and sweeping review of Jewish culture and history, Ivan Marcus examines how and why various rites and customs celebrating stages in the life cycle have evolved through the ages and persisted to this day. For each phase of life--from childhood and adolescence to adulthood and the advanced years—the book traces the origin and development of specific rites associated with the events of birth, circumcision, and schooling; bar and bat mitzvah and confirmation; engagement, betrothal, and marriage; and aging, dying, and remembering. Customs in Jewish tradition, such as the presence of godparents at a circumcision, the use of a four-poled canopy at a wedding, and the placing of small stones on tombstones, are discussed. In each chapter, detailed descriptions walk the reader through such ceremonies as early modern and contemporary circumcision, weddings, and funerals. In a comparative framework, Marcus illustrates how Jewish culture has negotiated with the majority cultures of the ancient Near East, Greco-Roman antiquity, medieval European Christianity, and Mediterranean Islam, as well as with modern secular and religious movements and social trends, to renew itself through ritual innovation. In his extensive research on the Jewish life cycle, Marcus draws from documents on various customs and ritual practices, offering reassessments of original sources and scholarly literature. Marcus’s survey is the first comprehensive study of the rites of the Jewish life cycle since Hayyim Schauss's The Lifetime of the Jew was published in 1950, written for Jewish readers. Marcus’s book addresses a broader audience and is designed to appeal to scholars and interested readers.
Book Synopsis Jewish Traditions by : Ronald L. Eisenberg
Download or read book Jewish Traditions written by Ronald L. Eisenberg and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-06-22 with total page 713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thanks to these generous donors for making the publication of this book possible: Miles z"l and Chris Lerman; David Lerman and Shelley Wallock The bestselling guide to understanding Jewish traditions, now in paperback This is a comprehensive and authoritative resource with ready answers to questions about almost all aspects of Jewish life and practice: life-cycle events, holidays, ritual and prayer, Jewish traditions and customs, and more. Ronald Eisenberg has distilled an immense amount of material from classic and contemporary sources into a single volume, which provides thousands of insights into the origins, history, and current interpretations of a wealth of Jewish traditions and customs. Divided into four sections--Synagogue and Prayers, Sabbaths and Festivals, Life-Cycle Events, and Miscellaneous (a large section that includes such diverse topics as Jewish literature, food, and plants and animals)--this is an encyclopedic reference for anyone who wants easily accessible, accurate information about all things Jewish. Eisenberg writes for a wide, diversified audience, and is respectful of the range of practices and beliefs within today's American Jewish community--from Orthodox to liberal.
Download or read book Tradition! written by Vicki L. Weber and published by Behrman House, Inc. This book was released on 2000 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Why does a Jewish groom break a glass at the conclusion of the wedding ceremony? Why do Jews eat only unleavened food during the eight days of Passover? What defines "kosher?" What are the rituals pertaining to the death of a loved one? The answers to these and many other questions surrounding Jewish traditions are presented in this elegant book, Tradition! Celebration and Ritual in Jewish Life"--
Book Synopsis Miriam's Well by : Penina Villenchik Adelman
Download or read book Miriam's Well written by Penina Villenchik Adelman and published by Holmes & Meier Publishers. This book was released on 1990 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a year-long guide to women's groups celebration of Rosh hodesh, including new and traditional ritual, song, prayer, meditation, and Midrash for each month
Book Synopsis Essential Judaism: Updated Edition by : George Robinson
Download or read book Essential Judaism: Updated Edition written by George Robinson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning journalist tells you everything you need to know about being Jewish in this user-friendly guide that explains not only what Jews do and believe, but why.
Book Synopsis ---And You Shall Tell Your Son by : Sándor Scheiber
Download or read book ---And You Shall Tell Your Son written by Sándor Scheiber and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Several Nations of the Known World: The ceremonies of the Jews, &c by :
Download or read book The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Several Nations of the Known World: The ceremonies of the Jews, &c written by and published by . This book was released on 1731 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis This Jewish Life by : Debra B. Darvick
Download or read book This Jewish Life written by Debra B. Darvick and published by . This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "This Jewish Life: Stories of Discover, Connection, and Joy," fifty-five voices enable readers to experience a calendar's worth of Judaism's strengths-community, healing, transformation of the human spirit and the influence of the Divine. Within these pages are stories of joyous engagement and poignant loss. Readers will meet a teen who followed the path of Judaism after a chance encounter and men and women who turned to Judaism in their struggles with drug addiction and spousal abuse. Structured to mirror a complete year of Jewish life cycle events and holidays, this unique book showcases a bar mitzvah service in rural Illinois, a commitment ceremony in a California metropolis, a Soviet family's first Passover Seder, and much more. These stories will carry readers, Jew and non-Jew alike, through twelve months of Jewish Living
Book Synopsis Rituals of Childhood by : Ivan G. Marcus
Download or read book Rituals of Childhood written by Ivan G. Marcus and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In medieval times, when a Jewish boy of five began religious schooling, he was carried from home to a teacher and placed on the teacher's lap. He was then asked to recite the Hebrew alphabet and lick honey from the slate on which it was written, to eat magically inscribed cooked peeled eggs and cakes, to recite an incantation against a demon of forgetfulness, and then to go down to the riverbank with the teacher, where he was told that his future study of the Torah, like the rushing river, would never end. This book--Ivan Marcus's erudite and novel interpretation of this rite of passage--presents a new anthropological historical approach to Jewish culture and acculturation in medieval Christian Europe. Marcus traces ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman elements in the rite and then analyzes it from different perspectives, making use of narrative, legal, poetic, ethnographic, and pictorial sources, as well as firsthand accounts. He then describes contemporary medieval Christian images and initiation rites--including the eucharist and the Madonna and child--as contexts within which to understand the ceremony. He is the first to investigate how medieval Jews were aware of, drew upon, and polemically transformed Christian religious symbols into Jewish counterimages in order to affirm the truth of Judaism and to make sense of living as Jews in an intensely Christian culture.
Book Synopsis The Jews: Their Customs And Ceremonies: With A Full Account Of All Their Religious Observances, From The Cradle To The Grave: Al by : E. M. Myers
Download or read book The Jews: Their Customs And Ceremonies: With A Full Account Of All Their Religious Observances, From The Cradle To The Grave: Al written by E. M. Myers and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive guide to Jewish customs and ceremonies offers a detailed exploration of the many rituals and observances that mark the Jewish life cycle. From birth and childhood to marriage and death, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Jewish history and culture. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis Jewish Family Celebrations by : Arlene Cardozo
Download or read book Jewish Family Celebrations written by Arlene Cardozo and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1985-02-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author describes her own family's customs and surveys the foods, songs, blessings, and other traditional ways of observing at home the Jewish holidays throughout the year.
Book Synopsis Living a Jewish Life, Updated and Revised Edition by : Anita Diamant
Download or read book Living a Jewish Life, Updated and Revised Edition written by Anita Diamant and published by William Morrow Paperbacks. This book was released on 2007-02-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living a Jewish Life describes Judaism as not just a contemplative or abstract system of thought but as a blueprint for living fully and honorably. This new edition builds on the classic guide, which has been a favorite among Jewish educators and students for years. Enriched with additional resources, including online resources, this updated guide also references recent changes in the modern Jewish community, and has served as a resource and guide for non–Jews as well as Jews. Addressing the choices posed by the modern world, Living a Jewish Life explains the traditions and beliefs of Judaism in the context of real life. It explores the spectrum of liberal Jewish thought, from Conservative to Reconstructionist to Reform, as well as unaffiliated, new age, and secular. Celebrating the diversity of Jewish beliefs, this guide provides information in ways that readers can choose how to incorporate Judaism into their lives. Readers will learn how to choose the right synagogue, and discover the meaning and significance of lighting Sabbath candles. "Shabbat," "Torah," "kosher," "mitzvah" and other key words are all defined in all of their complex and potent meanings. On the most basic level, this book explains the essential Jewish vocabulary, but more importantly, LIVING A JEWISH LIFE is a sensitive and comprehensive introduction that reveals the timeless nature of Jewish tradition, rich with history and relevant in the modern world.
Book Synopsis Revisioning Ritual by : Simon J. Bronner
Download or read book Revisioning Ritual written by Simon J. Bronner and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating analysis of how the study of ritual is critical to illuminating what is Jewish about Jewishness.
Book Synopsis Understanding Jewish Holidays and Customs by : Sol Scharfstein
Download or read book Understanding Jewish Holidays and Customs written by Sol Scharfstein and published by KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. LGBT Studies. "A work of rich clear sensual language, of 'thermal tremble and juice,' these poems and photos pull the weaver's threads together, bring focus to 'wherein we can be a root to the sea.' Sinewy lines are constantly 'quoting my biology back to me as vow' and display a 'multi-creative musculature' we desperately need and desire. j/j is the real deal, reclaiming a space for engendered anarchy, opening Pandora's secret treasure trove, playing with fire, sound and love"—Anne Waldman.
Book Synopsis Beyond Breaking the Glass by : Rabbi Nancy H. Wiener, D.Min.
Download or read book Beyond Breaking the Glass written by Rabbi Nancy H. Wiener, D.Min. and published by CCAR Press. This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the book for all of today’s couples. Explores the rich history of Jewish wedding customs and rituals throughout the centuries while providing contemporary interpretations and creative options. Published by CCAR Press, a division of the Central Conference of American Rabbis
