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Spiritual Direction for Jewish Children

Author : Rabbi Leslie Schotz
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781490966588
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (665 download)

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Download or read book Spiritual Direction for Jewish Children written by Rabbi Leslie Schotz and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr Peter Pitzele writes, "In her ground-breaking Spiritual Direction for Jewish Children, Rabbi Leslie Schotz has made an original and inspiring argument for the importance of a multi-faceted approach to spiritual direction of young children within the Jewish community. Her book, with its informed survey of the existing literature, will be of immense value to educators and clergy who are challenged with passing on traditional values to children and families in the 21rst century. What Rabbi Schotz realizes so clearly is the necessity of approaching the children with many different modalities. Implicitly she extends the by-now familiar insight of multiple intelligences to apply to the soul by suggesting that there are multiple pathways to reach the inner life of children. Resisting the pull of purely knowledge-based and rote-driven approaches to education, Rabbi Schotz is willing to experiment with yoga, music, meditation, journaling, and special kinds of children's literature. Moreover, she models the skills of reflective presence and spiritual listening which are the real tools of spiritual direction. Her book traces her progress and that of two enlightened teachers in developing new approaches to spiritual direction for children. These approaches seek to nourish the inner life of the child. While recognizing the need for a certain level of preparation for her students, Rabbi Schotz is willing to go to unusual lengths to cultivate their innate spiritual gifts. She records her attempts and those of her team to read and to reach each child. She tells eloquently of many small interactions in which we see her penetrate the initial deflections of students who are understandably wary and bored with enforced religious education. Bit by bit we see her win their trust and open their eyes and hearts. Above all what Rabbi Schotz shows us is the power of caring curiosity. She is willing to be eclectic and inventive, to adapt and to explore. While her book inventories the many methods she pressed into the service of spiritual direction, its real story is the journey of a committed rabbi to find the heart of learning and longing in her students. Her lively observation of the lives of her students brings home the quality of attention she brings to her task, making it clear that spiritual direction can only be undertaken by a person who is herself spiritually awake. Reading Reading Rabbi Schotz's book, I was reminded of the familiar Chassidic story of the prince who thinks he is a chicken. After many physicians attempt to cure him, the prince is finally restored to sanity only by the sage who is willing to join the prince where he is, pecking about for food under the table. To direct the soul of the child one must first discover the nature of the soul, its place, its needs, its ways of growth. Such an approach demands empathy and a deep faith that each child is already longing for the gentle touch of spiritual direction. Unlike education with its preconceived curricula, spiritual direction requires intimate and patient acts of cultivation. This book will encourage and inform those who wish to find a children where she or he is and to celebrate how each is made "in the image of God." Included is a Spirituality Survey for Jewish Students, a Methodological Bibliography: Resource Material for Teaching Ideas that Require Modification in Application to Hashpa'ah/ Spiritual Direction for Jewish Children and a Spiritual Direction Book List for Jewish Children: Bibliography of Resource Material to Read to Jewish Children in Hashpa'ah / Spiritual Direction.

Jewish Spiritual Parenting

Author : Rabbi Paul Kipnes
Publisher : Jewish Lights Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1580238211
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Jewish Spiritual Parenting written by Rabbi Paul Kipnes and published by Jewish Lights Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spiritually nourishing approaches to help you become more insightful, inspired parents and raise soulfully engaged children. Kipnes and November share their hard-won parenting techniques and spirit-filled activities, rituals and prayers to help you cultivate strong Jewish values and cherished spiritual memories in your own family.

Raising a Spiritual Child

Author : Stephanie Hubert Schneider
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780967916439
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Raising a Spiritual Child written by Stephanie Hubert Schneider and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parents (and grandparents) have the important task of giving their children a spiritual foundation for life. Raising a Spiritual Child: A Jewish Perspective gives parents the tools they need to guide their children along this path to a personal faith. Based on five years of research with hundreds of adults and young people, Dr. Schneider shows parents of preschoolers through teens how to match a child's interests to one of four personal approaches to faith. An easy-to-use questionnaire and numerous examples provide step-by-step guidance to parents, while hundreds of resources give concrete ideas for each age group. Parents get help too -- included are tools to help parents fortify their own spirituality, even as they nurture their children's faith. Book jacket.

Raising Children in the Jewish Way

Author : Daniel Dror Hasidim
Publisher : Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. USA
ISBN 13 : 1618965247
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (189 download)

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Book Synopsis Raising Children in the Jewish Way by : Daniel Dror Hasidim

Download or read book Raising Children in the Jewish Way written by Daniel Dror Hasidim and published by Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. USA. This book was released on 2018-04-18 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book has spiritual journey to day of Jewish families. And its secrets raising children is very wise and successful. The author of this book want to teach us how to raise children like Jewish parents that make them wise, sharp and very successful in life.

For Kids—Putting God on Your Guest List (2nd Edition)

Author : Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1580236863
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (82 download)

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Book Synopsis For Kids—Putting God on Your Guest List (2nd Edition) by : Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin

Download or read book For Kids—Putting God on Your Guest List (2nd Edition) written by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012-10-17 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The kids’ companion to the award-winning Putting God on the Guest List, 3rd Ed.: How to Reclaim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Child’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah Used as an inspiring part of bar/bat mitzvah preparation for parents in hundreds of congregations around the world. Jewish youngsters and their parents need to turn inward at bar and bat mitzvah time and ask themselves these hard questions: “Why are we doing this? What does it all mean?” At last, a guide especially for kids, to help them spiritually prepare for their bar/bat mitzvah. Explains the core spiritual values of Judaism to young people in a language they can understand. Questions at the end of each chapter engage kids and let them offer their own thoughts. A special section helps parents and kids find places to perform acts of tzedakah to honor the event—newly revised and updated.

Nurture the Wow

Author : Danya Ruttenberg
Publisher : Flatiron Books
ISBN 13 : 1250064953
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Nurture the Wow written by Danya Ruttenberg and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deeply affecting, funny, insightful meditation that challenges readers to find the spiritual meaning of parenting. Every day, parents are bombarded by demands. The pressures of work and life are relentless; our children’s needs are often impossible to meet; and we rarely, if ever, allow ourselves the time and attention necessary to satisfy our own inner longings. Parenthood is difficult, demanding, and draining. And yet, argues Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, if we can approach it from a different mindset, perhaps the work of parenting itself can offer the solace we seek. Rooted in Judaism but incorporating a wide-range of religious and literary traditions, Nurture the Wow asks, Can ancient ideas about relationships, drudgery, pain, devotion, and purpose help make the hard parts of a parent’s job easier and the magical stuff even more so? Ruttenberg shows how parenting can be considered a spiritual practice—and how seeing it that way can lead to transformation. This is a parenthood book, not a parenting book; it shows how the experiences we have as parents can change us for the better. Enlightening, uplifting, and laugh-out-loud funny, Nurture the Wow reveals how parenthood—in all its crazy-making, rage-inducing, awe and joy-filled moments—can actually be the path to living fully, authentically, and soulfully.

Putting God on the Guest List, Third Edition

Author : Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1580235573
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (82 download)

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Book Synopsis Putting God on the Guest List, Third Edition by : Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin

Download or read book Putting God on the Guest List, Third Edition written by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011-12-06 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PMA Best Religion Book of the Year! The inspiring guide to spiritual celebration used in hundreds of congregations—Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist—revised and expanded! "Parents and their children acutely feel the social pressures that surround bar and bat mitzvah. But they want to feel the spiritual promise of the event, the pull of the divine, and the knowledge that they are participating in an event that has meaning both in the ancient past and in the very immediate present. They want to know that the steep incline before them is their family's own version of Sinai, the summit where, in every generation, Jews meet God, individually and as a people. They want to know that bar and bat mitzvah can be a path to that summit. And they want to know how to get there. . . . This book can be their guide." —from "Why This Book Was Born" Helps people find core spiritual values in American Jewry's most misunderstood ceremony—bar and bat mitzvah. In a joining of explanation, instruction and inspiration, Rabbi Salkin helps both parent and child truly be there when the moment of Sinai is recreated in their lives. Rabbi Salkin asks and answers questions that make parents and children more comfortable with the event and able to experience it more joyfully. How did bar and bat mitzvah originate? What is the lasting significance of the event? What are the ethics of celebration? What specific things can you do to reclaim the spiritual meaning of the event? How to further develop spirituality? What spiritual values can parents and young people build together? To help guide friends and family who are not Jewish through this important Jewish life cycle event, Rabbi Salkin provides a brief, welcoming overview: "What Non-Jews Should Know About the Bar and Bat Mitzvah Service."

God's To-Do List

Author : Dr. Ron Wolfson
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1580234720
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book God's To-Do List written by Dr. Ron Wolfson and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011-06-11 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You Are God’s Partner Put on This Earth to Do God’s Work “What on earth are you here for? To do the tasks that God has for you.... You can call someone who is lonely. You can visit a friend who is sick. You can read a book to a child. You can comfort a mourner. You can volunteer your time. You can make a difference. You can give of your self—a self that is infused with godliness.” —from the Introduction All human beings are made in the image of God. But for what purpose were you made? The biblical answer is clear: you are to imitate God in order to bring God’s presence into your life and the lives of others. This practical guidebook to repairing the world—often in simple everyday ways—details the biblical accounts of what God does, not what God says: God creates, blesses, rests, calls, comforts, cares, repairs, wrestles, gives and forgives. For each of God’s actions, this provocative resource suggests what might be on God’s to-do list for you, the many ways you can make small and great differences in the lives of others and find the ultimate source of meaning for your own. An inspiring gift to uplift your spirit and share with others, whatever your faith, you can do God’s To-Do List.

Becoming a Jewish Parent

Author : Daniel Gordis
Publisher : Harmony
ISBN 13 : 9780609604083
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Becoming a Jewish Parent written by Daniel Gordis and published by Harmony. This book was released on 1999 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raising Jewish children in today's secular culture poses unique and serious challenges. How do parents pass on a positive, vital sense of identity, religion, and heritage without turning their kids off or overwhelming them? How do you explain what it means to be Jewish if you are ambivalent about it yourself? And perhaps most important, how do parents who have had little or no formal religious training themselves pass on rich, multilayered traditions that may have been missing from their own childhood experiences? In Becoming a Jewish Parent: How to Explore Spirituality and Tradition with Your Children, Daniel Gordis has written an invaluable guide for parents who are interested in introducing Judaism into their homes so that their children can grow up loving, understanding, and cherishing their heritage. Filled with delightful and inspiring anecdotes, thoughtful information about the history, holidays, and traditions that shape Judaism, as well as a useful glossary and incredibly thorough reference section, this book is a vital resource that you will want to refer to again and again. Becoming a Jewish Parent tackles major issues in contemporary life and offers thoughtful approaches and insights to dealing with such complicated subjects as using ritual to make space for feeling, talking about God when we have doubts, incorporating girls into what has been primarily a male tradition, and becoming part of a community that supports your ideals. Becoming a Jewish Parent is the book to turn to at every phase of a family's spiritual quest. If being a good parent means having a subtle, sophisticated, and appropriate sense of what is "honest" when it comes to love, sex, police, thegovernment, or other complicated issues, the same is clearly true with God. We could, when our children ask about God, tell them about all the things we're not sure about, all the reasons we could come up with to doubt that God is "out there."

The Spirituality of Welcoming

Author : Ron Wolfson
Publisher : Jewish Lights Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1580232442
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book The Spirituality of Welcoming written by Ron Wolfson and published by Jewish Lights Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synagogues should be effective and relevant centers of Jewish life but too often the focus is on programs not people, on revenue not relationships. The end result is frequently a corporate atmosphere where membership lacks commitment, core leadership and spiritual fulfillment. In this empowering, practical guide, Dr. Ron Wolfson shows you how to transform your synagogue congregation into a sacred community by focusing on strategies for successful change. Using a case-study format for creating an inviting spiritual center, Wolfson defines the welcoming congregation and the fundamental materials that are involved in building one. He addresses the services a welcoming congregation should provide, the themes the congregation should focus on, and the standards that a vital spiritual community should uphold. Tapping into his experiences as co-developer of Synagogue 2000, the transdenominational project designed to envision and implement the ideal synagogue of the spirit for the twenty-first century, Wolfson also provides essential problem-solving tools that you can use to alleviate roadblocks along the way.

The Book of Miracles

Author : Lawrence Kushner
Publisher : Urj Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807403235
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Miracles written by Lawrence Kushner and published by Urj Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays presenting the elements of Jewish spiritual thinking.

A Parent's Guilt-free Guide to Raising Jewish Kids

Author : Steven Carr Reuben
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1401048587
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (1 download)

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Book Synopsis A Parent's Guilt-free Guide to Raising Jewish Kids by : Steven Carr Reuben

Download or read book A Parent's Guilt-free Guide to Raising Jewish Kids written by Steven Carr Reuben and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2002 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reveals the three key rules for raising Jewishly ethical children, and the three holidays that can help you teach them the most important values of Judaism. Designed for Jews and non-Jews alike, it is a non-judgmental guide to being a partner in transmitting Jewish culture, tradition, and identity to your children in an authentic and accessible way. Throughout this book you will find suggestions for creating a warm, personal Jewish lifestyle that can add to the richness and quality of your child-rearing experiences. It is a practical guide to raising children with a positive Jewish self-image.

For Kids--Putting God on Your Guest List

Author : Jeffrey K. Salkin
Publisher : Jewish Lights Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1580233082
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (82 download)

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Book Synopsis For Kids--Putting God on Your Guest List by : Jeffrey K. Salkin

Download or read book For Kids--Putting God on Your Guest List written by Jeffrey K. Salkin and published by Jewish Lights Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The kids' companion to the award-winning Putting God on the Guest List, 3rd Ed.: How to Reclaim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Child's Bar or Bat Mitzvah Used as an inspiring part of bar/bat mitzvah preparation for parents in hundreds of congregations around the world. Jewish youngsters and their parents need to turn inward at bar and bat mitzvah time and ask themselves these hard questions: "Why are we doing this? What does it all mean?" At last, a guide especially for kids, to help them spiritually prepare for their bar/bat mitzvah. Explains the core spiritual values of Judaism to young people in a language they can understand. Questions at the end of each chapter engage kids and let them offer their own thoughts. A special section helps parents and kids find places to perform acts of tzedakah to honor the event--newly revised and updated.

If I'm Jewish and You're Christian, what are the Kids?

Author : Andrea King
Publisher : Behrman House Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book If I'm Jewish and You're Christian, what are the Kids? written by Andrea King and published by Behrman House Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracks the development of two composite families through the lifecycle process and compares how the manage challenges.

The Spirituality of Welcoming

Author : Dr. Ron Wolfson
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1580234712
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book The Spirituality of Welcoming written by Dr. Ron Wolfson and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011-06-22 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide for envisioning—and transforming—your synagogue into a powerful new congregation of welcoming, learning and healing. "The new synagogue we envision is a spiritual center for all those who set foot inside it. It is a kehillah kedoshah, a sacred community, where relationships are paramount, where worship is engaging, where everyone is learning, where repair of the world is a moral imperative, where healing is offered, where personal and institutional transformation are embraced. The times are ripe for this spiritual call." —from the Introduction So often we want our congregations to be more—more compelling, more member-focused, more spiritual and yet more useful for our daily lives. Through reflection, examples, tips and exercises—and incorporating the fruits of Synagogue 2000 (now Synagogue 3000), a groundbreaking decade-long program investigating the challenges facing modern synagogues—this inspiring handbook both establishes a sound foundation for why a deep hospitality is crucial for the survival of today's spiritual communities, and dives into the practical hands-on how of turning your congregation into a place of invitation and openness that includes: Prayer that is engaging, uplifting and spiritually moving • Institutional deepening that is possible because of an openness to change • Study that engages adults and families, as well as children • Good deeds—the work of social justice—as a commitment of each and every member • An ambience of welcome that creates a culture of warmth and outreach • Healing that offers comfort and support at times of illness and loss • ... and much more.

Judaism for Two

Author : Nancy Fuchs
Publisher : Jewish Lights Publishing
ISBN 13 : 158023254X
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Judaism for Two written by Nancy Fuchs and published by Jewish Lights Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspiring and practical guide to your life as a couple in the context of the Jewish holidays. Creative exercises and guided discussions help you connect to tradition, community and each other and find opportunities for spiritual and relational growth.

Jewish Spiritual Direction

Author : Rabbi Howard A. Addison
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1580235255
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Jewish Spiritual Direction written by Rabbi Howard A. Addison and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011-10-06 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive resource for spiritual direction in the Jewish tradition— a vital resource for people involved in spiritual leadership. The essential reference for people who are called to help others listen for God’s voice—not only through prayer and sacred texts, but also through dance, art and interactions with other people—this groundbreaking volume draws on both Jewish tradition and the classical foundations of spiritual direction to provide invaluable guidance. Offering insight into all aspects of spiritual direction, including theology, practice, companionship, group work and embodied spirituality, the contributors to this guide are innovators in their fields and represent all four contemporary Jewish movements. Topics explored include: Jewish Theologies and Jewish Spiritual Direction • The Vocabulary of Jewish Spiritual Direction • Spiritual Direction as a Contemplative Practice • Contemplation and Social Action • Cultivating a Hearing Heart • Spiritual Types • Community for Spiritual Direction • Spiritual Direction and the Cycle of Holy Time • Spiritual Companionship and the Passages of Life • Jewish Spiritual Direction and the Sacred Body • Integrating Spiritual Direction and Visual Creativity • and many more ... An exciting and practical addition to an emerging field, this is the definitive guide for all who accompany Jewish seekers on their spiritual journeys.