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Author | : Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben |
Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2019-03-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1796018945 |
Becoming Jewish is an engaging, accessible, all-inclusive step-by-step guide to converting to Judaism that introduces readers to finding life's meaning through the evolving religious civilization that is Judaism. Written with humor and heart, readers learn the ins and outs of becoming Jewish and discover the wonder that is the language, literature, history, rituals, food, music, and culture of contemporary Jewish life.
Author | : Levy Daniella |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016-03-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9789659254002 |
This book is a collection of letters from a religious Jew in Israel to a Christian friend in Barcelona on life as an Orthodox Jew. Equal parts lighthearted and insightful, it's a thorough and entertaining introduction to the basic concepts of Judaism.
Author | : Eve Harris |
Publisher | : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2014-04-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0802192661 |
A “stunning” portrait of life and love inside an insular Jewish community that “reads like an Orthodox Pride and Prejudice . . . Rewardingly delightful” (Bust). London, 2008. Nineteen-year-old Chani Kaufman is betrothed to Baruch Levy, a young man she’s seen only four times before their wedding day. All the cups of cold coffee and small talk with suitors have led up to this moment. But the happiness Chani and Baruch feel is outweighed by their anxiety about the realities of married life; about whether they will be able to have fewer children than Chani’s mother, who has eight daughters; and about the frightening, unspeakable secrets of the wedding night. Through the story of Chani and Baruch’s unusual courtship, we meet a very different couple: Rabbi Chaim Zilberman and his wife, Rebbetzin Rivka Zilberman. As Chani and Baruch prepare to share a lifetime, Chaim and Rivka struggle to keep their marriage alive—and all four, together with the rest of the community, face difficult decisions about the place of faith and family in the contemporary world. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and selected as an Amazon Best Book of the Month, The Marrying of Chani Kaufman is a “deeply melodic and exciting” story that “will resonate with readers from all backgrounds” and “linger after the last page” (Publishers Weekly).
Author | : Marc Angel |
Publisher | : KTAV Publishing House, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780881258905 |
"This book challenges readers to consider the issues relating to halakhic conversion, and to rethink historic attitudes and policies concerning conversion. Whereas for many centuries conversion to Judaism was relatively rare, in modern times it is a significant phenomenon. This book will enable readers to better understand the phenomenon and to appreciate the need for halakhic conversions."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Brenda Forster |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Michal Kravel-Tovi |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 339 |
Release | : 2017-09-05 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0231544812 |
Religious conversion is often associated with ideals of religious sincerity. But in a society in which religious belonging is entangled with ethnonational citizenship and confers political privilege, a convert might well have multilayered motives. Over the last two decades, mass non-Jewish immigration to Israel, especially from the former Soviet Union, has sparked heated debates over the Jewish state’s conversion policy and intensified suspicion of converts’ sincerity. When the State Winks carefully traces the performance of state-endorsed Orthodox conversion to highlight the collaborative labor that goes into the making of the Israeli state and its Jewish citizens. In a rich ethnographic narrative based on fieldwork in conversion schools, rabbinic courts, and ritual bathhouses, Michal Kravel-Tovi follows conversion candidates—mostly secular young women from a former Soviet background—and state conversion agents, mostly religious Zionists caught between the contradictory demands of their nationalist and religious commitments. She complicates the popular perception that conversion is a “wink-wink” relationship in which both sides agree to treat the converts’ pretenses of observance as real. Instead, she demonstrates how their interdependent performances blur any clear boundary between sincere and empty conversions. Alongside detailed ethnography, When the State Winks develops new ways to think about the complex connection between religious conversion and the nation-state. Kravel-Tovi emphasizes how state power and morality is managed through “winking”—the subtle exchanges and performances that animate everyday institutional encounters between state and citizen. In a country marked by tension between official religiosity and a predominantly secular Jewish population, winking permits the state to save its Jewish face.
Author | : Anita Diamant |
Publisher | : Schocken |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : |
As many as five thousand people convert to Judaism each year. Unfortunately, very few resources exist for converts or for their families and communities who will receive them. "Choosing a Jewish Life" provides advice and information that can transform the act of conversion into an extraordinary journey of self-discovery and of spiritual and intellectual growth.
Author | : Walter Rothschild |
Publisher | : Jvab |
Total Pages | : 564 |
Release | : 2016-04-05 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781910752180 |
How to become Jewish and how to practise Judaism every day, written from a European Progressive Jewish perspective. Written with love to Judaism and British Humour."
Author | : Josh Barkin |
Publisher | : Torah Aura Productions |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : God (Judaism) |
ISBN | : 1934527084 |
Rabbinical students, young Jewish teachers and other young Jews give their personal answers to difficult questions about God.
Author | : Rabbi Aryeh Moshen |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0557628962 |
The Gerus Guide is the only book on the market that provides a step-by-step guide to Orthodox Jewish conversion. Drawing from over 25 years of experience counseling hundreds of candidates through the process, Rabbi Aryeh Moshen lays out a roadmap that's been proven successful time and again. Here, you'll find a comprehensive guide to keeping Kosher and observing the Sabbath, finding your community, Jewish prayer, and everything you need to live as an Orthodox Jew on a daily basis.