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Ask the Rabbi: The Who, What, When, Where, Why, & How of Being Jewish
ISBN: 978-0-7879-6784-0
Hardcover
272 pages
October 2003, Jossey-Bass
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Foreword by Dr. Jonathan Woocher.

Introduction.

Chapter 1. God.

Theology.

Experiencing God.

Chapter 2. Prayer.

Reasons to Pray.

Worship Services.

Communal Versus Private Prayer.

Enhancing the Prayer Services.

Blessings.

Prayer Movements.

Ten Commandments.

Prayer Responses.

Chapter 3. Bible.

Authorship.

Famous Bible People.

Biblical Miracles.

Biblical Disappearances.

Chapter 4. Jewish Holidays.

Time and the Calendar.

Shabbat.

Fast Days.

High Holy Days.

Sukkot.

Hanukkah.

Purim.

Passover.

The Seder.

Chapter 5. Circumcision.

Chapter 6. Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah.

Chapter 7. Marriage.

Chapter 8. Keeping Kosher.

Chapter 9. Women's Issues.

Chapter 10. Sex.

Chapter 11. Death and Dying.

Chapter 12. Medical Ethics.

Chapter 13. Jewish Belief.

Chapter 14. Hasidim.

Chapter 15. Jewish Denominations.

Reform Jews.

Conseervative Jews.

Orthodox Jews.

Reconstructionist Jews.

Chapter 16. Rabbis and Cantors.

Chapter 17. Origins.

Chapter 18. Black Jews.

Chapter 19. Jewish Professions.

Chapter 20. What Others Think of the Jews.

Chapter 21. Jews and Christians.

Chapter 22. Jews and Ritual.

Chapter 23. Israel.

Chapter 24. Ritual Garments.

Chapter 25. Holy Objects.

Chapter 26. Anti-Semitic Documents and Statements.

Chapter 27. Sephardic and Ashkenazic Jews.

Chapter 28. Language.

Chapter 29. Jews and Cults.

Chapter 30. Kabbalah.

Chapter 31. Classic Jewish Books.

Chapter 32. Jeish Renewal.

Resources.

The Author.

Index.

 

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