Ari L Goldman

Being Jewish

The Spiritual and Cultural Practice of Judaism Today

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What does it mean to be Jewish in the 21st century? Goldman offers eloquent, thoughtful answers to this and other questions through an absorbing exploration of modern Judaism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon & Schuster
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 327g
• ISBN-13: 9781416536024
• ISBN-10: 1416536027
• Artikelnr.: 22831623

Autorenporträt

ARI L. GOLDMAN, one of the nation's leading religion journalists, was a reporter for The New York Times for twenty years. He left the Times in 1993 to teach journalism at Columbia University, where he has trained a new generation of religion writers. Professor Goldman was educated at Yeshiva University, Columbia, and Harvard. He is the author of the bestselling memoir The Search for God at Harvard and the widely acclaimed Living a Year of Kaddish. Goldman has been a Fulbright Professor in Israel and a Skirball Fellow at Oxford University in England. He lives in New York with his wife and their three children.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
Introduction: Gabriel's Helper
BOOK ONE
The Jewish Life
Introduction
1. Beginnings
2. Coming of Age
3. Wedding
4. Mourning
BOOK TWO
The Jewish Year
Introduction
5. Rosh Hashanah
6. Yom Kippur
7. Sukkot and Simchat Torah
8. Hanukkah
9. Purim
10. Passover
11. Yom HaShoah and Yom Ha'atzmaut
12. Shavuot
13. Fast Days
14. Sabbath
BOOK THREE
The Jewish Day
Introduction
15. Prayer
16. Kosher
17. The Jewish Home
18. Outside the Home
19. Study
Bibliography
Index