Dennis Prager, Joseph Telushkin

Nine Questions People Ask about Judaism

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Touchstone Books
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 1986
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 136mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 213g
• ISBN-13: 9780671622619
• ISBN-10: 0671622617
• Artikelnr.: 21253251

Autorenporträt

Dennis Prager, one of America’s most respected thinkers, is a nationally syndicated radio talk show host and syndicated columnist. He has written four books, including the #1 bestseller Happiness Is a Serious Problem. He has lectured on all seven continents and may be contacted through his website, DennisPrager.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Foreword, by Herman Wouk
Preface, by Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin
Question 1. Can One Doubt God's Existence and Still Be a Good Jew?
Question 2. Why Do We Need Organized Religion or Jewish Laws -- Isn't It
Enough to Be a Good Person?
Question 3. If Judaism Is Supposed to Make People Better, How Do You
Account for Unethical Religious Jews and for Ethical People Who Are Not
Religious?
Question 4. How Does Judaism Differ from Christianity, Marxism and
Communism, and Humanism?
Question 5. What Is the Jewish Role in the World?
Question 6. Is There a Difference Between Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism?
Question 7. Why Are So Many Young Jews Alienated from Judaism and the
Jewish People?
Question 8. Why Shouldn't I Intermarry -- Doesn't Judaism Believe in
Universal Brotherhood?
Question 9. How Do I Start Practicing Judaism?
The "Not Yet" Approach
Shabbat Observance
Involvement with Israel
Aid to Soviet Jewry
Lashon Ha-Rah (Gossip When True, Slander When False)
Blessings, Prayers, and TefiIlin
Tzedaka
The Jewish Day School
Learning about Judaism: Recommended Reading
Final Considerations
Appendix
Index