This is my God : : the Jewish way of Life

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Call Number: 296 Wo
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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First pub. in 1959.
Remarkable survival of the Jews: Who are we? -- Prevalence of symbols -- Faith: We cannot study all of it -- Sabbath -- Nature festivals -- High holy days -- Minor holy days -- Prayers, synagogue, and the worshippers -- Symbols of food, clothing, an shelter -- Birth and beginnings: men and women -- Love and marriage: and certain elegant variations -- Death -- Law: Where does authority live? -- Torah -- Talmud -- Jewish common law -- From the Talmud to the present -- Present: What the enlightenment was -- Orthodoxy -- Dissent -- Israel -- Epilogue -- Afterword, 1969, on the Six-Day War -- Postscript, 1987, on Israel at forty.
Offers an explanation of orthodox Judaism for the non-scholar, discussing the survival of the Jews, the faith, the sabbath, festivals, holy days, prayers and the synagogue, symbols, love and marriage, death, and other topics.

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