Jewish Paths Toward Healing and Wholeness
Title | Jewish Paths Toward Healing and Wholeness PDF eBook |
Author | Kerry M. Olitzky |
Publisher | Jewish Lights Publishing |
Pages | 162 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 1580230687 |
Grounded in the spiritual tradition of Judaism, this book provides healing rituals, psalms, and prayers that help readers initiate a dialogue with God to guide them through the complicated path of healing and wholeness.
Facing Illness, Finding God
Title | Facing Illness, Finding God PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph B. Meszler |
Publisher | Jewish Lights Publishing |
Pages | 210 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | BODY, MIND & SPIRIT |
ISBN | 1580234232 |
Find spiritual strength for healing in the wisdom of Jewish tradition. The teachings and wisdom of Jewish tradition can provide comfort and inspiration to help you maintain personal balance and family harmony amid the fear, pain and chaos of illness.
Making a Successful Jewish Interfaith Marriage
Title | Making a Successful Jewish Interfaith Marriage PDF eBook |
Author | Kerry M. Olitzky |
Publisher | Turner Publishing Company |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 2011-08-25 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 158023500X |
Straightforward and nonjudgmental advice for dating couples, partners, husbands and wives, in-laws, counselors and others. Interfaith relationships are commonplace; the challenges that go along with them are not. An interfaith couple will have to confront tough questions, yet it’s often difficult to find answers, especially when traditional sources of help—family, friends, clergy and counselors—are unable or unwilling to understand the problems. From a Jewish perspective, this book guides interfaith couples at any stage of their relationship—from dating and engagement, to the wedding and marriage—and the people who are affected by their relationship in any way, including their families and counselors who work with interfaith couples. While making no judgments or dictating answers, and supporting individual choice, topics covered include: What is an intermarriage? Why do people intermarry? When do you bring up the subject of religion? What is conversion and is it necessary? When do you discuss and decide how children will be raised? ... and much more!
The Jewish Family Fun Book
Title | The Jewish Family Fun Book PDF eBook |
Author | Danielle Dardashti |
Publisher | Jewish Lights Publishing |
Pages | 286 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 1580231713 |
The essential guide to Jewish family life and fun activities at home and on the road! This celebration of Jewish family life is the perfect guide for families wanting to put a new Jewish spin on holidays, holy days, and even the everyday. Full of activities, games, and history, it is sure to inspire parents, children, and extended family to connect with Judaism in fun, creative ways. With over 85 easy-to-do activities to re-invigorate age-old Jewish customs and make them fun for the whole family, this book is more than just kids? stuff. It?s about taking the Jewish family experience to a new educational and entertaining level. The Jewish Family Fun Book details activities for fun at home and away from home, including recipes, meaningful everyday and holiday crafts, travel guides, enriching entertainment?and much, much more! Clearly illustrated and full of easy-to-follow instructions, this lively guide shows us how to take an active approach to exploring Jewish tradition and have fun along the way. Each of The Jewish Family Fun Book?s three sections offer dozens of ideas and easy-to-understand instructions: ? ?Holiday Fun? aims to enrich the appropriate seriousness of Jewish holidays with a healthy dose of fun. How about having a Passover seder in a tent, like Israelites in the desert? Or celebrating the harvest holiday of Shavuot by taking your kids strawberry picking? ? ?Fun at Home? features Jewish activities ranging from relaxing (with a guide to Jewish books, music, movies, and websites) to exhausting (instructions for games and other outdoor fun); from creative (ideas for arts and crafts projects and recipes) to unforgettable (mitzvah and volunteer opportunities). ? ?Fun on the Road? is an easy-to-use travel guide, with suggestions for adding a memorable Jewish component to already built-for-fun family vacations. There?s information on Jewish museums, historical sites, camps, festivals, and kosher restaurants across the U.S.
The Women's Passover Companion
Title | The Women's Passover Companion PDF eBook |
Author | Sharon Cohen Anisfeld |
Publisher | Jewish Lights Publishing |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1580231284 |
A powerful--and empowering--gathering of women's voices transmitting Judaism's Passover legacy to the next generation. The Women's Passover Companion offers an in-depth examination of women's relationships to Passover as well as the roots and meanings of women's seders. This groundbreaking collection captures the voices of Jewish women--rabbis, scholars, activists, political leaders and artists--who engage in a provocative conversation about the themes of the Exodus and exile, oppression and liberation, history and memory, as they relate to contemporary women's lives. Whether seeking new insights into the text and traditions of Passover or learning about women's seders for the first time, both women and men will find this collection an inspiring introduction to the Passover season and an eye-opening exploration of questions central to Jewish women, to Passover and to Judaism itself.
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Basics 2/e
Title | Bar/Bat Mitzvah Basics 2/e PDF eBook |
Author | Helen Leneman |
Publisher | Jewish Lights Publishing |
Pages | 241 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1580231519 |
How to manage the process with grace, joy and good sense. A practical guide that gives parents and teens the "how-to" information they need to navigate the bar/bat mitzvah process and grow as a family through this experience. For the first time in one book, everyone directly involved offers practical insights into how the process can be made easier and more enjoyable for all. Rabbis, cantors and Jewish educators from the Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist movements, parents, and even teens speak from their own experience. - What's it all about? - Preparation for Parent and Child - Tutoring, stress, expectations, enjoyment, planning for children with special needs - Negotiating the ceremony and celebration - Designing a creative service, heightening the spiritual exercise, special issues related to divorced and interfaith families, planning a party that neither breaks the bank nor detracts from the inherent spirituality of the event.
The Self-renewing Congregation
Title | The Self-renewing Congregation PDF eBook |
Author | Isa Aron |
Publisher | Jewish Lights Publishing |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1580231667 |
How can my congregation become more vital? How can we both honor the past and embrace the future? "[The Self-Renewing Congregation] calls for 'renewal'...from within, not without--a renewal that begins with institutional self-reflection, proceeds through a process of self-engagement, and ends with self-generated innovations that can deepen the synagogue congregation as a sacred community. The core of this book offers any congregation seeking this path a compelling and realistic roadmap, a vision, and a process that is rooted in applied research and practical experience." --from the Foreword by Dr. Ron Wolfson, codeveloper, Synagogue 2000; author of Shabbat: The Family Guide to Preparing for and Celebrating the Sabbath Revitalizing and re-imagining the organization of our synagogues takes work! Combining expert advice and experience garnered from congregations throughout North America, The Self-Renewing Congregation shows us how transformative change is possible. A complete resource full of ideas, information, and support, this is a guide for those of us involved in, or interested in, energizing our spiritual communities. Isa Aron, founding director of Hebrew Union College's Experiment in Congregational Education (ECE), offers concrete, practical information on how to bring about change through collaborative leadership, and helps us grow dynamic, successful congregations.