Living Jewish Life Cycles
How to Create Meaningful Jewish Rites of Passage at Every Stage in Life
$54.12
- Paperback
312 pages
- Release Date
12 February 2009
Summary
In this fresh and delightful guide, Goldie Milgram, well-known pioneer in Jewish educationa and innovation, guides you on a quest to rediscover the spiritual meaning in Judaism’s major life-cycle moments. Solidly grounded in a context of religious pluralism with careful attention paid to both tradition and cutting edge developments across the full spectrum of Jewish life, the book examines: - how holiness happens at a Jewish wedding - the many ways to welcome a new Jewish baby - new and traditional approaches to transforming a child into a capable young adult - beautiful rites and ceremonies to celebrate mid-life matters - cultural and spiritual ways to acknowledge and honour Jewish death and mourning This book will inspire and challenge those new to Judaism, those deeply engaged and those returning with curiosity and hope after a long absence.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781580233354 |
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| ISBN-10: | 158023335X |
| Author: | Goldie Milgram |
| Publisher: | Jewish Lights Publishing |
| Imprint: | Jewish Lights Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 312 |
| Release Date: | 12 February 2009 |
| Weight: | 499g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 152mm x 230mm |
Goldie Milgram
Rabbi Goldie Milgram is founder and executive director of ReclaimingJudaism.org, offering seminars and Web-based resources on the application of Jewish spiritual practice for spiritual seekers and teachers. Passionate about bringing spirituality back into Jewish life, she is well known for over thirty years of innovations in Jewish life—in contexts as diverse as Esalen, Elat Chayyim, Princeton University and Bard College, the United Jewish Communities, Hadassah Foundation, and in the training of rabbis and cantors for almost seven years as dean at the Academy for Jewish Religion in New York City. She is also author of Living Jewish Life Cycle: How to Create Meaningful Jewish Rites of Passage at Every Stage of Life; Reclaiming Judaism as a Spiritual Practice: Holy Days and Shabbat; Meaning and Mitzvah: Daily Practices for Reclaiming Judaism through Prayer, God, Torah, Hebrew, Mitzvot and Peoplehood (both Jewish Lights); and Make Your Own Bar/Bat Mitzvah: A Personal Approach to Creating a Meaningful Rite of Passage.
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