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My Jewish year : 18 holidays, one wondering Jew / Abigail Pogrebin ; foreword by A. J. Jacobs.

Pogrebin, Abigail, (author.). Jacobs, A. J., 1968- (writer of foreword.).

Summary:

Although she grew up following some holiday rituals, Pogrebin realized how little she knew about their foundational purpose and contemporary relevance; she wanted to understand what had kept these holidays alive and vibrant, some for thousands of years. Her curiosity led her to embark on an entire year of intensive research, observation, and writing about the milestones on the religious calendar.

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  • ISBN: 9781941493205
  • ISBN: 1941493203
  • Physical Description: 326 pages ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: Bedford, New York : Fig Tree Books, [2017].

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
1 Prepping Rosh Hashanah: Self-Flagellation in Summer 21 -- 2 Post-Rosh Hashanah: Tossing Flaws and Breadcrumbs 33 -- 3 Fast of Gedaliah: Lessons of a Slain Governor 43 -- 4 Truth about Yom Kippur: Death and More Death 49 -- 5 Yom Kippur Letdown: Maybe Next Year 59 -- 6 Sukkot in LA: Serious Sukkah Envy 75 -- 7 Hoshanah Rabbah & Shemini Atzeret: Left Out, Then Lingering 87 -- 8 Simchat Torah: The Mosh Pit 95 -- 9 Hanukkah Reconsidered: A Split in the Jewish Soul 105 -- 10 Hanukkah at the Bedside and the White House: Unexpected Light 117 -- 11 Tenth of Tevet: Starting the Secular Year Hungry 125 -- 12 Slouching toward Shabbat: The Most Important Holiday of All 135 -- 13 Tu B'Shvat: Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut 145 -- 14 Tzom Esther & Purim: Preparing to Fast and Spiel 159 -- 15 Purim Report: Mirth and Melancholy 169 -- 16 Passover: Scallions and Rare Silences 177 -- 17 Feminist Passover: A (Third) Seder of Her Own 197 -- 18 Yom HaShoah: "We Did More Than Survive" 207 -- 19 Yom HaZikaron & Yom Ha'atzmaut: For the Fallen and the Free-Israel's Memorial & Independence Days 219 -- 20 Lag B'Omer: R-E-S-P-E-C-T 229 -- 21 Activist Shabbat: Friday Night with the Kids 241 -- 22 Sleepless on Shavuot: Let My People Learn 251 -- 23 17th of Tammuz: Another Fast, Seriously? 263 -- 24 Tisha B'Av: Mourning History, Headlines, and Hatred 269 -- 25 My Shabbat Landing: Comforting Consistency 279.
Subject:
Judaism.
Fasts and feasts > Judaism.

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