The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays

by Irving Greenberg

Overview

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461734093
Publisher:	Aronson, Jason Inc.
Publication date:	05/01/1998
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	463
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Rabbi Irving Greenberg is former President of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. He has lectured in every major city in the United States and has written numerous essays and monographs. He lives with his wife, Blu Greenberg, in Riverdale, New York.

Table of Contents

Preface
A Word to the Reader

PART I: THE VISION AND THE WAY
1. The Holidays as the Jewish Way
2. Judaism as an Exodus Religion: Passover
3. The Covenant of Redemption: Shavuot
4. Journey to Liberation: Sukkot

PART II: PERSONAL LIFE ALONG THE WAY
5. The Dream and How to Live It: Shabbat
6. Rebirth and Renewal: High Holy Days

PART III: WALKING THE WAY—THROUGH JEWISH HISTORY
7. Confronting Jewish Destiny: Purim
8. Assimilation, Acculturation, and Jewish Survival: Hanukkah
9. Destruction and Response: Tisha B'Av

PART IV: UNFOLDING THE WAY: JEWISH HOLIDAYS IN OUR TIME
10. The Shattered Paradigm: Yom Yashoah
11. Resurrection and Redemption: Yom Ha'Atzmaut

AFTERWORD

Appendix A: Two "Minor" Festivals: Rosh Hodesh and Tu B'Shvat
Appendix B: Passover—Prayer for the Seder
Appendix C: For Study and Discussion
Bibliography
Glossary of Names
Index

What People are Saying About This

Elie Wiesel

Perceptive, enriching, profoundly moving—this volume by Irving Greenberg will further inspire his many followers who wish to understand and receive the joy and anguish of the Jewish tradition.

Editorial Reviews

A comprehensive guide to the Jewish holidays. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

The diverse, nondelineated material in this book precludes its easy use as a handbook, distinguishing it from such works as Leo Trepp's traditional Complete Book of Jewish Observance ( LJ 10/15/86) or Arthur Waskow's innovative Seasons of Our Joy (Summit Bks., 1986) . The chapters on each major and minor holiday are crammed with facts, anecdotes, and personal reflections; the Hassidic and Kabbalistic tales contain moral messages that reinforce Greenberg's perspective. Indeed, Greenberg appears to use the holidays as a vehicle for expressing his own philosophy of Judaism. There are meaningful interpretations, but they can best be appreciated by readers with a basic understanding of Jewish principles. Carol R. Glatt, Northeastern Hosp . of Philadelphia

Library Journal

"The Jewish Way confirms and makes even more widely accessible what Rabbi Greenberg's enchanted following already knows: That he is one of the great teachers of our generation."

Cynthia Ozick

"Perceptive, enriching, profoundly moving—this volume by Irving Greenberg will further inspire his many followers who wish to understand and receive the joy and anguish of the Jewish tradition."

Elie Wiesel

"Perceptive, enriching, profoundly moving--this volume by Irving Greenberg will further inspire his many followers who wish to understand and receive the joy and anguish of the Jewish tradition."--Elie Wiesel

"The Jewish Way confirms and makes even more widely accessible what Rabbi Greenberg's enchanted following already knows: That he is one of the great teachers of our generation."--Cynthia Ozick, author of The Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories

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