My Jewish Year
eBook - ePub

My Jewish Year

18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

My Jewish Year

18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew

About this book

In the tradition of The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs and Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses by Bruce Feiler comes Abigail Pogrebin's My Jewish Year, a lively chronicle of the author's journey into the spiritual heart of Judaism.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.Whether in search of a roadmap for Jewish life or a challenging probe into the architecture of Jewish tradition, readers will be captivated, educated and inspired by Abigail Pogrebin's My Jewish Year.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Introduction: How Did I Get Here?
  7. 1. Prepping Rosh Hashanah: Self-Flagellation in Summer
  8. 2. Postā€“Rosh Hashanah: Tossing Flaws and Breadcrumbs
  9. 3. The Fast of Gedaliah: Lessons of a Slain Governor
  10. 4. The Truth about Yom Kippur: Death and More Death
  11. 5. Yom Kippur Letdown: Maybe Next Year
  12. 6. Sukkot in LA: Serious Sukkah Envy
  13. 7. Hoshanah Rabbah & Shemini Atzeret: Left Out, Then Lingering
  14. 8. Simchat Torah: The Mosh Pit
  15. 9. Hanukkah Reconsidered: A Split in the Jewish Soul
  16. 10. Hanukkah at the Bedside and the White House: Unexpected Light
  17. 11. The Tenth of Tevet: Starting the Secular Year Hungry
  18. 12. Slouching toward Shabbat: The Most Important Holiday of All
  19. 13. Tu Bā€™Shvat: Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut
  20. 14. Tzom Esther & Purim: Preparing to Fast and Spiel
  21. 15. The Purim Report: Mirth and Melancholy
  22. 16. Passover: Scallions and Rare Silences
  23. 17. The Feminist Passover: A (Third) Seder of Her Own
  24. 18. Yom HaShoah: ā€œWe Did More Than Surviveā€
  25. 19. Yom HaZikaron & Yom Haā€™atzmaut: For the Fallen and the Freeā€”Israelā€™s Memorial & Independence Days
  26. 20. Lag Bā€™Omer: R-E-S-P-E-C-T
  27. 21. Activist Shabbat: Friday Night with the Kids
  28. 22. Sleepless on Shavuot: Let My People Learn
  29. 23. 17th of Tammuz: Another Fast, Seriously?
  30. 24. Tisha Bā€™Av: Mourning History, Headlines, and Hatred
  31. 25. My Shabbat Landing: Comforting Consistency
  32. Epilogue: Where Did I End Up?
  33. Acknowledgments
  34. Appendix 1: A Jewish Year in Bullet Points
  35. Appendix 2: Interviews
  36. Appendix 3: Bibliography
  37. Appendix 4: Glossary
  38. Appendix 5: Web Links for the Basics
  39. About the Author