100 Jewish Things to Do Before You Die
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100 Jewish Things to Do Before You Die

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100 Jewish Things to Do Before You Die

About this book

Better than a bucket list?a guide to growing your faith! The demands of modern society often create distance between Jews and their cultural heritage. Author Barbara Sheklin Davis, a New York City native and longtime Jewish educator, offers ways to embrace and uphold Jewish influences in everyday life. Suggestions range from simple activities like indulging in a Woody Allen movie marathon and noshing on pastrami on rye to more involved activities including hosting a Shabbat dinner or exploring tikkun olam to bring about social justice and repair the world. Feeling more Jew-ish than Jewish these days? Let this list of 100 tips reconnect you! Start now with #12 and call your mother?after all, she worries!

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Publisher
Pelican Publishing
eBook ISBN
9781455622542
Year
2016

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. 1. Add a Jewish Object to Your Home
  8. 2. Admire Warhol’s Ten Jewish Geniuses
  9. 3. Attend a Passover Seder
  10. 4. Avoid Lashon Hara
  11. 5. Bake Challah
  12. 6. Be a Mensch
  13. 7. Bikur Cholim—Visit the Sick
  14. 8. Binge-Watch Woody Allen
  15. 9. Blow a Shofar on Rosh Hashana
  16. 10. Browse a Jewish Museum
  17. 11. Buy a Jewish Cookbook
  18. 12. Call Your Mother (She Worries . . . )
  19. 13. Celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut
  20. 14. Check Out Innovative Jewish Initiatives
  21. 15. Comfort One Who Mourns
  22. 16. Connect/Reconnect with Your Family
  23. 17. Create a Family Tree
  24. 18. Dance the Hora
  25. 19. Deliver Mishloach Manot on Purim
  26. 20. DIY—Do It Yourself
  27. 21. Do Jewish with Five Jewish Friends
  28. 22. Do Tshuvah—Make Amends
  29. 23. Download Some Klezmer Music
  30. 24. Eat Blintzes and Cheesecake for Shavuot
  31. 25. Eat Chinese Food and See a Movie on December 25
  32. 26. Enjoy Falafel
  33. 27. Experience a Saturday-Morning Service
  34. 28. Explore a Different Jewish Culture
  35. 29. Face the Future
  36. 30. Fast on Yom Kippur
  37. 31. Feast on Pastrami on Rye
  38. 32. Feel Guilty
  39. 33. Get a Jewish Calendar
  40. 34. Get Out of the Jewish Box
  41. 35. Give Up Bread for Passover
  42. 36. Go to a Jewish Wedding
  43. 37. Go to the Jewish Museum in Philadelphia
  44. 38. Groove to Some New Jewish Music
  45. 39. Guess How Many of These People Are Jewish
  46. 40. Have a Knish
  47. 41. Have Bagels and Lox for Sunday Breakfast
  48. 42. Host a Shabbat Dinner
  49. 43. Identify Famous Jews by Their Real Names
  50. 44. If You’re a Parent, Bless Your Children
  51. 45. If You’re Single, Go on JDate
  52. 46. If You’re Young, Go on a Taglit-Birthright Trip
  53. 47. Investigate Contemporary Jewish Creativity
  54. 48. Join a Jewish Facebook Group
  55. 49. Join a Jewish Organization
  56. 50. Kvell
  57. 51. Laugh with a Book of Jewish Jokes
  58. 52. Learn How the Jews Influenced Broadway
  59. 53. Learn Krav Maga
  60. 54. Learn Ten Hebrew Phrases
  61. 55. Learn the Mourner’s Kaddish
  62. 56. Learn the Shema
  63. 57. Learn Your Jewish Name
  64. 58. Light a Chanukiya/Eat Sufganiyot
  65. 59. Light a Yahrzeit Candle
  66. 60. Listen to a Jewish Tenor
  67. 61. Make an Impact with a Social-Justice Choice
  68. 62. Make Matzah Ball Soup
  69. 63. Make/Buy/Fill a Tzedakah Box
  70. 64. Marvel at Tchotchkes You Never Knew Existed
  71. 65. Place a Note in the Western Wall
  72. 66. Plant a Tree for Tu B’Shevat
  73. 67. Play Jewish Geography
  74. 68. Put a Mezuzah on Your Doorpost
  75. 69. Read a Jewish Magazine
  76. 70. Read Pirkei Avot
  77. 71. Recite a Blessing on Seeing a Rainbow
  78. 72. Repair the World—Tikkun Olam
  79. 73. Save a Life—Pikuach Nefesh
  80. 74. Say “Shabbat Shalom” Instead of “TGIF”
  81. 75. See Fiddler on The Roof
  82. 76. Shop for Israeli Products
  83. 77. Sing “Hatikvah”
  84. 78. Sleep in a Sukkah
  85. 79. Start Your Week with Havdalah
  86. 80. Study a Page of Talmud
  87. 81. Subscribe to a Jewish Site
  88. 82. Take a Jewish Quiz
  89. 83. Talk to a Rabbi
  90. 84. Taste Gefilte Fish
  91. 85. Travel to Israel
  92. 86. Try a Bit of Kosher
  93. 87. Try on a Kippa
  94. 88. Unload Your Jewish Baggage
  95. 89. Unplug and Reboot
  96. 90. Unravel a Jewish Superstition
  97. 91. Use Yiddish Expressions
  98. 92. Visit a Holocaust Museum
  99. 93. Visit a Jewish Community Day School
  100. 94. Watch an Israeli Film
  101. 95. Watch Schindler’s List
  102. 96. Watch The Tribe
  103. 97. Work Out at a JCC
  104. 98. Write a Devar Torah
  105. 99. Write an Ethical Will
  106. 100. Write Your Own Prayer
  107. Notes