Title: A time to every purpose : letters to a young Jew /
Authors: Sarna, Jonathan D.
Publisher: Basic Books,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Fasts and feasts Judaism; Jewish philosophy.; Judaism
Abstract: Explores the Jewish past, present and future through the prism of their holidays.
Contents: Freedom : Passover -- Food, family, and Jewish distinctiveness : Maimuna -- Remembering the Holocaust : Yom ha-Shoah -- Celebrating Israel : Yom ha-Atsma'ut -- Torah : Shavuot -- Antisemitism : Tishah be-Av -- Love, marriage, and declining numbers : Tu be-Av -- Judgment without resolution : Rosh Hashanah -- The individual and the community : Yom Kippur -- Making choices and improving the world : Sukkot -- Assimilation and anti-assimilation : Hanukkah -- Going green : Tu bi-Shevat -- Continuity and happiness : Purim.