From the Ten Commandments to chicken soup
Subtitle: a celebration of Judaism and all things Jewish
By: Michael Shapiro.
Publisher: Citadel Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Judaism -- Miscellanea.; Jews -- Civilization -- Miscellanea.
Genres: Miscellanea.
Other titles: Cecilia Bard Multicultural Library for Peace
Description: In this engaging book, Michael Shapiro encourages all Jews to bask in the light of their people's historic contributions to religion, science, politics, and the arts. By understanding how Judaism came to be and how it in turn molded them, Jews can enrich their lives in countless ways.
Notes: Cecilia Bard Multicultural Library for Peace

Previously published as Jewish Pride: 101 Reasons to be Proud You're Jewish in a Birch Lane Press edition.
Table of contents: title: I: Religion; title: Bar/bat mitzvah; title: Candle lighting; title: Circumcision; title: Covenant; title: Festivals; title: The high holy days; title: Kiddush; title: Kippah; title: Kosher; title: Matzo; title: Messiah; title: Mezuzah; title: Midrash; title: Mishnah; title: Monotheism; title: Prayer; title: Prophecy; title: Psalms; title: Rabbi; title: Revelation; title: Sabbath; title: Seder; title: Shivah; title: Shofar; title: Siddur; title: Talmud; title: Tefillin; title: Temple; title: The ten commandments; title: Torah (as holy text); title: Tzitzit; title: II: History; title: Academies; title: Aliyah; title: Ashkenazim/sephardim; title: Chosen people; title: Christianity; title: Diaspora; title: Disputations; title: Exodus; title: Golden age of Spanish Jewry; title: Hasidism; title: Haskalah; title: "Hatikvah"; title: Islam; title: Israel defense forces; title: Jerusalem; title: The Jewish 100; title: Khazars; title: Knesset; title: Marranos; title: Masada; title: Our crowd; title: Rescue; title: Sabras; title: Six-day war; title: Star of David (Jewish flag); title: Terezin (Theresienstadt); title: Torah (as history); title: Warsaw ghetto uprising; title: Western wall; title: Zionism; title: III: Civilization; title: Aggadah; title: The catskills; title: Chicken soup; title: Codes; title: Comedians; title: Cruelty to animals; title: Divorce; title: Education; title: Fiddlers on the roof; title: Halakhah; title: Hebrew; title: Hollywood; title: Hora; title: Idolatry; title: Jewish guilt; title: Jewish mother; title: Kabbalah; title: Ketubbah; title: Kibbutz; title: Klezmer music; title: Ladino; title: Life; title: Lower east side; title: Maccabbiah; title: Mikvah; title: Minority rights; title: Mitzvot; title: Organizations; title: Scientific boxing; title: Shalom; title: Shtetl; title: Song of songs; title: Superheroes; title: Tikkun; title: Torah (as story); title: Tradition; title: Tzedakah; title: Tzaddikim; title: Yiddish; title: Yiddish theater.