What I wish my Christian friends knew about Judaism
By: Robert Schoen
Publisher: Loyola Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780829417777
Subjects: Judaism; Judentum
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-262) and index.
Table of contents: title: Christians and Jews. Going to church : the Jewish roots of Christian worship; title: Jews, Jesus, and Christianity; title: The Jewish religion. From Orthodox ...; title: To reform ...; title: To conservative ...; title: To reconstructionist; title: Contemporary synagogues and congregations; title: A personal observation; title: Inside the synagogue. The Torah and the law; title: Prayers and blessings; title: Symbols; title: The mezuzah and the Star of David; title: The role of the rabbi; title: The role of the cantor; title: Jewish education; title: Confirmation; title: Congregation membership and paying the bills; title: The temple; title: Jewish priests; title: Time for confession; title: Who's in charge; title: Holidays and festivals. Holidays and the Jewish calendar; title: Shabbat; title: The Sabbath; title: The high holidays; title: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kipper; title: Sukkot; title: Simchat Torah; title: Hanukkah; title: is it really the "Jewish Christmas"?; title: Purim; title: Passover; title: Shavuot; title: the Harvest festival; title: Other religious events; title: Jewish life cycle events. A Jewish wedding; title: Let's go to a circumcision!; title: Baby namings and rituals for daughters; title: Adoption; title: An invitation to a bar mitzvah and a bat mitzvah; title: A Jewish funeral; title: saying good-bye to Uncle Harry; title: You can only get a divorce if you're married.; title: Home life, Jewish beliefs, and other interesting matters. Is a kosher hot dog really kosher?; title: Jewish food; title: Degrees of orthodoxy; title: Conversion to Judaism; title: Intermarriage; title: Religious apparel and dress; title: Hasidim and Hasidism; title: Creation, heaven, hell, and life after death; title: Where, when, and how many; title: Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews; title: Women and Judaism; title: Judaism in the world. Israel; title: Jewish art and music; title: Mysticism and the repair of the world; title: Money; title: stereotypes, charity, and the Scriptures; title: Perform a mitzvah; title: Controversial social issues; title: Old wars and new wars; title: The chosen people; title: Anti-Semitism; title: The Holocaust.