What do Jews believe?
By: Edward Kessler
Series: What do we believe?; What do we believe?
Publisher: Granta
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 117
ISBN-13: 9781862078628
Subjects: Identitat; Judaism; Judentum
Description: "Judaism is not simply a series of beliefs. It is a practice and a way of life. What Do Jews Believe? explores the variety of ways Jews live their lives; religious and secular, Ashkenazi and Sephardi, Jews in Israel and Jews who live in the diaspora. It asks what Judaism is and what it means to be a Jew."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 108) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: What does it mean to be a Jew today? -- -- 2.; title: Who are Jews today? -- -- 3.; title: How did we get here? -- -- 4.; title: What do Jews believe? -- -- 5.; title: Varieties of belief -- -- 6.; title: What do Jews do? --; title: Jewish calendar of festivals.