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Becoming a Jewish Parent: How to Explore Spirituality and Tradition with Your Children
How do you talk to your kids about God?
Raising Jewish children in today's secular culture poses unique and serious challenges. How do you instill a positive, vital sense of identity, religion, and heritage without turning off your kids or overwhelming them? How do you explain what it means to be Jewish if you are ambivalent about it yourself? And perhaps most important, how do parents who have little or no formal religious training themselves pass on rich, multilayered traditions that may have been missing from their own childhood experiences? Filled with delightful and inspiring anecdotes, thoughtful information about the history, holidays, and traditions that shape Judaism, as well as a useful glossary and thorough reference section, Becoming a Jewish Parent offers guidance on such topics
Using ritual to make space for feeling
Talking about God when we have our doubts
Incorporating girls into what has been a primarily male tradition
Becoming part of a community that supports your ideals
Becoming a Jewish Parent is the book to turn to at every phase of your family's spiritual quest.
Raising Jewish children in today's secular culture poses unique and serious challenges. How do you instill a positive, vital sense of identity, religion, and heritage without turning off your kids or overwhelming them? How do you explain what it means to be Jewish if you are ambivalent about it yourself? And perhaps most important, how do parents who have little or no formal religious training themselves pass on rich, multilayered traditions that may have been missing from their own childhood experiences? Filled with delightful and inspiring anecdotes, thoughtful information about the history, holidays, and traditions that shape Judaism, as well as a useful glossary and thorough reference section, Becoming a Jewish Parent offers guidance on such topics
Using ritual to make space for feeling
Talking about God when we have our doubts
Incorporating girls into what has been a primarily male tradition
Becoming part of a community that supports your ideals
Becoming a Jewish Parent is the book to turn to at every phase of your family's spiritual quest.
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448 pages, Paperback
First published October 5, 1999
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June 22, 2010
Disclaimer: I'm not pregnant! I just find parenting books interesting! Shh, don't make fun.
I liked this one much more than I expected to... the author clearly writes from an Orthodox point of view but without judginess or preachiness, and I really appreciated his perspectives on a number of things.
I liked this one much more than I expected to... the author clearly writes from an Orthodox point of view but without judginess or preachiness, and I really appreciated his perspectives on a number of things.
December 25, 2012
Essential reading for parents who want to incorporate Judaism into their lives and the lives of their (new) children, to help make sure that Judaism is "part" of their daily lives and not just some "extra thing" that they do every once in a while. A wonderful reference for my young family and a book I routinely loan out (but only loan!) to new and expecting Jewish families.
September 26, 2021
This is a great book for those embarking on the Jewish parenting journey. My two main takeaways from this were: 1) that child will think/do Judaism through watching the way the parent feels about Judaism 2) There is no perfect Jewish community that will be able to fulfill all the needs of a family raising kids, so it's helpful to cast a wide net of resources.
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