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This is my God : the Jewish way of life / Herman Wouk.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Pocket Books, c 1959, 1970Edition: Revised editionDescription: xvii, 317 p. ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 0671810340 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 296 19
LOC classification:
  • BM 561 .W65 1970
Contents:
Contents:
The remarkable survival of the Jews. Who are we? ; The prevalence of symbols -- The faith. We cannot study all of it ; The Sabbath ; The nature festivals ; The high holy days ; The minor holy days ; The prayers, the synagogue, and the worshippers ; Symbols of food, clothing, and shelter ; Birth and beginnings : men and women ; Love and marriage : and certain elegant variations ; Death -- The law. Where does authority lie? ; The Torah ; The Talmud ; Jewish common law ; From the Talmud to the present -- The present. The present ; What the Enlightenment was ; Orthodoxy ; Dissent ; Israel.
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BM 561 .K45 1978 What is a Jew? / BM 561 .R58 2000 Essential Judaism : BM 561 .R63 1966 Judaism / BM 561 .W65 1970 This is my God : BM 565 .A77 1995 What do Jews believe? : BM 565 .N433 1962 L'existence juive : BM 565 .S33 2001 Radical then, radical now :

"A Touchstone book."

Reprint. Originally published: Rev. ed. New York : Pocket Books, c1970 (1974 printing)

Bibliography: p. 310-313.

Contents:

The remarkable survival of the Jews. Who are we? ; The prevalence of symbols --
The faith. We cannot study all of it ; The Sabbath ; The nature festivals ; The high holy days ; The minor holy days ; The prayers, the synagogue, and the worshippers ; Symbols of food, clothing, and shelter ; Birth and beginnings : men and women ; Love and marriage : and certain elegant variations ; Death --
The law. Where does authority lie? ; The Torah ; The Talmud ; Jewish common law ; From the Talmud to the present --
The present. The present ; What the Enlightenment was ; Orthodoxy ; Dissent ; Israel.