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Jewish Publication Society
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March 2019
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Is laughter essential to Jewish identity? Do Jews possess special radar for recognizing members of the tribe? Since Jews live longer and make love more often, why don't more people join the tribe? "More deli than deity" writer Nancy Kalikow Maxwell poses many such questions in eight chapters--"Worrying," "Kvelling," "Dying," "Noshing," "Laughing," "Detecting," "Dwelling," and "Joining"--exploring what it means to be "typically Jewish." While unearthing answers from rabbis, researchers, and her assembled Jury on Jewishness (Jewish friends she roped into conversation), she--and we--make a variety of discoveries. For example:
Jews worry about continuity, even though Rabbi Mordechai of Lechovitz prohibited even that: "All worrying is forbidden, except to worry that one is worried."
Kvell-worthy fact: About 75 percent of American Jews give to charity versus 63 percent of Americans as a whole.
Since reciting Kaddish brought secular Jews to synagogue, the rabbis, aware of their captive audience, moved the prayer to the end of the service.
Who's Jewish? About a quarter of Nobel Prize winners, an estimated 80 percent of comedians at one point, and the winner of Nazi Germany's Most Perfect Aryan Child Contest.
Readers will enjoy learning about how Jews feel, think, act, love, and live. They'll also schmooze as they use the book's "Typically Jewish, Atypically Fun" discussion guide.Author
Nancy Kalikow Maxwell
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Jewish Publication Society
Published
March 2019
Weight
454g
Dimensions
155 x 229 x 21 mm
ISBN
9780827613027
ISBN-10
0827613024
Eden Code
5058515
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Author/Creator: Nancy Kalikow Maxwell
ISBN: 9780827613027
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
Release Date: March 2019
Weight: 454g
Dimensions: 155 x 229 x 21 mm
Eden Code: 5058515