Readings On Conversion To Judaism
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Readings On Conversion To Judaism
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Author : Lawrence J. Epstein
language : en
Publisher: Jason Aronson, Incorporated
Release Date : 1995-07-01
Readings On Conversion To Judaism written by Lawrence J. Epstein and has been published by Jason Aronson, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-07-01 with Religion categories.
In his third book about the conversion to Judaism, Lawrence J. Epstein collects essays and memoirs that frame the debate around conversion. These essays cover a wide-range of topics to sharpen the focus around the many disputes about conversion to Judaism, such as appropriate motivations, requirements for conversion, and who may legitimately conduct a conversion. Readings on Conversion to Judaism aims to present various position in the Jewish community on many of the important points for debate.
The Plum Thicket
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Author : Janice Holt Giles
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 1954
The Plum Thicket written by Janice Holt Giles and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1954 with Fiction categories.
Janice Holt Giles had a life before her marriage and writing career in Kentucky. Born in Altus, Arkansas, Giles spent many childhood summers visiting her grandparents there. After the success of her historical novel The Kentuckians in 1953, she planned to write a second frontier romance. But a visit to Altus caused her imagination to drift from Kentucky in 1780 to western Arkansas in 1913. At age forty-eight -- the same age as Giles at the writing of the novel -- the heroine Katie Rogers recalls her first visit alone to her grandparent's home in Stanwick, Arkansas. Eight-year-old Katie spends her summer climbing the huge mulberry tree and walking with her wise grandfather, a veteran of bloody Shiloh. She is fascinated, not frightened, by the grave of an unknown child in the nearby plum thicket. Throughout the visit Katie helps Aunt Maggie plan her wedding and looks forward to the three-day Confederate Reunion. But the Reunion -- and the summer -- end violently, as guilt, repression, and miscegenation are unearthed. "That summer was the end of a whole way of life," Katie realizes, for she can never again dwell in the paradise of childhood. In Katie Rogers, Giles voiced her own lament for "the beautiful and the unrecoverable past." To her publisher Giles wrote, "Out of my forty-odd years of living, much of whatever wisdom I have acquired has been distilled into this book." This new edition of The Plum Thicket gives Giles's many fans a powerful, moving glimpse into the mind and heart of this beloved author. Janice Holt Giles (1905-1979), author of nineteen books, lived and wrote near Knifley, Kentucky, for thirty-four years. Her biography is told in Janice Holt Giles: A Writer's Life.
Conversion To Judaism
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Author : Lawrence J. Epstein
language : en
Publisher: Jason Aronson
Release Date : 1994-07-01
Conversion To Judaism written by Lawrence J. Epstein and has been published by Jason Aronson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-07-01 with Religion categories.
Conversion to Judaism provides information, advice, and support for individuals contemplating conversion to Judaism, as well as those who have converted and the families affected by this decision. With sensitivity and compassion, Lawrence J. Epstein offers an informative volume that warmly welcomes the newcomer to Judaism.
The Gerus Guide The Step By Step Guide To Conversion To Orthodox Judaism
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Author : Rabbi Aryeh Moshen
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2018-06-09
The Gerus Guide The Step By Step Guide To Conversion To Orthodox Judaism written by Rabbi Aryeh Moshen and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-09 with Religion categories.
The Gerus Guide is the only book on the market that provides a step-by-step guide to Orthodox Jewish conversion. Drawing from over 25 years of experience counseling hundreds of candidates through the process, Rabbi Aryeh Moshen lays out a roadmap that's been proven successful time and again. Here, you'll find a comprehensive guide to keeping Kosher and observing the Sabbath, finding your community, Jewish prayer, and everything you need to live as an Orthodox Jew on a daily basis.
Conflicting Attitudes To Conversion In Judaism Past And Present
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Author : Isaac Sassoon
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-11-30
Conflicting Attitudes To Conversion In Judaism Past And Present written by Isaac Sassoon and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-30 with History categories.
This book explores the history and halakhah of conversion in context of the visions, beliefs and prejudices that may have shaped them.
Almost Jewish
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Author : Chad Greene
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-05-06
Almost Jewish written by Chad Greene and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-06 with categories.
I am almost Jewish. Well, I am Jewish. I am Jewish now I mean. I wasn't Jewish last Monday, but today I am Jewish . When I began writing this book I was not Jewish yet; but wasn't quite not Jewish either. I was almost Jewish. I spent a decade - yes, an actual decade - living as a Jew, identifying as a Jew and taking my sweet time along the road to Jewish conversion. This is what this book is about actually. I did not begin in a typical fashion and I certainly did not take the road mostly traveled either. I'm not really sure if I should be the one giving advice on this, but here I am. This book is so that ten years from now you are not in the same boat I have been in for the entirety of my adult life . I want for you to be Jewish and not just feel Jewish. (Note the Jewish sentence structure, write this down) I want for you to know with confidence that you have chosen a life that has meaning for you and not just an interesting identity that goes along with some vague concept that you really like bagels. I want you to know what you are doing before you put on the kippah and go too far down the social line of calling yourself Jewish. You can't be kind of pregnant and you can't be kind of Jewish. It's very black and white kids; don't let Rabbi So-and-so tell you otherwise on the internet. There is a process and some expectations. Those expectations vary from rabbi to rabbi but they follow a similar path and timeline. There are many books focused on that topic alone and while I kind of find myself explaining how the process works, I really just want to give you an idea. The best way to do that is to really just show you what I have experienced. If you decide to convert after reading this then you've earned it. No. Seriously. Like I said, there are many books on converting to Judaism but this one will tell you the truth about what goes on behind the scenes. I have lived in the limbo of "Ger" (it's what you are when you are converting) for a decade now and I can tell you many things to avoid and how to take a much easier path than I chose. Hopefully I will make you laugh a bit too. I am a very funny guy. Ask anyone. My style is story telling from my own experience with bits and pieces tossed out to you as they feel appropriate. Just so we are clear, I am not now nor do I ever plan to be a building-bridges Chanukah-Bush hippie Jew. I technically classify myself as Conservative only because I cannot be Orthodox and I am not really Reform. I have strong opinions and I'm not afraid to use them. (Requirement #472 of being Jewish) But I am open to the reality that we all find out path in unique ways. You should not feel that my perspective on a topic is the best one. I think it is the best one, but you don't have to. You really don't need anything other than a curious interest to feel as though this book speaks to you. Look, taking on this process is not easy. It is not fancy or nice or pretty. Jews are a very unique and diverse group of people and you really do not have any idea what you are doing. In fact, you should probably skim through about half of this book and maybe choose something more suitable like Wicca instead.Just a suggestion
Conversion To Judaism
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Author : David Max Eichhorn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
Conversion To Judaism written by David Max Eichhorn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with Religion categories.
Choosing To Be Jewish
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Author : Marc Angel
language : en
Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Release Date : 2005
Choosing To Be Jewish written by Marc Angel and has been published by KTAV Publishing House, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Religion categories.
"This book challenges readers to consider the issues relating to halakhic conversion, and to rethink historic attitudes and policies concerning conversion. Whereas for many centuries conversion to Judaism was relatively rare, in modern times it is a significant phenomenon. This book will enable readers to better understand the phenomenon and to appreciate the need for halakhic conversions."--BOOK JACKET.
Becoming Jewish
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Author : Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2019-03-01
Becoming Jewish written by Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-01 with Religion categories.
Becoming Jewish is an engaging, accessible, all-inclusive step-by-step guide to converting to Judaism that introduces readers to finding life's meaning through the evolving religious civilization that is Judaism. Written with humor and heart, readers learn the ins and outs of becoming Jewish and discover the wonder that is the language, literature, history, rituals, food, music, and culture of contemporary Jewish life.
When The State Winks
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Author : Michal Kravel-Tovi
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2017-09-05
When The State Winks written by Michal Kravel-Tovi and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-05 with Social Science categories.
Religious conversion is often associated with ideals of religious sincerity. But in a society in which religious belonging is entangled with ethnonational citizenship and confers political privilege, a convert might well have multilayered motives. Over the last two decades, mass non-Jewish immigration to Israel, especially from the former Soviet Union, has sparked heated debates over the Jewish state’s conversion policy and intensified suspicion of converts’ sincerity. When the State Winks carefully traces the performance of state-endorsed Orthodox conversion to highlight the collaborative labor that goes into the making of the Israeli state and its Jewish citizens. In a rich ethnographic narrative based on fieldwork in conversion schools, rabbinic courts, and ritual bathhouses, Michal Kravel-Tovi follows conversion candidates—mostly secular young women from a former Soviet background—and state conversion agents, mostly religious Zionists caught between the contradictory demands of their nationalist and religious commitments. She complicates the popular perception that conversion is a “wink-wink” relationship in which both sides agree to treat the converts’ pretenses of observance as real. Instead, she demonstrates how their interdependent performances blur any clear boundary between sincere and empty conversions. Alongside detailed ethnography, When the State Winks develops new ways to think about the complex connection between religious conversion and the nation-state. Kravel-Tovi emphasizes how state power and morality is managed through “winking”—the subtle exchanges and performances that animate everyday institutional encounters between state and citizen. In a country marked by tension between official religiosity and a predominantly secular Jewish population, winking permits the state to save its Jewish face.