How to Be a Jewish Parent: A Practical Handbook for Family Life
by Anita Diamant
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This updated edition of the classic parenting book combines insights from Jewish tradition with contemporary thinking about how children learn and grow. And it describes the practices, customs, and values that go into creating a Jewish home and raising joyful children within the rich traditions of Judaism.Tags
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I enjoyed this book, and found it very helpful. It is not "you must do this, you must do that," the feeling I get is more "these are the guidelines, here are the traditions, now work out what is best for you." I think the book would work as well for more Conservative families as it did for my Reform family. Also, I very much appreciated that the authors incorporated discussion on how to make Jewish traditions work in mixed families, and how to deal with the intrusion of the gentile world. The Ages & Stages breakdowns were terrific, with ideas on how to make holidays, celebrations, and other observances fun, or at least accessible, for all ages.
As a Jewish mother in a mixed marriage, living in a community that (as far as I can tell) is show more entirely non-Jewish, this book really helped me figure out what kinds of things I can do to establish a Jewish home and family life for my daughter. show less
As a Jewish mother in a mixed marriage, living in a community that (as far as I can tell) is show more entirely non-Jewish, this book really helped me figure out what kinds of things I can do to establish a Jewish home and family life for my daughter. show less
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Anita Diamant is the author of Saying Kaddish, Choosing a Jewish Life, The New Jewish Wedding, Living a Jewish Life, The New Jewish Baby Book, Bible Baby Names, and the bestselling novel, The Red Tent. She lives in Newton, Massachusetts. Anita Diamant is the author of the bestselling novel "The Red Tent" & several books on Judaism, including show more "Living a Jewish Life", "Choosing a Jewish Life", & "The New Jewish Baby Book". A journalist who has written for "Redbook", the "Boston Globe", the "Boston Phoenix", & other publications, she lives in Newtonville, Massachusetts. (Publisher Provided) Anita Diamant was born in Newark, New Jersey on June 27, 1951. She received a bachelor's degree in Comparative Literature from Washington University in 1973 and a master's Degree in English from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1975. She worked as a freelance journalist for numerous years and wrote for such magazines and newspapers as the Boston Globe, New England Monthly, Self, Parenting, Parents, McCalls, and Ms. She also wrote about Jewish practice and the Jewish community for Reform Judaism magazine, Hadassah magazine, and jewishfamily.com. She eventually started writing guidebooks to Jewish life including The New Jewish Wedding; The New Jewish Baby Book; Living a Jewish Life: Jewish Traditions, Customs and Values for Today's Families; and Saying Kaddish: How to Comfort the Dying, Bury the Dead and Mourn as a Jew. She also writes novels including The Red Tent; Good Harbor; The Last Days of Dogtown, Day after Night and The Boston Girl. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Dedication
- The Cherniak / Rhodes Families
- Disambiguation notice
- How to Be a Jewish Parent and How to Raise a Jewish Child are the same work (the latter is the new title).
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