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Ritual & Practice

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Hal­leli Naf­shi: A Week­day Sid­dur for Children
Rabbi Amy Bardack; Rabbi Beth Naditch
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For the Sake of Unification

Ear­li­er this week, Lisa Alcalay Klug wrote about a sur­pris­ing dis­cov­ery in Nach­laot and about how her work is informed by her father’s expe­ri­ences dur­ing the…
Lisa Alcalay Klug
November 2, 2012
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Liv­ing Jew­ish­ly: A Snap­shot of a Generation
Stefanie Pervos Bregman, ed.
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Essen­tial Read­ings on Jew­ish Iden­ti­ties: Lifestyles & Beliefs: Analy­ses of the Per­son­al and Social Diver­si­ty of Jews by Mod­ern Scholars
Stanford Lyman, ed.
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The Jew­ish Home: A Guide to the Jew­ish Hol­i­days and Life Cycles
Daniel B. Syme
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The JPS Guide to Jew­ish Traditions
Ronald L. Eisenberg
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Kab­bal­at Shab­bat: Wel­com­ing Shab­bat in the Synagogue
Lawrence A. Hoffman, ed.
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Jew­ish Fes­ti­vals Through­out the Year
Anita Ganeri
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Kosher Liv­ing: It’s More Than Just the Food
Ron Isaacs
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Jew­ish With Feel­ing: A Guide to Mean­ing­ful Jew­ish Practice
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi; Joel Segel
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A Day Apart: Shab­bat at Home: A Step-by-Step Guide­book With Bless­ing and Songs, Rit­u­als and Reflections
Noam Sachs Zion; Shawn Fields-Meyer
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Around the Fam­i­ly Table: Songs and Prayers for the Jew­ish Home
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin
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Bar Mitz­vah, Bat Mitz­vah: Plan­ning the Per­fect Day
Amy Nebens; Ellen Silverman and David Lewis Sternfeld, illus.
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Bar Mitz­vah Dis­co: The Music May Have Stopped, But the Par­ty’s Nev­er Over
Roger Bennett, Nick Kroll, Jules Shell
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The Choice To Be: A Jew­ish Path to Self and Spirituality
Jeremy Kagan
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Car­ing: A Jew­ish Guide to Caregiving
Naomi Brudner
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