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Author: Jeff Gottesfeld
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Published: 2021-09-07
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781939547941
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAl Rosen starts to do favors for his Christian friends and neighbors on Christmas eve and day, starting a tradition of the Christmas Mitzvah, a kind deed that helps out others.
Author: Joshua Eli Plaut
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2012-10-24
Total Pages: 231
ISBN-13: 0813553814
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChristmas is not everybody’s favorite holiday. Historically, Jews in America, whether participating in or refraining from recognizing Christmas, have devised a multitude of unique strategies to respond to the holiday season. Their response is a mixed one: do we participate, try to ignore the holiday entirely, or create our own traditions and make the season an enjoyable time? This book, the first on the subject of Jews and Christmas in the United States, portrays how Jews are shaping the public and private character of Christmas by transforming December into a joyous holiday season belonging to all Americans. Creative and innovative in approaching the holiday season, these responses range from composing America’s most beloved Christmas songs, transforming Hanukkah into the Jewish Christmas, creating a national Jewish tradition of patronizing Chinese restaurants and comedy shows on Christmas Eve, volunteering at shelters and soup kitchens on Christmas Day, dressing up as Santa Claus to spread good cheer, campaigning to institute Hanukkah postal stamps, and blending holiday traditions into an interfaith hybrid celebration called “Chrismukkah” or creating a secularized holiday such as Festivus. Through these venerated traditions and alternative Christmastime rituals, Jews publicly assert and proudly proclaim their Jewish and American identities to fashion a universally shared message of joy and hope for the holiday season. See also: http://www.akosherchristmas.org
Author: Melody Carlson
Publisher: Revell
Published: 2009-09-01
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 1493420720
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the final installment in the 86 Bloomberg Place series, Melody Carlson follows the girls in a crazed competition for bridesmaids, wedding locations, and showers. Newly engaged Lelani has returned from Maui to Bloomberg Place and is trying to book her wedding date. Unfortunately, there are scheduling conflicts for that same weekend. For starters, Megan and Marcus have a family wedding commitment. Anna and Edmond have promised to attend his younger stepbrother's Bar Mitzvah and, to everyone's surprise, Kendall has just accepted her "Maui Man's" proposal of marriage and also wants to be wed on that first weekend in June. Wedding madness ensues at 86 Bloomberg Place, yet at the same time friendships are being forged that will last a lifetime.
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Published: 2015-04-15
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ISBN-13: 9780991614417
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA little girl finds a greater meaning behind the holidays after witnessing a miracle.
Author: Neal Hoffman
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Published: 2013-10-01
Total Pages: 22
ISBN-13: 9780615990538
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Linda Cohen
Publisher: Seal Press
Published: 2011-10-18
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 158005420X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen her father passed away in 2006, Linda Cohen’s busy life as a mother, wife, and entrepreneur came to a screeching halt. She took a spiritual sabbatical to work through her grief, and she came out of it resolved to embark upon a project: perform one thousand acts of kindness—mitzvahs—to honor her father’s memory. 1,000 Mitzvahs shares Cohen’s two-and-a-half-year journey from sorrow to inspiration through simple daily acts of kindness. She presents each mitzvah as a short vignette, and the myriad forms they take—from helping the elderly to donating to good causes to baking and collecting food for others—highlight the many ways in which one person can touch the lives of others. As she pursues her quest, Cohen finds that her life is improved by these small acts—that every time she goes out of her way to do something good for someone else, she enhances her own well-being. More than a touching story of a daughter’s love for her father, 1,000 Mitzvahs is a testament to the transformational power of kindness, and a call to arms for those who would like to follow in Cohen’s footsteps with their own mitzvahs—no matter how large or how small.
Author: Elizabeth Wyner Mark
Publisher: UPNE
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781584653073
DOWNLOAD EBOOKScholars and rabbis examine the complicated history and contemporary challenges of the Jewish rite of circumcision.
Author: AnnMarie Alberton Gunn
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2023-03-28
Total Pages: 279
ISBN-13: 1000843165
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis textbook is a comprehensive resource for teaching multicultural children’s literature. Providing foundational information on how and why to integrate diverse children’s literature into the classroom, this book presents a necessary historical perspective on cultural groups in the United States and context for how to teach children’s literature in a way that reflects and sustains students’ rich cultural backgrounds. The historical insights and context on diverse cultural groups at the heart of the book allow readers to deepen their understanding of why teaching about cultural diversity is necessary for effective and inclusive education. Part I offers foundational information on how to teach children’s literature in a diverse society, and Part II overviews pedagogy, resources, and guidance for teaching specific culturally and linguistically marginalized groups. Each chapter contains book recommendations, discussion questions, and additional resources for teachers. With authentic strategies and crucial background knowledge embedded in each chapter, this text is essential reading for pre-service and in-service teachers and is ideal for courses in children’s literature, literacy methods instruction, and multicultural education.
Author: Edward Gorman
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2001-10-25
Total Pages: 694
ISBN-13: 076530029X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGathers mystery, suspense, and crime stories from around the world.
