What to Do When You're Dating a Jew
What to Do When You're Dating a Jew

Author: Vikki Weiss

Publisher: Harmony

Published: 2012-10-24

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 0307566250

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Learn everything you need to know about the holidays, traditions, beliefs, and culture of the Jew you love . . . and his or her family. From what to order in a Kosher deli to what to wear to a Purim party, this book answers all the questions you'll face as the love interest of a nice Jewish boy or girl. What to Do When You're Dating a Jew will: give you a quick overview of the basics of Judaism prepare you for meeting your significant other's Jewish family brief you on Jewish holidays, ceremonies, and rituals alert you to potentially embarrassing situations and show you how to avert them entertain you with "It happened to me" stories from interfaith couples Peppered with definitions of Yiddish terms, historical facts, jokes, quotes, and even recipes, this is essential reading for any woman or man involved with a Jew, whether looking for a deeper understanding of the Jewish faith or simply looking to survive a first seder at Bubbe's house.

Boy Vey!
Boy Vey!

Author: Kristina Grish

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2009-11-24

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 1439188084

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The definitive, hilarious guide to why Jewish men make the best dates, where to snag a hot mensch, and how to win his mother's heart After all, she's molded him into the cutest little Oedipus complex you've ever met. Could you show some appreciation? With humor and emotion, Kristina Grish celebrates the terrific intricacies of multilayered, interfaith relationships in this girl-meets-boy dating guide. She waxes poetic about why Jewish men are great boyfriend material: They're smart, entrepreneurial, generous, doting, and funny. They love to eat, and they're passionate in bed. Sure, their neuroses have neuroses. But isn't it nice to know there are guys out there who analyze relationships more than you do? Chapters such as "Why Choose the Chosen Ones?," "The First Shtup," and "Talk Yiddish to Me" detail how a sexy Shiksa can meet, date, and love a nice Jewish boy of her own.

How to Woo a Jew
How to Woo a Jew

Author: Tamar Caspi

Publisher: Seal Press

Published: 2014-01-28

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 158005501X

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Have you been single longer than the Jews wandered the desert? Or are you newly single and hoping to hook up with a hot MOT (Member of the Tribe)? Either way, Tamar Caspi is on a mission to help you find your Chosen One . . . and who better to do that than the advice columnist from the massively popular dating site JDate.com? In How to Woo a Jew, your very own Jewish Carrie Bradshaw takes you through each facet of the dating world—from traditional Jewish matchmaking and mixers to modern online dating portals, from honing your Jewdar to kosher sex. Whatever mishegas you’ve made of your love life, Caspi has words of wisdom—and a few enlightening quizzes, charts, and illustrations—to help you find your Jewish soul mate.

Judaism for Two
Judaism for Two

Author: Nancy Fuchs

Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 158023254X

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An inspiring and practical guide to your life as a couple in the context of the Jewish holidays. Creative exercises and guided discussions help you connect to tradition, community and each other and find opportunities for spiritual and relational growth.

Meneket Rivkah
Meneket Rivkah

Author: Rivkah bat Meir

Publisher: Jewish Publication Society

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 0827610009

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A book of ethics by one of the first female Jewish writers

Sotah
Sotah

Author: Naomi Ragen

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Published: 2009-09-15

Total Pages: 517

ISBN-13: 1429919663

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Beautiful, fragile Dina Reich, a young woman in Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox haredi enclave, stands accused of the community's most unforgivable sin: adultery. Raised with her sisters to be an obedient daughter and a dutiful wife, Dina secretly yearned for the knowledge, romance, and excitement that she knew her circumscribed life would never satisfy. When her first romance is tragically thwarted, she willingly enters into an arranged marriage with a loving but painfully quiet man. Dina's deeply repressed passions become impossible to ignore, finding a dangerous outlet in a sudden and intense obsession with a married man, with terrible consequences. Exiled to New York City, Dina meets Joan, a modern secular woman who challenges all she knows of the world and herself. Set against the exotic backdrop of Jerusalem's glistening white stones and ancient rituals, Sotah is a contemporary story of the struggle to reconcile tradition with freedom, and faith with love.

Iran, Israel, and the Jews
Iran, Israel, and the Jews

Author: Aaron Koller

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2019-03-28

Total Pages: 439

ISBN-13: 1532661703

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Iran, Israel, and the Jews have a relationship that is in the news all the time. But it cannot be understood just in modern terms. Its roots are 2,500 years old. This volume surveys that history through case studies and broad overviews—from the first intensive contacts under Cyrus the Great, through Persian influence on Judaism evident in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Babylonian Talmud, into the Middle Ages and the flourishing of Judeo-Persian literature and culture, and finally into modern times, when the political, social, and cultural ties are multifaceted and profound. Written by experts in both Iranian and Jewish studies, these essays convey the richness and complexity of a long and tumultuous relationship between two ancient and great civilizations, which continues to shape the world today.

Judaism Beyond God
Judaism Beyond God

Author: Sherwin Wine

Publisher:

Published: 2017-03-31

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781941718032

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Judaism Beyond God presents an innovative secular and humanistic alternative for Jewish identity. It provides new answers to old questions about the essence of Jewish identity, the real meaning of Jewish history, the significance of the Jewish personality, and the nature of Jewish ethics. It also describes a radical and creative way to be Jewish - new ways to celebrate Jewish holidays and life cycle events, a welcoming approach to intermarriage and joining the Jewish people, and meaningful paths to strengthen Jewish identity in a secular age.

The Wondering Jew
The Wondering Jew

Author: Micah Goodman

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2020-11-10

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 0300252242

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A celebrated Israeli author explores the roots of the divide between religion and secularism in Israel today, and offers a path to bridging the divide "A thoughtful social, political, and philosophical examination of Judaism. . . . A cogent consideration of the place of religion in the modern world."--Kirkus Reviews Zionism began as a movement full of contradictions, between a pull to the past and a desire to forge a new future. Israel has become a place of fragmentation, between those who sanctify religious tradition and those who wish to escape its grasp. Now, a new middle ground is emerging between religious and secular Jews who want to engage with their heritage--without being restricted by it or losing it completely. In this incisive book, acclaimed author Micah Goodman explores Israeli Judaism and the conflict between religion and secularism, one of the major causes of political polarization throughout the world. Revisiting traditional religious sources and seminal works of secularism, he reveals that each contains an openness to learn from the other's messages. Goodman challenges both orthodoxies, proposing a new approach to bridge the divide between religion and secularism and pave a path toward healing a society torn asunder by extremism.