customs and practices

A compendium of 346 short chapters on essential trends, concepts, and personalities of Jewish history, religion, and culture.

Offers advice to Torah-observant Jews on how to maintain relationships with non or less observant parents, siblings, and extended family members, discussing issues related to dietary laws, Sabbath and Jewish holiday observances, modesty and women, dating practices and married life, family life cycle events, and education.

Provides an overview of the practices, traditions, philosophical beliefs, and historical foundations of the Jewish religion.

Recounts the true story of Quang Van Nguyen, an orphan who was adopted by Thau, a sixty-four-year-old monk, who taught Nguyen an ancient form of Chinese medicine and shared his love of animals, nature, and life with his adopted son.

Having moved just before Rosh Hashanah, Harry and Dina fear the new year will be nothing but unpacking and leftover pizza until their parents take them to synagogue where they meet the Levine family.

"Sadie and her brother Ori want to learn about the Jewish holiday Lag Ba'Omer"--Provided by publisher.

Monkey asks Panda what he does to seem so happy and peaceful all the time, and Panda replies that he brings his attention to whatever he is doing at a given time, whether eating, walking, or resting.

After remembering the cause of her best friend Devory's suicide at age nine, Gittel is determined to raise awareness of sexual abuse in her Borough Park, New York, community, despite the rules of Chassidim that require her to be silent.

Rosie's grandmother wears her clothes inside out to remind herself to buy oil for making latkes at Hanukkah. Includes a recipe for potato latkes.

Theodore Bikel hosts this concert celebrating the music, customs and traditions of Chanukah.