Introducing My Faith And My Community: The Jewish Outreach Institute Guide for a Christian in a Jewish Interfaith Relationship - Softcover

Kerry Olitzky

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580231926 ISBN 13: 9781580231923

Publisher: Jewish Lights, 2005

Synopsis

You can understand your Jewish friends and loved ones more fully. A hands-on guide to the most important questions.

Introducing My Faith and My Community provides an introduction to both the basics and complexities of Judaism and Jewish life through the lens of an interfaith relationship. Rather than providing stock answers to questions about Jewish rituals or values, or giving a broad overview of Jewish history and theology, Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky addresses topics that will encourage understanding and stimulate discussion between you and your Jewish partner, relative or friend. Topics include:

• Beliefs, Religion and the Place of God in the Jewish Faith
• Study, Learning and Charity as Core Values in Jewish Life
• Food, Holidays, Humor and Ethnicity as Part of Jewish Culture
• The Importance of Synagogue, Israel and Community to American Jews

About this title

About the Author:

Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky, named one of the fifty leading rabbis in North America by Newsweek, is well known for his inspiring books that bring the Jewish wisdom tradition into everyday life. He is executive director of Big Tent Judaism, formerly Jewish Outreach Institute, and is author of many books on Jewish spirituality, healing and Jewish religious practice, including Making a Successful Jewish Interfaith Marriage: The Big Tent Judaism Guide to Opportunities, Challenges and Resources; Introducing My Faith and My Community: The Jewish Outreach Institute Guide for a Christian in a Jewish Interfaith Relationship; Jewish Paths toward Healing and Wholeness: A Personal Guide to Dealing with Suffering; Grief in Our Seasons: A Mourner's Kaddish Companion; Twelve Jewish Steps to Recovery: A Personal Guide to Turning from Alcoholism & Other Addictions―Drugs, Food, Gambling, Sex...; Facing Cancer as a Family; Life's Daily Blessings: Inspiring Reflections on Gratitude for Every Day, Based on Jewish Wisdom; 100 Blessings Every Day: Daily Twelve Step Recovery Affirmations, Exercises for Personal Growth and Renewal Reflecting Seasons of the Jewish Year and Recovery from Codependance: A Jewish Twelve Step Guide to Healing Your Soul. He is also coauthor of Grandparenting Interfaith Grandchildren; Jewish Holidays: A Brief Introduction for Christians; Jewish Ritual: A Brief Introduction for Christians; Renewed Each Day, Vol. One―Genesis and Exodus: Daily Twelve Step Recovery Meditations; Renewed Each Day, Vol. Two―Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy: Daily Twelve Step Recovery Meditations Based on the Bible and coeditor of The Rituals and Practices of a Jewish Life: A Handbook for Personal Spiritual Renewal (all Jewish Lights).

Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky is available to speak on the following topics:

• The Jewish Twelve Step Path to Healing and Recovery
• Sparks Beneath the Surface: A Spiritual Read on the Torah
• Welcoming the Stranger in Our Midst
• How to Nurture Jewish Grandchildren Being Raised in an Interfaith Family
• Optimism for a Jewish Future

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Synopsis:

Interfaith relationships are commonplace. Some research estimates that over 50 per cent of Jewish people now marry people of other faiths. Several books are available to answer practical questions about celebrating holidays, raising children or preparing kosher meals in an interfaith relationship, but often these books skip over the most basic problem faced by interfaith couples - understanding the religion of their partner. Introducing My Faith And My Community seeks to introduce readers to Judaism in easy-to-understand terms and language. Whether they are married to or dating a Jewish man of woman, or the parent or sibling of someone in an interfaith relationship, readers will find a thorough and accessible guide to the basic tenets of Jewish Faith. Examples speak directly to the reader as one who stands on the periphery of Jewish culture and is only now beginning to move into the circle of Jewish life and faith.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jewish Lights
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1580231926
• ISBN 13: 9781580231923
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200