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My Jewish year : 18 holidays, one wondering Jew / Abigail Pogrebin ; foreword by A.J. Jacobs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pogrebin, Abigail, author.
- Jacobs, A. J., 1968- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Judaism.
- Fasts and feasts--Judaism.
- Fasts and feasts.
- Judaism--Customs and practices.
- Jewish holidays.
- Local Subjects:
- Judaism--Customs and practices.
- Jewish holidays.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 326 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bedford, New York : Fig Tree Books, [2017]
- Summary:
- The author describes her research on the holidays of the Jewish calendar and how she came to understand how these celebrations have lasted for thousands of years.
- Contents:
- How did I get here?
- Prepping Rosh Hashanah : self-flagellation in summer
- Post-Rosh Hashanah : tossing flaws and breadcrumbs
- The Fast of Gedaliah : lessons of a slain governor
- The truth about Hom Kippur : death and more death
- Yom Kippur letdown : maybe next year
- Sukkot in LA : serious Sukkah envy
- Hoshanah Rabbah & Shemini Atzeret : left out, then lingering
- Simchat Torah : the most pit
- Hanukkah reconsidered : a split in the Jewish soul
- Hanukkah at the bedside and the White House : unexpected light
- The Tenth of Tevet : starting the secular year hungry
- Slouching toward Shabbat : the most important holiday of all : Tu B'Shvat : sometimes you feel like a nut
- Tzom Esther & Purim : preparing to fast and spiel
- The Purim report : mirth and melancholy
- Passover : scallions and rare silences
- The feminist Passover : a (third) seder of her own
- Yom HaShoah : "We did more than survive"
- Yom HaZikaron & Yom Ha'atzmaut : for the fallen and the free : Israel's Memorial and Independence days
- Lag B'Omer : R-E-S-P-E-C-T
- Activist Shabbat : Friday night with the kids
- Sleepless on Shavuot : let my people learn
- 17th of Tammuz : another fast, seriously?
- Tisha B'Av : mourning history, headlines, and hatred
- My Shabbat landing : comforting consistency
- Where did I end up?
- Appendix 1. A Jewish year in bullet points
- Appendix 2. Interviews.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lachs-Adler Family Endowed Fund for Collection Development.
- ISBN:
- 9781941493205
- 1941493203
- OCLC:
- 974489012
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