Holy unexpected : my new life as a Jew / Robin Chotzinoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chotzinoff, Robin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chotzinoff, Robin--Religion.

Chotzinoff, Robin.

Jews--United States--Biography.

Jews.

Bat mitzvah.

bat mitzvahs (religious ceremonies).

Religion.

United States.

Genre:

Biography.

Biographies.

autobiographies (literary works)

Physical Description:

xvi, 218 pages ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Cover subtitle: How I became an unorthodox jew

My new life as a Jew

Place of Publication:

New York : PublicAffairs, [2008]

Summary:

Raised a born-again atheist, Robin Chotzinoff had no interest in religion--and practically no experience in it-- until she turned forty. When she suddenly discovered a belief in God, she had no idea what to do next. She describes her journey from a privileged New York childhood through years of unhappiness, drugs, and drift. She investigates what she believed in before (the healing power of junk food, music, psychopharmacology), and how a happy marriage impelled her toward a higher power. When she discovers that Judaism embraces arguing with God, hot sex, and acts as opposed to beliefs, she embarks on a journey to reconstruct a relationship with her faith. She wrestles with the meaning of Torah, and discovers how to keep the Sabbath and still go to Walmart for duct tape. But her real education in the meaning of Judaism occurs in the ups and downs of life, and prepares both for her bat mitzvah and for her father's death.--From publisher description.

Contents:

What I believed in before I believed in God

What does a Jew need to know and do?

Hineini.

Notes:

"First edition"--Title page verso.

"Paperback pub. date: 03/03/08"--Publisher's Web site.

Originally published as hbk.: ©2006.

ISBN:

9781586485023

1586485024

OCLC:

192056202

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