Becoming a Jewish Parent: How to Explore Spirituality and Tradition with Your Children

by Daniel Gordis and Rabbi Daniel Gordis

Book Overview

Raising Jewish children in today's secular culture poses unique and serious challenges. How do parents pass on a positive, vital sense of identity, religion, and heritage without turning their kids off or overwhelming them? How do you explain what it means to be Jewish if you are ambivalent about it yourself? And perhaps most important, how do parents who have had little or no formal religious training themselves pass on rich, multilayered traditions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0609604082
• ISBN13: 9780609604083
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Harmony
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Great book not only for parents, but for any Jew

I had the pleasure to be one of Rabbi Gordis' students. His book gives a fresh look to the age old question of 'Why?'. I am a college student without any children and yet I found myself drawn to this book to help find my place in my religion. It helps relate ritual and holiday into the whole time and space aspect in Jewish history. If you have any question about the Jewish faith, this book should definitely be one of the ones you consult.

A perfect book for new parents!

As a parent of three kids, I loved this book, which is easy to use, full of great advice and inspiring. It's a how-to book and a "why-to" book. Clearly, Rabbi Gordis really knows what it's like trying to raise Jewish kids in our society, and any parent will find him/herself nodding along and then grateful for all of his insights. He offers all kinds of ideas - large and small - for how to make our kids proud, knowledgable and passionate Jews. In the process, he also explains all the holidays and many other topics! I can't think of a better gift for new parents (or even seasoned ones).