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by Jonathan D. Sarna

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A preeminent scholar reflects on identity, family, and faith in this accessible introduction to the American Jewish experience.

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At the turn of the twenty-first century, the central question confronting Jewish leaders in America is simple:

Why be Jewish?

Jonathan D. Sarna, acclaimed scholar of American Judaism, believes that "Why be Jewish?" is the wrong question. Judaism, he believes, is not so much a "why" as a way--a way of life, a way of marking time, a way of relating to the environment, to human beings, to family, and to God. Judaism is experienced through doing--doing things Jewish, doing things for fellow Jews in need, doing things as a Jew to improve the state of the world. The more Judaism one does, the more one comes to appreciate what Judaism is.

Using the Jewish calendar as his starting point, Sarna reflects on the major themes of Jewish life as expressed in a full year of holidays--from Passover in the spring to Purim eleven months later. Passover, for instance, yields a discussion of freedom; Shavuot, a discussion of Torah; Yom Kippur, the role of the individual within the Jewish community; Chanukah, issues of assimilation and anti-assimilation.

An essential brief introduction--or reintroduction--to the major practices of Jewish life as well as the many complexities of the American Jewish experience, this book will be essential reading for American Jews and the perfect gift for the holiday season.

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  • Title A Time to Every Purpose: Letters to a Young Jew
  • Author Jonathan D. Sarna
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books, New York
  • Publication date 2008-09-01
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780465002467 / 0465002463
  • Weight 0.66 lbs (0.30 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5.3 x 0.9 in (20.32 x 13.46 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Jewish Studies
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish
    • Topical: Family
  • Category Religion - Judaism
  • Library of Congress subjects Judaism, Philosophy, Jewish
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008015413
  • Dewey Decimal Code 296.7

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  • Booklist, 08/01/2008, Page 12

About the author

Jonathan D. Sarna is Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University, and chairs the Academic Board of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives. Author of American Judaism: A History, he is also the chief historian of the National Museum of American Jewish History and of the 350th commemoration of Jewish life in America, 1654-2004. He lives in West Newton, Massachusetts.
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