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Typically Jewish (Paperback)
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Typically Jewish (Paperback)
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Is laughter essential to Jewish identity? Do Jews possess special
radar for recognizing members of the tribe? Since Jews live longer
and make love more often, why don't more people join the tribe?
"More deli than deity" writer Nancy Kalikow Maxwell poses many such
questions in eight chapters-"Worrying," "Kvelling," "Dying,"
"Noshing," "Laughing," "Detecting," "Dwelling," and
"Joining"-exploring what it means to be "typically Jewish." While
unearthing answers from rabbis, researchers, and her assembled Jury
on Jewishness (Jewish friends she roped into conversation), she-and
we-make a variety of discoveries. For example: Jews worry about
continuity, even though Rabbi Mordechai of Lechovitz prohibited
even that: "All worrying is forbidden, except to worry that one is
worried." Kvell-worthy fact: About 75 percent of American Jews give
to charity versus 63 percent of Americans as a whole. Since
reciting Kaddish brought secular Jews to synagogue, the rabbis,
aware of their captive audience, moved the prayer to the end of the
service. Who's Jewish? About a quarter of Nobel Prize winners, an
estimated 80 percent of comedians at one point, and the winner of
Nazi Germany's Most Perfect Aryan Child Contest. Readers will enjoy
learning about how Jews feel, think, act, love, and live. They'll
also schmooze as they use the book's "Typically Jewish, Atypically
Fun" discussion guide.
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