learn more about Judaism

As a different point of view, I’ve been reading a few novels from the perspective of Jewish teens. “How to Ruin a Summer Vacation” and “Freefall” One is an American visiting Israel and the other is an Israeli deciding what part of the military she wants to join. “Freefall” (the military one) is better, but “How to Ruin a Summer Vacation” is a first in a series. I will read more novels as well.

I always thought that Yiddish was just another name for Hebrew. Nope, evidently it’s a mix of German and Hebrew that eventually became its own. Huh!

I just watched the Nova program on the “Bible’s Buried Secrets”. Yeah!
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bible/program.html

The Learning Company presents college courses on things. I got “Jewish Intellectual History 16th to 20th Century” from the library this week.

I’m half-way through Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People and Its History by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin. I had to stop because classes got really busy. I’ve graduated, so once I catch up at work I can finish up and start learning more!

I would to know more about Judaism. I will attend Temple (at least once) to see what it’s about. I want to try to celebrate Shabbat. I want to learn about other customs, holidays, and values that I may choose to incorporate into my life. I want to learn Hebrew.

www.jewfaq.org

I’m thinking about getting ‘Basic Judaism’, by Milton Steinberg. Has anyone read it? What do you think about it?

Ok, I’d have to study for several lifetimes to learn all there is to know about Judaism, but over the past six months or so I’ve read several books on the subject and can definitely say that I have, in fact, learnt more about Judaism, so I’m marking this one ‘done’.

I’ve always been interested in Judaism and the other day I bought, for a laugh, the book, ‘The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Jewish History and Culture’. However, it’s really good and gives you a great starting place for learning about Judaism. Already it’s given me a lot to think about and an idea of the sort of book I want to read next.