Looking to broaden your Jewish library? Trying to discover new dimensions to your Judaism? Here are some resources that should help!
Books
General books of Jewish Interest
- Tough Questions Jews Ask by Rabbi E. Feinstein (Jewish Lights Publishing)
- When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Rabbi H Kushner
- Honey From the Rock (Jewish mystical renewal) by Rabbi Larry Kushner (Harper & Row)
- The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York)
- You are not Alone – Domestic Violence by Toby Landesman (www.faithtrustinstitute.org)
- Saying of our Fathers (Pirkei Avot) (CCAR publications)
- Upon This Rock – Freedman – Harper Collins Publishers
- American Reform Judaism: An Introduction by Dana Kaplan (Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey)
- How to raise a Jewish Dog by Rabbis of Boca Raton Theological Seminary (Little, Brown & Co.)
Holidays
- Seasons of our Joy: A Modern Guide to Jewish Holidays by Arthur Waskow (Beacon press)
Lifecycle
- Coming of Age: Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah by B. Efron (URJ Press, NYC)
- Rites of Passage: Guide to the Jewish Life Cycle by R. Isaacs (KTAV)
- Putting God on the Guest List, Third Edition by Rabbi Jeff Salkin (Jewish Lights Publishing)
- The New Jewish Wedding by Anita Diamant (Simon & Schuster)
- The Bar/Bat Mitzvah Planbook by Lewit & Epstein (Scarborough House, Md.)
Other Useful Resources
Recordings
Ritual Garb
- Reeva Shaffer – www.reevas.com – high end, hand made silk, wool, ribbon, one of a kind, made to order exceptional tallitot, yarmulkes, wedding canopes (chuppah), and much more! (be sure to mention my name!)
Ketubot
Organizations
- Union of Reform Judaism, New York, N.Y.
- Anti-Defamation League
- Mazon
- American Jewish Committee
- Jewish Federations of North America
- Jewish Defense League
Travel
