The Kosher pig and other curiosities of Modern Jewish life Richard J. Israel.
- Title
- The Kosher pig and other curiosities of Modern Jewish life Richard J. Israel.
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- Los Angeles, Calif. Alef Design Group 1993.
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- Book/text
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- Description
- xvi, 160 p. ill.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Trivia and miscellanea
- Contents
- [pt. 1.] Old issues, new contexts. The kosher pig : when Jewish law doesn't quite work -- The late Jewish people -- Speed davening -- Torah and telephones -- [pt. 2.] Some Jewish life skills. How to survive your synagogue -- How to give a Dʼvar Torah : a beginner's guide -- Hospitality should be practiced religiously -- On baldness and the Jewish problem -- [pt. 3.] Eating, not eating and drinking. Jewish haute cuisine or kosher in the clouds -- Fast food -- Why Jewish wine tastes terrible -- [pt. 4.] A few matters of life and death. Memorable weddings -- Washing the dead -- The spurious Kaddish -- [pt. 5.] Bees and Jews. Being and bee-ing -- Jews and Wasps : cultures in conflict or the unwelcome guests of Sukkot -- [pt. 6.] Running Torah. Judaism and jogging or the Rambam wore sweats -- The piece of pork -- Hives and blisters : some unconventional paths to spiritual discovery -- You can't do it all on one foot.
- Owning institution
- Harvard Library
- Language
- English
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 160).
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- committed to retain