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Title: The First Jewish Catalog; A Do-It-Yourself Kit
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Manufacturer: Jewish Publication Society of America
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| The First Jewish Catalog; A Do-It-Yourself Kit by Jewish Publication Society of America Quaintly antiquated. |
| I use this constantly as a Jew. Get the original, not the newer printings. The original was done in the '70's and it just has this very open, dowhatchalike feel. Everything is covered from living Kosher to Shabbat to the Shoah. It's a 'how-to' manual for the Reformers. Good things abound. Take what you like and leave the rest. |
| The First Jewish Catalog; A Do-It-Yourself Kit by Jewish Publication Society of America I had this book and the second edition years ago |
Surprisingly, I found this book and it's second book in the series to be helpful. It's a compendium of Jewish culture and knowledge and I, who grew up in a somewhat "Jewishly deprived" neighborhood in LI, NY found that the Jewish Catalogs managed to connect me to what was going on elsewhere. I think someone should update these books and bring them up to par in the modern age.
I learned about resources and people like the late Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, from this book and some of these resources as well as Shlomo became important in my life for a long period of time. |
| The First Jewish Catalog; A Do-It-Yourself Kit by Jewish Publication Society of America Whole Earth Catalog for Jews! |
| It's a lot of fun and good info, now getting dated. |
| The First Jewish Catalog; A Do-It-Yourself Kit by Jewish Publication Society of America Great, funny, easy to read! |
| i love this book, people of all ages and all religious "ranges" can relate to it! It is funny, easy to read and understand, plus it is very "jewish" you can hear your parents and grandparents speak through the many yiddish exppressions found here. I used this book as a source of information to learn about the Mikveh for my wedding, and now, I am one of the best educated on the subject! I recomend it wholehartedly. |
| The First Jewish Catalog; A Do-It-Yourself Kit by Jewish Publication Society of America Seventies hippie nostalgia, Jewish-style.... |
| I'm not even Jewish, and this is one of my all time favorites (I discovered it at the library). It belongs in the hall of fame for its genre: the large-format black-and-white early 1970s counterculture workbook/"catalog." Make your own prayer shawl, make your own yarmulke, make your own wallhanging to indicate the direction of Jerusalem, make your own challah....make your own is definitely the name of the game. I'm not personally likely to do most of those things (though I do like challah), but I just can't get enough of the b&w photos of young people sitting cross-legged on the floor with their long wavy hair, bell bottoms, beards and beads; and the eclectic, semi-disorganized format really holds your interest and keeps you coming back for more. I'm not qualified to measure the vision of Judaism presented in this book against traditional standards; but hippie optimism and "make your own" seem to marry well with the concept of tikkun olam. The connection to a traditional faith is definitely what makes this catalog a cut above the rest, such as the secular "Whole Earth" - makes it easier to take the nostalgia seriously at this late date, I suppose. |
