The Big Jewish Book for Jews, Ellis Weiner and Barbara Davilman
The Big Jewish Book for Jews, Ellis Weiner and Barbara Davilman
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The Big Jewish Book for Jews
Everything You Need to Know to Be a Really Jewish Jew

Author: Ellis Weiner and Barbara Davilman

Narrator: Ellis Weiner, Barbara Davilman, Yuri Rasovsky, and Lorna Raver

Unabridged: 6 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/27/2010

Categories: Nonfiction, Religion

Synopsis

If both Ike Turner and Isaac Bashevis Singer are Jewish, what does being Jewish even mean? The assimilated Jews of today are lost, and they need to relearn the old ways so their identity comes to mean something other than laughing knowingly at Curb Your Enthusiasm and being ambivalent about AIPAC. What they need is The Big Jewish Book for Jews, a hilarious compendium of instruction, handicrafts, and lore that will help them rediscover the traditional wisdom, skills and recipes, going all the way back to Moses and the original exodus from Egypt, when God was the only GPS you needed. The Big Jewish Book for Jews brings together Jewish wit, inspiring tales, classic skills, and even pickle recipes, for the instruction and edification of the modern Jew. Readers will learn how to sacrifice a lamb unto the Lord, the rules of canasta, how to build a pyramid (the Bernie Madoff kind and the Egyptian ones), and how not to accept the first table you are shown to in a restaurant. Through this funny and informative reference, readers will build a connection to their ancestors and finally understand what it takes to be the Jewest Jew of all.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Doris on April 13, 2015

I loved it because it made me smile. It was witty and humorous with cute illustrations and tables. Some chapters: Introduction to "Hondling"; Fringe Benefits: The Tallit; How to Build a Sukkah; How to Change Your Name; How and Why To Make Chopped Liver; Learn to Embrace "Fiddler"; Use the Bible to T......more

Goodreads review by Courtney on August 31, 2020

** 3 stars ** Funny, tongue-in-cheek look at various aspects of Jewish identity: religious, cultural, social, linguistic, and more! Learn totally useful life skills like how to be passive-aggressive and how to overfeed your guests. Contemplate disciplining your child using "traditional" biblical meth......more

Goodreads review by C. on December 15, 2013

While this book is funnier if you are a) Jewish and b) grew up in a Jewish community in the Northeast of the US, this book is fairly hilarious and yet insightful for key bits of Jewish cultural mentality. Covering both points of Jewish religion and the Jewish culture of the US post-War 2 but pre-197......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on February 17, 2012

Cute, but I didn't really learn much about being Jewish except what's already a stereotype. I did discover, however, that many of my bizarre personality traits that I thought were just me are actually part of a rich religious and cultural heritage. Now I feel vindicated.......more

Goodreads review by David on May 08, 2011

Hooray! I will now be better able to write believable, stereotypically Jewish characters as they would have appeared in the early 1950's! Thank you, Big Jewish Book for Jews!......more

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