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Conference taveng::bagels

Title:	BAGELS and other things of Jewish interest
Notice:	1.0 policy, 280.0 directory, 32.0 registration
Moderator:	SMURF::FENSTER

Created:	Mon Feb 03 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1524
Total number of notes:	18709

154.0. ""What is Judaism" for beginners" by EAGLEA::DANTOWITZ (David .. DTN: 226-6957 -- LTN2-1/H07) Sun Jul 06 1986 21:10

    
    I am currently trying to find a book to give to a few of my non-Jewish
    friends.  This book should be able to answer questions like "Do
    the Jews have a Pope in Israel?"  and other "good ones".  The people
    I have in mind have grown up with Jews, but never had anyone to
    ask questions of, thus they have some pretty interesting
    misconceptions. 
    
    	David

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
154.1	Try Topic 129.*	WFOVX3::KLEINBERGER	Gale Kleinberger	`Mon Jul 07 1986 01:08`	14
	David, You might want to read through topic 129.*, it was started by me, a non-jewish person, who wanted to have all those questions and more answered, and several people throughout the topic recommended several good books to me... I have not been able to read through all of them yet though, so I can't recommend one over the other yet... Hope those might help though. Gale P.S. The reason for starting that topic is still going very well if anyone would like that update 8-)...
154.2	a couple of references...	HYDRA::FEINBERG	Don Feinberg	`Mon Jul 07 1986 11:31`	16
	A couple of good basic books: "Nine (or "eight", depending on the edition you find...) Questions People Ask About Judaism". I think Simon and Shuster has picked this one up. Good for stereotype shattering and basic education! Rabbi Donin's books are (much more involved but excellent: "How To Pray As A Jew", "How To Raise A Jewish Child"; there is a third one (the one he wrote first) on being a Jew - the exact title escapes me at the minute. If you ask at the Israel Bkstore in Brookline, they'll know what you want. Or send me mail and I'll get the exact details, as I have the book at home. /don feinberg