This list is maintained by Daniel Faigin. It was originaly developed by Rob Levine from to posting to the newsgroup and bibliographies of books in the list. postings as well as the bibliographies of some of the books on this list. This original list has been augmented based on bibliographic research done by D. Faigin at the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, as well as contributions from readers of soc.culture.jewish, mail.jewish, and mail.liberal-judaism. It is also based on suggestions found in the excellent _Jewish Catalog_ [**] series, which would serve anyone well as a sourcebook on Judaism. Contributions to the list have also been made by: Steven Abrams, Michael Allen, Rabbi Charles Arian, Jim Eggert, Ari Epstein, David A Guberman, Douglas Jones, David Kaufmann, Evelyn Leeper, Jack Love, Hillel Markowitz (both alone and in consultation with Rabbi Yirmiyahu Kaganoff of Baltimore), Rabbi Josh Segal, Steven Seidman, Andrew Tannenbaum and Steven Weintraub.
Subject: I.4 GENERAL JUDAISM
[Rot72]*Roth, Cecil, Ed. _Encyclopedia Judaica_. 16 Vols. Keter, Jerusalem. 1972.
[Sie73]*Siegel, Richard; Strassfeld, Michael; Strassfeld,
Sharon. _The First Jewish Catalog: A Do-It Yourself Kit_.
Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia PA. 1973.
[Ste47]*Steinberg, Milton. _Basic Judaism_. Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich, New York. 1947. ISBN 0-15-610698-1.
[Conservative]
[Str76]*Strassfeld, Sharon and Strassfeld, Michael, eds. _The
Second Jewish Catalog_. Jewish Publication Society,
Philadelphia PA. 1976. [Catalog 2 covers the life cycle
in more depth, aspects of study, synagogue and prayer, and
the arts. The Jewish Yellow Pages are out of date, quite
likely.]
[Str80]*Strassfeld, Sharon and Strassfeld, Michael, eds. _The
Third Jewish Catalog_. Jewish Publication Society,
Philadelphia PA. 1980. [Catalog 3 covers justice,
community, genealogy, dispersion, exile, surroundings, and
israel. It also talks about how to be a mentsh, and
includes a cumlutive index to all three catalogs]
[Tel91]*Telushkin, Joseph. _Jewish Literacy: The Most Important
Things to Know About Judaism_. Morrow, New York. 1991.
Subject: I.12. HALACHIC CODES
[Gol63]*Goldin, Hyman E. (trans.). _The Code of Jewish Law_.
Hebrew Publishing Co., New York NY. 1963. [This is an
English translation of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, which is
a completely different work from the
Shulchan Aruch
. The
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch was written in the late 1800's by
Rabbi Shlomo Gantzfried and is a summary collection of
Halachah for every day practice divided into categories.
The Jewish Catalog cautions against using the _Kitzur
Shulhan Arukh_ of Shlomo Ganzfried, which it states is "a
collection of ultrastringent views often without firm
basis in halakhic sources". However, other contributors
think it provides lots of information on specific
practices, but can be overwealming. As usual, it is
probably best to ask your Rabbi.]
Subject: II.4. TRADITIONAL PRACTICE
[Don72]*Donin, Hayim. _To Be a Jew: A Guide to Jewish Observance
in Contemporary Life_. Basic Books, New York. 1972.
Subject: II.5. THE HOUSEHOLD
[Dre59]*Dresner, Samuel H and Siegel, Seymour. _The Jewish
Dietary Laws_. Burning Bush Press, New York. 1959. [Not
universally accepted, but many recommend it. May be more
of Conservative/Modern Orthodox viewpoint]
[Eps81] Epstein, Rabbi Joseph D. _Mitzvot Habayit: The Precepts
of the Jewish Home_ (translated by Gershon Taschman).
Torath HaA
dam
Institute, New York, 1981. [Translation of
the introduction to the author's comprehensive work of the
same name in Hebrew.]
[Gre83] Greenberg, Blu. _How to Run a Traditional Jewish
Household_. Simon and Schuster, New York. 1983.
[Kit63] Kitov, A.E. _The Jew and His Home._ New York: Shengold,
1963.
[Lev64] Levi, Shonie and Kaplan, Sylvia. _Guide for the Jewish
Homemaker_. Schocken Books, New York. 1964.
[Lub89] Lubavitch Women's Organization. _Body and Soul: A
Handbook for
Kosher
Living_, Lubavitch Women's Cookbook
Pub, NY. 1989. [Short introduction to
kosher
basics.]
[Lub90] Lubavitch Women's Organization. _Spice and Spirit:
Complete
Kosher
Jewish Cookbook_. Lubavitch Women's
Cookbook Pub, NY, 1990. [Contains detailed information
about the laws of
kashrut
and holidays from the Lubavitch
point of view and thus follows Lubavitch customs regarding
Kashrut
; for non-Lubavitch, use in conjunction with other
Kashrut
references. Lots of traditional recipes that tend
not to fail, if followed. Good section on Passover
baking.]
[RCA72]*Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America,
Rabbinical Council of America. _
Kashrut
h: Handbook for
Home and School_ UOJCA, New York. 1972.
[Ros91] Rosenberg, Ehud. _Meat and Dairy, an illustrted guide
for the
Kosher
Kitchen_. Mesorah, NY. 1991. [Uses pictures
to teach about
kashrut
.]
[Sym88] Syme, Daniel. _The Jewish Home_. UAHC Press, New York.
1988.
[Zev57] Zevin, Rav Schlomo Yosef. _Moadim b'Halacha_. Abramahm
Tsioni, Tel Aviv. 1957.
Subject: V.2. CONSERVATIVE PRACTICES
[Kle75]*Klein, Isaac. _
Responsa
and Halakhic Studies_. KTAV
1975
[Kle79]*Klein, Isaac. _A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice_.
Jewish Theological Seminary, New York. 1979.
[Sie77] Siegel, Seymour ed. _Conservative Judaism and Jewish
Law_. Rabbinical Assembly, New York. 1977.
Subject: XI.1.b General Interest Periodicals focused on
Tradition and the Home
[Catalog 1 covers Symbols of the Home,
Kashrut
, Candles,
Kippah, Tallit, Tefillin, the Shofar, Jewish travel, the
Jewish year cycle, Weddings, Tumah and taharah, Death and
burial, scribal arts, gematria, music, film, the Jewish
press, creating a jewish library, and relationships
between man, women, and the community]
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