Honest Answers to Your Child's Jewish Questions.Honest Answers To Your Child's Jewish Questions Sharon G. Forman Union For Reform Judaism The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), formerly known as the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC), is an organization which supports Reform Jewish congregations in North America. The current President is Rabbi Eric H. Press 633 3rd Avenue, NY, NY 10017-6778 0807409448 $16.95 www.urjpress.com Honest Answers To Your Child's Jewish Questions: A Rabbi's Insights by Sharon G. Forman (who was ordained or·dain tr.v. or·dained, or·dain·ing, or·dains 1. a. To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on. b. To authorize as a rabbi. 2. as a Reform rabbi from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1994 and who currently teaches at Westchester Reform Temple, Westchester County, New York '' Westchester County is a primarily suburban county located in the U.S. state of New York with about 950,000 residents. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. It was named after Chester, in England, and the county seat is White Plains. ) is the perfect reference for parents needing answers to basic questions asked by preschool and kindergarten age children about Jewish identity Jewish identity is the subjective state of perceiving oneself as as a Jew and as relating to being Jewish. Jewish identity, by this definition, does not depend on whether or not a person is regarded as a Jew by others, or by an external set of religious, or legal, or sociological , the nature of God, the Jewish "Life Cycle", the Torah and the Bible, Israel, anti-Semitism, the diversity of the Jewish community, even the present Israeli-Arab conflict. Honest Answers To Your Child's Jewish Questions succinctly addresses such questions as Why do I have to learn Hebrew?; Why do we read the same stories over and over?; Do I have to believe in God to be Jewish?; What was the Holocaust? and more. Honest Answers To Your Child's Jewish Questions is very strongly recommended for all parents of a Jewish child with questions--as well as their non-Jewish friends and classmates Classmates can refer to either:
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