Living a Jewish Life, Revised and Updated: Jewish Traditions, Customs, and Values for Today's Families

A good book for those who are interested in converting to Judaism. A lot of great resources.

This book is not only very informative but also easy to read and understand. It's well written and educational, and I feel it's a great starting point for learning about Judaism.

This book helps one better understand why the celebrate, eat, and study the way they do!

I like the structure, simplicity and directness.

Diamont's "Living a Jewish Life" is a readable, welcoming, inclusive introduction to liberal Jewish living. This book is aimed at adult readers seeking to move their lives in a Jewish direction - as Diamont puts it, to make more "Jewish choices." Covering topics such as the Jewish home, the Jewish community, holidays, and life-cycle events, Diamont de-mystifies basic concepts and practices. It is an excellent primer and should be an early addition to any beginner's Jewish library. It reads mostly as a "how-to," making Jewish practice do-able for the novice, though it also includes well-researched basic background information, complete with end-notes and suggestions for further reading. It will be most useful to secular Jews and Reform, Reconstructionist, Renewal, and liberal-leaning Conservative Jews who never went to Hebrew school, or for whom Hebrew school is a distant memory. While Diamont encourages a diversity of Jewish opinions and levels of worship, this book is not aimed at those seeking a very traditional Orthodox lifestyle. Beliefs, prayers and home liturgy are mentioned within the context of discussion of a particular event or occasion, but Diamont's focus is not on introducing or explaining Jewish belief or synagogue liturgy in depth.

The topics contained are good with decent information and the book is generally an easy read. I find it to be a good and simple introduction and I will say that the holiday chapters are quite informative in a simple way. I find the book a very light offering, yet very strong in it's delivery, therefore, a strong yet simple introduction to topics, which in my opinion, makes for a good start!

Practical and easy to use book with good explanations of the basics of living a Jewish life. The author clearly knows her stuff (no surprise i suppose given her well researched fiction). I enjoyed reading her own story about how Judaism has come to be a part of her life. I find that I refer to this book as a handy reference. However, for a more in depth description of blessings or holidays I’d look to additional sources.

I haven't read it yet but I am anxious to.

Good, practical info,

Beautiful

Excellent book, very useful. I really recomend to read it. You can find very practical advices. Easy to read .

very good quality for 15 cents

I found this a very handy read, interesting for would be Jews and also a reminder of the little things I have missed in my everyday life here in the west.