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Filled with practical advice as well as history, Blu Greenberg's book is a comprehensive guide to the joys and complexities of running a modern Jewish home. How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household is a modern, comprehensive guide covering virtually every aspect of Jewish home life. It provides practical advice on how to manage a Jewish home in the traditional way and offers fascinating accounts of the history behind the tradition. In a warm, personal style, Blu Greenberg shows that, contrary to popular belief, the home, and not the synagogue, is the most important institution in Jewish life. Divided into three large sectionsD_The Jewish Way,_ _Special Stages of Life,_ and _Celebration and Remembering_Dthis book educates the uninitiated and reminds the already observant Jew of how Judaism approaches daily life. Topics include prayer, dress, holidays, food preparation, marriage, birth, death, parenthood, and many others. This description of the modern-yet-traditional Jewish household will earn special regard among the many American Jews who are reexploring their ties to Jewish tradition. Such Jews will find this book a flexible guide that provides a knowledge of the requirements of traditional Judaism without advocating immediate and complete compliance. How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household will also appeal to observant Jews, providing them with helpful tips on how to manage their homes and special insights into the most minute details and procedures in a traditional household. Herself a traditional Jew, Blu Greenberg is nevertheless quite sympathetic to feminist views on the role of women in Jewish observance. How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household therefore speaks intimately to women who are struggling to reconcile their identities as modern women with their commitments to traditional Judaism.
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Blu Greenberg writes and lectures on contemporary Jewish subjects. Her first book, On Women and Judaism, was published in 1981 by the Jewish Publication Society. Married to a rabbi, she is the mother of five children, active in communal affairs, and yet manages to run a traditional Jewish household.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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Blu Greenberg is the kind of Jewish mama I wish I'd had. She's knowlegeable about Jewish observance but sensitive to controversial issues and careful to address the concerns of those who weren't raised in a traditional Jewish home. This is the same Blu Greenberg who was open-minded enough to accompany a delegation of Jews to visit with the Dalai Lama in India, and at the same time was careful to remain kosher on the trip! "How To Run A Traditional Jewish Household" takes you step-by-step through the intricacies of daily Jewish living. Have a question about Shabbat observance? Blu Greenberg has the answer. "Islands in time do not appear on their own," she points out, and so we are provided with detailed instructions covering everything from pre-Shabbat preparations, prayers and blessings, to setting up a blech to keep food warm. Many books give a gerneral overview of Shabbat observance; with this book in hand, though, one could begin on Thursday night with preparations and make it through Saturday night in finest of observant style. The same thorough but chatty tone also refreshes Mrs. Greenberg's discussion of the laws and practicalities of Kashrut, Family Purity, and the keeping of all the festivals. She discusses the Jewish views of abortion, birth control, and divorce, and explains the traditional ways of dealing with birth and death and common life events in between. For all her undeniable 'frumness', Mrs. Greenberg admits to struggling with some of the issues she discusses. She admits to "occasional grumblings" over the laws of Niddah, and has managed to gracefully be both Orthodox and feminist. Here is a woman who has clearly wrestled with some aspects of her faith. God-wrestling is a time-honored tradition for Jews, and it's affect on Blu Greenberg has been positive. "How To Run A Traditional Jewish Household" is instructional, loving, and thought-provoking.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Growing up in a Classical Reform home, where observance was minimal, Conservative practice considered dated and pointless, and Orthodoxy completely alien, I would never have expected to read this book, much less love it. But Blu Greenberg's writing describes modern Orthodox practice with such warmth and charm that we have actually taken on new observances after reading it. Furthermore, even practices we are unlikely to adopt have become understandable and something to appreciate. Highly recommended!
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BLU GREENBERG HAS WRITTEN A WONDERFULLY WARM, WITTY AND INFORMATIVE BOOK THAT SOMEHOW DRAWS YOU IN SO MUCH SO THAT PUTTING THE BOOK DOWN IS NO LONGER AN OPTION. I HAVE READ MANY BOOKS ON JUDAISM AND CONVERSION AND THIS BOOK JUST SEEMS TO SUM JUDAISM UP. ITS NOT SO MUCH THE RELIGION BUT THE LIVING - HOW YOU LIVE THATS MOST IMPORTANT AND A TEACHER OF THE CALIBRE OF BLU GREENBERG MAKES THE LIVING EASIER. A WONDERFUL INSIGHT INTO THE LIFE AND LIVING OF ALL JEWS; NOT JUST ORTHODOXY. I HAVE ENJOYED EVERY CHAPTER OF THIS BOOK BUT I HAVE TO SAY THE CHAPTER THAT HAS MOST INSPIRED ME WAS THE CHAPTER ON THE SABBATH. I CHALLENGE YOU TO READ IT AND NOT BE CONVERTED TO BLU GREENBERG.
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