The Jewish Holidays

A comprehensive guide to Judaism’s annual celebrations and observances “written in a clear, thought-provoking style” by the coeditor of The Jewish Catalog ( Booklist ). For anyone seeking a deeper understanding and experience of the Jewish holidays, Michael Strassfeld offers this authoritative, comprehensive guide to the yearly festival cycle. The Jewish Holidays is a fascinating weave of the traditional and the contemporary, the communal and the individual, the letter and the spirit. For the ob