Temple Israel Center Religious School
LIFE CYCLE BIBLIOGRAPHY

BIRTH CEREMONIES


The following resources are available at the TIC library.

Cohen, Debra Nussbaum. Celebrating Your New Jewish Daughter: Creating Ways to Welcome Baby Girls into the Covenant.

Diamant, Anita. The New Jewish Baby Book.

Frymer-Krensky, Tikva. Motherprayer: The Pregnant Woman’s Spiritual Companion.

Gold, Michael. And Hannah Wept: Infertility, Adoption, and the Jewish Couple.

Isaacs, Rabbi Ronald H. and Olitzky, Rabbi Kerry. Tales from the Jewish Life Cycle.

Klein, Isaac. A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice.

Neusner, Jacob. The Enchantments of Judaism.

Olitsky, Rabbi Kerry. The Second How-to-Handbook for Jewish Living.

Orenstein, Rabbi Debra. Lifecycles, vol.1: Jewish Women on Life Passages and Personal Milestones.


Children’s Literature

Drucker, Malka. Celebrating Life: Jewish Rites of Passage—Birth, Marriage, Death.

Greenberg, Melanie Hope. Blessings: Our Jewish Home.

Scharfstein, Sol. Understanding Jewish Holidays and Customs: Historical and Contemporary.

Silverman, Judy. Rosie and the Mole.

Wikowski, Susan. Baby’s Bris.



LIFE CYCLE BIBLIOGRAPHY
JEWISH LEARNING


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Resources for Parents

Abrams, Rabbi Judith and Dr. Steven. Jewish Parenting: Rabbinic Insights.

Artson, Bradley Shavit. It’s a Mitzvah! Step-By-Step to Jewish Living.

Ben David, Aryeh. Around the Shabbat Table: A Guide to Fulfilling and Meaningful Table Conversations.

Cohen, Norman J. The Way Onto Torah.

Cooper, John. The Child in Jewish History.

Dosich, Wayne. Golden Rules: The Ten Ethical Values Parents Need to Teach Their Children.

Gordis, Daniel. Becoming a Jewish Parent: How to Explore Spirituality and Tradition with Your Children.

Holtz, Barry. Finding Our Way: Jewish Texts and the Lives We Lead Today.

Isaacs, Ronald H. and Olitsky, Kerry M. Sacred Moments: Tales from the Jewish Life Cycle.

Kurshan, Neil. Raising Your Child To Be a Mensch.

Levi, Shonie. Across the Threshold.

Reuben, Rabbi Steven Carr. Raising Jewish Children in a Contemporary World.

Rosenak, Michael. Tree of Life Tree of Knowledge; Conversations with the Torah: A guide to help parents and teachers apply the lessons from the Torah on teaching to the education of themselves and their children.

Rosenak, Michael. Commandments and Concerns: Jewish Religious Education in Secular Society.

Sherwin, Byron and Cohen, Seymour J. How to Be a Jew.

Strassfeld, Sharon, and Green, Kathy. The Jewish Family Book.

Tripp, Leo. The Complete Book of Jewish Observance: A Practical Manual for the Modern Jew.

Weisblum, Moshe Pinchas. Table Talk: Biblical Questions and Answers.


Resources for Children

Drucker, Malka. Celebrating Life: Jewish Rites of Passage.

Klaperman, Libby. The Scholar-Fighter: The Story of Saadiah Gaon.

Peterseil, Tehila. The Safe Place.

Scharfstein, Sal. Understanding Jewish Holidays and Customs, Historical and Contemporary.

Silverman, Erica. Raisel’s Riddle.

LIFE CYCLE BIBLIOGRAPHY
BAR MITZVAH

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Resources for Parents:
Abramowitz, Yosef and Silverman, Rabbi Susan. Jewish Family and Life: Traditions, Holidays, and Values.

Bell, Roselyn, ed. The Hadassah Magazine’s Jewish Parenting Book.

Cardozo, Arlene Rossen. Jewish Family Celebrations.

Chill, Abraham. The Minhagim: The Customs and Ceremonies of Judaism, Their Origins and Rationale.

Cohen, Rabbi Nachman. Bar Mitzvah and Beyond.

Cooper, John. The Child in Jewish History.

Donin, Hayim Halevi. To Raise a Jewish Child.

Gordis, Daniel. Becoming a Jewish Parent: How to Explore Spirituality and Tradition with Your Children.

Isaacs, Ronald H. and Olitzky, Kerry H. Sacred Moments: Tales from the Jewish Life Cycle.

Kolatch, Alfred. The Jewish Book of Why, vol.s 1 and 2

Orenstein, Rabbi Debra. Lifecycles: Jewish Women on Life Passages and Personal Milestones.

Salkin, Rabbi Jeffrey K. Putting God on the Guest List: How to Reclaim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Child’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah.

Strassfeld, . The Jewish Catalog.

Children’s Nonfiction Literature:

Drucker, Malka. Celebrating Life.

Goldin, Barbara Goldin. Bat Mitzvah: A Jewish Girl’s Coming of Age.

Greenfield, Howard. Bar Mitzvah.

Kimmel, Eric. Bar Mitzvah: A Jewish Boy’s Coming of Age.

Metter, Bert. Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah.

Neusner, Jacob. Mitzvah.

Ronoff, David. Growing Up.

Rosenblum, Richard. My Bar Mitzvah.

Scharfstein, Sal. Understanding Jewish Holidays and Customs: Historical and Contemporary.


Children’s Fiction Literature:


Bush, Lawrence. Emma Ansky-Levine and Her Mitzvah Machine.

Cohen, Barbara. King of the Seventh Grade.

Gallant, Janet. My Brother’s Bar Mitzvah.

Gevitz, Eliezer. The Mystery of the Missing Bar Mitzvah Gift.

Kaufman, Stephen. Does Anyone Here Know the Way to Thirteen?

Oberman, Sheldon. The Always Prayer Shawl.

Provost, Gary. Good If It Goes.

Schnur, Steven. The Narrowest Bar Mitzvah.

Shalant, Phyllis. Shalom, Geneva Place.

Waysman, Dvora. Back of Beyond.

Wolff, Ferida. Pink Slippers, Bat Mitzvah Blues.


Video:

The Discovery

LIFE CYCLE BIBLIOGRAPHY:
WEDDING

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Resources for Parents:

Aiken, Lisa. Beyond Bashert: A Guide to Dating and Marriage Enrichment.

Bulka, Reuven. Jewish Marriage: A Halakhic Ethic.

Diamant, Anita. The New Jewish Wedding.

Gordis, Daniel. Becoming a Jewish Parent.

Isaacs, Ronald H. and Olitzky, Kerry, ed. Sacred Moments: Tales from the Jewish Life Cycle.

Kaufman, Michael. Love, Marriage and Family in Jewish Law and Tradition.

Klagsbrun, Francine. Married People: Staying Together in the Age of Divorce.

Lamm, Morris. The Jewish Way in Love and Marriage.

Latner, Helen. The Everything Jewish Wedding Book: The Complete Guide to the Ceremony and Celebration—from traditional to contemporary.

Latner, Helen. Your Jewish Wedding.

Neusner, Jacob. The Enchantments of Judaism: Rites of Transformation from Birth Through Death.

Orenstein, Rabbi Debra. Lifecycles: Jewish Women on Life Passages and Personal Milestones.

Sherman, Joshua. A Sampler of Jewish American Folklore.

Silverstein, Alan. It All Begins with a Date: Jewish Concerns about Intermarriage.

Trepp, Leo. The Complete Book of Jewish Observance.


Nonfiction Resources for Children:

Drucker, Malka. Celebrating Life: Jewish Rites of Passage.

Rosenblum, Richard. My Sister’s Wedding.



Fiction Resources for Children:

Porte, Barbara Ann. Harry Gets an Uncle.

Zalben, Jane Breskin. Beni’s First Wedding.



Audiotape:

The Complete Jewish Party Music Collection, vol.1, includes love songs, wedding songs and anniversary (A26 and A27)

Neshoma Orchestra: Mazel Tov! Wedding Music (A23)




Video:

David Yakobian: The Real Complete Jewish Party Dance Instruction: Traditional and Modern Dance

A Seal Upon Thy Heart: A Portrait of Jewish Marriage



LIFE CYCLE BIBLIOGRAPHY:
DEATH AND MOURNING

All of the following resources are available at the TIC Library.



Resources for Parents:

Bell, Roselyn, ed. The Hadassah Magazine Jewish Parenting Book.

Chill, Abraham. The Minhagim: The Customs and Ceremonies of Judaism, Their Origins and Rationale.

Isaacs, Ronald H. and Olitzky, Kerry, ed. Sacred Moments: Tales from the Jewish Life Cycle.

Kolatch, Alfred. The Jewish Mourners Book of Why.

Lamm, Maurice. The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning.

Neusner, Jacob. The Enchantments of Judaism: Rites of Transformations From Birth Through Death.
Orenstein, Rabbi Debra. Lifecycles: Jewish Women on Life Passages and Personal Milestones.

Rabinowicz, Rabbi Tzvi. A Guide to Life: Jewish Laws and Customs of Mourning.

Rapaport, Nissa. A Woman’s Book of Grieving.

Riemer, Jacob, ed. Jewish Reflections on Death.

Riemer, Jacob, ed. Wrestling with the Angel: Jewish Insights on Death and Mourning.

Rozwaski, Rabbi Chaim Z. Jewish Meditations on the Meaning of Death.

Sherman, Joshua. A Sampler of Jewish American Folklore.

Silverman, William B. and Cinnamon, Kenneth M. When Mourning Comes: A Book of Comfort for the Grieving.

Sonsino, Rifat and Syme, Daniel B. What Happens After I Die?

Trepp, Leo. The Complete Book of Jewish Observance.



Non-fiction Resources for Children:

Drucker, Malka. Celebrating Life: Jewish Rites of Passage.

Gillman, Marc. Lost and Found: A Kid’s Book for Living Through Loss.

Spero, Moshe Halevi. Saying Goodbye to Grandma.

Spero, Moshe Halevi. Saying Goodbye to Grandpa.

Spero, Moshe Halevi. Zaydeh.

Techner, David. A Candle for Grandpa.



Fiction Resources for Children:

Brackett, Rona. Harry’s Grandpa Takes a Mysterious Journey.

Clifford, Ethan. The Remembering Box.

Girion, Barbara. A Tangle of Roots.

Lanton, Sandy. Daddy’s Chair.

Pomerantz, Barbara. Bubbie, Me and Memories.

Rosman, Steven. Deena the Damselfly.

Zalben, Jane Breskin. Pearl’s Marigolds for Grandpa.




Video:

The Corridor: Jewish Lifecycle Series: Death