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A Time for Every Purpose Under Heaven by Arthur Ocean Waskow, Phyllis Ocean Berman
More than twenty years ago, Arthur Waskow published a book, Seasons of Our Joy, that followed the flow of Jewish festivals through the year. It became a classic. Now Waskow and his wife have written a book about the other great cycle of Jewish life.
A Time for Every Purpose Under Heavenby Arthur Ocean Waskow, Phyllis Ocean Berman
Published: 2002, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
More than twenty years ago, Arthur Waskow published a book, Seasons of Our Joy, that followed the flow of Jewish festivals through the year. It became a classic. Now Waskow and his wife have written a book about the other great cycle of Jewish life -- from birth to death. They have woven handbook and history, spiritual guide and their own personal experience, ancient ceremonies and those brought forward by Jewish women today, into a single pattern for a well-lived Jewish life.
The book moves from a new "Covenant of Washing" -- the ritual act of parents washing a newborn daughter's feet to celebrate her arrival -- to an examination of how k'tubot, or marriage contracts, could be revised to affirm the commitments partners today need to make to each other, to ceremonies that celebrate the transformations of midlife, to enriching the rituals of grief
This book will resonate both with observant Jews looking to broaden their experience of Judaism and with those looking for new ways to reconnect with Judaism and make it a vital part of their life.
About the Authors
Philadelphians Arthur Ocean Waskow and Phyllis Ocean Berman are leaders of the Jewish renewal movement. Waskow directs the Shalom center and wrote Godwrestling, among other books. Berman directs Elat Chayyim's summer program and is co-author of Tales of Tikkun.
Online Resources
A review in Rebecca Reads
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