Accesible Judaism:

A Concise Guide

By Rabbi Jacques Cukierkorn

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Jewish History

• Introduction
• In the Beginning: From Early Dawn to 200 C.E.
• The Diaspora: From 200 to 1900 C.E.
• From Horror to Liberation: The Twentieth Century
• The American Jewish Community
• Jewish Life options: The Main Jewish Movements Today
• At-a-Glance:
  Timeline
  

Jewish Beliefs and Values

• Tanach: The Bible
• The Origin and Growth of Jewish Law
• Basic Beliefs
• God in Judaism
• Revelation
• Olam HaBa: Ideas on the World to Come
• At-a-Glance:
  Differences among Jewish Movements

Time in Judaism

• The Life Cycle
• The Yearly Cycle
• At-a-Glance:
  Holidays and the Calendar

Jews by Choice

• Jewish Attitudes towards Conversion
• Becoming Part of the Covenant: The Formal Process
• Converts and Israel
• At-a-Glance:
  Gerim and the Jewish Movements

Appendix

• Where Judaism Differs
• Jewish Objects
• Blessings and Prayers
• Glossary