ARI L. GOLDMAN, one of the nation's leading religion journalists, was a reporter for The New York Times for twenty years. He left the Times in 1993 to teach journalism at Columbia University, where he has trained a new generation of religion writers. Professor Goldman was educated at Yeshiva University, Columbia, and Harvard. He is the author of the bestselling memoir The Search for God at Harvard and the widely acclaimed Living a Year of Kaddish. Goldman has been a Fulbright Professor in Israel and a Skirball Fellow at Oxford University in England. He lives in New York with his wife and their three children.

• CONTENTSIntroduction: Gabriel's HelperBOOK ONEThe Jewish LifeIntroduction1. Beginnings2. Coming of Age3. Wedding4. MourningBOOK TWOThe Jewish YearIntroduction5. Rosh Hashanah6. Yom Kippur7. Sukkot and Simchat Torah8. Hanukkah9. Purim10. Passover11. Yom HaShoah and Yom Ha'atzmaut12. Shavuot13. Fast Days14. SabbathBOOK THREEThe Jewish DayIntroduction15. Prayer16. Kosher17. The Jewish Home18. Outside the Home19. StudyBibliographyIndex

"To those who wish to learn more about Jewishness, tradition and modernity, let them read Ari Goldman's superb and stimulating volume." -- Elie Wiesel