Endorsed by Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform leaders, To Be a Jew has been enthusiastically embraced through the years by hundreds of thousands of readers hungry for a clear, comprehensive, and contemporary explanation of the ageless heritage of Judaism. Here, in simple and powerful language, but in all ways consistent with the highest rabbinical authorities, are the laws and observances for the Sabbath, the Dietary Laws, family life, prayer at home and in the Synagogue, charity and community, the major and minor holidays, and the guiding principles and observances of life, such as birth, naming, circumcision, adoption and conversion, Bar-mitzvah, marriage, divorce, death and mourning.

A wise and useful book for Jewish parents on how to help their children find meaning and satisfaction in their Jewish identities and traditions.

"To Raise a Jewish Child is a candid, warmly written, useful guide for perplexed Jewish parents in search of a clear, contemporary, traditional voice to direct them and their children through the often bewildering problems of living fully in two cultures and through the seeming labyrinth of formal and informal educational institutions currently available in American Jewish life."- Chaim Potok