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Jewish Observance: Worship, Life Cycle, and Holidays

We have divided this page up into four sections: General, Worship, Life Cycle, and Holidays

General

Artson, Bradley. It's a Mitzvah! Step-By-Step to Jewish Living.
Donin, Hayim. To Be a Jew: A Guide to Jewish Observance in Contemporary Life.
Einstein, Stephen J. ,& Kukoff. Every Person's Guide to Judaism.
Dosick, Rabbi Wayne. Living Judaism: The Complete Guide to Jewish Belief, Tradition, and Practice.
Greenberg, Richard. Pathways: Jews Who Return.
Klein, Isaac. A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice
Olitzky, Kerry. Grief in Our Seasons: A Mourner's Kaddish Companion.
Steinsaltz, Adin. Teshuvah: A Guide for the Newly Observant Jew.
Stern, Chaim, editor. On the Doorposts of Your House: Prayers & Ceremonies for the Jewish Home.
Syme, Daniel. The Jewish Home: A Guide for Jewish Living.
Waskow, Arthur. Down to Earth Judaism: Food, Money, Sex & the Rest of Life.

Worship

Donin, Hayim. To Pray As a Jew: A Guide to the Prayerbook and Synagogue Service.
Grishaver, Joel. And You Shall Be a Blessing: An Unfolding of the Six Words That Begin Every Brakhah.
Hammer, Reven. Entering Jewish Prayer: A Guide to Personal Devotion and the Worship Service.
Hoffman, Lawrence (ed). My People's Prayer Book, Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries - 7 volume series:

Prager, Marcia. Path of Blessing: Experiencing the Energy and Abundance of the Divine.

Life Cycle

Note: Books relating to birth, babies, etc., are on the Parenting page.

Brener, Anne, Jack Reimer, et al. Mourning & Mitzvah: A Guided Journal for Walking the Mourner's Path Through Grief to Healing.
Diamant, Anita. Saying Kaddish: How to Comfort the Dying, Bury the Dead, and Mourn As a Jew.
Diamant, Anita. The New Jewish Wedding.
Hefter, Wendy Chernak. The Complete Jewish Wedding Planner.
Lamm, Maurice. Jewish Way in Death and Mourning.
Lamm, Maurice. The Jewish Way in Love and Marriage.
Latner, Helen. The Everything Jewish Wedding Book : The Complete Guide to Planning the Ceremony and Celebration--From Traditional to Contemporary--For the Most important Day of Your Life.
Marks, Susan, et al. Seven Blessings; Our Jewish Wedding Book.
Slonim, Rivkah (ed.). Total Immersion : A Mikvah Anthology.
Wieseltier, Leon. Kaddish.

Holidays

General

Greenberg, Irving. The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays.
Kitov, Eliyahu. The Book of Our Heritage: The Jewish Year and Its Days of Significance.
Schauss, Hayyim & Harold S. Kushner. The Jewish Festivals: A Guide to Their History and Observance.
Strassfield, Michael & Eisen, Arnold M. The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary.
Waskow, Arthur. Seasons of Our Joy: A Modern Guide to the Jewish Holidays.

Shabbat

Dresner, Samuel. The Sabbath.
Heschel, Abraham J. The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man (also in paperback).
Shapiro, Mark Dov, editor. Gates of Shabbat (Shaarei Shabbat): A Guide for Observing Shabbat.

High Holy Days

Agnon, S.Y.. Days of Awe: A Treasury of Jewish Wisdom for Reflection, Repentance, and Renewal on the High Holy Days.
Hammer, Reuven. Entering the High Holy Days: A Complete Guide to the Origins, Themes, and Prayers.
Olitzky, Kerry & Sabath, Rachel T. & Wolpe, David. Preparing Your Heart for the High Holy Days: A Guided Journal.
Reimer, Gail Twersky & Kates, Judith A. (eds.). Beginning Anew: A Woman's Companion to the High Holy Days.

Passover

Steingroot, Ira. Keeping Passover: Everything You Need to Know to Bring the Ancient Tradition to Life and Create Your Own Passover Celebration.

Childrens

Gross, Judith & Weissman, Bari (illus). Celebrate: A Book of Jewish Holidays (All Aboard Book).
Gross, Judith. Celebrate: A Book of Jewish Holidays.
Silverman, Maida & Garrison, Barbara (illus). My First Book of Jewish Holidays.