What You Will See Inside a Synagogue (What You Will See Inside …)

If you want a crash course on the basics of Jewish rituals and special days this may be the book for you. It's packed with lots of engaging pictures and short explanations on the meaning and importance of the Jewish artifacts, holidays and life events presented.

We are already Jewish but I still thought this book would be helpful for younger kids. It is a great book and arrived in perfect condition. And it came so fast. I think I ordered it one day and the next day it was at my door. I couldn't be more pleased.

|TITLE| “What You Will See inside a Synagogue”|AUTHORS|• American Jewish University Professor Ron Wolfson, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.• Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Professor Lawrence A. Hoffman Ph.D.|FORWARD| Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, DMin. (Author of)• God’s Paintbrush• In God’s Name• Adam & Eve’s First Sunset: God’s New Day|FORWARD| Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, DMin. (Author of)• God’s Paintbrush• In God’s Name• Adam & Eve’s First Sunset: God’s New Day|RECOMMENDED BY|• Doctor Eugene J. Fisher• Associate Director• Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops|REVIEWER| Josh Grossman, Colonel {r} U.S. Army Medical Corps, M.D., FACP|BOOK FORMAT| Quality Paperback|BOOK PAGES| 31 pages|BOOK PUBLISHERS|• Jewish Lights Publishing for people of all faiths• Skylight Paths Publishing walking together, finding the way|BOOK COPYRIGHT| 2008|BOOK ISBN-13| 978-1-59473-256-0• A truly outstanding beautifully illustrated book for both Jews and non-Jew that, as stated by Dr. Eugene J. Fisher, Associate Director, Secretariat for Ecumenical and interreligious affairs-our United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, “This book will repair what is broken in our common world!”• Our Jewish Synagogues, also known as our Jewish Shul and/or our Jewish Temple serves us well as our Breit Tefilah (our house of prayer}; our Breit Midrash (our house of study) and our Breit Keneset (our house of gathering).• Our Jewish Vestments {M’ZzuZAH, SH’MA, TALLIT, to name but a few}, are illustrated and defined perfectly for ages six years (and up)! As I have served on our B’nai Sholom Board, and as I have written and shared my Jewish Jeopardy Game while serving in our B’nai Sholom Religious School, I am confident in recommending a copy of this book to all of the Directors of our Religious Schools, and to all of the Directors of our Jewish Community Centers, and to all of the Directors of our Hillel Centers of Jewish Life on the campus of our Universities.• As I am Ecumenical Grandfather, with my two Irish Catholic Grandchildren and my three Jewish Grandchildren I am both comfortable and confident in recommending this book to interfaith couples!

I am very impressed with the quality and content of this book. It is intended for a child who does not know much about Judaism and does an excellent job summarizing the beliefs and rituals of Juadism.The book includes preparing for prayer (donning the tallit and kippa), an explanation of the ark, the torah, the magen david, the ner tamid and almost everything else you would want to know about the inner workings of a temple. There is also a section on Shabbat, Tikkun Olam (fixing he world) charity and major events in Jewish life (Weddings, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs,the holidays).The temple shown in this book is either a reform or conservative temple, and while the religion is the same, this is not an orthodox temple which would have a slightly different atmosphere.The book is part of a series intended to show children traditional houses of worship, liturgical celebrations and rituals of different world faiths. It is a great resource to teach a respect and understanding of the religious traditions of the world.