New Jewish Baby Book (2nd Edition): Names, Ceremonies & Customs―A Guide for Today's Families - Hardcover

Diamant, Anita

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1683362195 ISBN 13: 9781683362197

Publisher: Jewish Lights, 2005

Synopsis

The practical, inspiring guide for all Jewish people expecting a baby. Expanded, updated, and revised.

A complete resource to the traditions and rituals for welcoming a new child to the world and into the Jewish community, and for commemorating this joyous event in family life―whatever your family constellation.

• Provides ceremonies you can copy for handouts so that guests are an even greater part of the experience.
• Special section for interfaith families helps make the celebrations inclusive, comfortable, and joyous for all.
• Ceremonies for girls, as well as for boys.

"Drawn from the wealth of mythic, historic, religious, culinary, and literary traditions that surround the arrival of a new Jewish baby, and informed by contemporary insight and practice, The New Jewish Baby Book describes the many ways that new parents can celebrate the arrival of a child, the newest member of your extended families, and a unique and precious chapter in the on-going saga of the Jewish people."
―from the Introduction

About this title

From the Publisher

"This lovely book....recommended for all public libraries." (Booklist, May 1, 1994)"Addresses the human need to plan for the spiritual aspects of childbirth." (Publishers Weekly, March 14, 1994)

About the Author

Anita Diamant is author of The Red Tent; The New Jewish Wedding; Bible Baby Names: Spiritual Choices from Judeo-Christian Sources; and The New Jewish Baby Book(Jewish Lights), among other books. She is a founder of Mayyim Hayyim, Living Waters Community Mikveh and the Paula J. Brody Family Education Center in Newton, Massachusetts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jewish Lights
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1683362195
• ISBN 13: 9781683362197
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 304