Teaching Your Children About God: A Modern Jewish Approach

"A splendid book, it will deepen the spirituality of parents as they nurture the spiritual lives of their children." --Rabbi Harold S. Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People

In Teaching Your Children About God, Rabbi David Wolpe shows Jewish parents how to openly explore the idea of God with their children.

Many parents find it easier to talk to their children about sex and other intimate matters than to answer questions about God, prayer, good, and evil. In fact, parents may feel they don't know the answers to such questions for themselves, much less for their young children.

Through poignant anecdotes and practical exercises, Wolpe teaches how parents can guide children in the practice of prayer and create an atmosphere in which children feel comfortable questioning and wondering about God, life, and death.

Wolpe also offers invaluable insights into children's spiritual needs, reveals the powerful effect faith can have on a child's self-esteem, and enables parents to understand their children's fears, dreams, and hopes.

Perhaps most important, this wise and potentially life-changing book shows parents who may feel something missing in their own spiritual lives that it is possible to nourish their own souls even as they nurture their children's.

• Bestselling Author: Rabbi David Wolpe’s previous books Making Loss Matter and Floating Takes Faith were both bestsellers and created a buzz throughout the faith community
• A Practical Guide: Through personal anecdotes and doable exercises, Wolpe gives parents the tools they need to create an inviting environment for their children to ask questions about religion
• Enriching for Parents: Beyond the practical focus on children, Parents will come away with an audit of their own spiritual lives that may lead to further enrichment

David J. Wolpe is the Max Webb Emeritus Rabbi of Sinai Temple and Scholar in Residence for the Maimonides Fund. Wolpe has taught at Harvard, UCLA, Hunter College, the Jewish Theological Seminary, and the American Jewish University. Wolpe has published widely, including in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, and The Atlantic. Rabbi Wolpe is the author of eight books, including the national bestseller Making Loss Matter: Creating Meaning in Difficult Times. His previous book, David, the Divided Heart, was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Awards.