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Explores the cycle of Jewish holidays, which reflects a sense of identity with, and belonging to, the Jewish people, while simultaneously shaping that identity and sense of belonging. Throughout the generations, observance of the holidays has developed and changed, thus enabling generations of Jews, in their various communities, to define their own national identity and sense of belonging.
List of contents
Introduction
- Holidays as an Educational Tool throughout the Generations (Ledorotaichem): Examples
- Holidays as Tools for Shaping Jewish Identity
- Holidays as Building a Sense of Belonging to Our People
- Remembrance in the Holidays as Shaping Identity and a Sense of Belonging to the Jewish People
- The Memory of the Holocaust as Shaping Identity and Belonging
- Developments and Changes in the Holidays throughout the Generations and in How We Relate to Them
- Passover as a Reflection (Mise en Abyme) of the Jewish Holidays
- Lessons from Our Journey through the Jewish Calendar from a Child’s Overview
- Epilogue: How Should We Celebrate Independence Day?
Bibliography
Index of the Jewish Holidays
About the author
Yitzhak
(Itzik) Peleg is professor emeritus of Bible Studies at the Gordon Academic
College, Haifa, Israel. In addition to publishing numerous articles, Peleg is
the author of ‘Go forth:’ the Forefathers’ Journeys in Bible Stories
(Resling, 2013), and of Going Up and Going Down: A Key to Interpreting
Jacob’s Dream (Bloomsbury, 2015). He has taught Bible to English-speaking students in Hebrew
Union College, Institute of Religion, Jerusalem, and to English-speaking
adult groups in Australia.
Nancy Rosenfeld
is an emerita lecturer at Max Stern College of the Jezreel Valley, Israel. She
has published numerous articles, and two books: The Human Satan in
Seventeenth-Century English Literature ((Ashgate, 2008), and John
Bunyan’s Imaginary Writings in Context (Routledge, 2018). Rosenfeld belongs
to the Israel Translators’ Association.
Summary
Explores the cycle of Jewish holidays, which reflects a sense of identity with, and belonging to, the Jewish people, while simultaneously shaping that identity and sense of belonging. Throughout the generations, observance of the holidays has developed and changed, thus enabling generations of Jews, in their various communities, to define their own national identity and sense of belonging.
