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The Best Boy in the United States of America

Autor Ron Wolfson
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With easygoing humor and profound poignancy, Ron Wolfson's inspiring memoir is filled with stories of growing up in a warm family, embracing Jewish identity, and learning never to underestimate his mother. A moving book that will resonate with anyone seeking to shape stronger families and communities and live a life of joy and purpose.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781683363408
ISBN-10: 168336340X
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg

Notă biografică

Dr. Ron Wolfson, visionary educator and inspirational speaker, is Fingerhut Professor of Education at American Jewish University in Los Angeles and a cofounder of Synagogue 3000. He is author of Relational Judaism: Using the Power of Relationships to Transform the Jewish Community; The Seven Questions You're Asked in Heaven: Reviewing and Renewing Your Life on Earth; Be Like God: God's To-Do List for Kids; God's To-Do List: 103 Ways to Be an Angel and Do God's Work on Earth; Hanukkah, Passover and Shabbat, all Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs Art of Jewish Living family guides to spiritual celebrations; The Spirituality of Welcoming: How to Transform Your Congregation into a Sacred Community; A Time to Mourn, a Time to Comfort: A Guide to Jewish Bereavement and Comfort and, with Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, What You Will See Inside a Synagogue (all Jewish Lights), a book for children ages 6 and up. He contributed to May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism-Yizkor, Who by Fire, Who by Water-Un'taneh Tokef, All These Vows-Kol Nidre and We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism-Ashamnu and Al Chet (all Jewish Lights).


Cuprins

1 The Best Boy in the United States of America
2 The Best Boy in the United States of America ... Except in Religious School
3 Bubbie's Candles
4 Why Do I Do What I Do?
5 Eat! Eat!
6 Zaydie's Seder Surprise
7 A Tale of Two Bar Mitzvahs
8 Missing Shabbes
9 Never Underestimate Your Mother
10 Tevye
11 Mom
12 Dad
13 The Merchants of Omaha
14 Louis Market
15 Mrs. B, the Furniture Queen
16 My Hour with Warren Buffet
17 S. K.
18 Der Rosenkavalier
19 A Rabbi, Maybe?
20 An Educator, Maybe?
21 Wrestling with God
22 L. A.
23 A Dress for Shabbat
24 Learning Laboratory
25 Recipes for Memories
26 Fiddler Redux
27 Why Doesn't Everyone Love Synagogues?
28 A Vision for Transforming Synagogues
29 Mrs. Maizie
30 Life Lesson at AAA
31 What Do I Do Till the Kids Say "I Do"?
32 The Hope of God
33 Keep Moving
34 Saying Good-bye
35 Mom's Legacy
36 Facing Mortality-Together

Epilogue
In Gratitude
Discussion Guide