{"product_id":"typically-jewish-nancy-kalikow-maxwell-9780827613027","title":"Typically Jewish","description":"Is laughter essential to Jewish identity? Do Jews possess special radar for recognizing members of the tribe? Since Jews live longer and make love more often, why don't more people join the tribe? \"More deli than deity\" writer Nancy Kalikow Maxwell poses many such questions in eight chapters--\"Worrying,\" \"Kvelling,\" \"Dying,\" \"Noshing,\" \"Laughing,\" \"Detecting,\" \"Dwelling,\" and \"Joining\"--exploring what it means to be \"typically Jewish.\" While unearthing answers from rabbis, researchers, and her assembled Jury on Jewishness (Jewish friends she roped into conversation), she--and we--make a variety of discoveries. For example: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eJews worry about continuity, even though Rabbi Mordechai of Lechovitz prohibited even that: \"All worrying is forbidden, except to worry that one is worried.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eKvell-worthy fact: About 75 percent of American Jews give to charity versus 63 percent of Americans as a whole.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eSince reciting Kaddish brought secular Jews to synagogue, the rabbis, aware of their captive audience, moved the prayer to the end of the service.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eWho's Jewish? About a quarter of Nobel Prize winners, an estimated 80 percent of comedians at one point, and the winner of Nazi Germany's Most Perfect Aryan Child Contest.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Readers will enjoy learning about how Jews feel, think, act, love, and live. They'll also schmooze as they use the book's \"Typically Jewish, Atypically Fun\" discussion guide. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nancy Kalikow Maxwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0827613024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780827613027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jewish Publication Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2019 pg. 95","brand":"Nancy Kalikow Maxwell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988303970559,"sku":"9780827613027","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4fed50a6-1c2c-4a4d-9f64-a7f224522211.jpg?v=1683293780","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/typically-jewish-nancy-kalikow-maxwell-9780827613027","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}