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The Real Complete Shabat (Sabbath) -- traditional Music of Shabat, except it's done with instrumental backing -- which you will never hear on an Orthodox Shabat. If the book you're writing has an Orthodox Jewish family in it, you need this recording. At least listen to the excerpts on amazon.com
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| Here is a website from an organization that seeks to train new
Rabbis for the most modern, liberal, non-orthodox end of the Jewish
spectrum.
If one of your characters is a modern feminist Jewish woman, you should investigate this end of the spectrum of Jewish practice and belief. |
Center of Jewish Meditation and Spiritual Practice. |
| Here is a Kabballistic website that explains why Kabballah has been kept secret. | The Secret Wisdom of Kabbalah |
| Here is the Union of Orthodox -- You've seen their symbol on many
of the products in your kitchen -- the Kosher symbol which is a circle
with a U in the middle -- called Oh-You -- it is the Orthodox Jewish
Kosher symbol. It is NOT the most stringent, nor is it accepted by
everyone.
Learning about Kosher products can save you from putting a non-kosher food on a kosher character's kitchen table and having him not notice. |
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of
America™ |
| Here is THE best place to learn about Judaism online -- to see what a 'Jewish Education' consists of, and perhaps to learn a little jargon in the process. Ethnic jargon is a writer's stock-in-trade. Nothing makes a character come alive better than verisimilitude of speech patterns -- not just words, but rhythm and intonation. |
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| Here's a site that tells you about the special needs of traveling kosher worldwide. If you need obstacles for your protagonist, consider these. | KASHRUT.COM |
