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An inspiring, frank, and engaging“spiritual autobiography” that will touch anyone seeking deeper meaning in their religious life. As we come to recognize the need to nurture our spiritual lives as adults, The Year Mom Got Religion offers sensitive and intelligent wisdom from a woman who learned how awakening to religion can transform—and disrupt—a life. Lee Meyerhoff Hendler relates her awakening to Judaism. She also shares the hard lessons and realizations she confronted during the process. Her journey of the spirit is a powerful reminder that anyone, at any moment, can fully embrace faith—and meet every one of the challenges that occur along the way. A poignant personal testimony of the discoveries, achievements, and disappointments of a woman’s renewed commitment to her faith—and how her personal transformation deeply affected her lifestyle and relationships. Born into a wealthy and prestigious family, Lee Meyerhoff Hendler was surrounded by privilege and was a rising leader in the Jewish community. Despite her prominence, she realized that something was lacking—and that Judaism needed to be more about spiritual fulfillment and relating to God than about simply writing checks to important causes or sitting on the boards of distinguished organizations. Hendler discovered a void in her life that only Judaism could fill. She embarked upon a journey that took her through intensive study, regular synagogue attendance, renewed dedication to Jewish communal service, squabbles with her children about attending religious school, and quarrels with her husband about religion’s sudden role in their daily lives. If you are seeking deeper spiritual meaning in your life, or are close to someone who has embarked upon a similar journey, The Year Mom Got Religion offers candid and intelligent words of encouragement for the soul.

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Author:   Lee Meyerhoff Hendler
Publisher:   Jewish Lights Publishing
Imprint:   Jewish Lights Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9781683364597

ISBN 10:   1683364597
Pages:   194
Publication Date:   12 November 1998
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Introduction ix 1 Bereshit or Beginnings: Every Story Has to Have One 1 2 Bereshit Again: Or, Sometimes a Story Has Two Beginnings 15 3 How to Enter the Sanctuary the First Time You Don't Have an Excuse 37 4 I Just Wanna Give My Kid a Jewish Identity (But You Gotta Get Your Own First) 55 5 Just Because Mom Goes to Synagogue, We have to Go to Sunday School? 71 6 What I Know Now I Could Put in a Thimble; What I Knew Then I Could Put on the Head of a Pin 87 7 It's Fine For You, but What About the Rest of Us? 105 8 You're Not Putting That Thing on Our Lawn! 119 9 Spirituality, Schmerituality: Getting There through Deeds 145 Acknowledgments 161 Appendix: Where Do I Start? A Guide to Beginning a Jewish Home Library 165 Glossary 175 About Jewish Lights Publishing 181

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Lee Meyerhoff Hendler is a popular and inspiring lecturer on leadership, Jewish identity and family philanthropy. She has been invited to speak about her book to many groups and organizations around the country and is the primary writer of ""Freedom's Feast: A Thanksgiving Celebration for the American People,"" available on the web at www.freedomsfeast.us. Past president of her congregation, Hendler serves on a number of local, national and international Jewish and secular boards, and is involved in her family's philanthropic activities. Apart from Pilates, kayaking and walking very fast, her passions are teaching, travel and Torah study. Lee has four wonderful children, two exceptional daughters-in-law and lives in Baltimore.

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