The Modern Jewish Mom's Guide to Shabbat: Connect and Celebrate--Bring Your Family Together with the Friday Night Meal

Editorial Review:

Bringing the family together every Friday night for the Shabbat meal has helped many families connect with each other, even as children grow into their teens and beyond. Having experienced the joys of Shabbat and witnessed how it has brought her family together, Meredith L. Jacobs now brings us THE MODERN MOM'S GUIDE TO SHABBAT.

Written in conversational style from one modern Jewish mom to another, THE MJM'S GUIDE will be funny and warm, brightly colored and easy to read, filled with delicious, easy recipes and family art projects, while also challenging readers with summaries of the weekly Torah portion and suggested family discussion topics, compelling readers to include discussion in their dinner as a vehicle for connecting with their children-both teaching and learning from them. It will be informative and accessible throughout.

Shabbat is a wonderful way to ensure that in this day of ridiculous schedules and pressures, that we have at least one meal per week together as a family. Shabbat is the time we turn the outside world away and connect with each other. Unlike other holidays, Shabbat is not once a year, it's once a week, giving us fifty-two chances a year to connect with our children.

Whether you are reform, conservative, or modern orthodox, newly converted or non-Jewish in an inter-faith marriage, THE MODERN JEWISH MOM'S GUIDE TO SHABBAT will teach us about traditions, making new ones, and most importantly, how to connect with our children.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Perfect for everyone...not just Moms:

I wish I had this book two years ago when my husband and I first got married. It has great ideas, recipes, and explanations. The book is a wonderful resource being easy and interesting to read. Great for both conservative and reform Jews. While it is definitely Mom oriented, it is great for anyone who wants to bring their household (even if this is just you and your spouse) together on Shabbat.

A must have!:

I use this book every Friday evening now! Lots of good information about recipes, blessings, and dinner topics with the kids, very worthwhile purchase.

Love this book!:

Absolutely a great read for any modern Jewish woman/mother looking to reconnect with Judaism and celebrate Shabbat with her own family. The book was written in a completely non-judgemental way and was very accessible, without causing immense waves of guilt and shame that I needed a book to help me out!
Perfect for a beginner looking to be more observant of Shabbat or for a mom trying to make Shabbat more enjoyable for her children. She presents ways to slowly incorporate a more observant way of life... more info

Must have for every young jewish mom!:

Our Family is so thankful for this book! Not only is it funny, but is also easy to read. This book gave me the confidence to celebrate Shabbat. We are already talking about "taking it to the next level" by incorporating the weekly Torah portions - this will be a book I will refer to for years to come.

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