Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 192 pages
- Published by: Cumberland House Publishing March 1, 2008
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1581826435
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1581826432
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Book Dimensions:
6.6 x 6.1 x 1 inches
- Weighs: 11.2 ounces
Product Description
Passover is the Festival of Freedom in the Jewish community worldwide. More than any other holiday, it symbolizes what it means to be Jewish: family, food, and fun coupled with an obligation to pass on their story to future generations.
Seder Stories contains the memories of childhood Seders from 101 Jewish people. Some of them are famous, like Rabbi Harold Kushner and attorney Alan Dershowitz. Others are famous only within their circle of friends and family. Some of the stories are funny, some poignant, some thought provoking and worth reading. All of them are charming.
Seder Stories is a gift book filled with delightful anecdotes of cleaning house, eating hard matzo balls, and milking kosher cows. Following an introduction that gently (and briefly) reviews the background and importance of the major Passover traditions, the eight chapters that follow are filled with as many as a dozen stories revolving around a central theme. Each story is told in the first human being and retains the storyteller's voice. Stories come from folks of all ages, many professions, and all parts of the United States.
"What I remember about Seders when I was a child is the never-ending food -- the brisket, the matzo balls, the killer horseradish," writes Rips. "What my children remember about their Seders is Elijah, in person, striding in the door, loudly playing 'Eliyahu' on the trumpet, dressed head to toe in trend-setting dark brown polyester with a rope belt to accentuate the ensemble. Over the top? Maybe. But Passover is one time of the year when it seems appropriate to go all out."
About The Author
NANCY RIPS is a long-time bookseller who has always loved Passover and has hosted first- and second-day Seders for years. She began collecting Passover stories during her volunteer visits to residents at an Omaha senior center. An enthusiastic advocate for books, reading, and libraries, she has hosted numerous book review segments for radio, including Radio Disney, and has hosted a regular live book segment on Omaha s CBS affiliate for over 13 years. She was raised in Omaha, Nebraska and lives there still.
Reader ReviewsI love this book!! What makes it special is the variety of memories shared by a variety of people from all walks of Judaism, and folks of all ages, which makes this a book that has something for all ages. Love the size of the book, and its layout, and for someone who is a bibliophile I loved the font (print) used which makes the book easy to read. Am so happy to have the book in my home library.
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