New Jewish Baby Book (2nd Edition): Names, Ceremonies & Customs―A Guide for Today's Families
The practical, inspiring guide for all Jewish people expecting a baby. Expanded, updated, and revised.
A complete resource to the traditions and rituals for welcoming a new child to the world and into the Jewish community, and for commemorating this joyous event in family life―whatever your family constellation.
- Provides ceremonies you can copy for handouts so that guests are an even greater part of the experience.
- Special section for interfaith families helps make the celebrations inclusive, comfortable, and joyous for all.
- Ceremonies for girls, as well as for boys.
"Drawn from the wealth of mythic, historic, religious, culinary, and literary traditions that surround the arrival of a new Jewish baby, and informed by contemporary insight and practice, The New Jewish Baby Book describes the many ways that new parents can celebrate the arrival of a child, the newest member of your extended families, and a unique and precious chapter in the on-going saga of the Jewish people."
―from the Introduction
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Book details
- Author
- Anita Diamant
- Imprint
- Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Religion › Judaism › Rituals & Practice
Family & Relationships › Parenting - Topics
- Jewish traditions · baby naming · Jewish rituals · interfaith families · welcoming ceremonies · Jewish parenting · newborn customs
- ISBN-13
- 9781580232517 (Paperback)9781683362197 (Hardcover)
About the author
ANITA DIAMANT is an American journalist and novelist whose books include The Boston Girl, a New York Times bestseller, The Red Tent, and The New Jewish Wedding.
Diamant holds a bachelor’s degree in comparative literature from Washington University in St. Louis and a master’s degree in English from Binghamton University. Her journalism has appeared in The Boston Globe Magazine and Parenting, among other publications.
When she’s not writing, Diamant is a founder of Mayyim Hayyim, Living Waters Community Mikveh and Education Center in Newton, Massachusetts. Her six nonfiction guides to contemporary Jewish life, including The New Jewish Baby Book, reflect that same engagement with Jewish practice and community.
Anita lives in Newton, Massachusetts.