Allan Berkowitz

Embracing the Covenant: Converts to Judaism Talk About Why & How Allan Berkowitz

Brief Description: A practical & inspirational companion to the conversion process for Jews-by-Choice and their families. Provides personal insights from over 50 people who have made this life-changing decision. Also helps non-Jewish family members understand the decision. Review Quotes:"Passionate, thoughtful and deeply-felt personal stories.... A wonderful resource, sure to light the way for many who choose to follow the same path." Dru Greenwood, MSW, Director, UAHC-CCAR Commission on Reform Jewish Outreach"Publisher Marketing: Religious conversion is one of the most pivotal, most joyous, most fundamental of life-decisions. Through personal experiences of 20 converts to Judaism, Embracing the Covenant illuminates the quest for a satisfying spirituality, the appeal of the Jewish tradition, and how conversion has changed lives-the convert's, and the lives of those close to them. Publisher Marketing: This book is a practical and inspirational companion to the conversion process for Jews-by-Choice and their families. Written primarily for the person considering the choice of Judaism, it provides highly personal insights from over 50 people who have made this life-changing decision. But it also will speak to their families the non-Jewish family that provided his or her spiritual beginnings and the Jewish "family" which receives the convert and help them understand why the decision was made. Review Citations:

Library Journal 07/01/1996 pg. 122 (EAN 9781879045507, Paperback)

Booklist 08/01/1996 pg. 1859 (EAN 9781879045507, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:  Berkowitz, Allan Berkowitz is Rabbi at Congregation Sinai in San Jose, CA. Contributor Bio:  Moskovitz, Patti Patti Moskovitz has been a Jewish educator for more than 45 years. For almost 20 years, she has been instructing non-Jews planning to convert. An Outreach Fellow for the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, she organizes and leads workshops and support groups for interfaith couples. She also lectures in the United States and Canada on a variety of Jewish topics for many Jewish organizations. Moskovitz is also author of The Complete Bar/Bat Mitzvah Book and Minyan: A Tapestry of Jewish Life. She and her husband, Larry, reside in Foster City, California. They have three married children and three grandchildren.