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Judaism: Everything You Need to Know About Jewish Religion, Jewish Culture, and the Process of Converting to Judaism ( How to Become a Jew )

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Judaism: Everything You Need to Know About Jewish Religion, Jewish Culture, and the Process of Converting to Judaism ( How to Become a Jew )

By: Rachel Zahl
Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston
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So, you want to convert to Judaism? That’s great! You have to understand, though, that Judaism is not only a religion but is also a way of life. Jews consider themselves one big family. Hence, to have a proper perspective about everything, you’ll have to mentally orient yourself that you’re trying to find a way in as a productive member of that Jewish family. You should also brace yourself for a long struggle ahead of you, because converting to Judaism is not a walk in the park. This audiobook will provide you with an excellent introduction to Judaism as well as what to expect during your conversion process, including lots of great tips and pointers that will help along the way.

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I have tried four times to listen to this book. First the narration is so monotone that I’ve fallen asleep each time!
Also if you are interested in be Jewish, he goes WAY beyond the basics, which would be intimidating to someone thinking about converting.
I happen to BE Jewish and I was confused! Oy vey!

If you need a sleeping aid…

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Very informative, but the narration left something to be desired. Every “s” or “sh” sound whistled, every “ch” was pronounced the American way, not the Hebrew way (chet). A lot of the Hebrew words were pronounced like he’d never read them & no one informed him that he’d need to read them out loud.

Narrators voice bothered me

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The book disappointed in scope. Although I like the narrator in general his pronunciation of key words was upsetting. Where was discussion of Renewal Judaism? Or at least a mention. Overall I appreciated the book and appreciated keeping Israeli Palestinian conflict. Out and focusing on both law and beliefs.

Prounce the dam words right

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This was very informative in my path of becoming a Jew. I enjoyed the narratited version.

Judaism: Everything I need to know

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Here's the thing: When you hire a narrator, make sure they know how to properly pronounce ethnic words. Otherwise, as in this case, your narrator will sound like an idiot and alienate customers. In addition to the tragically misinformed narrator, the contents are extremely shallow without much information.

Narrator needs some schooling

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there are a lot of good facts for people but the narrator is lazy and has no knowledge of how to pronounce any of the non English words and even tells people that is how you pronounce the words disappointed in his lack of respect for Learning the culture he is showing individuals

disrespectful lack of research by narrorator

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As a Jew who converted a long time ago, I think this book is a good first outline for someone looking to convert. It definitely didn't go into a lot of detail over the more cultural and ritualistic aspects of Judaism which I feel are pertinent knowledge to new comers. It is by no means (as the author says) a complete accumulation of information but may be helpful to those who know absolutely nothing about Judaism to start. All in all, I think it's an important book if you really are at step one.

A Good Start

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Very pleased with my purchase as of his was a plethora of information in my conversion journey.

Very informative

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It gives too much weight to religions that are not judaism. There is no such thing as Messianic judaism. That's just christianity with fashion sense. The narrator horribly pronounces basic holiday names. It's like nails on a chalkboard. Overall, I think this book came from a good place, but it's misguided. And if you're looking for information on the jewish faith, I would look somewhere else.

It's short and wrong

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The book is very short, does not cover important subjects. It also adds a category to Judaism that is not Jewish and that’s messianic.

Too brief

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