How Firm a Foundation: A Gift of Jewish Wisdom - Softcover

How do the Jews observe the Sabbath? Can you explain Passover and Yom Kippur to me? My children have been invited to a friend's bar mitzvah--what is this? Do Jews and Christians have anything in common? Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein answers these questions with his rich presentation of Jewish life: beliefs and practices, festivals and holy days, and the Jewish life cycle, including rites of passage, worship practices and dietary laws. Eckstein skillfully frames Jewish beliefs and practices in their historical context and offers the reader an understanding of the contemporary experience of the Jew: the Holocaust, the birth of Israel, and the diversification of the Jewish experience.

Rabbi Yechiel Z. Eckstein, founder and president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, has devoted the past 25 years to building bridges of understanding between Christians and Jews and broad support for the State of Israel. He is recognized as the world's leading Jewish authority on evangelical Christians.