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CONTENTS

FOREWORD: A. J. Jacobs

Introduction: How Did I Get Here?

1 | Prepping Rosh Hashanah: Self-Flagellation in Summer

2 | Post–Rosh Hashanah: Tossing Flaws and Breadcrumbs

3 | The Fast of Gedaliah: Lessons of a Slain Governor

4 | The Truth about Yom Kippur: Death and More Death

5 | Yom Kippur Letdown: Maybe Next Year

6 | Sukkot in LA: Serious Sukkah Envy

7 | Hoshanah Rabbah & Shemini Atzeret: Left Out, Then Lingering

8 | Simchat Torah: The Mosh Pit

9 | Hanukkah Reconsidered: A Split in the Jewish Soul

10 | Hanukkah at the Bedside and the White House: Unexpected Light

11 | The Tenth of Tevet: Starting the Secular Year Hungry

12 | Slouching toward Shabbat: The Most Important Holiday of All

13 | Tu B’Shvat: Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut

14 | Tzom Esther & Purim: Preparing to Fast and Spiel

15 | The Purim Report: Mirth and Melancholy

16 | Passover: Scallions and Rare Silences

17 | The Feminist Passover: A (Third) Seder of Her Own

18 | Yom HaShoah: “We Did More Than Survive”

19 | Yom HaZikaron & Yom Ha’atzmaut: For the Fallen and the Free—Israel’s Memorial & Independence Days

20 | Lag B’Omer: R-E-S-P-E-C-T

21 | Activist Shabbat: Friday Night with the Kids

22 | Sleepless on Shavuot: Let My People Learn

23 | 17th of Tammuz: Another Fast, Seriously?

24 | Tisha B’Av: Mourning History, Headlines, and Hatred

25 | My Shabbat Landing: Comforting Consistency

Epilogue: Where Did I End Up?

Acknowledgments

APPENDIX 1: A Jewish Year in Bullet Points

APPENDIX 2: Interviews

APPENDIX 3: Bibliography

APPENDIX 4: Glossary

APPENDIX 5: Web Links for the Basics

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