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New books for Jewish families

Monday January 21, 2013 7:00 AM By Beth Whitehouse

Cantor Matt Axelrod of Congregation Beth Israel in

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Two new books help Jewish parents with the rituals of two life events: birth and bar/bat mitzvah.

"A Time to Be Born: A Jewish Baby Journal," written and illustrated by Connie G. Krupin (Arbador, $49.95), helps parents document their baby's first five years of life and their Jewish traditions, and includes explanations of why Jews wear costumes on Purim, how to make challah and blessings...

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