Being Jewish Book

Going into this book knowing the least amount about Jewish culture and having a faith that doesn't match up with any organized religion left me as an outsider to anything that could have been inside this book. The only thing that brought me to read it was my desire to understand different types of traditions, heritages, and religions.
The author of this book shared personal stories of his childhood and how it had an affect on how he grew up and the traditions that are passed down in each family make each Jewish person more comfortable to take part in the holidays that have been more normalized to them. The author Ari Goldman talks about his daughter Emma and how he's been on a journey to get her to experience and embrace their culture. At one point in the book the author talks about a Jewish tradition performed for Yom Kippur called kapparot, where a man or women depending on their gender would swing a hen or rooster over their head and then sacrifice the animal. Later traditions have just called for performing this ritual with animals being processed into food and that will be given to people in need in honor of the holiday. Ari Goldman shares that as a kid he did partake in this and wanted to share that with his children, he gave them a new experience while still honoring the tradition of everything by donating the chicken so it wouldn't get put down.
Through out this book I was amazed at how much