Seasons of our joy : a modern guide to the Jewish holidays / Arthur O. Waskow ; illustrated with papercuts by Martin Farren and Joan Benjamin-Farren ; seasoned with recipes by Rose Gertz, Hannah Waskow, Rose Sue Berstein, and Phyllis O. Berman ; with a new afterword by the author.

Reprint. Originally published: Toronto ; New York : Bantam Books, 1982.

"Published by the University of Nebraska Press as a Jewish Publication Society book."

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- How to read this book -- A word on Hebrew -- Preface : seasons of the sun, seasons of the moon -- Heading up the year : Rosh Hashanah -- Face to face : Yom Kippur -- Harvest moon : fulfillment at Sukkot -- Seed for winter : Sh'mini Atzeret -- Dancing with Torah : Simchat Torah -- Dark of the sun, dark of the moon : Hanukkah -- The tree that sustains all life : Tu b'Shvat -- Spring fever : Purim -- Giving birth to freedom : Pesach -- Trek through anxiety and hope : counting the omer -- Peak experience : Shavuot -- Burnt offering : Tisha b'Av -- Afterword and foreword -- From generation to generation -- Appendix I : the second day of festivals -- Appendix II : the moon -- Appendix III : glossary -- Appendix IV : go and study -- The festivals and the future -- Afterword again.