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Intelligent Person's Guide to Judaism

Name: Intelligent Person's Guide to Judaism
Author: Shmuley Boteach
ISBN: 9781585678082

by Shmuley Boteach

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Overview

What does it mean that we are spiritual beings? In tackling this important issue, this book argues that Judaism possesses a core of wisdom that appeals to Jews and non-Jews alike, and rejects Judaism seeking piety in abstractions, in rationalising injustice, in explaining the Holocaust away as a punishment for assimilation. It pleads for recognition of the fact that, unlike Christianity, Judaism is not about death or suffering, but primarily about seeking optimism and spirituality. In a modern world riddled with angst, this book aims to have a positive impact on how our relation to society should be understood.

Synopsis

Argues that Judaism possesses a core of wisdom that appeals to Jews and non-Jews alike

About the Author, Shmuley Boteach

Shmuley Boteach

Shmuley Boteach is host of the daily national radio program The Rabbi Shmuley Show on Oprah & Friends and Sirius XM Satellite Radio and host of the award-winning national television show Shalom in the Home on TLC. He is also the international bestselling author of twenty books, including the New York Times bestselling Kosher Sex and Ten Conversations You Need to Have with Your Children.