Synopses & Reviews
Engage the Central Feelings, Ethics, Beliefs and History of the Jewish People in this Uplifting Collection of Stories from the Coeditor of Chicken Soup for the Jewish Soul
If Jews have survived for four thousand years, from the ancient patriarchs and matriarchs to David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir, Ariel Sharon and Albert Einstein, it is because no assembly of Jews has ever lived without carrying a bag chock-full of parables, anecdotes and narratives to share with family, neighbors, and anyone who loves a good storyand who doesn't?
from the Introduction
More than simply stories or legends, real people recollect the joy, curiosity, celebration and sanctification of life from a Jewish perspective. People of all faith traditions will enjoy these exciting, inspiring, sometimes funny, sometimes hair-raising stories that trace the heights and depths of the Jewish People's experience. Stories of:
Simple Goodness
Hope and Endurance
Continuity and Tradition
Lessons Learned
Light Out of the Holocaust
Great Escapes
Words of the Wise
Providence
Israel
Synopsis
This inspiring collection of stories, compiled by the well-known author, editor and anthologist Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins, encourages readers to reflect on the wonder, meaning and purpose of life by tapping into the core values, ethics, beliefs, history and emotions of life from a Jewish perspective. Chapters tell about: Simple Goodness Hope and Endurance Continuity and Tradition Lessons Learned Light Out of the Holocaust Great Escapes Words of the Wise Providence Israel Personal and profound, this is a book that will send a chill up the spine, bring a tear to the eye, and warm the heart--collected by the co-editor of the New York Times best-selling Chicken Soup for the Jewish Soul.
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The Glory and Grief, Humor and Pride of the Human Experience--Inspiration from a Jewish Perspective
From exile to rebirth, from degradation to renaissance, the Jewish People has undergone every human experience and emotion that God created. In this inspiring collection of stories, award-winning anthologist Dov Peretz Elkins captures the best and worst of Jewish experience in these spine-tingling tales of courage, devotion, passion and extraordinary achievement.
Elkins taps the famous and the not-so-famous, world-renowned figures and the little-known "person next door," for stories that illustrate the wonder, meaning, and purpose of life as viewed through the lens of Judaism's core values. Though drawn from the Jewish tradition, these universal stories of kindness, hope, faith and discovery will intrigue the minds and warm the hearts of people from all walks of life.