Best Contemporary Jewish Writing - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0787959367 ISBN 13: 9780787959364

Verlag: Jossey-Bass, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

Jewish culture, identity, and spirituality through the eyes of the brightest and best authors Best Contemporary Jewish Writing is a treasure trove of short stories, poetry, and essays from such renowned contributors as Naomi Wolf, U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman, William Safire, and Marge Piercy. Dive into this rich array of writing and you'll see that the Jewish experience reflects universal themes. The writers in this collection have something to say to Jews, not only to those struggling with their Jewish identity, and also to the wider world. Whether your main interest is in poetry or politics, spirituality or cultural identity, social healing or individual transformation, you'll find Best Contemporary Jewish Writing to be a collection that inspires, excites, and provokes. It also reflects the diversity of thought, opinion, and sensibility of today s best known Jewish thinkers and writers. This volume is the first in the much anticipated annual series "Best Jewish Writing."

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Michael Lerner is the editor of TIKKUN magazine and rabbi of the neo-Hasidic Beyt Tikkun Jewish Renewal synagogue in San Francisco. His most recent book, Spirit Matters: Global Healing and the Wisdom of the Soul, was selected as "one of the most significant books of 2000" by the Los Angeles Times Book Review and won a PEN award. His previous writings include Jews and Blacks: Let the Healing Begin, a dialogue with Cornel West, and Jewish Renewal: A Path to Healing and Transformation (described by Conservative Judaism journal as "stunning, miraculous and faith-renewing"). Rabbi Lerner, designated by Utne Reader as one of America's 100 Most Important Visionaries, has been featured in the New York Times, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, U.S. News and World Report, and Newsweek. He holds Ph.D.s in philosophy and clinical psychology.

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• Verlag: Jossey-Bass
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0787959367
• ISBN 13: 9780787959364
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 468
• Herausgeber: Lerner Michael
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