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To life! : a celebration of Jewish being and thinking by Kushner, Harold S. is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
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<p><P>Filled with wisdom and gentle humor, here is the essential book on Judaism's traditions and practices from the bestselling author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People. Both practical and spiritual, Kushner makes Jewish tradition relevant to a new generation as he explores its many facets.</p> <h3>Publishers Weekly</h3> <p>Kushner, a rabbi and author of the bestseller When Bad Things Happen to Good People , here presents a wise and lucid guide to what it means to be Jewish. Distilling his extensive study and reflection, he defines the goal of Judaism as ``bringing God into the world'' by sanctifying ordinary events and by helping people to become fully human through their relatedness to others. As he sees it, God's covenant with the Jews means that God and humans have obligations to one another. Kushner illuminates this reciprocal relationship, emphasizing that people exercise free choice in what direction they take toward goodness and articulating Judaism's expectation that social justice will ultimately prevail. His exuberant approach and organic bonds to a living faith pervade this book, which includes chapters on rituals, holidays, prayer, anti-Semitism, Jews' attachme
Who reads To life! : a celebration of Jewish being and thinking?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Kushner, Harold S.
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- Published
- 1994
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780446670029
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Judaism, Fiction, Religion
- Rating
- 4.11 / 5 (712 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13