The Reluctant JewAuthorHouse, 2 de mar. de 2007 - 376 páginas Even if you are agnostic or hard-core atheist there is a dazzling, thought-expanding, bright side to religion you may have overlooked. Living a spiritual life in the tradition of the Jewish faith, does not mean mindless adherence to outdated dogma. Judaism, instead, can be a source of exhilarating wonder, an inspiration to justice, and an impetus to ever increasing knowledge. Nowadays, even many who profess to be the most pious among us realize that when asked, What is God?, they must answer logically, even scientifically, to be persuasive. Theyre aware that any religion, to be convincing, other than to die-hard adherents, can not be at odds with reason and blindly insist only it speaks the truth. The field, therefore, is wide open. Each of us can attempt to journey towards a concept of God that makes sense, celebrates the discoveries of science, and will, hopefully, imbue the traveler with wonderment at the astonishing beauty in the world that too often lays hidden from us. Join Michael Grossman in his journey to the heart of Judaism, which places much more emphasis on "what people do" than on "what they believe," and in the process, an understanding of all the worlds great faiths. |
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... president of Jewish Community Centre of Greenwood Lake as accurately as possible. From time to time, however, for dramatic effect, I have taken poetic license. Sometimes, I have added some details that may not have occurred, at least ...
... president of Congregation B'nai Torah. Her encouragement and support during the several years it took to complete this work were beyond anything I had a right to expect. Introduction When I joined the Jewish Community Centre of Greenwood ...
... president of Congregation B'nai Torah in 1999, I've managed to read 247 books on Judaism, Jewish history, and related subjects, cover-to-cover, including the Hebrew Bible. And I've retained almost everything. Like many of my ...
... president, my congregation's visits to mosques, churches, and other places of worship and visits by Bahai, Buddhists, Christians, and Muslims to our synagogue were among the amazing adventures I experienced. Other adventures involved ...