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When doctor and author Rachel Naomi Remen (Kitchen Table Wisdom) was young, she was caught between two different views of life: that of her rabbi grandfather and that of her highly academic, research-oriented parents, who believed religion was the opiate of the masses. As Remen gravitated toward academics and serving the world as a medical doctor, her grandfather became an "island of mysticism in a vast sea of science." But over time, Remen discovered that two seemingly divergent paths could lead to the same destination, especially as she learned to blend her spiritual beliefs with her medical treatment.
Remen uses the heart-rending stories of her patients to teach readers how to follow in her example, that is, combining a life of service with a life of receiving and giving blessings (a combination that avoids common problems such as burnout, self-sacrifice, and navel gazing). Remen also includes personal stories of her grandfather, who showered the world with his mystical beliefs and wizened blessings. While this story-by-story structure is similar to the bestselling Kitchen Table Wisdom, it is still a tearful and satisfying formula. --Gail Hudson
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As a small child, Rachel Remen sat at the feet of her grandfather, an orthodox rabbi and scholar of the kabbalah, and learned the secret of life: that love and blessings given to others heals our loneliness, unhappiness, and in fact all our wounds. Remen uses her power as a master storyteller to bring to life the extraordinary blessings of ordinary existence. These exquisite pieces show us how we bless and serve each other most often without knowing it, how much life gives to us, and how many of our own blessings we have still yet to receive.
There is nothing more comforting than hearing Rachel's grandfather speak of love, life, and God to a small, lonely, and very spiritual child who was trying to find her way in an unspiritual world. These are stories for keeping at the bedside, for those dark nights when we go out in search of our souls.
Rachel's grandfather has blessed not only his beloved granddaughter but, through her, has blessed us all.
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A truly inspirational book!.......2007-10-11
I was deeply moved and inspired by this book. I bought 3 more copies and gave them to friends and family.
Beautiful.......2007-09-24
I love this book - it's absolutely beautiful. The stories can help you grow. I would recommend this treasure to anyone.
A Blessing to Read.......2007-09-14
Easy to Read, Much food for thought.....Life lessons for all of us to learn and use. Short chapters with a new theme in each. Can read short snippets at a time.
A Blessing In Itself.......2007-07-22
I feel bad. Apparently, I'm only the 6th person out of 47 people to give this book anything less than a 5-star rating. And there's only one reason I did that. As a writer myself, I feel that there are too many stories in this book. Some of these little narratives just aren't as powerful or focused as others. And I would have left them out. But please don't let that get in the way of your enjoyment of this wonderful work. It is every bit as inspiring, uplifting, and profound as most of the other reviewers say it is. I especially like the common theme I see running through most of the pieces presented here. And that's the idea that the wholeness of an individual not only includes his or her health, talents and accomplishments, but his or her pain, suffering, shortcomings, and illnesses, too. In life we are called to embrace it all, and resist nothing. And that is the key to a life that is truly fulfilling and rewarding.
Steven Lane Taylor, author of Row, Row, Row Your Boat: A Guide For Living Life In The Divine Flow
One not to be missed.......2007-05-19
I have found My Grandfather's Blessings to be among the most moving books I have ever read. Each brief story can stand on its own. The author relates a simple incident, as many of us have lived, but then goes on in a simple and succinct manner to reveal a deeper meaning within the experience. Ms. Remen does not talk down to the reader, but rather sweeps us up into the experience with her. Upon finishing this book, I immediately ordered five more and sent them out to friends.
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In deference to its cure-all effects, chicken soup is warmly referred to as "Jewish penicillin." It is not merely the delicious golden elixir itself, but, perhaps even more so, the love that is stirred into every potful that produces these miraculous results. Storytelling is a major component of Jewish tradition and this book honors that heritage with stories that celebrate the joys, sorrows and challenges of being Jewish. Some stories are timely and others are timeless, yet all are filled with heart-and, of course, love. Discover the invincible power of love in the pages of this book-love of family, love of tradition, love of God. For Jews and non-Jews alike, this collection is sure to capture hearts.
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Chicken Soup, No Matzo Balls.......2007-07-05
Every culture has a version of chicken soup. So what makes "Chicken Soup" so Jewish? Matzo balls. The uniquely Jewish ingredient in Jewish Chicken Soup is the matzo balls.
This book is a lot like chicken soup without the matzo balls. Is it about Jews? Yes. Does it have a Jewish soul? No. I can't point to any specific thing in the book or about the book that made me feel it wasn't Jewish. Just like when I eat my Mexican-American neighbor's chicken soup I can't point to anything that is specifically not Jewish about it, but it is not Jewish chicken soup. I mean a chicken is a chicken is a chicken, right? But it is not. Maybe it is the fried tortillas floating on top instead of the matzo balls or the presence of cilantro instead of celery, I do not know. But it definitely is not Jewish. There is something missing and that is how I felt after reading this book. There was some Jewish element missing.
Of course there were all of the correct ingredients, the book has a number of stories of Holocaust survivors finding lost family members in the most unusal ways. It has a number of stories about people finding faith, the will to go on and all of the other things you find in a _Chicken Soup for the Soul_ book. But it just wasn't Jewish feeling.
Instead of this book, I highly recommend reading the collections of Shlomo Carelbach stories if you are looking for something Jewish and uplifting. The book I most highly recommend is: _Reb Shlomele: The Life and World of Shlomo Carlebach_ (Hardcover) by Dr. Gabriel A. Sivan (Translator), M. Brandwein (Author). After that I recommend Holy Brother: Inspiring Stories and Enchanted Tales about Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach Yitti H Mandelbaum personally knew Reb Shlomo and her books about him are fabulous.
Quite uplifting........2006-01-04
I read this book at a rather appropriate time, seeing as I'm writing my thesis regarding the treatment of Jews in post World War II Los Angeles this coming semester. I found the stories sweet and uplifting, or moving and intriguing. It's a quick read, and an enjoyable one. Some stories were a bit schmaltzy, a little too saccharine, but for the most part they were quite good.
A heartwarming collection of tales to soothe the soul and lift the spirit........2005-11-21
"Chicken Soup for the Jewish Soul" is almost redundant; Jewish chicken soup was the original cure-all in the first place! This collection of 101 stories is divided into several thematic units that demonstrate the power and beauty of Judaism in the synagogue and in our daily lives. Sections include To Life, Being A Jew, On Love and Kindness, Our Common Humanity, Family, The Holocaust, Insights and Lessons, Eclectic Wisdom, and a glossary of Hebrew and Yiddish terms.
Several well-known names are represented (Anne Frank, Kirk Douglas, Golda Meir, Mayor Ed Koch), but every story is a gem, a remembrance of a feisty bubbe, of families reunited after the war, of Nazi persecution and surviving the death camps, of Soviet repression and the dangers and joys of living in Israel. The common thread is the strength of faith and prayer in the face of adversity, and nowhere is the beauty of davening more clearly illustrated than in "My Five-Year-Old Spiritual Teacher" by Rabbi Devora Bartnoff. Her son Lior has Down's Syndrome, but lives for Shabbos and joining in prayer at the synagogue. "I am in awe of such a moment of Kedusha, of pure holiness. What Lior is experiencing at that moment is a true connection with the Divine." Rabbi Bartnoff, though weary from chemotherapy, is buoyed by Lior's absolute faith (she passed away in 1997 at the age of forty-four).
Besides the handy Hebrew/Yiddish glossary, there are also several pages devoted to supporting Jewish causes (Hadassah, National Yiddish Book Center) and descriptions of the individual authors and their works. An uplifting collection of grace, mystery, and humor that captures the joy and mingled sadness of all things Jewish.
Cried the entire time!.......2005-07-12
This is a really heartwarming book. The stories here really get to you. My husband is almost done reading, it and he thinks the stories are amaizing. We recommend it to everyone.
It really IS like Jewish penicillin!.......2004-03-10
The Larry Trapp story is amazing, and I was deeply touched by the Billings, Montana, the "Rabbi's blessing," and the Ed Koch/Mother Teresa stories and the Anne Frank excerpt. These are stories about the power of human kindness and about the value ALL people have to God. I am not Jewish myself, but I loved this book. It shows that (in the words of Voltaire) "prejudice is the reason of fools."
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In 1940s Brooklyn, friendship between an 11-year-old Irish Catholic boy and an elderly Jewish rabbi might seem as unlikely as, well, snow in August. But the relationship between young Michael Devlin and Rabbi Judah Hirsch is only one of the many miracles large and small contained in Pete Hamill's novel. Michael finds himself in trouble when he witnesses the 17-year-old leader of the dreaded Falcons gang beating an elderly shopkeeper. For Michael, 1940s Brooklyn is a world still shaped by life in the Old Country, a world where informing on a fellow Irishman is the worst crime imaginable--worse even than the violent crimes committed by some of those fellows. So Michael keeps silent, finding solace in the company of Rabbi Hirsch, a Czech refuge whom he meets by chance. From this serendipitous beginning blossoms a unique friendship--one that proves perilous to both when the Falcons catch up with them.
Interlaced with Hamill's realistic descriptions of violence and fear are scenes of remarkable poignancy: the rabbi's first baseball game, where he sees Jackie Robinson play for the Dodgers; Michael's introduction into the mystical world of the Cabbala and the book's miraculous ending. Hamill is not a lyrical writer, but he is a heartfelt one, and this story of courage in the face of great odds is one of his best.
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Brooklyn, 1947. The war veterans have come home. Jackie Robinson is about to become a Dodger. And in one close-knit working-class neighborhood, an eleven-year-old Irish Catholic boy named Michael Devlin has just made friends with a lonely rabbi from Prague.
Snow in August is the story of that unlikely friendship - and of how the neighborhood reacts to it. For Michael, the rabbi opens a window to ancient learning and lore that rival anything in Captain Marvel. For the rabbi, Michael illuminates the everyday mysteries of America, including the strange language of baseball. But like their hero Jackie Robinson, neither can entirely escape from the swirling prejudices of the time. Terrorized by a local gang of anti-Semitic Irish toughs, Michael and the rabbi are caught in an escalating spiral of hate for which there's only one way out - a miracle....
Deeply affecting and wonderfully evocative of old New York,
Snow in August is a brilliant fable for our time and all time - and another triumph for Pete Hamill.
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Is snow in August possible?.......2007-10-01
Snow in the month of August seems impossible: overcoming evil seems impossible too. And yet the story turns the impossible into redemptive hope, hope that triumphs against pessimism, hope that allows for simple moments of human goodness. Pete Hamill's Snow in August is a morality tale set in the 1940's. It pits good against evil, courage against fear. The protagonist, Michael Devlin, an eleven year old in search of answers to immorality he sees on Brooklyn streets, wants to live a heroic life; he wants to do the right thing. But when he watches Frankie McCarthy violently attack Mr. G, a Jew who has defended Michael and his friends, Michael freezes beneath Frankie's ruthless intimidation. Anti-Semitic hatred reigns. Michael's own weakness shames him.
Hamill gets into the mind of Michael Devlin. He gives us Michael's rational thoughts suffused with boyish fantasy. Reality and fantasy intermingle as Michael looks to mythic stories for answers, stories that explain how to live in the world with dignity. He feeds his imagination with comic supermen who prevail in spite of peril. Shazam stands against evil. He listens to his mother's tales of Irish heroes' boldness in the face of attack. He looks at the uniformed photo of his father who gave his life in WWII. He looks to Jackie Robinson the first Negro to play for the Dodgers. These stories feed his imagination but don't help him on the street. Where are living heroes? He looks to his friends Sonny and Jimmy, but knows they are as clueless as he is. Frankie McCarthy rules the neighborhood with hatred, knives and guns. Violence escalates against Michael, his mother, and Michael's new friend Rabbi Hirsch. The street code is silence. Evil prevails; Michael watches the weak go down in scary silence.
Michael yearns for friendship. With Sonny and Jimmy their motto had been one for all and all for one. But when Mr. G. was attacked Sonny and Jimmy left Michael standing alone. Is that one for all and all for one? Michael's relationship with Rabbi Hirsch brings friendship to a new dimension. Their friendship is solid, reciprocal, respectful, moving both forward to greater consciousness and humanity. The association between Rabbi Hirsch, whose struggles with evil wrought by the Holocaust have left him fragile, and Michael, an altar boy who is just beginning to see evil and understand his own limitation, is life affirming. Rabbi Hirsch learns English and baseball from Michael. Michael learns Yiddish and history from Rabbi Hirsch. Both make sacrifices to maintain friendship in spite of iniquity around them. And in spite of the cold streets they enjoy moments of joy--tickets to the Dodgers game to watch their hero Jackie Robinson. They laugh, they sing, they commiserate.
Hamill expresses a deeply cynical world; the self-interested players are capable of awful violence. Pessimism permeates the scenes. Is cynicism the only response to the evil world Hamill acknowledges? In an interview Dan Schneider asked Pete Hamill what his purpose was for writing (http://www.cosmoetica.com/DSI3.htm)? Hamill replied: "Stating a goal would sound pompous, and I have no slogan posted above my desk. As any writer grows older the goals are always shifting. But I suppose that in my journalism and my fiction, I've tried hard to make the world more human."
Snow in August recognizes evil, but holds on to goodness. Hamill erases cynicism when the rabbi and the altar boy go to the baseball game together. The world becomes beautifully human. Michael Devlin's Golem fantasy at the end of the novel supports the possibility of poetic goodness with boyish triumph.
Vulgar Profanity Poor Literature .......2007-08-16
Vulgar Profanity Poor Literature
The attempt to write a story around a troubled youth is completely lost with the prolific use of every vulgar profanity possible which is peppered throughout the text. The skewed implementation of the Roman Catholic faith and the interjection a form of Jewish mysticism advanced as Kabbalah are misplaced and without merit lending no depth to the poor plot.
The book provides a nightmare for parents who entrust educators to select content that is appropriate for children below age 15. Our school system selected this book for its Honors English course as a New York Times best seller. If this is the best the New York Times can select it is no wonder that children are working overtime to create the next Columbine High School massacre.
In addition, the book contains two graphic descriptions one, of a woman being violated and the other in which a young man is "discovering himself" all in vivid details too graphic for a non-adult and adult audience seeking a "G" rating on entertainment materials.
End Analysis: Save your money
Hamill Fan.......2007-06-15
Hamill once again guides his reader through the streets of New York with terribly likeable and detailed characters. Quite simply, Hamill knows the qualities of a good story; realistic yet supernatural, heart-warming and humorous, and all taking place in a world that warmly welcomes the reader into an urban reality. I've been to New York once, but after all of Hamill's works I feel like I'm a native with a knowing sense of respect and love for the character of the city. A very enjoyable read.
One of my favorites of favorites.......2007-04-08
That's it. One of my all-time favorites, period. I once flunked a tryout with the Dodgers at Ebbits Field in '52 -- and can well relate to EVERYTHING going on, especially the mixed cultures (even though I lived in Northern Jersey). Simply, well worth the time! Good stuff.
Confused.......2007-03-17
The author seemed very confused on how to end this novel. He write a lovely story about an unlikely friendship in a troubled neighborhood. Unable to come to an ending, he takes the book into a Harry Potter land of make believe. Make up your mind what type of genre you're writing for!
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A beautifully personal and engaging story of the wonders and struggles of life as a "newly" Jewish wife and mother.
She grew up in an upper-middle-class Protestant family in New England. She can trace her father's family back to the Mayflower. Yet, "Judaism was to be my bashert, my destiny," claims Linda Shires-wife, mother, professor, and author. For almost twenty years, she lived the life of a Jewish wife, passing as a Jew when it was most important to her Jewish husband and his family. When she wanted to be, she was Christian. But after years of questioning, raising her husband's three children as Jews, and finally trying to ground her child in one religious tradition, Shires discovered her own. Coming Home tells the story of why Shires traded a central cultural position-WASP Debutante-for a position at the margins: a Jew-by-Choice. She became committed to a life of religious rebirth and observance. Her book is a quietly passionate and spiritual one, leading the reader from the privileged halls of Princeton to the Holocaust camps of Germany and back again. This richly felt story of conversion to Judaism expands the reader's idea of what constitutes a spiritual journey and a religious practice.
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Thinking of Conversion.......2006-03-21
I've been thinking about converting for two years. I read Kukoff's book and Embracing the Convenant for the same reasons but was looking for a single person's journey in depth rather than a bunch of quotes or a series of stories by others. Shires doesn't speak just for herself, though, but for many who are wondering about taking such a huge step. Judaism is a different world view. Even making a meal involves questions and decisions. She talks about moments like that. This is not a how-to book but it treats the steps that someone takes who has to go slow towards life change. Courses, rituals at home, going to synagogue, coming to terms with family and the past. The parts on Torah didn't bother me. I read them as another aspect of Jewish life that a convert deals with. There is a section early in the book where she stands up for Judaism before she knows she will convert that I found convincing as part of the process of deciding. Plus she's not afraid of being wrong or appearing stupid. Shires even laughs at herself now and then which is good in a book like this. Two of the interesting women she met on the journey were the artist Helene Aylon and the author Blu Greenberg. I believe the chapter on women and Judaism brought together well a lot of ideas that I've read about here and there but hadn't put together before. I found the book helpful and will go back to it.
Fumbled focus.......2006-03-04
I agree with the reviewer who felt that Ms. Shires's textual analysis didn't flow well. I found the majority of this book to be rather dull, tedious, slow-going, and uninvolving. It was an original idea to tell the story of her conversion by relating issues she had difficulty with or areas she found inspiration in to certain passages of Torah and the similar writings of others, but it just didn't seem executed well. If this is supposed to be a conversion memoir, why does so little of the book actually concern her conversion or even her herself? The sections when Ms. Shires is writing about herself, such as in the beginning section, the ending chapter about her visit to her husband's native Germany, and the middle chapter about the mikvah, are quite good and interesting, because they're actually related to her life and to her conversion and not just tediously rambling on about certain Torah passages.
From reading this, it seems as though she were the classic child who does not know enough to ask. She says she did a lot of reading prior to her conversion because she really wanted to know the religion and to approach it from a variety of disciplines, but in many sections she admits that she didn't know about some pretty important things or issues till after she converted. For example, she says that she hadn't had a lot of education about the mikveh and had been too embarrassed to ask her converting rabbi, and therefore went into her conversion day feeling she had to immerse herself because she was thought to be "contaminated" and "dirty" as a non-Jew and had to cleanse herself before being admitted to the tribe. How could anyone in any denomination, particularly if she's had such a long process of education and learning as Ms. Shires evidentally had, reach conversion day thinking such a thing and not having learnt more about the custom of mikveh? (I was also annoyed that her chapter on the mikveh used the dated and inaccurate translations "contaminated" and "unclean" for the Hebrew words "tumah" and "tamei." That continues to give the completely false impression that menstruating women are thought to be dirty and unclean, when in actual fact the words surrounding this state of being are translated more like "ritually impure," and the impurity refers to a spiritual, not a physical, state of being.)
I was also left wondering why she converted under the auspices of the Conservative Movement when she so clearly feels ill at ease with many of their official positions, or at least the positions her own community seems to take. She really seems like she'd feel more at home in a Reform, Reconstructionist, or Renewal community. I'm also baffled as to why she frequently says that the Conservative Movement hasn't done enough for the inclusion of gays and women, unless her community isn't as liberal as many other Conservative communities are. Or are the changes of the past few decades not radical and sweeping enough for her? I also share her belief that women, gays, the disabled, and other groups that traditionally haven't always been included fully in Jewish life need to be completely integrated and granted full equality and participation in the community, but at times her call for this reads more like a political polemic and speaking from personal experience as opposed to really representing the great strides the Conservative Movement has made in these areas in the past few decades. I'm not doubting her personal experiences with people she's known and what she's dealt with in her own community, but it just seems baffling if she's trying to say the entire Conservative Movement takes those positions as well.
A couple of interesting chapters do not a very recommendable book make. Most of this was just very slow going for me, and the divrei Torah weren't that novel or insightful either. I've heard most of these interpretations and analyses before, only not in such dull language. I'm actually disappointed I bought this book, though at least I got a cheap used copy. I'd looked forward to reading a conversion memoir, but instead got a tedious exercise in boredom that had almost nothing to do with the author's life, either before, during, or after her conversion.
Moving and smart.......2005-11-12
Some books make you think and this is one of them. She engages with the traditions in different ways than most. It challenged me to think about Jewish life and Torah freshly. I found the beginning and the last section about going to Germany most moving.
A difficult read.......2005-05-31
I have read many individual conversion stories to Judaism. The majority are remarkable and beautiful as they highlight the personal transformation of an individual's path to conversion. That said, I found this book to be very tedious. The textual analysis did not flow well and it did not keep my attention.
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In this powerful book, Carol Ochs shows us how to develop a personal theology by examining our life stories, learning to recognize God at work in them, and bringing them into conversation with Torah. Using timeless biblical texts as lenses to see the present, she helps us understand who we are and who God is for us by exploring the tightly interwoven basic elements of our lives--our love, suffering, work, bodies, prayer, community, and experiences of death.
Through the process of seeing our experiences in relation to Biblical stories, we begin to recognize our lives as part of the ongoing story of the Jewish people--as Torah. This insight allows us to see these experiences as meaningful, not accidental, and opens us to recognizing God's power in and through all that happens to us. Rather than a collection of random events, our lives are part of the Jewish people's ongoing adventure. Armed with our personally shaped theology, we can face this adventure of living in the vanguard of history with awareness and confidence.
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A most intriguing book! What is it? A work of theology? Personal reflection and childhood memories? Biblical commentary? Psychotherapeutic exploration of the unconscious, epic stories of love and loss, a self-help guide, poetry of the soul, a book of healing? Suddenly the mind penetrates to the core of this work and grasps its inner meaning: it is all of the above and more. This is a poignantly beautiful work of theological understanding. ---Blu Greenberg, author of On Women and Judaism and How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household
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On living with knowledge of Jewish history and meaning.......2001-08-07
Our Lives As Torah instructs Jews on how they can adopt and develop a personal theology by connecting their life stories with the larger history of the Jewish people. From the Torah's central themes and its connections to personal spiritual experiences to Biblical foundations for living, this makes some important points on living a life with knowledge of Jewish history and meaning.
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Chicken Soup to Warm the Neshama is highly recommended........2007-06-10
Now in a revised edition, Chicken Soup to Warm the Neshama: 101 Short Stories, Insights & Sayings Containing Life-Long Lessons is an anthology of one-page and two-page vignettes offering comfort, spiritual richness, respect for the Torah, and a unique soul-warming quality. Sample gems of wisdom include "To be bigger than your friend, there is no need to pull him down. Simply elevate yourself!" and "An argument is an exchange of ignorance. A conversation is an exchange of intelligence." Written especially for Jewish readers, but sure to touch the Neshama (soul) of all readers regardless of personal background, Chicken Soup to Warm the Neshama is highly recommended.
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