Dan Cohn-Sherbok

What is the role of scripture in illuminating the lives of the faithful today? In this book, three experts in Judaism, Christianity and Islam respectively discuss and debate this question, by exploring the core messages of the Torah, Bible and Qu'ran. Taking a deeper look at the wide range of theological, political and social issues that divide (and sometimes unite) their religions, they reveal how inspiration and guidance can be drawn not only on life's big questions such as sin and the afterlife, but also on societal issues including war, suffering, marriage and justice.… (mehr)

NO OF PAGES: 357 SUB CAT I: American Jews SUB CAT II: SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: The American Jewish community is more influential than ever before. Who are these Jews? Do they speak with one voice? How have they become so rich and powerful? What do their non-Jewish neighbors think about them? American rabbi Dan Cohn-Sherbok and his wife, Lavinia, spent four months in a typical Midwestern city finding the answers to these questions. Through more than one hundred engaging interviews, individuals from a broad spectrum of Jewish life - an Orthodox rabbi, a self-made millionaire, a doting grandmother, an Auschwitz survivor, an eighteen-year-old debutante, and many more - speak for themselves about their lives as American Jews. As gripping as the best fiction, their stories provide a unique and strikingly accurate snapshot of American Jewry in the 1990s.NOTES: Donated by Sidney Kase. SUBTITLE: Voices from an American Jewish Community… (mehr)