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The New Jew Canon: Man's Search for Meaning |
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| The ultimate guide to the books every Jew needs to own | ||
 by Rabbi David Wolpe, April 14, 2008 |
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Title:
Man's Search for Meaning
Author:
Viktor Frankl
Description:
There are a handful of books that belong to the human race. A few such books emerged from the holocaust: Elie Wiesel's Night, Anne Frank's diary, and Primo Levi's Survival in Auschwitz. Alongside these distillations of the wisdom and brutality of human beings stands this short book by a psychiatrist, the founder of logotherapy. This is the book to hand to someone who believes life is empty, meaningless, worthless. One can truly say of Frankl, whose penetrating wisdom shines through these pages, what Andre Malraux said to Whittaker Chambers: "You have not returned from hell with empty hands."
Recommended By:
Rabbi David Wolpe is the Rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, California. He lectures widely at universities, synagogues and institutes throughout the country, and he was named "one of the fifty most influential Jews in America" by the Forward. In 2004 he delivered the keynote for the General Assembly of Jewish leaders.
Rabbi Wolpe is a frequent contributor to magazines and newspapers on subjects of Jewish and general religious interest. His columns run in Jewish newspapers throughout the country. His own writings, as well as profiles and reviews of his work, have appeared in such publications as Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, USA Today, and many others. He has also been a frequent television guest, including appearances on PBS, CNN and CBS This Morning as a commentator on spiritual questions. He has been featured most recently in a series on A&E called Mysteries of the Bible. Rabbi Wolpe is the author of six books: The Healer of Shattered Hearts: A Jewish View of God, In Speech and In Silence: The Jewish Quest for God, Teaching your Children About God, Why Be Jewish?, Making Loss Matter: Creating Meaning in Difficult Times, and Floating Takes Faith: Ancient Wisdom for a Modern World. |
The New Jew Canon is a long-term project that seeks to canonize essential Jewish (and some Non-Jewish) reads as recommended by extraordinary rabbis, experts, and cultural leaders. Suggestions are welcome via comments or tips.
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MaxKohanzad
Description: Fromm aims to explain what love is, the different types of love, but unexpectedly answers the "Question of Life" and discovers its meaning, ie. Love. Towards the end of this classic Fromm suggestes that we must become a practioners of Love, to love, to be love and to give love.
Recommended By: "Rabbit Dr" Max Ariel Kohanzad, senior lecturer in post-modern-Lubavitch Theology at the Institute of Advanced Chabad Studies based in Manchester UK. "Rabbit Dr" Kohanzad gives sermons to passers by, runs over 1,000,000 really bad websties, and lives with his wife, son, small car and two cats in Prestwich. "Rabbit Dr" Max has recently undergone a spiritual labotomy which removed his ability to think in a linear fashion for more than 10 mins and even that is probably an overestimate!
But in all seriousness the Art of Loving is one of the great Jewish works of the C20th.
Dan Garwood
Excellent book choice! Definitely essential reading for pretty much anyone.
I was just a little distressed to see that Rabbi Wolpe's bio was approximately three times the length of the book description, though. Maybe take that into consideration for future New Jew Canon posts?
Helen Jupiter
MaxKohanzad
are we really learning about these interesting people?
by finding out what they do? reading their CV? seems a little lacking and yes distressing to ego-up some big rabbi - when the work they are recommending is SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT than their rabbinical career.
Much love
Helen Jupiter
...the importance of Wolpe's rabbinical career? Clearly we didn't invite every living rabbi to contribute here. In fact, our initial pool of invites was very small (and as you've seen by now, it didn't only include rabbis). If we asked them to offer their suggestions, it wasn't because we felt the need "ego them up," but because we were interested in their input. What's distressing to me is your distress. It's a strong reaction to a difference of 100 words--which is all this is. Wolpe submitted the book recommendation, and I included his working bio. I really don't see why that's so upsetting.
MaxKohanzad
look, maybe it comes over as slightly more distressing than I am actually personally feeling - 'a little disgruntled' might be a better way of describing what i may feel about the way this 'book -v- person' piece has been presented. Don't get me wrong - i generally like people and think books are cool but they are only paper! that having been said, what my point was, that 'rabbi careers' just make me want to puke, not just rabbis, but people that have hugely impressive CV's because THEY WANT TO show off, compaired to a small slightly shite book review of a HUGELY important book. it just misses the point of a review. anyways my knickers aren't in any kinda twist about it, i just just venting my spleen!
Anonymous
good article.merci az aksaye kheili ghashangetoun va ankara evden eve
ve nice too be or not cannot evden eve nakliyat god nighrt. very too be nor be
ankara nakliyat olmak veya olmamak işte bütün mesele bu evden eve nakliyat.