7 Books About Judaism We Would Totally Read Again
7 Books About Judaism We Would Totally Read Again
Across Judaism, Jewish life and culture, Jewish Peoplehood, and Israel.
These handful of books are sure to inspire, motivate, and excite you about Judaism, Jewish life and culture, Jewish Peoplehood, and Israel!
1. Why Do Jewish?
How do you live a more meaningful life? How might you feel more connected to others, to the world around you, to the past and the future? In an era when we can choose our own identities, why might we choose to identify as Jews? These are just some of the questions Zack Bodner addresses as he thoughtfully shifts from asking “Why be Jewish?” to “Why do Jewish?”
2. Chutzpah
Discover the secret behind how Israel, a tiny country with the highest concentration of startups per capita worldwide, is raising generations of entrepreneurs who are disrupting markets around the globe and bringing change to the world.
3. The Future of Jewish
Avraham Infeld, the former President of Hillel International, said our mission, as Jews, is to ensure the continued, significant survival and renaissance of the Jewish People. “And don’t think it’s guaranteed,” he proclaimed. “Even if our survival may be guaranteed, and I’m not sure it is, our significant survival is not guaranteed. Our understanding that it is a continued survival is not guaranteed.” In this transcendent book, Joshua Hoffman provides perspectives, insights, and ultimately a scalable, 25-year vision which offers a global path toward the continued, significant survival and renaissance of the Jewish People.
4. People Love Dead Jews
A startling and profound exploration of how Jewish history is exploited to comfort the living, based on essays that the award-winning Dara Horn has penned over the years.
5. Jerusalem Drawn and Quartered
A book for anyone who’s wondered who really lives in Israel, and how they coexist; a book that skillfully weaves the personal and political, the heartwarming and the heart-stopping; a book that only Sarah Tuttle-Singer could write.
6. 24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week
Tiffany Shlain takes us on a thought-provoking and entertaining journey through time and technology, introducing a strategy for flourishing in our 24/7 world. Drawn from the ancient ritual of Shabbat, living 24/6 can work for anyone from any background. With humor and wisdom, Shlain shares her story, offering the accessible lessons she has learned and providing a blueprint for how to do it yourself.
7. Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
The first comprehensive-yet-accessible history of the State of Israel, from its inception to present day, from Daniel Gordis, one of the most respected Israel analysts living and writing in Jerusalem.