Best Contemporary Jewish Writing - Softcover

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Michael Lerner is the editor of TIKKUN magazine and rabbi of the neo-Hasidic Beyt Tikkun Jewish Renewal synagogue in San Francisco. His most recent book, Spirit Matters: Global Healing and the Wisdom of the Soul, was selected as "one of the most significant books of 2000" by the Los Angeles Times Book Review and won a PEN award. His previous writings include Jews and Blacks: Let the Healing Begin, a dialogue with Cornel West, and Jewish Renewal: A Path to Healing and Transformation (described by Conservative Judaism journal as "stunning, miraculous and faith-renewing"). Rabbi Lerner, designated by Utne Reader as one of America's 100 Most Important Visionaries, has been featured in the New York Times, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, U.S. News and World Report, and Newsweek. He holds Ph.D.s in philosophy and clinical psychology.

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Rachel Adler
Yehuda Amichai
Aharon Appelfeld
Zygmunt Bauman
David Biale
Tsvi Blanchard
Daniel Boyarin
Anita Diamant
Morris Dickstein
Nathan Englander
Nomi Eve
Sidra DeKoren Ezrahi
Nancy Flam
Peter Gabel
Mordechai Gafni
Rebecca Goldstein
Arthur Green
Steve Greenberg
Martin Jay
Rodger Kamenetz
Irena Klepfisz
Kenneth Koch
U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman
Jonathan Mark
Benny Morris
Jacqueline Osherow
Ilana Pardes
Marge Piercy
Robert Pinsky
Daniel Pipes
Norman Podhoretz
Sarah Polster
Dennis Prager
Dahlia Ravikovitch
Rachel Naomi Remen
Adrienne Rich
Jonathan Rosen
Thane Rosenbaum
Philip Roth
William Safire
Susan Schnur
Jonathan Schorsch
Ruth Knaffo Setton
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Alan Shaprio
Rami Shapiro
Jerome Slater
Joseph Telushkin
Yona Wallach
Arthur Waskow
C. K. Williams
Naomi Wolf
David Wolpe

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"The message that the world could be healed and transformed was revolutionary when first articulated by Jewish writers of the past, and it remains radical even today. . . .Cruelty is not destiny. Jewish writing helps us understand that the pain of the past can be transcended."
― From the Introduction by Michael Lerner

Between the covers of this book is a treasure trove of great fiction, poetry, social analysis, and spiritual insight by renowned contributors such as Philip Roth, Marge Piercy, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, Naomi Wolf, Norman Podhoretz, Jonathan Rosen, Robert Pinsky, Yehuda Amichai, Rachel Adler, Nathan Englander, Daniel Boyarin, Adrienne Rich, Arthur Waskow, William Safire, Zalman M. Schachter- Shalomi, and many others. Included are famous writers, young and upcoming writers, writers with politics ranging from liberal/progressive to neoconservative. Despite their disparate opinions and points of view, these writers have been chosen by Michael Lerner because they transcend the cynicism and narcissistic self-indulgence of contemporary culture and contribute to the Kabbalistic vision of a world that has been shattered but, can be healed. For some writers, the focus is on personal transformation (tikkun atzmi), for others on healing of the world (tikkun olam.) Still others search for ways to bring holiness into our personal lives and social institutions.
You will be astounded at how much creative new thinking is taking place among Jewish writers, and on topics that are extremely sensitive: the Holocaust, the limits of Jewish liberalism, women in Judaism, the current crisis in Israel, and the renewal of Jewish spiritual life. The first volume in a planned series of annual publications, Best Contemporary Jewish Writing is an essential tool for understanding contemporary culture and social reality.
You don't have to be Jewish to be moved and to learn from these authors. The poetry, fiction, memories, and essays in this book are provocative and engaging, entertaining and inspiring, irreverent, and filled with awe.