Ma Nishma from Jerusalem: A Weekly Touch of Torah - Softcover

After 50 years guiding major congregations in Chicago, Minneapolis and Atlanta, Rabbi Goodman continues to inspire and inform with his weekly Torah interpretations from Jerusalem. Ma Nishma draws on his wide secular learning, his abiding love of Torah and a passion for Jewish destiny in the American Diaspora and in Israel to prove that these timeless texts hold profound lessons for us all."

Melvin Konner, MD, PhD, professor at Emory |university has authored eleven books including The Jewish Body and Unsettled: A n Anthropology of the Jews Rabbi Goodman finds the link between the text of Torah and the story of our lives in each of these lovely and inspiring teachings. My favorite part is his weekly conclusion, often introduce with the words "may we..." I am encouraged each time to become a little better version of what I can be.

Rabbi Jack Moline, Rabbi Emeritus of Agudas Achim Congregation in Alexandria, VA Arnold Goodman's "Ma Nishma from Jerusalem" is an inspiring combination of wisdom and intellect. If you ever wondered whether the weekly parshiyot could really be relevant to the spiritual, intellectual and emotional challenges of everyday life, read these "touches" of Torah from a master of interpretation will put your mind at ease.

Laurie Patton, Durden Professor of Religion, Duke University, and author of Angel's Task: Poems in Biblical Time $19.95 U.S.

Rabbi Arnold M. Goodman was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary. During his fifty years in the active Rabbinate he served congregations in Chicago, Minneapolis and Atlanta. He now lives in Jerusalem.