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Judaism There is no Christianity without Judaism. Christian spirituality depends upon the witness of both the New and Old Testament pilgrims. Jewish writers provide us with an authentic voice of spirituality which can inform and enhance Christian spirituality. For your convenience (since many of these books may not be readily available in your local bookstore), I have directly linked each book to its page at Amazon.com; just click its title and you can order in no time! Spiritual Journey Press is an associate of Amazon.com.
Wiesel takes us back to his childhood shtetl, his religious upbringing, and inevitably, to the night of the Holocaust - and beyond. This is a beautifully written book - sad and profound, moving in its joy and darkness.
This second installment is an incredible read, but quite different from the first. Wiesel reveals a darker, judgmental, defensive, personal side. However, his chapters on Bitburg, the creation of the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., and his friendship with Cardinal Lustiger are worth the price of the book - for me.
Martin Goldsmith, best known as the host of NPR's Performance Today, is the American-born son of two German-Jewish musicians who escaped the Holocaust. He anchors the Holocaust to the story of his own family, whom he never knew because most of them perished in Hitler's death camps. Goldsmith accompanies them through their lives in Nazi Germany, with its ever-tightening persecution and repression of the Jews, and on their nightmarish journey to the gas chambers. He follows his parents through their early musical training, their blossoming love, courtship, and marriage--making them seem like a normal, happy young couple--to their miraculous rescue and escape to America.
The New Rabbi: A Congregation Searches for Its Leader by Stephen Fried. From Amazon.com: "The New Rabbi is a surprisingly engaging chronicle of Jewish life at the turn of the 21st century, with a spotlight on one of America's most influential synagogues and the delightful characters who inhabit it. The book's most compelling strand is the convergence of two men's spiritual struggles over the deaths of their fathers--the author's and the brilliant rabbi Gerald Wolpe's. Wolpe's richly charismatic voice, as well as his willingness to publicly share his internal battles with God, have made him famous. His imminent retirement, on the other hand, reveals the fissures in American Judaism. Fried proves himself to be ambidextrous in drawing an affecting and humorous story of rabbis and men, while also revealing the behind-the-scenes political, financial, and emotional workings of American synagogue life in a time of generational change. Or, as he puts it, the "drama of the intersection of the divine and the secular, the battles between God and man and American culture, the searches for spiritual awakening and the perfect bar mitzvah caterer." This is fun and enlightening reading for Jews and non-Jews alike. --Lesley Reed"
Jewish Spirituality : A Brief Introduction for Christians The famous Rabbi tackles Jewish spirituality - a hot topic now in Jewish circles. Since he writes specifically for Christians, this would be a good introductory book for readers who want to learn more about a Jewish approach to God's presence in our world.
Jewish Mysticism
Two important works of Kabbalah, both introduced by Aryeh Kaplan.
Another anthology, from the series I enjoy so much. I would probably start with Scholem's edition, however. Also recommended from the Western Classics series . . . The
Early Kabbalah (Classics of Western Spirituality)
Mystical
Union in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam : An Ecumenical Dialogue
Books about the Jewish Roots of Christianity
by Israel Knohl. In a work that challenges notions that have dominated New Testament scholarship for more than a hundred years, Israel Knohl gives startling evidence for a messianic precursor to Jesus who is described as the "Suffering Servant" in recently published fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Messiah before Jesus clarifies many formerly incomprehensible aspects of Jesus' life and confirms the story in the New Testament about his messianic awareness. The book shows that, around the time of Jesus' birth, there came into being a conception of "catastrophic" messianism in which the suffering, humiliation, and death of the messiah were regarded as an integral part of the redemptive process.
This dialogue between Chilton and Neusner is exemplary as much for its civility as for its learning and clarity. While they respect each other--and each other's tradition--enormously, Chilton and Neusner acknowledge significant differences, contradictions, conflicts in understanding. Ordinary believers like most of us, who cannot begin to approach the learning of these men, can learn from them not only about the commonalities and the differences between Jewish and Christian spiritualities but also how to conduct interfaith conversations. (Beliefnet, July 2000)
The Dialogue between Judaism and Christianity
Pilgrimage Guides for Israel
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Inextinguishable Symphony: A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany
Zohar
: The Book of Splendor : Basic Readings from the Kabbalah
Zohar
: The Book of Enlightenment (Classics of Western Spirituality)
The
Messiah before Jesus: The Suffering Servant of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Comparing
Spiritualities : Formative Christianity and Judaism on Finding Life and Meeting
Death
