Shabbat Reader

Description

This collection of inspirational pieces on the meaning, importance, and observance of the Sabbath brings together a diverse group of Jewish writers, thinkers, and poets––all in celebration of the personal significance of Shabbat in their lives. From contemporary thinkers Lawrence Kushner, and Arthur Waskow to scholars Gershom Scholem, Erich Fromm, and Ismar Schorsch; from writers Ari Goldman, Blu Greenberg, Ilana Kurshan and Elie Wiesel, to rabbis and Jewish educators Harold M. Schulweis, W. Gunther Plaut, Sue Levi Elwell, and Ron Wolfson, this impressive chorus of voices illuminates the spiritual dimensions of Shabbat for readers at every stage of observance.