A Taste of Text

Wisconsin Bookwatch, Sept, 2004

A Taste Of Text

Ronald Isaacs

UAHC Press

633--3rd Avenue, NY, NY 10017-6778

0807408573 $12.95 www.uhac.org

A Taste Of Text: An Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash is another title intended for a high school audience but which reaches into adult realms with its strong subject and presentation. While the Talmud and midrashic literature have been central to Jewish ethics and culture, many are unfamiliar with their most basic lessons. Rabbit Ronald Isaacs, spiritual leader of Temple sholom in Bridgewater NJ, here provides the questions and text passages which bring these classics to life and enables students to question texts based on real-life concerns.