We Jews

Wisconsin Bookwatch, June, 2005

We Jews

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz

Jossey-Bass, Inc.

989 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94103

www.josseybass.com

0787979155 $24.95 1-800-225-5945

Teacher, scientist, mystic, and the author of more than sixty books, Rabbi Steinsaltz is justifiably regarded as one of the great rabbis of this generation and is perhaps best known for his monumental translation and commentary on the Talmud. His latest work, We Jews: Who Are We And What Should We Do? deftly explores important and contemporary issues concerning Jewish identity and community. Addressing the question of Jews being a nation or a religion, stereotypes of Jews, dealing with the forces of an often hostile secular culture, the phenomena of intermarriage and the loss of tradition, the longings and aspirations of Jewish men and women today, We Jews is informed and thoughtful reading which is completely accessible to the nonspecialist general reader with an interest in Judaism and the Jewish community .