Jewish with Feeling: A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Practice (For People of All Faiths, All Backgrounds)
A how-to for Jewish spirituality that works.
"A spiritual seeker is a person whose soul is awake. In this book I make no assumptions about how much you know about Judaism, what holidays you keep, or whether you believe in God. I want us to start from your soul's experience and carry on from there."
―from the Introduction
“Virtually anyone remotely affiliated with Judaism should read this book,” wrote Publishers Weekly, which listed Jewish with Feeling among its Best Religion Books of the Year. “Without question the best, most readable introduction to Reb Zalman’s philosophy of Judaism, it is also the best beginner’s guide to Jewish spirituality available today,” wrote the Forward, “the perfect book for both the spiritual seeker and the curious skeptic.”
Taking off from basic questions like “Why be Jewish?” and whether the word God still speaks to us today, Reb Zalman lays out a vision for a whole-person Judaism. This is not only Sinai then but Sinai now, a revelation of the Torah inside and all around us. Complete with many practical suggestions to enrich your own Jewish life, Jewish with Feeling is “a mystical masterpiece filled with spiritual practices and an exciting vision of the future” (Spirituality & Health). Spiritual experience, as Reb Zalman shows, repays every effort we make to acquire it.
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Book details
- Author
- Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
- Imprint
- Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Religion › Judaism › Rituals & Practice
- Topics
- Jewish spirituality · Judaism · religious rituals · spiritual seekers · faith and belief · Jewish identity
- ISBN-13
- 9781580236911 (Paperback)9781683361565 (Hardcover)
About the authors
RABBI ZALMAN SCHACHTER-SHALOMI was a founder of the Jewish Renewal movement and one of the most prominent Jewish spiritual teachers of the twentieth century. His books include Davening: A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Prayer and Jewish with Feeling.
Schachter-Shalomi was ordained by HaBaD-Lubavitch in 1947, received an MA from Boston University and a Doctor of Hebrew Letters from Hebrew Union College, and served as professor emeritus of Psychology of Religion and Jewish Mysticism at Temple University. Davening won the National Jewish Book Award. He was born in Zholkiev, Poland, and died on July 3, 2014.
JOEL SEGEL is an editor and co-author who has worked on books on spirituality, including Jewish with Feeling: A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Practice and Davening: A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Prayer, both co-authored with Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi.
Segel served as an editor at Shambhala Books and attended the Hebrew University of Jerusalem during seventeen years living and studying in Israel. As co-author of Davening, he shared in the National Jewish Book Award in 2012.
Joel is based in Needham, Massachusetts.