Jewish Stories from Heaven and Earth: Inspiring Tales to Nourish the Heart and Soul
The Glory and Grief, Humor and Pride of the Human Experience―Inspiration from a Jewish Perspective
From exile to rebirth, from degradation to renaissance, the Jewish People has undergone every human experience and emotion that God created. In this inspiring collection of stories, award-winning anthologist Dov Peretz Elkins captures the best and worst of Jewish experience in these spine-tingling tales of courage, devotion, passion and extraordinary achievement.
Elkins taps the famous and the not-so-famous, world-renowned figures and the little-known "person next door," for stories that illustrate the wonder, meaning, and purpose of life as viewed through the lens of Judaism's core values. Though drawn from the Jewish tradition, these universal stories of kindness, hope, faith and discovery will intrigue the minds and warm the hearts of people from all walks of life.
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Book details
- Author
- Dov Peretz Elkins
- Imprint
- Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Religion › Judaism
Religion › Inspirational - ISBN-13
- 9781580233637 (Paperback)9781683361527 (Hardcover)
About the author
RABBI DOV PERETZ ELKINS is coeditor of the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Jewish Soul and the author of The Wisdom of Judaism: An Introduction to the Values of the Talmud. His recent books include Jewish Stories from Heaven and Earth: Inspiring Tales to Nourish the Heart and Soul, Yom Kippur Readings: Inspiration, Information and Contemplation and Rosh Hashanah Readings: Inspiration, Information and Contemplation.
Elkins is rabbi emeritus of The Jewish Center of Princeton, New Jersey, and a former member of both the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly and the Council for Jewish Education.
When not writing, Elkins lectures on topics ranging from Hasidic wisdom and modern psychology to eco-Judaism and the Jewish people’s relationship with Jerusalem. These interests run throughout his work as an anthologist and educator.