Why Me? Why Anyone? - Softcover

Jaffe, Hirshel; Rudin, James; Rudin, Marcia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1568212607 ISBN 13: 9781568212609

Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc., 1994

Synopsis

A rabbi facing the possibility of death is confronted with profound physical and spiritual questions.

About this title

About the Author

Rabbi James Rudin, an international leader in interreligious relations, was a member of the American Jewish Committee's (AJC) professional staff for thirty-two years, where he served as interreligious affairs director. He is currently the AJC's senior interreligious adviser. Rabbi Rudin participated in eleven meetings with Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI. He is a prolific author and a columnist for the Religion News Service, a syndicate of Newhouse Newspaper, and has published articles in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Christian Century, National Catholic Reporter and Christianity Today. Among his books is Israel for Christians: Understanding Modern Israel. Rabbi Rudin is a frequent guest on television and radio programs.

Rabbi James Rudin is available to speak on the following topics:

Christians and Jews: The Unfinished Agenda A Jewish Perspective on Jesus Myths and Realities about Jews and Evangelicals The Religious Right's Plans for the Rest of Us The Different Meanings of the Term "Israel" for Christians and Jews

From Publishers Weekly

In 1982, Jaffe, a rabbi in Newburgh, N.Y., found himself stricken with a rare form of leukemia. In his late 40s, a marathoner known as the "running rabbi," he was successively shocked, angry and emotionally hurt by his affliction. Here Jaffe, with Marcia Rudin and James Rudin (an official of the American Jewish Committee), describes his battle with the disease, which is currently in remission. The heartfelt narrative alternates with Jaffe's diary excerpts, telling how he sought answers in religious faith. The authors present a wealth of information about Judaism's thinking on suffering, medicine, heroic measures to preserve life, euthanasia and the afterlife. Their book lacks the universality of Harold Kushner's When Bad Things Happen to Good People, but it has deeply affecting moments.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1568212607
• ISBN 13: 9781568212609
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 206