Nothing so Whole as a Broken Heart: Reflections for the Days of Awe - Softcover

Eder, Simon

 
9781739089641: Nothing so Whole as a Broken Heart: Reflections for the Days of Awe

Synopsis

A collection of essays from leading Jewish thinkers around the world on the beauty and brokenness of the Yamim Nora'im (High Holy Days) as we enter 5785.

With contributions from a range of leading Jewish thinkers, Nothing so Whole as a Broken Heart is a guide to the season of the Days of Awe, from Elul through Yom Kippur. The essays are curated and edited by Rabbi Adam Zagoria-Moffet and Simon Eder of the Louis Jacobs Foundation and published by Izzun Books.

CONTENTS

Foreword: Why Brokenheartedness? Adam Zagoria-Moffet

Foreword: The Journey from Elul to Yom Kippur Simon Eder

ELUL

This Year, Perhaps God Needs Our Forgiveness Yaffa Epstein

Days of Awe? An Historical Perspective Chaim (Harvey) J. Hames

The Religion of the Rabbis Joel Levy

Hearing the Voice of Fair Zion, from Lament to Consolation Rachel Adelman

How to Heal That Which is Broken...1,2,3 Jeremy Gordon

A Cord of Hope Shai Held

ROSH HASHANAH

Is it Okay to Love Life? Bradley Shavit Artson

Reading the Book of Records Jeremy Tabick

Is Loneliness A Desert? Natasha Mann

A Silence Between Samuel Klein

The Brokenness at the Root of Jewish Prayer Tova Hartman

Murder and Redemption Tzemah Yoreh

Tears Jonathan Wittenberg

Should Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar Do Teshuvah? Naomi Graetz

The Creation Account of Genesis One: Humanity as One Embroidery David Frankel

ASERET Y'MEI TESHUVAH

Teshvuah as Interpretation Herzl Hefter

The Greatest Gift Steven Gotlib

An Exercise in Emotional Imagination Jeremy Rosen

Listening to Others so God Will Listen to Us Francis Nataf

Teshuvah: A Springboard to Ascend to Closeness with the Divine Yiscah Smith

I Wait for God Daniel Nevins

YOM KIPPUR

The Origin of Teshuvah Deborah Kahn-Harris

Fleeing from God Louis Jacobs, z”l

Unetaneh Tokef and Human Flourishing Harris Bor

Broken, but Beautiful Adam Zagoria-Moffet

Jonah and the Reluctance of Religious Dogma Simon Eder

The Gates Never Close Benjamin Elton

On Yom Kippur, What Does the Innocent Child Say? Earl Schwartz

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