The Book of Life
The High Holy Days are traditionally a time for introspection. Even the sturdiest soul must pause with trepidation over the more harrowing passages in the somber liturgy of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Who shall live, and who shall die? Who in his time, and who not in his time? Who by fire, and who by drowning? Wrestling with such questions is nothing new in Judaism, but this year, by coincidence, two newly published books, though vastly different in character, jointly aid in the search for meaning that is the watchword of the season.
By Tevi Troy
In another set of coincidences, both books are by laymen rather than scholars or rabbis, and both laymen are active in American politics. The first is Joseph Lieberman's The Gift of Rest: Rediscovering the Beauty of the Sabbath; the second is David Horowitz's A Point in Time: The Search for Redemption in This Life and the Next.
In another set of coincidences, both books are by laymen rather than scholars or rabbis, and both laymen are active in American politics. The first is Joseph Lieberman's The Gift of Rest: Rediscovering the Beauty of the Sabbath; the second is David Horowitz's A Point in Time: The Search for Redemption in This Life and the Next.