Introduction; Part I: Torah; Part II: Time; Part III: Community; Part IV: Self.
William Kolbrener is Associate Professor of Literature and Philosophy at Bar Ilan University, Israel. He has written for Commentary, Tradition, Azure, the Jewish Journal, and Jewish Action. He also has a blog http://www.openmindedtorah.blogspot.com/.
This beautiful book is an exhilarating hybrid, steeped in
traditional learning but at home in the modern world, centered on
universal questions and yet deeply personal, informed by theology
and philosophy and yet guided quite humbly by the challenge of
living each day with wisdom and kindness. Jonathan Rosen, author of
The Talmud and the Internet
When a great and capacious mind, blessed with sensibility and
sensitivity, engages in conversation with the timeless texts of
Torah, the result is both enlightening and enthralling. That is
what William Kolbrener's new book represents, and all whose Judaism
is reflective and thoughtful will be enlarged by it. Chief Rabbi
Lord Jonathan Sacks
William Kolbrener is adept at finding Torah in places where you
don't expect it and at finding the unanticipated in the Torah. This
is a book for people who want help listening for the elusive,
important silences that course beneath the clamor of everyday life.
Judith Shulevitz, author of The Sabbath World
'This beautiful book is an exhilarating hybrid, steeped in
traditional learning but at home in the modern world, centered on
universal questions and yet deeply personal, informed by theology
and philosophy and yet guided quite humbly by the challenge of
living each day with wisdom and kindness.' - Jonathan Rosen, author
of The Talmud and the Internet
'When a great and capacious mind, blessed with sensibility and
sensitivity, engages in conversation with the timeless texts of
Torah, the result is both enlightening and enthralling. That is
what William Kolbrener's new book represents, and all whose Judaism
is reflective and thoughtful will be enlarged by it.'- Chief Rabbi
Lord Sacks
'William Kolbrener is adept at finding Torah in places where you
don't expect it and at finding the unanticipated in the Torah. This
is a book for people who want help listening for the elusive,
important silences that course beneath the clamor of everyday
life.'- Judith Shulevitz, author of The Sabbath World
Interview with the author at http:
//www.blogtalkradio.com/animal/2011/07/27/billy-kolbrener
Recommendation on the Jewish Daily Forward Sisterhood blog, http:
//blogs.forward.com/sisterhood-blog/139549/
Short article on author/book at http:
//www.mishpacha.com/Browse/Article/1220/A-Vital-Relationship
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