In the Service of God

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IN THE
SERVICE
of
GOD
Conversations with Teachers of Torah in Jerusalem
This book is a collection of interviews with twenty distinguished teachers of Judaism, with a special focus on the con-cept of Avodat Hashem (the service of God) and its meaning for the modern Jew today.
These twenty teachers include rab-bis, educators, philosophers, and authors who have dedicated their lives to incul-cating the teachings of the Torah into the lives of modern Jews. Shalom Freedman, author of Life as Creatioit: A Jewisb Way of Thinkmtj about the World, conducted each interview in the inspir-ing climate of Jerusalem — the learning capital of the Jewish people — and the greater surrounding area, where he dis-covered a wealth of individuals and insti-tutions who are cultivating the intellec-tual and spiritual growth of Judaism.
Among the teachers interviewed in this book are Rabbi Chaim Brovender, Rabbi Nathan T. Lopes Cardozo, Dr. Yaakov Fogelman, Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Professor Emil L.... Tovább

Fülszöveg

IN THE
SERVICE
of
GOD
Conversations with Teachers of Torah in Jerusalem
This book is a collection of interviews with twenty distinguished teachers of Judaism, with a special focus on the con-cept of Avodat Hashem (the service of God) and its meaning for the modern Jew today.
These twenty teachers include rab-bis, educators, philosophers, and authors who have dedicated their lives to incul-cating the teachings of the Torah into the lives of modern Jews. Shalom Freedman, author of Life as Creatioit: A Jewisb Way of Thinkmtj about the World, conducted each interview in the inspir-ing climate of Jerusalem — the learning capital of the Jewish people — and the greater surrounding area, where he dis-covered a wealth of individuals and insti-tutions who are cultivating the intellec-tual and spiritual growth of Judaism.
Among the teachers interviewed in this book are Rabbi Chaim Brovender, Rabbi Nathan T. Lopes Cardozo, Dr. Yaakov Fogelman, Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Professor Emil L. Fackenheim, and Rabbi Chaim Pearl.
It is the author's prayer that the reader, upon opening this book, will share the joy and sanctity the author felt during his meetings with these teachers of Torah and will, in his or her own way, come to a greater service of God.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shalom (Seymour) Freedman is a Jewish thinker and poet who has lived and worked in Israel for more than twenty years. He holds a doctorate in English and American literature írom Cornell University and has, in the years of his aliyah, devoted himself to Jewish learn-ing in the Holy City, Yerushalayim. A contributor to a variety of Jewish publi-cations, he has published three other books, the most recent of which is Life as Creation: A Jewish Way of Thinking about the World. Vissza