one more jew trying to transcend narrowness

9.13.2006

Booklist

As I go through this process of Teshuvah, I am compiling a list of books I would like to read (oy, so many!). This is in no particular order and by no means exhaustive, so if anyone would like to add to it, please do so.

Finding Our Way: Jewish Texts and the Lives We Lead Today, Barry Holtz (N.Y., Schocken, 1993)
Guide to Jewish Books: Where to Start Reading About Jewish History, Literature, Culture and Religion,
Barry Holtz (N.Y. Schocken Books, 1992)
Wanderings,
Chaim Potok (Knopf, 1978)
The Way of Torah: An Introduction to Judaism,
Jacob Neusner (Belmont, CA, Wadsworth Publishing, 1988)
Jewish Spirituality, Vols. I and II, edited by Arthur Green (Crossroad, 1988)
Honey From the Rock: Visions of Jewish Mystical Renewal, Lawrence Kushner,(Jewish Lights, Woodstock, Vt., 1990)
Kabbalah: the Heart of Jewish Mysticism , Daniel Matt, (HarperCollins, S.F., 1995)
Hasidism and Modern Man , Martin Buber, (PUB)
Seek My Face, Arthur Green, (Jewish Lights, 2004))
Standing Again at Sinai, Judith Plaskow,
These Holy Sparks : The Rebirth of the Jewish People , Arthur Waskow,(Harper and Row, N.Y., 1983)
Down to Earth Judaism: Food, Money, Sex, and The Rest of Life ,Arthur Waskow, Wm. Morrow 1997)
Jewish Renewal: A Path to Healing and Transformation, Michael Lerner, Grosset/Putnam, N.Y., 1994) (for real this time)
Netivot Shalom, Rabbi Shalom Noach Brazovsky
I and Thou, Martin Buber
God in Search of Man, Abraham Joshua Heschel

I'll keep adding posts when I come across other reading lists. Thanks to Aleph for the start of this one...

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