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Tilattavissa olevat kirjat: Jewish Literacy
Kirjan nimi: Jewish Literacy
Alaotsikko: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People and Its History
Tekijä: Telushkin Joseph
Sivumäärä: 756
Kieli:  Englanti
Ilmestymisvuosi: 1991
ISBN: 978-0688085063
Hinta: 25.00 €
Sidosasu: Sidottu
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In 1988, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin undertook a mission to heal Jewish ignorance, an affliction whose symptoms include the ability to name the three components of the Trinity, coupled with an inability to explain mitzvah. Telushkins contribution to the cure is his wide-ranging, entertaining Jewish Literacy. First published in 1991, Jewish Literacy contains almost 350 entries on subjects ranging from the Ten Commandments to The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Entries are numbered (for easy, encyclopedia-style reference) and organized topically (to smooth the experience of reading each page straight through). And the revised edition contains several new entries (including articles about the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the vice-presidential nomination of Joseph Lieberman) as well as numerous corrections, enlargements, and updates. One might expect Rabbi Telushkins project of inspiring Jewish literacy to be overly earnest, but the authors understated wit adds considerable levity to most entries. The entry on Sodom and Gomorrah, for instance, ends this way: A number of years ago, some Israeli promoters of tourism suggested transforming the modern city of Sodom into a tourist haven with casinos, nightclubs, and even strip shows. The Chief Rabbinate in Israel sharply demurred, warning that there was nothing to prevent God from destroying the city a second time. The plan was dropped.
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