{"id":209,"date":"2006-12-28T16:36:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-28T16:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/virtualtalmud\/2006\/12\/years-best-jewish-books.html"},"modified":"2006-12-28T16:36:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-28T16:36:00","slug":"years-best-jewish-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/virtualtalmud\/2006\/12\/years-best-jewish-books.html","title":{"rendered":"The Year&#8217;s Best Jewish Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to the worthy books Rabbis <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/virtualtalmud\/2006\/12\/six-best-jewish-books-of-2006.html\">Grossman<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/virtualtalmud\/2006\/12\/jewish-book-of-2006-nimrod-flipout.html\">Stern<\/a> mentioned\u2013and with particular appreciation for the selection of <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/virtualtalmud\/2006\/12\/jewish-book-of-2006-nimrod-flipout.html\">Etgar Keret\u2019s <i>The Nimrod Flipout<\/i><\/a>, a fitting follow-up to the brilliant 2004 short-story collection <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bus-Driver-Who-Wanted-God\/dp\/0312339259\/sr=8-7\/qid=1167765206\/ref=sr_1_7\/102-5066839-6114511?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books\">The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God<\/a><\/i>\u2013I would add the recently published <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Torah-Journeys-Inner-Path-Promised\/dp\/0976986264\/sr=1-1\/qid=1167765318\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1\/102-5066839-6114511?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books\">Torah Journeys: The Inner Path to the Promised Land<\/a><\/i> by Rabbi <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rabbishefagold.com\/Bio.html\">Shefa Gold<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Gold has been a long-time teacher and song-leader in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/story\/5\/story_551_1.html\">Jewish Renewal movement<\/a>, and her recordings of Jewish chant have been a point of entry for many into the words of our sacred texts. Her first book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Torah-Journeys-Inner-Path-Promised\/dp\/0976986264\"><i>Torah Journeys<\/i><\/a>, is an exploration of the weekly portion written from the perspective of spiritual growth and development, and contains some remarkable insights and practices that are both profound and accessible.<\/p>\n<p>Also worth a mention is Rabbi Jill Hammer\u2019s <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishpub.org\/product.php?isbn=0827608314\">The Jewish Book of Days<\/a><\/i>, a day-by-day exploration of the Jewish calendar with reflections based on traditional Jewish sources.<span>  <\/span>Beautifully laid out, it can be a source of daily inspiration for Jews and non-Jews alike.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Posted by Rabbi Joshua Waxman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to the worthy books Rabbis Grossman and Stern mentioned\u2013and with particular appreciation for the selection of Etgar Keret\u2019s The Nimrod Flipout, a fitting follow-up to the brilliant 2004 short-story collection The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God\u2013I would add the recently published Torah Journeys: The Inner Path to the Promised Land by&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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