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2022 Top Ten Book from Academy of Parish Clergy The teachings of the great twentieth-century Jewish thinker Martin Buber empower us to enter a spiritual dimension that often passes unnoticed in the daily routine. In A Year with Martin Buber, the first Torah commentary to focus on his life's work, we experience the fifty-four weekly Torah portions and eleven Jewish holidays through Buber's eyes. While best known for the spiritual concept of the I-Thou relationship between people, Buber graced us with other fundamentals, including Over Against, Afterglow, Will and Grace, Reification, Inclusion, and Imagine the Real. And his life itself-including his defiance of the Nazis, his call for Jewish-Arab reconciliation, and his protest of Adolf Eichmann's execution-modeled these teachings in action. Rabbi Dennis S. Ross demonstrates Buber's roots in Jewish thought and breaks new ground by explaining the broader scope of Buber's life and work in a clear, conversational voice. He quotes from the weekly Torah portion; draws lessons from Jewish commentators; and sets Buber's related words in context with Buber's remarkable life story, Hasidic tales, and writing. A wide variety of anecdotal illustrations from Buber as well as the author's life encourages each of us to ""hallow the everyday"" and seek out spirituality ""hiding in plain sight.""

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Author:   Dennis S. Ross
Publisher:   Jewish Publication Society
Imprint:   Jewish Publication Society
ISBN:  

9780827614659

ISBN 10:   0827614659
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 December 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction I. Genesis (Bere’shit) Bere’shit: Standing Over Against Noaḥ: Learning to Be Present Lekh Lekha: Eternal Thou Va-yera’: Many Forms of Candor Ḥayyei Sarah: Rising from Grief Toledot: How Conflict Begins Va-yetse’: When Time and Space Become Secondary Va-yishlaḥ: Holy Insecurity Va-yeshev: On the Narrow Ridge Mikkets: Trapped in a Dream Va-yiggash: Learning to Put Feelings into Words Va-yeḥi: The Importance of Supportive Relationship II. Exodus (Shemot) Shemot: Get Off the Road Va-’era’: Reification Bo’: History as Strangers, Responsibility as Redeemers Be-shallaḥ: Daily Spiritual Practice Yitro: All of Us, Together at Sinai Mishpatim: Respecting Religious Difference Terumah: Not Within, Between Tetsavveh: The Sanctity of Decision Making Ki Tissa’: Eclipse of God Va-yak’hel: Shabbat as Cornerstone Pekudei: There Is No Sin in Having Money III. Leviticus (Va-yikra’) Va-yikra’: Will and Grace Tsav: The Afterglow Shemini: Learning from Loss Tazriaʿ: Healing through Meeting Metsoraʿ: Faith and Science Together ’Aḥarei Mot: The Curtain Will Part Kedoshim: Hebrew Humanism ’Emor: Magic, Manipulation, and Prayer Be-har: Intersection of Land and Justice Be-ḥukkotai: Mountains in Time IV. Numbers (Be-midbar) Be-midbar: Holiness in Time Naso’: Words That Bless Children Be-haʿalotekha: Eternal Thou Shelaḥ-Lekha: People Want Proof  Koraḥ: When Politics Take a Horrible Turn Ḥukkat: On Jewish Law Balak: Quick and Decisive Punishment Pinḥas: Evolving Jewish Law Mattot: “Imagine the Real” Maseʿei: Interfaith Relations V. Deuteronomy (Devarim) Devarim: Dealing with Anger Va-’etḥannan: Chosenness and Universalism ʿEkev: Spirituality of Eating Re’eh: Privilege and Responsibility Shofetim: Ends and Means Ki Tetse’: Animal Well-Being Ki Tavo’: The Fugitives Nitsavim: Equality in Labor Va-yelekh: Wanting More Time Ha’azinu: Children in Poetry Ve-zo’t Ha-berakhah: When There Are No Words VI. Holidays Rosh Hashanah: Where Are You? Yom Kippur: New Thinking Sukkot: The Holiday Shemini Atzeret: Sudden Stop Simḥat Torah: When You Come to the End Hanukkah: Because We Never Really Get There Purim: A Day Like Yom Kippur Pesach: “Education of Character” Yom ha-Shoah: Nuance in Reconciliation Yom ha-Atzmaut: A Growing Outcome Shavuot: Revelation, Then and Now Epigraph Source Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography

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Rabbi Ross superbly distills the theology of Martin Buber . . . , a consequential Jewish thinker whose focus on making human interactions meaningful influenced Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail.' . . . An invaluable entry point to a humanist thinker who sought to identify, build, and preserve 'holiness in our daily routines' by putting people, rather than objects, first. -Publishers Weekly Ross makes Buber's writings eminently readable even as he treats them with full scholarly integrity. And by bringing himself into the story, Ross allows us to go from pure text study to an individual life, as Buber himself would have wanted. -Rabbi Thomas M. Alpert, Temple Etz Chaim in Franklin, Massachusetts What a pleasure A Year with Martin Buber is! People of all faiths with an interest in the Bible and bringing 'divine wonder to the routine of daily life' will delight in having this inspirational book as a companion. -Rev. Debra W. Haffner, Unitarian Universalist Church in Reston, Virginia This richly textured book will send the reader back, time and again, to revisit its teachings and insights. -Rabbi Bernard Mehlman, senior scholar, Temple Israel in Boston, Massachusetts

Ross makes Buber's writings eminently readable even as he treats them with full scholarly integrity. And by bringing himself into the story, Ross allows us to go from pure text study to an individual life, as Buber himself would have wanted. -Rabbi Thomas M. Alpert, Temple Etz Chaim in Franklin, Massachusetts What a pleasure A Year with Martin Buber is! People of all faiths with an interest in the Bible and bringing 'divine wonder to the routine of daily life' will delight in having this inspirational book as a companion. -Rev. Debra W. Haffner, Unitarian Universalist Church in Reston, Virginia This richly textured book will send the reader back, time and again, to revisit its teachings and insights. -Rabbi Bernard Mehlman, senior scholar, Temple Israel in Boston, Massachusetts

This fresh innovative approach to the Torah portion of the week is appealing and insightful, which is why I carry it with me to read in synagogue on Shabbat mornings, either before or after the reading of the Torah portion. It enlightens and enervates my Shabbat morning experience. -Rabbi Ron Kronish, Jerusalem Report Rabbi Ross superbly distills the theology of Martin Buber . . . , a consequential Jewish thinker whose focus on making human interactions meaningful influenced Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail.' . . . An invaluable entry point to a humanist thinker who sought to identify, build, and preserve 'holiness in our daily routines' by putting people, rather than objects, first. -Publishers Weekly Ross makes Buber's writings eminently readable even as he treats them with full scholarly integrity. And by bringing himself into the story, Ross allows us to go from pure text study to an individual life, as Buber himself would have wanted. -Rabbi Thomas M. Alpert, Temple Etz Chaim in Franklin, Massachusetts What a pleasure A Year with Martin Buber is! People of all faiths with an interest in the Bible and bringing 'divine wonder to the routine of daily life' will delight in having this inspirational book as a companion. -Rev. Debra W. Haffner, Unitarian Universalist Church in Reston, Virginia This richly textured book will send the reader back, time and again, to revisit its teachings and insights. -Rabbi Bernard Mehlman, senior scholar, Temple Israel in Boston, Massachusetts

""This fresh innovative approach to the Torah portion of the week is appealing and insightful, which is why I carry it with me to read in synagogue on Shabbat mornings, either before or after the reading of the Torah portion. It enlightens and enervates my Shabbat morning experience.""—Rabbi Ron Kronish, Jerusalem Report ""Rabbi Ross superbly distills the theology of Martin Buber . . . , a consequential Jewish thinker whose focus on making human interactions meaningful influenced Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail.' . . . An invaluable entry point to a humanist thinker who sought to identify, build, and preserve 'holiness in our daily routines' by putting people, rather than objects, first.""—Publishers Weekly “Ross makes Buber’s writings eminently readable even as he treats them with full scholarly integrity. And by bringing himself into the story, Ross allows us to go from pure text study to an individual life, as Buber himself would have wanted.”—Rabbi Thomas M. Alpert, Temple Etz Chaim in Franklin, Massachusetts “What a pleasure A Year with Martin Buber is! People of all faiths with an interest in the Bible and bringing ‘divine wonder to the routine of daily life’ will delight in having this inspirational book as a companion.”—Rev. Debra W. Haffner, Unitarian Universalist Church in Reston, Virginia “This richly textured book will send the reader back, time and again, to revisit its teachings and insights.”—Rabbi Bernard Mehlman, senior scholar, Temple Israel in Boston, Massachusetts

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Rabbi Dennis S. Ross serves as an Intentional Interim Rabbi in the greater New York City area. He is the author of several books, including God in Our Relationships: Spirituality between People from the Teachings of Martin Buber and All Politics Is Religious: Speaking Faith to the Media, Policy Makers, and Community.            

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