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The good chef, author and rabbi, Philip M. Posner, has a lot to say on ethics, in Food for Thought, Character, and Soul-Recipes and Blessings Included. If his recipes are very good, which they are, then his lessons are even better. He contemplates how our individual character, what he calls 'soul talk, ' is a bridge to our past, present, and future. With intriguing recipes such as Marry Todd Lincoln's delicious almond vanilla cake, the author has done his research and at times we can even imagine ourselves at his dining table, celebrating a wonderful meal and discussion with him and his famous friends. A veritable, viable, and enlightening education in seven universal ethical character traits, he and his friends serve up sage advice with a non judgmental grace that welcomes inclusion and avoids dogma. His dialogues read as essays on how as individuals and a society we can live healthier lives, nurtured by character and delicious food.

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A congregational rabbi for nearly forty years, Philip M. Posner has been active in Social Action and Interfaith activities his entire adult life. In 1961 he joined the Freedom Rides, helping to integrate transportation facilities, and spent 39 days in Parchman Penitentiary in Mississippi. He also participated in social action missions to El Salvador and Ethiopia and is the cofounder, with his friend Jane Fellman, of the Rabbinic Network for Ethiopian Jewry. During the Vietnamese war, he created and led Riverside Cares an organization that helped Vietnamese Boat People. He has a degree in history from UCLA, was ordained in 1968 and holds a Doctorate in Hebrew Letters in ethics from his seminary, The Hebrew Union College - JIR. Recently, he has won awards for his cooking and baking at his local Culinary Arts Society. A father and now grandfather, he lives in Ajijic, a village next to Lake Chapala near Guadalajara in Mexico.

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