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Open Letters: On Life, Loss, Faith, and the Human Condition

Open Letters: On Life, Loss, Faith, and the Human Condition

Hoffman, Rabbi Lawrence a.
Grushcow, Rabbi Lisa J.

Paperback

Judaism

PREORDER - Expected ship date December 1, 2026

ISBN10: 0881236993
ISBN13: 9780881236996
Publisher: Central Conference of American Rabbis
Published: Dec 1 2026
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

For over fifty years as a professor and author, Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD, has been a beloved mentor, theologian, liturgist, and voice of profound spiritual insight. In Open Letters, this prolific scholar affirms that religion's business is the human condition, the mystery of life itself-especially in times that threaten everything we hold dear. In recent years, the world has seen a global pandemic, democracy beleaguered, the Hamas attack on Israel, wars in Gaza and Ukraine, and rising antisemitism and hate. At the same time, Rabbi Hoffman experienced the loss of his beloved wife from cancer. In response, he penned a series of open letters melding Jewish tradition with insights from literature, science, and the humanities, seeking abiding wisdom to comfort and guide us. This book collects the best of these short essays along with new letters, each paired with an original introduction. Open Letters invites the reader into a deeply personal dialogue on what it means to be human in our time, exploring how religion generally-and Judaism specifically-offers hope at moments of crisis.

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