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The Book of Miracles: A Young Person's Guide to Jewish Spiritual Awareness brings Lawrence Kushner's funny, warm, smart perspective on Judaism to young readers. (This book will be most popular among kids ages 9 to 13.) Kushner's chapters on "Seeing," "Hearing," and "Doing" tell stories based on the Hebrew Scriptures in a style that is perfect for bedtime reading. "To be a Jew means to wake up and to keep your eyes open to the many beautiful, mysterious, and holy things that happen all around us every day," Kushner writes. "Many of them are like little miracles: when we wake up and see the morning light, when we taste food and grow strong, when we learn from others and grow wise, when we hug the people we love and feel warm." Kushner's goal in The Book of Miracles is to help children learn to ask good questions about spirituality by speaking directly to their concrete way of thinking and their voracious curiosity. The spiritual goal that Kushner guides children to assume is one that many adults will take for themselves as well. "The goal of spirituality is the bringing together of seeing, hearing, and doing into one whole person," he writes. "It is to see yourself mirrored in the heavens above and to realize that the Holy One created you personally to help complete the work of repairing the world." --Michael Joseph Gross
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"A well-written, easy-to-understand, very lovely guide to Jewish spirituality. I recommend it to all teens as a good read." -- Kimberly Kirberger, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul
"A wonderful introduction to Jewish spirituality for children but just as importantly, for their parents; it belongs in every Jewish home." -- Dr. Ron Wolfson, Whizin Institute for Jewish Family Life, University of Judaism; author of The Art of Jewish Living Series
"Enables young and old alike to savor the mysteries and the meanings of spiritual life." -- Values & Visions
"Many religion books give our young people facts to learn; here is a book which gives them wisdom to remember." -- Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, author of God's Paintbrush, God in Between and other titles.
"The beauty of The Book of Miracles is its universality. Its message, although coming from a Jewish tradition, speaks to the souls of all." -- Dr. Ronald J. Valenti, Superintendent of Catholic Schools, Archdiocese of Baltimore
"The beauty of this book is that its message, though it comes from the Jewish faith, reaches far beyond any cultural definitions and helps to develop appreciation of life's daily miracles as well as those that anchor religious tradition." -- NAPRA Review, November/December 1998
"A wonderful introduction to Jewish spirituality for children but just as importantly, for their parents; it belongs in every Jewish home." -- Dr. Ron Wolfson, Whizin Institute for Jewish Family Life, University of Judaism; author of The Art of Jewish Living Series
"Enables young and old alike to savor the mysteries and the meanings of spiritual life." -- Values & Visions
"Many religion books give our young people facts to learn; here is a book which gives them wisdom to remember." -- Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, author of God's Paintbrush, God in Between and other titles.
"The beauty of The Book of Miracles is its universality. Its message, although coming from a Jewish tradition, speaks to the souls of all." -- Dr. Ronald J. Valenti, Superintendent of Catholic Schools, Archdiocese of Baltimore
"The beauty of this book is that its message, though it comes from the Jewish faith, reaches far beyond any cultural definitions and helps to develop appreciation of life's daily miracles as well as those that anchor religious tradition." -- NAPRA Review, November/December 1998
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- Living a Jewish Life: Jewish Traditions, Customs and Values for Today's Families by Anita Diamant on page 90
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