JIH Book Club: A Letter in the Scroll by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
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Jewish in Hawaii's first book club meeting is around the corner and features Jonathan Sacks, a world renown Rabbi known for promoting inclusiveness and other important ideas. He is respected across the board and will make for stimulating conversation.
BOOK: A Letter in the Scroll by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
DATE: Sunday, Feb. 27 at 2:00 PM.
LOCATION: Magic Island Beach Park (our group will be located on the right side of the grass when facing towards the grass from the main parking lot. Refer to map pin)
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
The Jewish people have been compared to a living Torah scroll, with every individual Jew as a letter within it. If a single letter is damaged or missing or incorrectly drawn, a Torah scroll is considered invalid. So too, in Judaism, each individual is considered a crucial part of the people, without whom the entire religion would suffer. The Jewish people have survived catastrophe after catastrophe and remained a thriving and vibrant community. The question Rabbi Jonathan Sacks asks is, quite simply: How? How, in the face of such adversity, has Judaism remained and flourished, making a mark on human history out of all proportion to its numbers? Written originally as a wedding gift to his son and daughter-in-law, A Letter in the Scroll is Rabbi Sacks's personal answer to that question, a testimony to the enduring strength of his religion.
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JIH Book Club: A Letter in the Scroll by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks