Hope, Not Fear: A Path to Jewish Renaissance - Hardcover

Bronfman, Edgar M. & Beth Zasloff

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312377924 ISBN 13: 9780312377922

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 2008

Synopsis

A leading philanthropist and Jewish leader counsels Jewish North Americans to reinvigorate the faith in America by living openly, joyfully, and from an empowered perspective, counseling readers on the importance of honoring Judaism's cultural and spiritual richness as well as its tragic past. 30,000 first printing.

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About the Author

Edgar M. Bronfman is a leading philanthropist and chairman of the Board of Governors of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life. He is the former CEO of the Seagram Company Ltd. and the former president of the World Jewish Congress. He has been recognized for his leadership by organizations, universities, and governments around the world. In 1999, President Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States’ highest civilian honor.

Beth Zasloff is an alumna of the Bronfman Youth Fellowships, and her collaboration with Edgar M. Bronfman has been a dynamic intergenerational partnership. She has taught writing at New York University, Johns Hopkins University, and in New York City public schools. She has a B.A. in English from Yale University and an M.A. in fiction writing from Johns Hopkins University.

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Advance Praise for Hope, Not Fear

Edgar M. Bronfman s new, provocative volume is a Jewish leader s personal quest for new answers to timeless questions; it will certainly challenge many readers concerned with Judaism s future.
Elie Wiesel

Bronfman and Zasloff forcefully show the precariousness of grounding Jewish identity in fear of anti-Semitism and intermarriage; they offer instead an invaluable road map to energizing the range and resonance of Judaism in all of our lives.
Abigail Pogrebin, author of Stars of David

Serves as an uplifting introduction to the people, institutions, issues, and ideas that promise to reshape the North American Jewish community of the twenty-first century.
Jonathan D. Sarna, Ph.D., Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University, and author of American Judaism

This is a brave, honest, painful, and joyous book. Both those who are well versed in Jewish tradition and those who know not an aleph from a bet will find themselves provoked and challenged.
Professor Deborah E. Lipstadt, Ph.D., Director of the Rabbi Donald A. Tam Institute for Jewish Studies, Emory University, and author of History on Trial

A wise book by a Jewish leader who loves Jews and Judaism alike .This thoughtful, insightful meditation fills one with a sense of hope about the Jewish future.
Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, author of A Code of Jewish Ethics and Jewish Literacy

Edition details

• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312377924
• ISBN 13: 9780312377922
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 222