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Angel not only draws on Jewish traditions and the Bible, but spreads his net over a wide expanse of philosophy and religion from Buddhist and Hindu literature to the work of Kirkegaard, Freud and Kubler-Ross in this study of bereavement, which won the 1988 National Jewish Book Award.

The Rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel, the historic Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of New York, Marc D. Angel received his B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. from Yeshiva University; rabbinic ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University; and an M.A. in English Literature from the City College of New York. He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of DIvinity degree from Yeshiva University in 1992. Rabbi Angel has authored and edited fourteen books, including Voices in Exile: A Study in Sephardic Intellectual History, and a collection of essays, edited by his son, Hayyim, entitled Seeking Good, Speaking Peace. Rabbi Angel and his wife, Gilda, have three children: Hayyim, Ronda, and Elana.