Winner—National Jewish Book Award!
Being Jewish. What does it
mean—today—and for the future? Listen in as Jews of
all backgrounds reflect, argue, and imagine.
When Wall
Street Journal reporter Daniel
Pearl was brutally murdered in Pakistan, many Jews were
particularly touched by his last words affirming his Jewish
identity. Many were moved to reflect on or analyze their
feelings toward their lives as Jews.
The saying “two Jews, three
opinions” well reflects the Jewish community’s
broad range of views on any topic. I
Am Jewish captures this
richness of interpretation and inspires Jewish people of all
backgrounds to reflect upon and take pride in their identity.
Contributions, ranging from major essays
to a paragraph or a sentence, come from adults as well as young
people in the form of personal feelings, statements of
theology, life stories, and historical reflections. Despite the
diversity, common denominators shine through clearly and
distinctly.
Contributors include:
Ehud Barak • Sylvia Boorstein •
Edgar M. Bronfman • Alan Colmes • Alan Dershowitz
• Kirk Douglas • Richard Dreyfuss • Kitty
Dukakis • Dianne Feinstein • Tovah Feldshuh •
Debbie Friedman • Milton Friedman • Thomas L.
Friedman • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Nadine Gordimer
• David Hartman • Moshe Katsav • Larry King
• Francine Klagsbrun • Harold Kushner • Lawrence
Kushner • Shia LaBeouf • Norman Lamm • Norman
Lear • Julius Lester • Bernard-Henri Lévy
• Bernard Lewis • Daniel Libeskind • Joe
Lieberman • Deborah E. Lipstadt • Joshua Malina
• Michael Medved • Ruth W. Messinger • Amos Oz
• Cynthia Ozick • Shimon Peres • Martin Peretz
• Dennis Prager • Anne Roiphe • Sandy Eisenberg
Sasso • Vidal Sassoon • Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi
• Daniel Schorr • Harold M. Schulweis • Lynn
Schusterman • Natan Sharansky • Gary Shteyngart
• Sarah Silverman • Michael H. Steinhardt •
Kerri Strug • Lawrence H. Summers • Mike Wallace
• Elie Wiesel • Leon Wieseltier • Sherwin T.
Wine • Ruth R. Wisse • Peter Yarrow • A. B.
Yehoshua • Eric H. Yoffie
“Should be mandatory reading in all
Jewish schools in the United States and Israel.”
—Yuval
Rotem, Consul General of Israel
“Thought provoking ... reflect[s] the vibrancy of contemporary Jewish life.... Inspiring.”
—Church & Synagogue Libraries Newsletter
“Captures the richness of interpretation of Jewish identity and inspires Jewish people of all backgrounds to reflect upon and take pride in their identity.”
—Jewish Book World
“The eclectic nature of the contributors makes for a varied level of sophistication, thoughtfulness, and comprehensiveness.... This volume demonstrates the varied nature of Jewish identity in the world today.”
—Library
Journal
“Compelling reading. Wide ranging in perspective ... a rich, bold, meaningful, intense and joyful vision emerges.”
—New York Jewish Week
Judea and Ruth Pearl, the parents of Daniel Pearl, are cofounders of
the Daniel Pearl Foundation (www.danielpearl.org). The
Foundation’s mission is to promote cross-cultural
understanding through journalism, music, and innovative
communications.
