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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jewish History and Culture by Benjamin Blech ISBN: 0-02-862711-3 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 23 December, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Mallowcups for Rabbi Ben
Comment: Rabbi, don't let anyone tell you the title of this book is wrong...I'm telling you, it's what made me buy it. See, I asked a man a few questions at a convention about Jewish history, and I think the poor man thought I was trying to convert him--to what, I'm not sure. He wasn't happy with me, and I got no answers. Feeling like a, well, idiot...imagine how happy I was to find your book. I got the answers to my questions halfway through your book, but you wrote the book so well I coudln't stop reading. It was quite an education. I simply had no idea of the amount of anti-Semitism the Jewish people have had to endure, practically since their existence.
The book was written like we were having a conversation, and the way it was laid out was terrific...the chapter highlights at the beginning and end of the chapters were great memory tools. Though at times you seemed a bit cheeky with all the "innovations" and accomplishments, I figured hey, who isn't a littly cheeky when it comes to family. The only part I'd armwrestle you over is your take on the New Testament text: the verse in I Timothy 6 doesn't say (like everybody thinks it does--you're not alone) that "money is the root of all evil." It says the "love" of money is the root of "all kinds" of evil. But hey--why should I expect you to quote perfectly a text most Christians probably couldn't? Come to think of it, and this is tragic, all of the anti-Semitism belonging to Christions would be non-existent if those "Christians" would get their fannies in gear and camp on these words, penned by the same man who penned the verse in Timothy: "Respect what is right in the sight of all men." You read it right--ALL men. I'll bet if I looked that up in the Greek the word "all" would mean, ahem, all. (You'll find that little gem, by the way, in Romans 12:17. Whip it out the next time some yahoo "Christian" makes a remark. By the way, I'm a Christian so I can get down and dirty with my own.)
Rabbi Blech, yours was a very sobering, very thought-provoking, very enlightening book. Like the New Testament, this book should be required reading for Christians. Maybe a required viewing of "Schindler's List" wouldn't kill them either. (These are great ideas, eh? Between you and me Tikun Olam would be a done deal...but we'd have to rephrase the word "required." I don't think that would fly.) Anyway, thanks for a great book. Shalom to you too.
Rating: 4
Summary: Unashamed, and proud of it!
Comment: A previous reviewer wrote, "it's almost vulgar to see such a noble race unashamedly trumpeting their achievements."
I'm curious... if WE don't trumpet our achievements, who's going to? Or perhaps this reviewer only likes Jews when we're ashamed of all we've managed to accomplish in a few short centuries of freedom?
This book thrillingly encapsulates millennia of what could too easily degenerate into the longest history lesson of anyone's life. It's a great introduction -- interspersed with humour, cute pictures, and "trivia" tidbits like the rest of the "Complete Idiot's" books -- to a complicated and difficult subject.
Highly recommended for anybody, Jewish or otherwise, who prefers Jews when we're "out and proud!"
Rating: 5
Summary: Incredible Book!
Comment: As a High School student, I mostly feel I get more then enough lessons of History a week, though it does give me a chance to catch up on sleep. I picked up this book in order to help me write a Paper, and didn't stop reading it till the end even though I didn't need all of it. Written with humor and wit, this book conveys the essence of the Jewish People and enables you to look at it both objectivly and subjectively. The book gives you the reasons for every historical event and not just the sequence of events. For me, it gave history and new light, and I noticed that the reasons cited for many of the historical events actually apply today as well, though with different actions as the result. As they say, History does indeed repeat itself! Great job, Rabbi! I wish this author would share his wit and knowlage in many other subjects as he is the easiest way to learn!
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Title: Judaism for Dummies by Ted Falcon, David Blatner ISBN: 0764552996 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 27 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Judaism by Benjamin Blech, Richard M. Joel ISBN: 0028631919 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 25 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) To Jewish Spirituality & Mysticism by Michael Levin ISBN: 002864347X Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 27 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Yiddish by Rabbi Benjamin Blech ISBN: 0028633873 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 19 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to Understanding Islam by Yahiya Emerick, Qasim Najar, Quasim Najar, Yahiya John Emerick ISBN: 0028642333 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 05 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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