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Title: Rambam's Ladder: A Meditation on Generosity and Why It Is Necessary to Give by Julie Salamon ISBN: 0-7611-2809-3 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: October, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Rambam's Ladder - one reader's opinion
Comment: This is a fast read, and easy. I loved it all, however, the charitable giving discussed is more applicable to social services than to the non-profit I represent, which is an environmental organization. In fairness to the Rabbi, people probably weren't thinking about the environment 1000 years ago! This book is a great start, I encourage you to read it. I will supplement what I learned with supporting materials to help me translate the information in this book to compelling rationale for giving to environmental causes.
Rating: 5
Summary: Giving while living
Comment: Rambam's Ladder is a primer for charitable giving. As to Mr. Draiman's criticism that Ms Salamon never actually told us HOW to give, he missed her point. Clearly, the steps on Rambam's ladder gave us the blueprint. It is up to each of us to choose HOW and how much. Just as no one can tell us HOW to live, the right role model can inspire our choices. Maimonides was an exceptional role model. Evidently, Mr. Draiman and I were reading two different books. On pg.5, "He was Rabbi Moses ben Maimon....Among his most significant works was a treatise on God and metaphysics..'The Guide to the Perplexed'."
This book should be given as a gift to teenagers. It will open their minds to the beauty of tikkun olam (healing the world) and tzedukah (justice). It's a great gift for a friend, as well.
Rating: 5
Summary: thoughtful and beautifully written
Comment: The first thing to know about this fine book is that it does NOT preach. The object is not to make the reader feel guilty, but to think and search within herself or himself. The word "meditation" on the cover is key: this is a glimpse into Julie Salamon's own soul-searching, amplified by her talents as a researcher and writer. Reading this slender book is like taking a seminar from a very wise teacher, and taking the lesson in deeply. Julie talks to everyone from rich philanthropists to a homeless man she encountered often, and helps us think through some of the deepest goals of philanthropy. This is a quiet book that will make you really think about something that deserves thought: how does giving change the world, and us, in the best possible way? I know it will change the ways in which I give, and the reasons I give as well.
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Title: The Ten Commandments of Character: Essential Advice for Living an Honorable, Ethical, Honest Life by JOSEPH TELUSHKIN ISBN: 1400045096 Publisher: Harmony/Bell Tower Pub. Date: 26 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Wise Men and Their Tales : Portraits of Biblical, Talmudic, and Hasidic Masters by ELIE WIESEL ISBN: 0805241736 Publisher: Schocken Books Pub. Date: 14 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: The Case for Israel by Alan Dershowitz ISBN: 047146502X Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Seven Blessings: A Novel by Ruchama King ISBN: 0312309155 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 13 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Diaspora: Homelands in Exile (2 Volume Set) by Frederic Brenner ISBN: 0060087781 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $100.00 |
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