Description
When her father passed away in 2006, Linda Cohen s busy life as a mother, wife, and entrepreneur came to a screeching halt. She took a spiritual sabbatical to work through her grief, and she came out of it resolved to embark upon a project: perform one thousand acts of kindness"mitzvahs"to honor her father s memory.
1,000 Mitzvahs shares Cohen's two-and-a-half-year journey from sorrow to inspiration through simple daily acts of kindness. She presents each mitzvah as a short vignette, and the myriad forms they take--from helping the elderly to donating to good causes to baking and collecting food for others--highlight the many ways in which one person can touch the lives of others. As she pursues her quest, Cohen finds that her life is improved by these small acts--that every time she goes out of her way to do something good for someone else, she enhances her own well-being.
More than a touching story of a daughter's love for her father, 1,000 Mitzvahs is a testament to the transformational power of kindness, and a call to arms for those who would like to follow in Cohen's footsteps with their own mitzvahs--no matter how large or how small.
Author: Linda Cohen
Publisher: Seal Press (CA)
Published: 10/01/2011
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781580053655
ISBN10: 1580053653
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Judaism | Theology
- Religion | Christian Living | Inspirational
About the Author
After graduating high school, Linda Cohen left her New England home to study for one year in Israel, where she found a strong connection to her Jewish identity. She returned to the United States to pursue a bachelor's degree in Jewish studies from the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, after which she received a master's degree from Brandeis University in Jewish communal service. Since then, she has been both a professional and a lay leader in the Jewish community.