The Chutzpah Imperative: Empowering Today's Jews for a Life That Matters

This exploration into the heart of Judaism shows that it's time to reconnect with the ancient ideal of chutzpah (Jewish self-empowerment). Seeks to revive collective Jewish life and draw new generations to the Jewish tradition's vital, significant and timely message by reasserting the Bible's prescription of human possibility and responsibilities.

Author: Edward Feinstein
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Published: 10/08/2014
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d
ISBN13: 9781683363521
ISBN10: 1683363523
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Judaism | Rituals & Practice
- Religion | Judaism | Theology

About the Author

Rabbi Edward Feinstein is senior rabbi of Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, California. He is an instructor in the Ziegler Rabbinical School of American Jewish University and the Wexner Heritage Program. He is the author of Tough Questions Jews Ask: A Young Adult's Guide to Building a Jewish Life (Jewish Lights) and Capturing the Moon; and the editor of Jews and Judaism in the 21st Century: Human Responsibilities, the Presence of God, and the Future of the Covenant (Jewish Lights). He contributed to May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism-Yizkor; Who by Fire, Who by Water-Un'taneh Tokef and We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism-Ashamnu and Al Chet (all Jewish Lights).