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Rabbi Shapiro's
Sisterhood Bookshelf
When Rabbi Shapiro retired in June 2008, Sisterhood presented him with a gift so that every time he buys a book for himself, he buys a companion book for the Temple. The first three books now sit on “Rabbi Shapiro’s Sisterhood Bookshelf” in our Harvard Circle office. Below are the three books and you may click on them to jump to Amazon for a description.
My Father’s Paradise; A son’s search for his Jewish past in Kurdish Iraq
by Ariel Sabar
A mysterious corner of Iraq. An ancient language. A tribe of mystics and magic men, peasants and storytellers. A vanished history. And a son’s epic journey back to his father’s lost homeland.
Songs for the Butcher’s Daughter
By Peter Manseau
Ranging from pogroms to poetry, from the purity of sex to the impurity of translation, from the Pale of Settlement to the Lower East Side to Eretz Yisroael, and written with utmost integrity as well as dramatic momentum.
This is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared;
The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation
By Alan Lew
Take a journey of spiritual transformation-”from birth to death and back to renewal again.” This book is hard-hitting yet a compassionate cry for spiritual renewal during the High Holy Days as well as the rest of the year.
If you would like to borrow one of these books, please call the Temple Office and see if they are available. |
