Dear safranim, Below is an announcement by a Boston area author and his NY area co-author who will at my synagogue's book fair this year. I thought it might be of interest to you. Here's their blog: <http://www.thefaithbetweenus.com/>http://www.thefaithbetweenus.com/
Ann Abrams, Librarian Temple Israel, Boston FROM AUTHOR PETER BEBERGAL: My book, The Faith Between Us, co-authored with Scott Korb, with a foreword by Freakonomics author Stephen J. Dubner, is available now from Bloomsbury. The book tells two distinct but interrelated religious stories both towards and away from faith. Filled with stories of my struggles with Judaism and Scott's Catholic religious struggles, Faith tells the story of a faithful friendship above and beyond tradition, and even belief. (Please some advance reviews below.) We'd love to send a copy of the book to your library for you to read and pass around, and if you think you might like to have a book discussion when Faith comes out in the fall, or possibly plan an event with us, we'd be delighted. Best wishes and thanks for your consideration. I hope to hear from you. Peter Bebergal 617-864-8393 <http://www.amazon.com/Faith-Between-Us-Catholic-Meaning/dp/1596911433>The Faith Between Us: A Jew and a Catholic Search for the Meaning of God Publishers Weekly starred review: "What's the saying? Never discuss sex, God or politics if you want to keep your friends? In this particular case, the questions of faith and God are actually what brought Bebergal and Korb together, initially through a correspondence related to their writings for various online magazines. Faith was not something either particularly discussed with their other friends, even though both hold advanced degrees in religion. Like a conversation that continues all night into the early light of dawn, this collection of stories is filled with the deepest of personal feelings and confessions as well as the mundane details of everyday life. The formatÂthe telling of a story by one, followed by a reflective epilogue by the otherÂhighlights not only the seamlessness of their dialogue, but the depth of their friendship and understanding of each other. No topic is taboo; amid their questioning of faith and God come tales of addiction, neuroses and ineptitude. These thirty-somethings are as diverse as their upbringings, yet between them they represent a little bit of all of us in this thoughtful, engaging debate about the virtues of faith and the existence of God." "A magical conceit, a true dialogue between friends on a subject that dearly needs to be talked about." -- Stephen J. Dubner, coauthor of Freakonomics "When was the last time two men sat down and wrote about their friendship? This is a beautiful book - frank, open, searching. It is, to be sure, a 'religious' book, but its great virtue is that it erases the quotation marks around that word and makes religious insight and longing seem, like friendship, a natural part of the world." -- Jonathan Rosen, author of Joy Comes in the Morning "This is the book for this moment. In an era of rigid (and false) dichotomies -- when one is told to be either a blind believer or a dogmatic atheist -- Bebergal and Korb offer a third way, the path of respect, of common sense, of dialogue rather than doctrine. There are fewer hot topics today than religion, and this book provides an accessible, heartfelt, compelling, and ultimately inspiring message that will speak to many of us, religionists and secularists alike." --Niles Elliot Goldstein, author of Gonzo Judaism and founding rabbi of the New Shul in Manhattan Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
