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Rabbi Twerski's books
include Life's Too Short,
More Sell-Improvement
Sacred Intentions: Daily Inspirations to
, I'd Like to Call For Help,
But I Don't Know the
Strengthen the Spirit, Based on Jewish Wisdom
by Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky and Rabbi Lori
Number, Growing Each
Day and Twerski on
Forman (Jewish Lights) is a daily companion,
in calendar format. For each day, the editors
Spirituality. He's also pro-
include a carefully selected quote and then
duced four titles in col-
an explication written by one of the editors
laboration with the late
or a scholar, show-
Charles Schulz, creator of
ing its relevance to
the Peanuts comic strip,
daily life.
including I Didn't Ask To
The quotes, full
Be In This Family and
of hope, optimism
That's Not a Fault ... It's a
and insight, are
Character Trait.
from a wide range
He got the idea for It's
of Jewish sources.
Not As Tough As You Think
Rabbi Olitzky is a
after noticing the best sell-
prolific author of
ing book Don't Sweat the
insbirar7wi
many books on
Small Stuff The underly-
Jewish spirituality,
ihe
ing message of that book,
healing and religious
that it's all small stuff,
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practice, and Rabbi
wasn't something he could
RABBI KERRY M. OLITZKY
Forman is the direc-
agree with — and he felt
RABBI LORI FORMAN
tor of Jewish
another approach was
Resources for UJA-
needed.
Federation
of New York.
"Things that happen are
not all small. Losing a job,
Happiness: Formulas, Stories, and Insights by
getting a severe illness are
Rabbi Zelig Pliskin (Artscroll/Shaar) is a col-
not small stuff I wanted to
lection of short pieces, stories with uplifting
find a way to look at these
things and make them
messages, encouraging readers to access the joy
in their lives. "The doorway to a life of happi-
more tolerable," he says.
ness is open before you," Rabbi Pliskin, who
He writes in the intro-
lives in Jerusalem, writes.
duction to the first volume:
"Some things in the world
Buy Green Bananas: Observation ofSelf; Family
are changeable, others are
and Life by Rabbi Berel Wein (Artscroll/Shaar),
not. Our mood is always
also presented in brief chapters, guides readers
changeable. The more posi-
to be better people, uncovering new insights
tive our attitude, the more
into daily life. Rabbi Wein, a lawyer, rabbi,
effective is our ability to
modify some things, and
teacher and author of a trilogy on Jewish histo-
ry, lives in Jerusalem.
the greater is our ability
' to
accept other things."
As in the style of other
to read one piece at a time and digest it,
popular self-help books, Rabbi Twerski
reflect on it, rather than reading from
writes a series of brief chapters, each less
cover
to cover. "It's not like a bunch of
_than two pages. He uses real-life exam-
jelly
beans
that cart be eaten in one sit-
ples to make his points, injecting
ting," he says.
humor, psychological insights and
Chapter titles include, "May You
Jewish teachings, drawing on metaphors.
Have
Many Worries," "The Sage of
The overall effect is teaching via story-
the Salmon," "The Narrow Bridge,"
telling in a conversational voice.
"Want To Be Nudnik-Proof," "Not
Rabbi Twerski explains that these
Everything
Emotional Is
short pieces "can have an impact that
Psychological,"
"Memories Never
longer essays would not." He. also
Spoil,"
"Marriage
Is Not a Hospital."
speaks of the challenge of writing in
Through
all,
he
shows
readers how to
this format, that "trying to get a mes-
overcome
setbacks,
to
look
for the pos-
sage across in a page and a half is
itive,
to
have
patience,
to
reduce
stress,
more difficult than writing essays."
to
listen,
to
find
the
small
amount
of
When asked how he imagines read-
light
that
can
banish
the
darkness.
ers approaching the book, Rabbi
Is this a particularly Jewish atti-
Twerski says that he would like people
tude? "Without this attitude, our his-
tory never would have allowed us to
Sandee Brawarsky is a
survive," says the rabbi.
New York-based freelance book critic.
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