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Because Nothing Looks Like God by
Lawrence Kushner and Karen Kushner, with illus-
trations by Dawn Majewski. Copyright 2000,
Jewish Lights Publishing. 30 pages. Hardback.
$16.95.

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hose at all familiar with Rabbi Lawrence
Kushner (on this book he goes without the

title, but he is a graduate of the Hebrew
Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion) will
not be surprised to learn that this book is satu-

rated with political correctness (no "He"

here in reference to God). It also makes
use (though, mercifully, scant) of weath-

ered phrases that, on the surface, seem
to mean something, like, "God is wher-
ever we let God in," but on reflection

are pretty shallow.
That's the bad news.
Thegood news is that this book is wonderful.

Yes, wonderful.
One of the world's great authors, Charles Dickens,
proclaimed that the miracle of life is not that those of
us fortunate enough to be parents spend countless
hours and money and all our hearts and energy to
care for our children, but that "they, who are so
fresh from God, love us." Likely it is this closeness to

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that gives
children a different
perspective on Him and the
world. Perhaps it is why they feel free to
ask questions we all ponder but rarely raise for
fear of appearing foolish, like "What does God