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ounded every morning dur-
ing this month of Elul, the
shofar is a call to review,
rethink, renew, revitalize, to shake
things up a bit, to go deeper. This
season, a number of new books also
challenge readers to think anew
about their connection to Judaism
and to Israel, to their ritual practice
and religious lives.
Historian Jonathan Sarna takes
a departure from his works of
American Jewish history to look at
the central themes and values of
Jewish life, as they are reflected in
the cycle of holidays, in A Time to
Every Purpose: Letters to a Young
Jew (Basic Books). He presents
Judaism as a way of life, a way of
marking time and a way of finding
meaning.
Written in the form of letters to
his daughter, the book is a wise
introduction to the American Jewish
experience and makes for a particu-
larly good gift for college or high-
school students.
In an interview, Sarna, profes-
sor of American Jewish history at
Brandeis University and author
of several books, including the
award-winning American Judaism:
A History (Yale, 2004) said he hopes
the book will be not just informative
but inspiring.
Sarna, who has strong ties across
the spectrum of Jewish life, stays
away from denominational distinc-
tions and provides a view grounded
in tradition, open to pluralism. He
emphasizes that we have a variegat-
ed tradition, noting the traditional
Jewish idea that there are "70 faces"
to the law. For Sarna, "the multiplic-
ity of answers is the right answer."
In writing about Yom Kippur, he
writes about the role of the indi-
vidual within the Jewish community,
favoring the "precept that 'all Jews
are responsible for one another,
whether they know them or not, like
Jonathan D
Sarna
A Time to Every Purpose
letters to a young iew
Historian Jonathan Sarna offers
an overview of the Jewish faith as
experienced during a full year of
holidays on the Jewish calendar.
them or not, agree with them or not."
He also asserts his confidence
as a Jew, and in a final paragraph
writes, "So long as Jews sound the
shofar, so long as they cry, 'Next year
in Jerusalem, so long as they learn
from the past and work to shape
the future, so long as they juggle
Judaism among their priorities, so
long as they maintain a strong sense
of family and community, and so
long as they aspire to uphold com-
mon values and teachings, I am
confident that the people of Israel
will live on."
The Accidental Zionist: What a
Priest, a Pornographer and a
Wrestler named Chainsaw Taught
Me About Being Jewish, Saving the
World and Why Israel Matters to
Both by Rabbi Ian Pear (New Song
Publishers) is a thoughtful and orig-
inal exploration of theology, politics,
faith and identity.
Its curious title will draw read-