A review by julis
Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know about the Jewish Religion, Its People, and Its History by Joseph Telushkin

challenging informative inspiring slow-paced

5.0

Now THIS I loved. I borrowed it from the library, which was a bad idea, because I very much need to own it. Rabbi Telushkin went in with the idea of creating a book that would bring those without a traditional Jewish upbringing up to speed on Jewish culture and terminology and he came very, very close to accomplishing that goal. I adore it. It’s to his credit that it wasn’t until ¾ of the way through the book that I put together he is an Orthodox rabbi, although Amazon reviews disagree (maybe it’s because I have a lot of frum friends??), and I do generally think you should know the Orthodox view anyway, if for no other reason than to be able to refute it.

A good book I will be investing in…someday.