Jewish

Author: Sanya
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: A Collection of Jewish Wisdom. This book compiles speeches, poems, essays, sketches, and renowned literary works by nearly one hundred Jewish greats such as Einstein, Martin Buber, Zweig, Weisel, Sachs, Rilke, Born, Popper, Kafka, Ahronim, D. Bell, Fromm, Gordimer, Milan Kundera, Karl Kraus, Malamud, Babel, and others. It attempts to explore the history of suffering and the soul of the Jewish people through these words that have moved the world. Their relentless pursuit of freedom, equality, love, peace, truth, and responsibility, their strong concern for morality, society, the individual, knowledge, and science, as well as their ultimate reflections on major issues like life, death, love, and philosophy, and their profound critique of mass consumerism, not only inspire endless contemplation but also motivate our aspirations for modernity and civil society. The suffering of the Jews is the suffering of humanity, and the wisdom of the Jews is the wisdom of humanity. Each of us is like that poor Jewish bird, forever wondering who we are, where we come from, and where we are going.