{"product_id":"being-jewish-today-confronting-the-real-issues-9781472983831","title":"Being Jewish Today: Confronting the Real Issues","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a book which understands and faces the impact of modernity on the Jewish community today.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeing Jewish Today\u003c\/i\u003e gives an account of both the journey of a particular British Jew and the journey of millions of women and men through today's perplexing and difficult world. With honesty and integrity Rabbi Tony Bayfield breaks new ground in exploring the meaning of Jewish identity and its relationship to Jewish tradition and belief. He does so from the perspective of a person fully integrated into the modern Western world. The rigorous questions he asks of his Jewishness, Judaism and the Jewish God are therefore substantially the same as those asked by individuals of all faiths and none. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning with an account of the journey of Jewish people and thought from ancient times to the present day, Bayfield goes on to consider Jewish identity, Israel as land and the scourge of anti-Semitism. He then turns to the twin concerns of Torah: Halakhah - practice, and Aggadah - ethics, along with the matter of belief in a world faced with global extinction. Finally, in addressing the manifest injustice of life, Rabbi Bayfield confronts the widely evaded questions of universal suffering and divine inaction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on key religious and secular thinkers who contribute to the force of his argument, Bayfield's masterful, challenging and urgent book will appeal to all Jews, whether religious or cultural, and to anyone curious about the nature of Judaism and religion today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Continuum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472983831\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384","brand":"Tony Bayfield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42132434878645,"sku":"9781472983831","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e815e183-1494-4327-862d-3824cb7666bd.jpg?v=1652812941","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/being-jewish-today-confronting-the-real-issues-9781472983831","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}