The Jewish Heart: Essays on Jewish Sensitivities
Hoboken, New Jersey: KTAV Publishing House, (1985). First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by author at front free endpaper (majority of inscription in Hebrew): ".....Mr. and Mrs. Zoltan Klein...(signed) Rabbi J. Cohen." Rabbi Cohen's card (Rabbi Jack Simcha Cohen, Spiritual Leader - Congregation Shaarei Tefila...Los Angeles..."), laid-in. Lg. 8vo. xv, 217pp. Maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine in original printed dust jacket. Cohen's work is divided into three sections: Jewish Sensitivities, Holiday Concerns, and General Jewish Studies. The essays cover a wide range of topics. Many of them seek to isolate and describe the Jewish component in such diverse human traits as anger, hatred, envy, faith, honor, humility, love, parenthood. Others look at a variety of contemporary concerns like the significance of the Bar Mitzvah, the rationale for the singing of Hatikvah, and others. Tail of spine slightly bumped. Minor age wear and creasing on dj, small closed tear on bottom edge of dj. Tight copy with dust jacket in good-, book in near fine condition. g. Item #32339
ISBN: 0881250651
Price: $60.00