Rabbi Marc D. Angel, PhD, is founder and director of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals ([...] Rabbi emeritus of Congregation Shearith Israel of New York City, he is author and editor of twenty-nine books, including Maimonides, Spinoza and Us: Toward an Intellectually Vibrant Judaism; Foundations of Sephardic Spirituality: The Inner Life of Jews of the Ottoman Empire (both finalists for the National Jewish Book Award); and Maimonides-Essential Teachings on Jewish Faith and Ethics: The Book of Knowledge and the Thirteen Principles of Faith-Annotated and Explained (all Jewish Lights).

Rabbi Marc D. Angel, PhD, is available to speak on the following topics:

• Maimonides, Spinoza and Us: Confronting Basic Issues of Faith
• The Orthodox and Non-Orthodox Jewish Communities: Can We Learn from Each Other?
• Conversion to Judaism: What the Jewish Community Can Learn from Converts
• Choosing to Be Jewish: The Orthodox Road to Conversion
• Losing the Rat Race, Winning at Life: Ethics for Moderns

Preface

1. The Rhythms of Nature
2. The Limitations of Systematic Theology
3. The Rhythms of Time
4. Sacred Places
5. The Rhythms of Everyday Life
6. Halakhah, the Jewish Way of Life
7. Revelation
8. Transcending the Self
9. Providence
10. Confronting Death
11. The Nation of Israel
12. Family, Society, Individual

Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
For Further Reading
Index