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This book speaks so deeply to me that I find it difficult to talk about.
As a book, however, it models for me a specific stance towards Jewish texts that I need to see more of - one that does not focus either on apologetics or on tearing down, but a stance that sees the text in its entirety and considers the pain points a call for action and the possibility of making a difference.
Early in the book, Watts Belser tells an anecdote from Rabbi Margaret Moers Werning of a Deaf child in her religious school. A teacher promised that, in the world to come, that child would be able to hear. And the child responded "No, in the world to come, God will sign".
The rest is commentary. Go and learn.
As a book, however, it models for me a specific stance towards Jewish texts that I need to see more of - one that does not focus either on apologetics or on tearing down, but a stance that sees the text in its entirety and considers the pain points a call for action and the possibility of making a difference.
Early in the book, Watts Belser tells an anecdote from Rabbi Margaret Moers Werning of a Deaf child in her religious school. A teacher promised that, in the world to come, that child would be able to hear. And the child responded "No, in the world to come, God will sign".
The rest is commentary. Go and learn.