Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish Summary and Reviews

Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish
by Abigail Pogrebin

Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish
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Author: Abigail Pogrebin
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-10-25
ISBN: 0767916123
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Broadway

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Book Review: 'Stars' made my holiday reading bright!
Summary: 5 Stars

This book really is sacred. As opposed to preaching at readers it makes us think about the critical distinction between Judaism: the religion and Judaism: the culture.

The approach enabled a substantial book which is accessible to a wide swath of readers. Even without being particularly religious myself, I was unable to put the book down because it is very well-written. It becomes immediately obvious to readers that time was put into crafting all the very personal essays.

Editor Abigail Pogrebin has written for New York magazine. Her mother Letty Cottin Pogrebin was a founding editor of Ms. Magazine. Pogrebin clearly undertook this book project with the intent to produce something substantial.

A 'fluff piece' approach theoretically could have been undertaken considering her general thesis of exploring the dimensions of a religion-culture. Therefore, I am roundly impressed that Pogrebin instead selected contributors ranging from Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Laura Schlessinger and Leonard Nimoy. It undoubtedly produced more work, but also produced the awesome book I have read.

The best anthologies have essays reflecting the book theme---rather than echo the editor's own particular perspective of approaching a theme. This gives anthologies the critical depth needed to avoid being a personal indulgence and instead impact society. While it is easier for the editor to publish their 'friends', readers get bored by an anthology whose essays are clones.

I highly recommend this book for all audiences.

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