Noah benShea, Author
Maxit Publishing   $25.00

The Word: a wonderful, enriching source for anyone seeking inspiration and wisdom.

For Millennia, Jews have succeeded in preserving their beliefs, their culture, and their heritage. And yet their most eloquent ideas and stories have never been made easily and comprehensively accessible- until now. The Word is a sweeping collection of aphorisms, quotations, and teachings-spanning over three thousand years-that offers every reader a chance to discover-or rediscover-the Jewish message and its messengers.

Internationally acclaimed author, poet, and scholar Noah Benshea has dedicated more than twenty-five years to gathering inspirational insights into such subjects as God, family, love, politics, work, war, faith, mysticism, ethics, the environment, and the hereafter. He has selected some of the best oral and written Jewish thought from more than five hundred sources, including the Bible, the Talmud, and the Kabbalah, and the sayings or writings of Maimonides, Rashi, the Ba'al Shem Tov, Proust, Heine, Disraeli, Trotsky, Bellow, and Ben-Gurion, among many others. Organized by subject-and including a time line, an expansive description of sources, and a helpful index-The Word is an easy-to-use spiritual guide that responds to today's question with timeless answers.

Open The Word to any page and reacquaint yourself with ancient but invaluable Talmudic lessons; encounter the forgotten wisdom of a second-century martyred rabbi; discover the fine humor of Yiddish folk sayings; be surprised by Einstein's profound view of the human experience; read Chagall on art; laugh out loud with George Burns; sample ideas that helped shape modern psychology. Whatever interests you-and regardless of your religion- The Word offers timeless and uplifting insights.

Study it as a history lesson and cherish it as you would an heirloom. For a sense of heritage, inspiration, practical everyday advice, humor, or simple curiosity, here is The Word.