Shalom Freedman writes:
In a series of letters to friends and family, Ruth Fogelman chronicles the rich and colorful life of the renewed Jewish Quarter.
In telling the story of her own family, (Ruth is the wife of one of the great Outreach teachers of Judaism in our time, Dr Yaakov Fogelman) she both gives insight to a whole world of complicated human relations, and at the same time teaches the richness of traditional Jewish life and values.
She is a keen observer and her appreciation and understanding not simply of human nature but of individual human beings with all their humorous and sometimes not so humorous idiosyncrasies is generously in evidence here. More importantly, she inspirationally documents a life of goodness and helping, of true caring for others.
I believe this book will bring great enjoyment not only to the many who wish to know more about the Jewish Quarter from inside, but to all those who take interest in Jewish family and communal life.
Shalom Freedman
Author of Learning in Jerusalem, In the Service of God
In telling the story of her own family, (Ruth is the wife of one of the great Outreach teachers of Judaism in our time, Dr Yaakov Fogelman) she both gives insight to a whole world of complicated human relations, and at the same time teaches the richness of traditional Jewish life and values.
She is a keen observer and her appreciation and understanding not simply of human nature but of individual human beings with all their humorous and sometimes not so humorous idiosyncrasies is generously in evidence here. More importantly, she inspirationally documents a life of goodness and helping, of true caring for others.
I believe this book will bring great enjoyment not only to the many who wish to know more about the Jewish Quarter from inside, but to all those who take interest in Jewish family and communal life.
Shalom Freedman
Author of Learning in Jerusalem, In the Service of God