My Jesus Year: A Rabbi's Son Wanders the Bible Belt in Search of His Own Faith, (Paperback)

from JillKB

I really enjoyed this book -- the author is very funny but also has good insights into both traditional Judaism and modern Christianity. I learned as much or even more about Judaism than I expected -- the author spends a lot of time describing the Jewish traditions and ritual he was raised with w...

from Citizenjoyce

Benjamin Cohen, an observant orthodox Jew, son of a rabbi and the only one of his siblings not to be either a rabbi or married to one found he was feeling spiritually alienated from his religion and its "black hole of laws", rituals and prohibitions but didn't even consider not practicing, that m...

from bohemima

I had to devote a bit of thoght to reviewing My Jesus Year. On the surface this book is kind of flip: a young male journalist tasting forbidden fruit and finding it not much to his liking. However, there's a lot going on beneath that surface. Author Cohen starts out as that all-to-cordinary cha...

from LancasterWays

Imagine this movie pitch: An Orthodox Jew, feeling disconnected from his faith and living in the American South, decides to go to church for a year. Mensch worships with goyim; hilarity ensues. In the end, said Jew learns that his faith is what he makes of it. I imagine him doing a fist pump; fre...

from coolmama

Benyamin Cohen's father is a rabbi, and his six other siblings went into the "family business." Why, then, is Mr Cohen writing about a year in which he went church hopping and exploring Christianity? This book is a spiritual quest, a voyage to understand why he felt so disconnected with the relig...