Arnold Eisen

In God's Presence

World Religions

“Lucid, lively, original, and teeming with ideas and insights honed over a lifetime of inspirational teaching and practice, Goshen-Gottstein’s ‘reintroduction to Judaism’ is a welcome addition to the library of contemporary religious thought. The focus throughout is on covenantal relation to God that is expressed in performance of the commandments and in the gift of divine presence. Jews are ‘cocreators’ with the God of the Torah, which guides and enriches their lives; collectively and individually, uplifted by sacred times and spaces, they share with one another and the world the enduring story of what it can mean to live in the presence of God. One leaves Goshen-Gottstein’s book more grateful than ever for that story—and for the immense wisdom and learning that the author has brought to the task of retelling it for our generation.”