Shai Held

Choosing Life after Tragedy

World Religions

“In this beautiful and deeply personal set of reflections, Rabbi Anson Laytner not only does theology but offers us a model for how best to do it: with deep honesty and genuine humility. Rabbi Laytner shares his own journey through suffering and devastation in the hopes, I think, of illuminating and giving us courage to face our own. This is a book to be read slowly and savored, a spiritual testament from a rabbi and teacher who is, first and last, a seeker.”

The Dancer and the Dance

Philosophy

“Wasserman offers us a beautiful series of meditations on the different ways humans have of knowing and engaging with the world. He reminds us that detached observation is not inherently superior to committed seeing. . . . These are essays to be contemplated not with detachment but with passion. They are, in the best sense, ‘spiritual essays’ that prod us to see the world and our place within it in the new-old ways that religion uniquely makes possible.”