Insights, ideas and activities for
discussing
with students the toughest questions of Jewish life.
with students the toughest questions of Jewish life.
A step-by-step guide to creative use of
the award-winning Tough Questions
Jews Ask in the classroom.
Each lesson includes:
- A clearly stated goal
- An opening hook to grab students’ attention
- Excerpts from the book followed by a series of engaging discussion questions
- A selection of Jewish sources addressing these important issues
This comprehensive teaching tool will help
you guide each student toward a more mature, carefully
thought-out set of personal beliefs.
Praise for Tough Questions Jews Ask
“I wish I had this book when I was
young. I’m grateful that the b’nei mitzvah and
their parents in my congregation have it now. Rabbi Feinstein
responds to the tough questions thoughtful Jewish teenagers ask
with wisdom, humor, gentleness, and insight.”
—Rabbi
Laura Geller, senior rabbi, Temple
Emanuel of Beverly Hills, California
“In this remarkable book Rabbi
Feinstein asks all the tough questions and gives them
thoughtful, important, and often surprising answers. I will
keep it by my desk; every Jewish parent seeking answers should
do the same.”
—Rabbi
David Wolpe, Sinai Temple, Los
Angeles, California;
author, Teaching Your Children About God
author, Teaching Your Children About God
“Rabbi Feinstein takes us through
those ‘keep-you-up-at-night’ questions—and he
does so with wit and depth. This is the best theology book for
young people that I have read in a long time. It will be
must-reading for confirmation classes and Hebrew high school.
What a treasure!”
—Rabbi
Jeffrey Salkin, author, Putting God on the Guest List: How to Reclaim
the Spiritual Meaning of Your Child’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah;
For Kids—Putting God on Your Guest List: How to Claim the
Spiritual Meaning of Your Bar or Bat Mitzvah
“Rabbi Feinstein is a gifted
listener, a Baal shelah, a master of the question. He is
sensitive to the multiple intelligences of the inquirer and in
answering, raises the dignity of the questioner. This lucid and
accessible work is not for young adults alone; it is an
empathetic guide to the parents of the perplexed.”
—Rabbi
Harold M. Schulweis, author, For Those Who Can’t Believe
“A masterpiece in Jewish education.
It offers new and powerful insights without pretending to
provide the solution for the questions that in reality ought to
always accompany a thoughtful Jewish life. Ed Feinstein is a
master educator and he has written a book that is a gift for
teenagers and adults alike.”
—Rabbi
Donniel Hartman, co-director,
Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem
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