| "American Jews have been mixing Buddhist saffron with Jewish mat- zoballs for over three decades now, but not until Allan Appel s rabbi in High Holiday Sutra have we seen the perfect result. High Holiday Sutra is emotionally Jewish, philosophically Buddhist, and esthetically American. Om Shalom." --Andrei Codrescu, author Alien Candor: Selected Poems, 107o-1006 "High Holiday Sutra should be an occa-sion for rejoicing and soul searching for the organized Jewish community. Ina powerful and raucously funny story, Appel reveals the impotency of muchof American Jewish life, its inability to sustain the spiritual or psychologicalenergies of its youth, and its total failure to be witness to God s presence onearth. Appel s novel explores the belly of the beast of American Jewish lifeand its spiritual mid-life crisis." Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor Tikkun and author of Jewish RenewaL" a Path to Healing and Transformation"I ve never heard such a voice such as Jonah s in High Holiday Sutra. It cap-tures a period and perspective that have been marginalized, if not hidden. Thebook is an inspiration." ~-Joan Rosenbaum, Director The Jewish Museum, New York"Written with great energy and humor. The characters are beautifullydrawn--my favorite is the narrator s father, sitting in shul listening to base-ball scores." Rodger Kamenetz, author The Jew and the LotusIn a heartbreaking and hilarious Yom Kippur sermon, Jonah tells a tragicomicJewish-Buddhist love story that takes on one of the critical religious issues ofthe 100os---can we stay true to tradition and keep our faith relevant to oureveryday lives?Allan Appel is the author of the novel The Rabbi of Casino Boulevard,finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. His work has appeared in TheNational Jewish Monthly and National Lampoon. |
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