The A to Z of Orthodox Judaism

For the last 250 years a rift has been growing among the Jewish people.  On one side are the millions of Jews who are unfamiliar with much of their heritage.  On the other side are the Orthodox – estimated at ten percent of world Jewry – who continue to maintain the beliefs and practices that have been hallmarks of their faith for more than 3,300 years.

David Baum believes that by reintroducing non-Orthodox Jews to their own heritage, the Jewish nation can be united once again.  An Orthodox Jew who grew up in a secular, suburban home and encountered the world of Torah Judaism while spending a semester in Israel, David has lived on both sides of the divide.

The Non-Orthodox Jew’s Guide to Orthodox Jews offers an all-encompassing view of Orthodox Jews’ beliefs and actions and explains the issues that non-Orthodox Jews often find puzzling or exasperating.

Readers will encounter surprisingly refreshing discussions of topics such as happiness, good and evil, personal integrity, suffering, heaven and hell, prophecy, prayer, charity, economics, feminism, love and sexuality, marriage, evolution, morality, political correctness, assimilation, intermarriage and Zionism.

They will also discover that Orthodox Jews are modern, 21st century men and women who embrace the benefits of modern society while affirming and perpetuating an all-important chain that stretches back more than three millenia.

Veracity Press is proud to publish The Non-Orthodox Jew’s Guide to Orthodox Jews, an expansive journey through the thinking that has underpinned all things Jewish for the last three thousand years. David Baum has a produced a tour de force that is clear, precise and easy to read yet deals with the deepest and most meaningful of subjects.  This book will keep you thinking long after you have finished reading.