{"product_id":"turning-back-the-personal-journey-of-a-born-again-jew-paperback","title":"Turning Back: The Personal Journey of a \"Born-Again\" Jew - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Lesher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\". . . a number of memoirs have been published by people who . . . made the journey away from ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities. Michael Lesher's beautifully written book explores that trajectory in reverse . . . a deeply personal account of what religious Jews would call his 'return' to Judaism.\"-Hella Winston, sociologist, investigative journalist and author of books including, \u003ci\u003eUnchosen: The Hidden Lives of Hasidic Rebels\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this memoir of Jewishness, Michael Lesher explores his decision to reroute his life as a secular Jew into Orthodox Judaism. There are many other Jews who, like Michael, have recently moved back toward traditional religion. (There's even a popular phrase among the Orthodox: \"B.T.,\" short for the Hebrew phrase \"\u003ci\u003eba'alei t'shuvah, \u003c\/i\u003e\" or \"those who return.\") And this pattern is probably part of a general religious trend rightward in today's United States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Michael didn't choose a religious life as part of a social trend. Nor is his story as simple as a steady movement in one direction. His questions haven't stopped, they have only evolved. And he is evolving with them. This is a story, for better or worse, about transformation rather than certainty. About how excavating one's religious past, with all its values, influences and limitations, carries its own rewards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 316\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47465978462386,"sku":"9781947187054","price":18.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/47e613ffaee5c6b7e89e219b5513ef53.webp?v=1779009355","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/turning-back-the-personal-journey-of-a-born-again-jew-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}