{"product_id":"my-god-one-jews-views-joshua-katz-9781480818521","title":"My God-One Jew's Views: Autobiographical Thoughts and Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy God--One Jew's Views: Autobiographical Thoughts and Poems\u003c\/em\u003e captures in related essays, ruminations, and poems the milestones that mark Joshua Katz's life. He claims his Jewish identity while grappling with its meaning for his life, just as he finds both solace and challenge in contemplating God's role in his daily affairs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the course of surveying the author's own life and thoughts, \u003cem\u003eMy God--One Jew's Views\u003c\/em\u003e takes the reader on a journey through times of education, recreation, love, marriage, and the heart-wrenching loss of children through still-birth and suicide. These events provoke thoughts about God's nature, the point of religious practice, and the very search for life's meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlaced like interludes amid honest, introspective prose, are poems that explore the author's feelings as he experiences life's passage. Mixing questions and observations, these poems confront the reader with the essence of the author's life. In \"Belief,\" for example, he writes, \"To believe or not--that is life's question. \/ I think of my wife and smile with comprehension. \/ Until the waves stop crashing ashore, \/ Together let's be happy forever more!\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMem\u0026gt;My God--One Jew's Views: Autobiographical Thoughts and Poems does not avoid the most personal and intimate details of the author's life, yet in that specificity lies the key to making a universal appeal. If you feel love in your life, if you know pain in your days, if you've ever questioned God's purpose or whether religion really matters (regardless of your religion), then \u003cem\u003eMy God--One Jew's Views\u003c\/em\u003e will speak to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joshua Katz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1480818526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781480818521\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Archway Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d","brand":"Joshua Katz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48445138075903,"sku":"9781480818521","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_33e8947c-634c-4c99-8ad1-3e36528033bc.jpg?v=1777216780","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-god-one-jews-views-joshua-katz-9781480818521","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}