{"product_id":"turning-back-michael-lesher-9781947187054","title":"Turning Back: The Personal Journey of a \"Born-Again\" Jew","description":"\". . . 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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Lesher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1947187058\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781947187054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lincoln Square Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.66d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Lesher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076857164031,"sku":"9781947187054","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_45daef8c-e1eb-44df-b6f2-75db50f9eafb.jpg?v=1685467179","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/turning-back-michael-lesher-9781947187054","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}