{"product_id":"radiance-9780827615021","title":"Radiance","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis first anthology of the most important writings by Danny Siegel, spanning and modernizing fifty years of his insights intersperses soulful Jewish texts with innovative Mitzvah ideas to rouse individuals and communities to transform our lives, communities, and world.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Danny Siegel is a magician and this book is a collection of his best tricks. Open it to any page and smile or weep. Read any essay or piece of poetry and recognize humanity at its most open-hearted. This volume should be in every library and many personal collections. Rabbis can mine its contents for sermons. Students, synagogues and schools can find ideas for individual and community projects. Foundation professionals can find inspiration for difficult moments (which we especially need now).\"—Fred Isaac, \u003ci\u003eAssociation of Jewish Libraries News and Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“No one has inspired the Jewish community to perform acts of kindness more than Danny Siegel, and this comprehensive collection of his most radiant works sings out to us all. \u003ci\u003eRadiance\u003c\/i\u003e is a spiritual masterpiece!”—Rabbi David Ellenson, chancellor emeritus, Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion\u003cbr\u003e“This volume is a unique mix of prose, poetry, classic texts, Torah insights, models of good deeds, portraits of Mitzvah heroes, and Danny Siegel’s unflagging affirmation of the good in people and in living. In a classic comic book trope, a hitherto ordinary person is hit by a powerful, mysterious ray and becomes endowed with superpowers. If you allow yourself to be hit by this collection’s rays of love and life wisdom, you will emerge a Mitzvah superhero.”—Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, author of \u003ci\u003eFor the Sake of Heaven and Earth: The New Encounter between Judaism and Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It’s impossible to think about Mitzvah heroes and the way they inspire others to change the world without the work of Danny Siegel. Through his poetry, his stories, and, perhaps most of all, his \u003ci\u003eperson\u003c\/i\u003e, Danny helps us to believe in the possibility of tikkun—healing and repair—for everything that is broken. \u003ci\u003eRadiance\u003c\/i\u003e is aptly named: this beautiful collection fills the reader with light and hope!”—Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback, Stephen Wise Temple, Los Angeles\u003cbr\u003e“In today’s world Siegel’s \u003ci\u003eRadiance\u003c\/i\u003e is a much-needed guide—each text becomes a source of action, and any Mitzvah, no matter how ostensibly small, changes the world.”—Harlene Appelman, executive director, Covenant Foundation\u003cbr\u003e“Danny Siegel was one of the first people in the 1960s to call for a new approach to Jewish communal life: seeking out ways to give and ‘do’ Tzedakah. Within a short time, young people, their parents, and entire communities were thinking differently about Tzedakah. \u003ci\u003eRadiance\u003c\/i\u003e, the best of Siegel’s transformational teachings through the years, is a welcome volume that continues to challenge and teach us today.”—Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies, Emory University\u003cbr\u003e“Danny Siegel is that rare writer who dazzles us by spelling out timeless values and inspiring suggestions that can change our lives—and the lives of those who may need our help.”—William Novak, coauthor of the best-selling memoirs of Lee Iacocca, Tip O’Neill, Nancy Reagan, Oliver North, Magic Johnson, and others\u003cbr\u003e“My father, Rabbi Noah Golinkin z”l, was one of Danny Siegel’s Tzedakah rebbes; Danny Siegel is my Tzedakah rebbe. We have learned in the Talmud: ‘Greater is one who convinces others to do [Tzedakah] than one who does’ (Bava Batra 9a). ‘One who learns in order to do, they enable him to learn and to teach, to observe and to do’ (Avot 4:5). Danny Siegel has taught tens of thousands of people how to do Tzedakah. May he continue to learn, to teach and to do—\u003ci\u003ead meah v’esrim\u003c\/i\u003e, until 120.”—Rabbi David Golinkin, president, Schechter Institutes, Jerusalem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Rebbi's Proverb\u003cbr\u003e Foreword: Teaching Goodness by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Seeking Out Places Where Light is Hidden by Rabbi Neal Gold\u003cbr\u003e             About This Book\u003cbr\u003e             How to Get the Most Out of This Book\u003cbr\u003e             Using This Book in Your Personal and Organizational Life\u003cbr\u003e             Notes on Language and Utility\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Prose\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Mitzvahs and How to Implement Them\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Dress (1981)\u003cbr\u003e Gym Shoes and Irises (1982)\u003cbr\u003e Proposed Course Titles (1987)\u003cbr\u003e Why People Who Are Blind Should Own Their Own Cars or: How to Think Mitzvahs\u003cbr\u003e             (1995)\u003cbr\u003e Holy Balloons (1997)\u003cbr\u003e Songs of Love (1997)\u003cbr\u003e Three Prongs (2000)\u003cbr\u003e Occupation: Mitzvahs (2000)\u003cbr\u003e David Copperfield (2000)\u003cbr\u003e The Starfish (2000)\u003cbr\u003e The Butterfly (2000)\u003cbr\u003e Wow à Duh! (2000)\u003cbr\u003e The Pedestal (2000)\u003cbr\u003e Whatever I Want for Myself, I Want for Other People (2000)\u003cbr\u003e 24 Questions Parents May Wish to Ask Themselves (2004)\u003cbr\u003e 100 Possible Reasons Why You May Have Decided to Do More Tikkun Olam—in No Particular Order of Importance (2006)\u003cbr\u003e A First Exercise: The Relationship Between Doing Tikkun Olam \u003ci\u003eJewishly\u003c\/i\u003e and Your “Jewishness” (2006)\u003cbr\u003e The Four Questions (2006)\u003cbr\u003e The Good Stuff and the Crud (2006)\u003cbr\u003e             Jewish Optimism—From Radical to Mainstream (2019)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Interpretations of Jewish Texts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Angels (1980)\u003cbr\u003e Commentary on Bava Batra 8a (1989)\u003cbr\u003e Life (1995)\u003cbr\u003e Life is the Good People (1995)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJewish\u003c\/i\u003e Jewish Leadership (1995)\u003cbr\u003e DNA Analysts: \u003ci\u003eParashat Shemot \u003c\/i\u003e(1996)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVa-yishlah\u003c\/i\u003e: Our Ancestor Jacob, the One with the Bad Hip, and Other Tales (1999)\u003cbr\u003e Teaching Jewish Texts Today (2019)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Portraits of Mitzvah Heroes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Giants of Jerusalem (1981)\u003cbr\u003e Trevor Ferrell (1988)\u003cbr\u003e Yossi Samuels and Shoshana Weinstock (1997)\u003cbr\u003e The Rabbanit Bracha Kapach (1988)\u003cbr\u003e Samantha Abeel: The Kid Who Got It All Wrong in Class (1998)\u003cbr\u003e Mitzvah Heroes are Everywhere—We Just Have to Know How to Look (2019)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Living a Life of \u003ci\u003eMenschlichkeit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e My Father’s Personal Passover Ritual (1978)\u003cbr\u003e A Tribute to My Friends in the Rabbinate (1981)\u003cbr\u003e A Story I Once Heard from a Medical Student (1981)\u003cbr\u003e The Lamed Vavniks (1988)\u003cbr\u003e The College Interview (1988)\u003cbr\u003e Li’at in the Park (1988)\u003cbr\u003e Klal Yisrael—All Jews (1989)\u003cbr\u003e Tzedakah and \u003ci\u003eTzedek\u003c\/i\u003e (2019)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. How and Why to Give Tzedakah Money Away\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The First Tzedakah Report (1975)\u003cbr\u003e Theology and Tzedakah: Two Points (1982)\u003cbr\u003e The Second Rule of Tzedakah: There’s No Such Thing as a Small Mitzvah (1982)\u003cbr\u003e Does Tzedakah Money Really Belong to You? (2006)\u003cbr\u003e What Does It Mean “to Do Tzedakah Jewishly”? (2006)\u003cbr\u003e Should You Always Do Your Tzedakah Giving Anonymously? (2006)\u003cbr\u003e Will You Find “The Meaning of Life” by Doing Tzedakah? (2006)\u003cbr\u003e How Do You Evaluate Financial Information from a Tzedakah Program So You Can Decide to Whom to Give or Not to Give? (2006)\u003cbr\u003e From the Ziv Tzedakah Fund Final Report (2008)\u003cbr\u003e A Smaller World (2019)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. From \u003ci\u003eSoulstoned\u003c\/i\u003e (1969)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Father Abraham–Genesis Chapter 22 Slightly Changed\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. From \u003ci\u003eAnd God Braided Eve’s Hair\u003c\/i\u003e (1976)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Crippler\u003cbr\u003e A Recent Immigrant Comes from the Soviet Union to His Family in the U.S.\u003cbr\u003e Selig and the Judge\u003cbr\u003e Personal Preference\u003cbr\u003e Hebrew\u003cbr\u003e Psalm 55\u003cbr\u003e Mashiachtzeit or Davidson from Egged\u003cbr\u003e Knife, Birds\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. From \u003ci\u003eBetween Dust and Dance\u003c\/i\u003e (1978)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Blessing\u003cbr\u003e Frumka\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. From \u003ci\u003eNine Entered Paradise Alive\u003c\/i\u003e (1980)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Surveying the Jewish Multitudes\u003cbr\u003e Erev Shabbas\u003cbr\u003e Blessing the Children\u003cbr\u003e The Tree and the Mashiach\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. From \u003ci\u003eUnlocked Doors\u003c\/i\u003e (1983)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Children’s Games\u003cbr\u003e Rav Sheshet and the Angel\u003cbr\u003e Carolyn’s Last Snow\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e11. From \u003ci\u003eThe Lord is a Whisper at Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e (1985)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Geese and Hoopoes Praise You\u003cbr\u003e Number My Days This Way\u003cbr\u003e A Prayer for Teachers of Torah\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e12. From \u003ci\u003eThe Garden\u003c\/i\u003e (1985)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e All Red White and Blue, We American Kids\u003cbr\u003e Wallenberg I\u003cbr\u003e Wallenberg II\u003cbr\u003e Snows of My Childhood\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e13. From \u003ci\u003eBefore Our Very Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e (1986)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sunflower Seeds and Name-Brand Shirts\u003cbr\u003e A Certain Holiness\u003cbr\u003e Summer 1976, Wine in the Streets\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e14. From \u003ci\u003eThe Meadow Beyond the Meadow\u003c\/i\u003e (1991)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Anthropology\u003cbr\u003e With a Kiss\u003cbr\u003e The Old Tapestry in the Den\u003cbr\u003e The Imaginary Conference of the International College of Poets, Tampa, June 12-15, 1982\u003cbr\u003e Spring Storm\u003cbr\u003e The Four Children\u003cbr\u003e Be Not Irrelevant\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e15. From \u003ci\u003eA Hearing Heart\u003c\/i\u003e (1992)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e King Solomon Asks for a Hearing Heart\u003cbr\u003e Above All, Teach This Newborn Child\u003cbr\u003e Bat Mitzvah Speech of a Fifty-Year-Old Woman\u003cbr\u003e Mitzvah Therapy\u003cbr\u003e The Late Bloomer\u003cbr\u003e Where Heaven and Earth Touch So Closely, They Appear to Be Kissing\u003cbr\u003e A Recitation for Students of Anatomy\u003cbr\u003e Statement by a Woman Who Has Chosen to Be a Jew\u003cbr\u003e Commencement Address for Rabbinical School\u003cbr\u003e Speech to the Camp Counselors Just Before the Kids Arrive\u003cbr\u003e A Dream: A Touch of Glory\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e16. From \u003ci\u003eHealing: Readings and Meditations\u003c\/i\u003e (1999)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The 23rd Psalm (Adapted)–A Responsive Reading\u003cbr\u003e The Restaurant of Broken Dreams\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e17. From \u003ci\u003eFrom the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e (2012)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Muse\u003cbr\u003e The Bears\u003cbr\u003e In Loco Eshet Chayil","brand":"Jewish Publication Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406205657431,"sku":"9780827615021","price":19.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780827615021.jpg?v=1730494922","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/radiance-9780827615021","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}