Celia Gurevitch Jewish Community Library

Rabbis: the many faces of Judaism is a book of triple mastery. First, on every second page or so there is an interesting photograph of a rabbi, in an unusual location or doing something interesting. These artful pictures were taken by George Kalinsky, the official photographer at Madison Square Garden. Second, each of these rabbis wrote a short, one page essay. Some of these are funny, others are reflective, but you can find short autobiographies too. I consider the third best feature of the book its variety. Milton Glaser, the editor, compiled a wonderful collection showing that there are as many types of rabbis, as many people. There are no two alike.

Treat yourself for an hour or two, by paging through the 100 images and read some of the essays. I guarantee you will have fun.