Kabbalah: A Love Story

Vladimir Nabokov, who taught literature to Cornell undergrads in the '50s, opined that one ought to read books twice. Only after you know the twists in the plot and how it all turns out are you free to fully experience the book. I believe it, but only rarely have I followed his advice. I enjoyed reading Kushner's "Kabbalah: A Love Story" when it appeared a few weeks ago. I was drawn to read it again. I reread it with new... Read Full Review

The colon in the title of the book has meaning (of course, in Kabbalah, everything on the page has meaning). Rabbi Kushner's delightful little book is both a primer on Kabbalah and a love story. The many readers of his earlier books on Jewish mysticism such as The Way into Jewish Mystical Thought, or Eyes Remade for Wonder, or any of his titles will find here as well a lucid and compelling introduction to Jewish mysticism... Read Full Review

Sometimes in your life, you get a chance to hold something really beautiful. That is true for this book. It is so lovely that you just like to look at it and hold it. But that is only the smallest part of the beginning. A book is not only beautiful because it is an object but because it holds that most precious thing: possibility. The possibility that you will read a good story. That you will lose yourself in the book... Read Full Review

Review of Kabbalah: A Love Story by Lawrence Kushner As a very secular Jew, I have known nothing more about the Kabbalah than what most literate west coast people know: it has something to do with Jewish mysticism and has recently become popular due to the attention of Madonna. It was therefore a great surprise and delight not only to enjoy Kabbalah: A Love Story, but to have my own "mystical" experience while reading... Read Full Review