I’m a 28yo Jewish woman raised conservative and dabbling in renewalism now. I asked my Syrian orthodox boss to let me off early for Shabbat, he was very kind and agreed and gave me this book to read. I still think it’s lovely to be accepted by him.
But I find this book to be a annoying, semantic, and juvenile read. Mostly because of the authors writing style. Basically waldman is arguing for the existence of Hashem and divine creation/literal interpretation of Torah. Waldman himself is controversial with pdfile accusations against him.
I know this is a book meant for yeshiva kids, so I give it grace in that sense. However his sourcing is selective and reading reviews online it seems controversial even in orthodox communities.
Have you guys read this book? What do you think? Did you like it?
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