Casting Lots, Susan Silverman
Casting Lots, Susan Silverman
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Casting Lots
Creating a Family in a Beautiful, Broken World

Author: Susan Silverman

Narrator: Xe Sands

Unabridged: 5 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/29/2016


Synopsis

From activist, speaker, mother of five, and Rabbi Susan Silverman (sister of comedian Sarah): a funny, moving, sparkling memoir about home, identity, family, and faith. Susan Silverman is a writer, activist and speaker. She has written for and appeared in The Forward, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post, The Jerusalem Post, The New York Post, Al Jazeera, and CNN, among others. She speaks on social justice issues, including partnering with her sister, comedian Sarah Silverman, to address issues and ideas of common concern, most recently at Lincoln Center as part of Tina Brown's "Women in the World" conference. She is the co-author, with her husband, of Jewish Family & Life.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Leah

It’s probably the highest compliment to an author when a Rabbi can’t put your book down even during the High Holy Days, and also chooses it as the book to read the day AFTER the High Holy Days. Rabbi Silverman was my teacher when I was in undergrad, and I remember her teaching with Adari on her lap,......more

Goodreads review by Julie

I read this book in about two days flat, and didn't want to put it down. Susan Silverman is FUNNY and she really knows how to tell a story. There are so many laugh-aloud moments in Casting Lots. My favorite parts though were the reflections about Judaism and rabbinical stories and their interpretati......more