# Tough Questions Jews Ask 2/E: A Young Adult's Guide to Building a Jewish Life - Hardcover

by **Edward Feinstein** (Author)

**What your rabbi probably has never told you, but could--if you'd only ask.**

"Every day I wonder if God is real, if the Torah is true. Every day I wonder why I'm a Jew. But that's part of being Jewish. In the Torah, we're called Yisrael--the ones who wrestle with God. Wrestling, asking, wondering, searching is just what God wants us to do! God loves good questions. Now tell me, what are your questions?"  
\--from Chapter 1

In Judaism we're allowed to ask questions. We are _invited_ to ask them. But for young people, it often feels as if no one is willing to take tough questions about religion, ourselves, and the world seriously.

This updated and expanded new edition of _Tough Questions Jews Ask_ turns that all around. With honesty, humor and respect, Rabbi Edward Feinstein tackles topics as diverse as:

-   Why Does God Let Terrible Things Happen?
-   What Is God Anyway?
-   If I Pray for Something, Will I get It?
-   What's the meaning of life? Is that a dumb question?
-   Why Does Religion Need So Many Rules?
-   Why Be Jewish?

With insight and wisdom--and without pretending to have all the answers--Rabbi Feinstein encourages young people to make sense of the Jewish tradition by wrestling with what we don't understand.

### Author Biography

**Rabbi Edward Feinstein** is senior rabbi of Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, California. He is an instructor in the Ziegler Rabbinical School of American Jewish University and the Wexner Heritage Program. He is the author of _Tough Questions Jews Ask: A Young Adult's Guide to Building a Jewish Life_ (Jewish Lights) and _Capturing the Moon_; and the editor of _Jews and Judaism in the 21st Century: Human Responsibilities, the Presence of God, and the Future of the Covenant_ (Jewish Lights). He contributed to __May God Remember:_ Memory and Memorializing in Judaism-_Yizkor; _Who by Fire, Who by Water_\-Un'taneh Tokef and _We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism_\-Ashamnu _and_ Al Chet (all Jewish Lights).

**Number of Pages:** 160

**Dimensions:** 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN

**Publication Date:** January 06, 2012

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