Reviews

Jewish Dharma: A Guide to the Practice of Judaism and Zen by Brenda Shoshanna

djinnofthedamned's review

I definitely enjoyed walking through Shoshannah's journey of integrating her roots in the orthodox Jewish community with Zen buddhism. At the same time this is very much a book for people attempting to walk a similar path there is a story which acts as a current throughout the book that makes it enjoyable. Its far from the "spiritual self help for dummies" sort of book. This book was also well written it terms of her ability to lay out the connectivities and parallels she sees between Judaism and Zen buddhism as it relates to the formation of an integrated embodied practice. She touches on multiple aspects of spiritual life, above and beyond individualized practice. Overall it was an interesting addition to the growing genre of Jewish-Buddhist studies.