Heritage - by Edwin S Segal (Paperback)

About the Book

The poems in Heritage reflect two threads: One offers new commentaries on some texts and stories in the Hebrew Bible. The other explores experiences encountered in mainstream American Judaism. Taken together they constitute one person's effort to make sense of life as a contemporary American Jew.

Book Synopsis

The poems in Heritage reflect two threads: One offers new commentaries on some texts and stories in the Hebrew Bible. The other explores experiences encountered in mainstream American Judaism. Taken together they constitute one person's effort to make sense of life as a contemporary American Jew.

Review Quotes

"With these lovely poems Ed Segal pays homage to the wise and courageous mothers of his faith heritage as well as to its ancient desert-dwelling fathers and sons. We hear the soft-spoken yet strong voices of women like Miriam, Hulda, Vashti, Orpah, and Lilith and the fervent, humble prayers and hopeful dreams of contemporary Judaism's leaders and followers. Other poems invite us to remember and mourn those who have been persecuted because of their faith at Auschwitz and elsewhere. Inspired by the quiet wisdom of these poetic voices, we the readers are invited, 'while the tent of peace spreads its wings, ' to praise the Near Presence that gave us all human life and form." - Dr. Frances Purifoy, Senior Lecturer, University of Louisville Department of Anthropology