2022TopTenBookfromAcademyofParishClergyTheteachingsofthegreattwentieth-centuryJewishthinkerMartinBuberempowerustoenteraspiritualdimensionthatoftenpassesunnoticedinthedailyroutine.InAYearwithMartinBuber,thefirstTorahcommentarytofocusonhislife’swork,weexperiencethefifty-fourweeklyTorahportionsandelevenJewishholidaysthroughBuber’seyes.WhilebestknownforthespiritualconceptoftheI-Thourelationshipbetweenpeople,Bubergraceduswithotherfundamentals,includingOverAgainst,Afterglow,WillandGrace,Reification,Inclusion,andImaginetheReal.Andhislifeitself--includinghisdefianceoftheNazis,hiscallforJewish-Arabreconciliation,andhisprotestofAdolfEichmann’sexecution--modeledtheseteachingsinaction.RabbiDennisS.RossdemonstratesBuber’srootsinJewishthoughtandbreaksnewgroundbyexplainingthebroaderscopeofBuber’slifeandworkinaclear,conversationalvoice.HequotesfromtheweeklyTorahportion;drawslessonsfromJewishcommentators;andsetsBuber’srelatedwordsincontextwithBuber’sremarkablelifestory,Hasidictales,andwriting.AwidevarietyofanecdotalillustrationsfromBuberaswellastheauthor’slifeencourageseachofusto“hallowtheeveryday“andseekoutspirituality“hidinginplainsight.“
