Non­fic­tion

Find­ing Your Moral Com­pass: Jew­ish Val­ues for the 21st Cen­tu­ry: The Untold Sto­ries of a Jew­ish Band of Broth­ers in World War II

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September 1, 2025

Find­ing Your Moral Com­pass places endur­ing Jew­ish val­ues in a 21st cen­tu­ry con­text, offer­ing a thought­ful and enrich­ing guide for those seek­ing eth­i­cal direc­tion and spir­i­tu­al ground­ing through and in Jew­ish tra­di­tion. In this col­lec­tion of 40 essays, Rab­bi John L. Rosove explores foun­da­tion­al Jew­ish val­ues and helps read­ers affirm their Jew­ish iden­ti­ty while draw­ing con­nec­tions between Jew­ish teach­ings and uni­ver­sal moral prin­ci­ples. Rosove com­bines clas­sic schol­ar­ship, com­pas­sion, and per­son­al expe­ri­ence in his reflec­tions upon Judaism’s age-old moral and eth­i­cal tra­di­tions and Jew­ish iden­ti­ty as they have evolved over cen­turies and since the Holo­caust and the estab­lish­ment of the State of Israel. As a thought-leader at the fore­front of social jus­tice and lib­er­al Israel activism in North Amer­i­ca, Rosove draws from his per­son­al expe­ri­ences to present moral clar­i­ty and an eth­i­cal com­pass for lib­er­al Jews and all who are inter­est­ed in con­tem­po­rary Judaism. With acces­si­ble prose and heart­felt insight, this col­lec­tion of essays invites lib­er­al Jews — and any­one inter­est­ed in find­ing moral clar­i­ty — to con­sid­er how Jew­ish wis­dom can serve as a com­pass in nav­i­gat­ing today’s world.

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