At first glance, The Holy Thief appears to be a pop cul­ture, ​‘touchy – feely’ type of book pre­sent­ing the famil­iar sto­ry of how one man hits rock bot­tom and turns his life around. The Holy Thief deliv­ers that sto­ry, but it is so much more as well — a fas­ci­nat­ing mem­oir of the remark­able Rab­bi Mark Borovitz. Con man, gam­bler, thief and drunk, Borovitz end­ed up spend­ing years in prison for the many bad checks he had passed and ille­gal schemes he had been involved in over the years. While in jail, he had a spir­i­tu­al awak­en­ing that inspired him to change his life. Even­tu­al­ly, Borovitz was released, went on to work and study and then become the rab­bi at Beit T’Shuvah, a Jew­ish recov­ery house that uses the Torah and the 12 steps of Alco­holics Anony­mous to help oth­ers recov­er from addic­tion and change their lives. Rab­bi Borovitz is an amaz­ing man, and his extra­or­di­nary life as he lives it through the prin­ci­ples of the Torah and the 12 steps, is a pas­sion­ate and inspi­ra­tional story.