A review by alizamiriam
The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time by Judith Shulevitz

informative reflective relaxing medium-paced

3.75

This book has been my shabbat reading all year. I think I might have enjoyed it more/gotten the thesis better had I read it in a more concise window of time. As a Jew who has been shomer shabbat for several years now, this book both reminded me why I kept (and continue) to observe shabbat according to Jewish law, challenged me to think about what it means for me — in the presence and absence of community around this ritual practice — and informed me on the history of shabbat/sabbath in the context of American Judaism and Christianity, more broadly. This book would also be of interest to people in my life who are curious about shabbat, even if only from an intellectual place or to help better understand my choices and our relationship.