Great book. Alan Lew ("Lev") was born Jewish, became a devout practitioner of zen buddhism, and studied it for ten years. Then, as his own nature became revealed to him, he turned again to Judaism, went to rabbinical school, became a rabbi, and eventually began introducing buddhist meditation techniques to his congregation.
That's what it looks like from the outside. From the inside, it's one seamless whole. A spiritual journey that seeks, and keeps seeking. His brush with the Kabbalah is an irradiance beyond light.
There is a good plainness to this text. Some chapters, to give you a taste:
Jewish karmaWhen I write my theatre book, I want it to be this plain. Like the forgotten voice is talking.
Lech lecha
Dokusan
Form is emptiness
God was in this place and I didn't know it
When the Messiah doesn't come
Teshuvah
Prayer
The lineaments of the divine encounter
To struggle with god until your name changes
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