Reviews for DARE to BE... the Autobiography of Rabbi Morris Gordon

The average rating for DARE to BE... the Autobiography of Rabbi Morris Gordon based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-05-17 00:00:00 Victor Culafic This book is not a memoir in the traditional sense. It contains snippets of descriptive scenes of the author's life. If you anticipate to get to know Malkah Shapiro and read her life story, the book will be a disappointment. The writing and storytelling is very uneven. Part of the book is written in third person, describing the experience of a major Hasidic Rabbi's daughter in Poland at the age of 12, while the last few chapters are written in first person from the adult perspective. The style is so excessively descriptive and overdone it's hard to get through the book. However, the book has a lot of value and is worth reading since: firstly, this book describes the court of a major Hasidic sect before its annihilation in the Holocaust, and secondly, because it is written from the unusual perspective of a girl/woman. Often descriptions of Hasidic courts come from men.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-06-29 00:00:00 Wilbur Fullwig Solid overview of many of the great Jewish thinkers since Saadia Gaon. Gives a solid outline of their theologies without pretending to replace a reading of their works. Missing a fee potentially important people (Hirsch, Geiger, etc)