{"product_id":"a-jewish-mother-in-shangri-la-paperback","title":"A Jewish Mother in Shangri-La - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRosie Rosenzweig\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSylvia Boorstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn old joke tells of a Jewish woman who treks to the Himalayas to seek an audience with a guru sitting in seclusion on a mountaintop. When at last she comes before him, she implores: \"Sheldon, come home!\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRosie Rosenzweig became that Jewish mother--but in real life, the story has a different ending. Instead of asking her Buddhist son, Ben, to come home, Rosie accepts his invitation to find out about Buddhism firsthand. Together they visit retreat centers in Europe and Asia and meet leading meditation masters who are Ben's gurus: Vietnamese teacher Thich Nhat Hanh and Tibetan lamas Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche. While struggling to come to terms with Ben's choice of a spiritual path so different from everything that she cherishes, Rosie finds that she is learning more about herself than she anticipated. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe adventures of Rosie recounts take her from her Boston suburb to a Zen hermitage in France, an enclave of Tibetan Buddhists in Nepal, and finally to her own spiritual home in Jerusalem. Whether she is practicing mindfulness meditation, sharing a cup of tea with a Zen master, or worrying about bowing down to idols, Rosie is intent in her quest to find common ground between two ancient traditions, to deepen her understanding of her son, and to find a way to her own authentic experience of truth. Hers is a mission of peace that seeks to build a bridge of understanding between cultures and faiths while remaining true to her own Jewish identity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRosie Rosenzweig is a poet, journalist, Jewish educator, and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Jewish Guide to Boston and New England. \u003c\/i\u003e The mother of three grown children, she lives with her psychotherapist-husband in Wayland, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 09, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42779764162656,"sku":"9781570624599","price":34.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/yZoCe-JdMr9781570624599.webp?v=1780181599","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/a-jewish-mother-in-shangri-la-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}