Global intellectual celebrity Bernard-Henri Levy explores the wisdom and beauty of Judaism-and how Jewish ideas of man and God, of history and time, of power, voice, light, liberty, revolt, memory and nature have informed and enriched both Western and Eastern cultures for millennia.
Bernard-Henri Levy is a philosopher, journalist, activist, and filmmaker. Among his dozens of books are American Vertigo, Barbarism with a Human Face, and Who Killed Daniel Pearl? His writing has appeared in a wide range of publications throughout Europe and the United States. His films include the documentaries Bosna! and A Day in the Death of Sarajevo. Levy is co-founder of the antiracist group SOS Racisme and has served on diplomatic missions for the French government.
“In The Genius of Judaism, Lévy elaborates on his credo by
rebutting the pernicious and false logic behind current
anti-Semitism and defends Israel as the world’s most successful
multi-ethnic democracy created from scratch. Lévy also makes the
case for France’s Jews being integral to the establishment of the
French nation, the French language, and French literature. And
last, but certainly not least, he presents a striking
interpretation of the Book of Jonah. . . . A tour de
force.”—Forbes
“Ardent . . . Lévy’s message is essentially uplifting: that the
brilliant scholars of Judaism, the authors of the Talmud, provide
elucidation into ‘the great questions that have stirred humanity
since the dawn of time.’ . . . A philosophical celebration of
Judaism.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Lévy (Left in Dark Times), a prominent French journalist and
politically engaged philosopher, turns his observations inward
here, pondering the teachings of Judaism and the role they have
played in contemporary European history as well as in his own life
and intellectual inquiry. . . . [Lévy’s] musings on the meaning of
the story of Jonah and the relevance of symbolic Ninevahs in our
time are both original and poetic. . . . A welcome addition to his
oeuvre.”—Publishers Weekly
Praise for Bernard-Henri Lévy’s Left In Dark Times
“Moving and inspiring . . . Bernard-Henri Lévy, perhaps the most
prominent intellectual in France today, [speaks] truth to
power.”—The Boston Globe
“Continually asking himself as well as others to confront the hard
questions, [Lévy] produces a text that [is] highly absorbing.”—The
New York Times Book Review
“[Lévy’s] discussion of contemporary anti-Semitism is
sophisticated, detailed and convincing.”—Los Angeles Times
American Vertigo
“An entertaining trip, as much in the tradition of Jack Kerouac as
Tocqueville.”—The New York Times
“Perceptive, pugnacious, passionate [and] exquisitely written.”—The
New York Observer
“It’s difficult to remember when a writer of any nationality so
clearly and thoughtfully delineated both the good and bad in
America. [Grade: A].”—Entertainment Weekly
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