In Three Cities in the Making of a Rabbi: Vienna, Washington, and Jerusalem, Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman discusses his youth in Vienna and academic studies there, the fall of Vienna and his narrow escape from being arrested by a Nazi storm trooper, his passage to America where he continued his rabbinical and university studies, and his long and productive career as a rabbi. He also describes his sabbaticals in Israel and travels around the world, where he met with many significant spiritual and political leaders, and his many personal and professional milestones, including his marriage to Maxine and their raising four children. Throughout these adventures Rabbi Haberman comments on his own life experiences and the events in the world around him with humor, wisdom, and a philosophical perspective.

Three Cities in the Making of a Rabbi: Vienna, Washington, and Jerusalem

Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman

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The longer you live, the more likely it is that you will have to cope with illness, failure, defeat, rejection, worries, aging, the fear of death, and other miseries. These and many other crises are the dark side of life. You cannot prevent them; you cannot escape them. The Bible warns us not to expect all sunshine and roses in life. Suffering is inseparable from life. As Adam was told, By the sweat of your brow shall you eat bread. (Genesis 3.19) 
There is a bright side to life. Illness can be devastating but it is not hopeless. Healing is always possible. As Job acknowledges, The hand that wounds is the hand that makes us whole again. (Job 5.18). But the dark side casts its shadow in all of life. 
All success is temporary. Nobody can be a winner all the time. Before long you must swallow the bitter pill of failure. Sooner or later we suffer loss, defeat, rejection, and humiliation. 
Do our woes outweigh happiness? We age and decline and become unnerved by the fear of death. Nothing is more certain than death. As the Bible says, Dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return. (Genesis 3.19) Life is to be born and die. 
This truth prompts the crises of meaning. Is there higher purpose to life?

Facing the Crises of Life

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Three Cities in the Making of a Rabbi: Vienna, Washington, and Jerusalem

Facing the Crises of Life