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NEW WORK ON THE BIBLE'S "RUTH" EXPLORES LOVE, LOSS, AND OTHER THEMES APPLICABLE TO THE LIVES OF CONTEMPORARY READERS

For thousands of years, people have read the Book of Ruth at the spring harvest festival of Shavuot. Now they can gain new, deeper insights into this classic text with Ruth: A Modern Commentary by Leonard S. Kravitz and Kerry M. Olitzky, new from the URJ Press.

The Book of Ruth touches on themes and lessons that contemporary readers will have no trouble relating to, including identity, women's roles, sexuality, conversion, and rebuilding one's life after the death of a loved one. One of the Bible's most dramatic tales, it is an ancient chronicle of love and loss, hope and despair, romance and excitement.

Kravitz and Olitzky build upon interpretations from the Targum, Rashi, and Ibn Ezra to create an engaging and accessible translation and modern commentary. Applying their 21st century sensibility to this richly detailed ancient text, Kravitz and Olitzky draw contemporary parallels to biblical prose, finding new relevance in ancient wisdom.

Kravitz and Olitzky, two of the URJ Press' best-selling authors, have previously collaborated on books of commentary and contemporary insight on such classic Jewish texts as Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs. Kravitz, a rabbi and Ph.D., is professor of midrash and homiletics at Hebrew Union
College--Jewish Institute of Religion. Olitzky, also a rabbi, is executive director of the Jewish Outreach Institute.

Ruth: A Modern Commentary is available in paperback from URJ Press and retails for $14.95. For more information on this and other titles, visit the URJ Press Web site at www.URJPress.com, or call (888) 489-8242.

URJ Press is the book-publishing arm of the Union for Reform Judaism (formerly the Union of American Hebrew Congregations), the synagogue arm of the Reform Movement in North America. Uniting more than 1.5 million Reform Jews in 900 congregations across the United States and Canada, Union programs and services include music and book publishing, adult education opportunities, outreach to unaffiliated and intermarried Jews, and the Religious Action Center in Washington, D.C.

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