Hillel: If Not Now, When? by Joseph Telushkin Yiddish Learning The film is a period

The film is a period piece providing an interesting glimpse of the legendary Catskills and Borscht Belt

Zev plays handball to support himself in the goyische world

Paperback 2006

he also recorded Purim parties

and Jewish folklore in this fairytale-inspired novel from the author of The Sisters of the Winter Wood

Hillel: If Not Now, When? by Joseph Telushkin Yiddish Learning The film is a periodWhat is hateful unto you, do not do unto your neighbor. That is the whole Torah, all the rest is commentary. Now, go and study. This is the most famous teaching of Hillel, one of the greatest rabbis of the Talmudic era. What makes it so extraordinary is that it was offered to a gentile seeking conversion. Joseph Telushkin feels that this Talmudic story has great relevance for us today. At a time when religiosity is equated with ritual observance