Naomi Levy's Einstein and the Rabbi is a brilliant exploration of the soul. ( )

The stories of Einstein and the Rabbi are my favorite, but it's great in other ways too. ( )

I am not a spiritual type and was expecting more metaphysics than soul. Still, I enjoyed this. Levy is a fine writer and manages to make a topic I usually find tedious worthy of deep consideration. ( )

This book is a series of parables based a letter written by Albert Einstein to a grieving rabbi. The theme of the book is what happens to your soul during your spiritual journey and afterlife from a Jewish perspective. I think it would be a good book for a high school level religious class, but I didn't find it that relevant for a middle aged person. ( )

This is not the book to read if you want a biography of Einstein; yes it is biographical in the sense that to provide context for the letter details surrounding Einstein's life are given, but this book isn't about him. In a weird way, this book isn't even about the author, Rabbi Naomi Levi, this is truly a book about the soul, how we connect, and some sense of peace surrounding the after life. Naomi became a Rabbi, one of the first female Rabbi's in her school, after wanting to be one as a child, after creating that bond with her father over prayer and synagogue. After his death she felt lost. I've recently lost my father and those feelings of being set adrift and wandering are all to familiar to me. I lost myself to this book. I lost myself to her journey surrounding this letter. While I myself am not religious it was a calming experience and soothing to my broken heart. I would gladly read this book again, and most likely will. It would also be one I recommend to those who are grieving and looking for "that book" that tells them how to become whole again. ( )