Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2023-02-17
Books mentioned on Sabbath and the Art of Rest
Ezra Klein recommended The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel and The Sabbath World by Judith Shulevitz. Judith Shulevitz recommended Adam Bede by George Eliot, The Seven Day Circle by Eviatar Zerubavel, and On the Clock by Emily Guendelsberger, and discussed I and Thou by Martin Buber and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Sabbath
The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel is a profound theological exploration of time, sacred rest, and the spiritual dimensions of Judaism.
Recommended“when I was in college a rabbi I knew he gave me Abraham Joshua heschel's book the Sabbath and I love that book”
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The Sabbath World
The Sabbath World by Judith Shulevitz is a reflective exploration of the history, meaning, and modern practice of the Sabbath, examining how designated days of rest shape human psychology, culture, and spiritual life.
Recommended“in her beautiful book the Sabbath World Judith shelovitz looks very squarely at that question what the Sabbath has tried to create”
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I and Thou
Discussed“you are able to sort of achieve that flowing outward towards others that Martin buber talks about in his book I thou”
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Adam Bede
Adam Bede by George Eliot is an acclaimed 1859 novel exploring moral responsibility, community dynamics, and social change in an English village at the turn of the nineteenth century.
Recommended“so I would say that the first book I recommend is by George Eliot so that's the nom de plume of Marianne Evans and her most famous novel you've probably heard of it is Middle March but her first novel was called Adam bead”
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The Seven Day Circle
The Seven Day Circle by Eviatar Zerubavel is a fascinating sociological study that provides a definitive history and analysis of the seven-day week.
Recommended“the second book I would recommend is called the seven day Circle and it's by a sociologist who actually invented something I draw on heavily in my book called The sociology of time his name is eviata zerubavo”
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On the Clock
On the Clock by Emily Guendelsberger is a harrowing investigative journey into the grueling reality of low-wage work and the relentless pressures of the modern on-demand economy.
Recommended“and the third book I would recommend is uh by a young journalist named Emily Gwen dillsberger and it's called on the clock what low age work did to me and how it drives America insane”
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“so I would say that the first book I recommend is by George Eliot so that's the nom de plume of Marianne Evans and her most famous novel you've probably heard of it is Middle March”