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Rabbi Daniel Winter Mysteries
The Final Analysis of Dr Stark
Psychiatrist Noah Stark had a roster of patients that read like a Who's Who of LA's most powerful and respected citizens. Not at all the sort of people who seemed likely to smash their shrink's head to a pulp in a mad frenzy. But one of them did.
Rabbi Daniel Winter is used to looking after the souls of those in his congregation - not discovering their dead bodies ...
As the Rabbi begins to analyze the doctor's bizarre death, he wonders who could have convinced Dr. Stark to voluntarily lie down on his patient's couch. He wonders why Dr. Stark's appointment book for that day is missing. He wonders about the rumors running rife around town, questioning Dr. Stark's professionalism. All in all, it's just not kosher.
Rabbi Daniel Winter is used to looking after the souls of those in his congregation - not discovering their dead bodies ...
As the Rabbi begins to analyze the doctor's bizarre death, he wonders who could have convinced Dr. Stark to voluntarily lie down on his patient's couch. He wonders why Dr. Stark's appointment book for that day is missing. He wonders about the rumors running rife around town, questioning Dr. Stark's professionalism. All in all, it's just not kosher.
214 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1988
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About the author
Joseph Telushkin
49 books172 followersJoseph Telushkin (born 1948) is an American rabbi, lecturer, and best selling author. His more than 15 books include several volumes about Jewish ethics, Jewish Literacy, as well as "Rebbe", a New York Times best seller released in June 2014
Telushkin was raised in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Solomon and Hellen Telushkin. He attended Yeshiva of Flatbush where met his future co-author Dennis Prager. While at Columbia University, they authored Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism and Why the Jews?: The Reason for Antisemitism.
While at University, Telushkin was an active leader of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry. As part of his position, Telushkin visited the Soviet Union where he met with dissidents such as Andrei Sakharov. He was eventually listed by the KGB as an anti-Russian agent.
An Orthodox rabbi by training, Telushkin serves as a spiritual leader of Los Angeles’ Synagogue for the Performing Arts, founded in 1972 by Rabbi Jerome Cutler. He is an associate of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership and a former director of education at the non-denominational Brandeis-Bardin Institute. Telushkin is also a Senior Associate with CLAL, the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, and is a member of the board of directors of the Jewish Book Council. He has been on the Newsweek's list of the 50 most influential Rabbis in America since 1997.
Telushkin is the author of sixteen books on Judaism. His book, Words that Hurt, Words that Heal, inspired Senators Joseph Lieberman’s and Connie Mack’s Senate Resolution #151 to establish a National Speak No Evil Day in the United States, a day in which Americans would go for twenty-four hours without saying anything unkind or unfair about, or to, anyone. His book, Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People and Its History, is one of the best-selling books on Judaism of the past two decades. More than two decades after its publication, the book remains a foundation text for Jews, non-Jews, and prospective converts alike. The first volume of A Code of Jewish Ethics, entitled A Code of Jewish Ethics: You Shall be Holy, which Telushkin regards as his major life's work, was published in 2006. The second volume, entitled, A Code of Jewish Ethics: Love Your Neighbor, was released in 2009.
In 2013, Telushkin was invited by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres to speak before the commission in Geneva.
In 2014, Telushkin released "Rebbe: The life and teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the most influential Rabbi in Modern History" which appeared on all the major best seller lists including New York Times Best Seller list, Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly.
Telushkin tours the United States as a lecturer on Jewish topics, and has been named by Talk Magazine as one of the fifty best speakers in the United States. He wrote the episode 'Bar Mitzvah' on Touched by an Angel guest starring Kirk Douglas.
Telushkin was raised in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Solomon and Hellen Telushkin. He attended Yeshiva of Flatbush where met his future co-author Dennis Prager. While at Columbia University, they authored Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism and Why the Jews?: The Reason for Antisemitism.
While at University, Telushkin was an active leader of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry. As part of his position, Telushkin visited the Soviet Union where he met with dissidents such as Andrei Sakharov. He was eventually listed by the KGB as an anti-Russian agent.
An Orthodox rabbi by training, Telushkin serves as a spiritual leader of Los Angeles’ Synagogue for the Performing Arts, founded in 1972 by Rabbi Jerome Cutler. He is an associate of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership and a former director of education at the non-denominational Brandeis-Bardin Institute. Telushkin is also a Senior Associate with CLAL, the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, and is a member of the board of directors of the Jewish Book Council. He has been on the Newsweek's list of the 50 most influential Rabbis in America since 1997.
Telushkin is the author of sixteen books on Judaism. His book, Words that Hurt, Words that Heal, inspired Senators Joseph Lieberman’s and Connie Mack’s Senate Resolution #151 to establish a National Speak No Evil Day in the United States, a day in which Americans would go for twenty-four hours without saying anything unkind or unfair about, or to, anyone. His book, Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People and Its History, is one of the best-selling books on Judaism of the past two decades. More than two decades after its publication, the book remains a foundation text for Jews, non-Jews, and prospective converts alike. The first volume of A Code of Jewish Ethics, entitled A Code of Jewish Ethics: You Shall be Holy, which Telushkin regards as his major life's work, was published in 2006. The second volume, entitled, A Code of Jewish Ethics: Love Your Neighbor, was released in 2009.
In 2013, Telushkin was invited by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres to speak before the commission in Geneva.
In 2014, Telushkin released "Rebbe: The life and teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the most influential Rabbi in Modern History" which appeared on all the major best seller lists including New York Times Best Seller list, Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly.
Telushkin tours the United States as a lecturer on Jewish topics, and has been named by Talk Magazine as one of the fifty best speakers in the United States. He wrote the episode 'Bar Mitzvah' on Touched by an Angel guest starring Kirk Douglas.
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July 31, 2010
Sermons should be written the way Telushkin writes books - at least mystery books. The overlying theme of the book is gossip. It is delivered in many ways in easy doses
it begins with Rabbi Daniel winter going to the bank to intercede for a congregant who is about to lose her house. That seems to have nothing to do with anything.
The theme of the book is gossip. The rabbi is interviewed for the radio in debate with a famous gossip columinist.
He preaches and teaches the evils of gossip.
When his good friend Dr. Noah Stark is murdered the plot becoems obviousl.. who killed Dr. Stark - a lovely kind generous man. So it appears on the surface. It is eventually revealed that he has broken every code of his practice. He has talked to everyone about everyone. And that eventually led to his death.
Telushkin sticks in interesting pieces of biblical knowledge. for example. Abraham argues with God not to destroy Sodom for the sake of a few good peopel. When God t ells Noah about the flood he cares about not a soul but himself - he builds an Ark.
it begins with Rabbi Daniel winter going to the bank to intercede for a congregant who is about to lose her house. That seems to have nothing to do with anything.
The theme of the book is gossip. The rabbi is interviewed for the radio in debate with a famous gossip columinist.
He preaches and teaches the evils of gossip.
When his good friend Dr. Noah Stark is murdered the plot becoems obviousl.. who killed Dr. Stark - a lovely kind generous man. So it appears on the surface. It is eventually revealed that he has broken every code of his practice. He has talked to everyone about everyone. And that eventually led to his death.
Telushkin sticks in interesting pieces of biblical knowledge. for example. Abraham argues with God not to destroy Sodom for the sake of a few good peopel. When God t ells Noah about the flood he cares about not a soul but himself - he builds an Ark.
March 10, 2018
It took a second reading for me to really appreciate this book for all it had to offer. There was such nuance, complication, layer upon layer of persona built up over decades protecting the perp from self-condemnation, spiritual and scriptural lessons to be learned about gossip, a mystery satisfactorily solved, as well as the sheer pleasure of an insight into a world into which one will never be admitted, the Orthodox Jewish community of upscale Los Angeles. So many lessons, so many pleasures! I now want to read the author's other books in this series, and hoping I can find them.
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