What connects us to hungry children in Africa or earthquake victims in Haiti? What connects us to the fate of the unemployed, the homeless and the poor in our society? To heal a broken world brings to the reader the principles of social-Jewish ethics. Byd Uman combines law and theology, biblical interpretation and philosophical thought, general principles and specific examples, story and analysis. Books dealing with morality are often quite abstract, but with the help of fascinating stories about famous people and great deeds of ordinary people interwoven throughout, Rabbi Zaks manages to write about these complicated issues and offers us to be partners with G-d in the work of healing a broken world
