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Eliezer Sobel, author of MINYAN: Ten Jewish Men in a World That is Heartbroken,
winner of the
Peter Taylor Prize for the Novel
Eliezer Sobel, author of MINYAN:
Ten Jewish Men
In a World That is Heartbroken
University of Tennesee Press
Winner of the
Peter Taylor Prize for the Novel
Read an excerpt from MINYAN.
FIRST NOVEL BLUES: the story behind MINYAN.
a profile of Eliezer Sobel from THE FORWARD
"ONE IN A MINYAN"
Review of Minyan from
The Daily Progress
Charlottesville, VA.
Jewish contemplative
music CD/songbook
Other Writings and Books
My earlier work appeared under the name “Elliot Sobel,” one of two names I was given at birth, and the one I used most of my life. Eliezer is the other one. It’s pronounced eh-lee-eh---eh-as-in-bed—zer. Rhymes with Nebuchadnezzer. It is Hebrew, and very few people can pronounce it, I’ve found. "Eli" means God and "ezer" means help, so Eliezer means "God is my help." Jews in America and elsewhere are almost always given two names, one secular, the other Hebrew.
I was upset that all my friends on a spiritual path had been given new spiritual names by their gurus at some point, presumably to help them shift their primary identities away from their limited personalities over to their True Nature. Most of the names were Hindu, like Krishna, Ananda, and so on. Generally the names meant something along the lines of "Blissful Consciousness," and it was thought that even if you were totally miserable and depressed, your spiritual name would help you remember that your real Self was having a gay old time of it.
Books:
November under my Sole (with Harry Sobel)
Creativity and the Mystical Vision
Short Stories:
Articles:
This is it: est 20 Years later
Will the Real Messiah Please Stand Up?
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