In ABRAHAM: Lessons For Our Time, the author draws upon these classical sources to unlock the personality of this seminal figure in the history of mankind. The enigma of Jewish continuity, the value of seeking advice, contentment with one’s material wealth, dealing with family strife, and the power of religious devotion are a few of the timeless lessons that emerge from the biblical account of Abraham’s multifaceted life. The book’s twenty-eight lectures are based on the author’s Internet adult education course, Struggles and Achievements of Abraham the Patriarch, taught to several hundred students worldwide since 1997. The book incorporates a novel feature: salient teacher-student correspondence taken from the lively e-mail discussions between Rabbi Zauderer and course participants.

Rabbi Moshe Zauderer, director of the Jewish Interactive Studies (JIS) Internet program, graduated Ner Israel Rabbinical College (Baltimore, MD), and later studied in several Israeli institutions of higher learning. Rabbi Zauderer began teaching small study groups in Jerusalem, and subsequently lectured at the Ohr Somayach College of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. Since 1997, he has taken his educational activities on-line, reaching a broader public through Jewish Interactive Studies.

The book is published by the Zichron Avos - Jewish Interactive Studies’ Foundation, which sponsors JIS as a public service to the worldwide Jewish community. For further information and to order the book on-line, visit: www.jewishstudies.org/book. The book will also be available at select bookstores and through major Internet book sellers.