03-20-2019, 10:34 PM
I just wanted to thank everyone who gave their suggestions! This gave me (and hopefully others that stumble upon that thread) quite the long reading list. 
For those that also recommended Telushkin, how do you feel his writings have influenced you? Maybe it is because I'm new to Judaism in general, but there are so many "oooh, that makes sense"-moments in it for me. It is so enjoyable to read, yet feels so profound at the same time and just makes you (or at least, me) want to start becoming a slightly better person right away.
I really enjoy how applicable everything he writes is. And it always seems to come just at the right time to try to improve a certain mindsets or behaviors (or maybe there are learning opportunities all around and his writings just make them more salient/ oneself more aware). I'm parallel reading the day-to-day book of values and I cannot even begin to describe how much reading this and his take on Jewish Ethics currently means to me. So, thank you!
For those that also recommended Telushkin, how do you feel his writings have influenced you? Maybe it is because I'm new to Judaism in general, but there are so many "oooh, that makes sense"-moments in it for me. It is so enjoyable to read, yet feels so profound at the same time and just makes you (or at least, me) want to start becoming a slightly better person right away.
I really enjoy how applicable everything he writes is. And it always seems to come just at the right time to try to improve a certain mindsets or behaviors (or maybe there are learning opportunities all around and his writings just make them more salient/ oneself more aware). I'm parallel reading the day-to-day book of values and I cannot even begin to describe how much reading this and his take on Jewish Ethics currently means to me. So, thank you!