Jews and Booze, Michael Levin
Jews and Booze, Michael Levin
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Jews and Booze
Alcoholism, Addiction, and Denial in the Jewish World

Author: Michael Levin

Narrator: Barry Abrams

Unabridged: 4 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/24/2023


Synopsis

We Jews wrongly believe we're immune to alcoholism and addiction—instead, individuals, families, and communities are suffering because of the stigmas surrounding addiction and recovery in the Jewish world.

"Is the 12 step program suitable for Jews? In this book Michael Levin shows with learning, sensitivity and wisdom why the answer is a resounding 'Yes.'" —Rabbi David Wolpe

"Shikkur is a goy." This Yiddish phrase means "Only Gentiles can be alcoholics," but it's not true. Jews suffer from alcoholism and addiction at the same rate as everyone else in society. Due to the stigma surrounding addiction in our community, people are dying unnecessarily . . . because they believe they can't get help. Jews and Booze attacks the stigmas surrounding addiction and recovery in our world.

About Michael Levin

Bestselling author Michael Levin is an Amherst College graduate and Columbia Law School–trained attorney whose publishing career includes more than fifty works, including his own novels and nonfiction books, ghostwritten books, a commissioned screenplay, and the script for a DVD series. Among his ghostwritten titles are Dropping the Ball by Dave Winfield and No Ordinary Love: A True Story of Marriage and Basketball by Doug and Jackie Christie. He has also contributed to the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, Writers Digest, CBS News, and many other outlets and publications. A member of the Massachusetts bar, he has served as a consultant on creativity to the NBC and WB Television Networks and to the largest law firm in Los Angeles.


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