Joseph Telushkin Books in Order
Joseph Telushkin is a renowned American rabbi, lecturer, and bestselling author. As a leading voice in Jewish thought, he has authored sixteen books, including critically acclaimed volumes on Jewish ethics and "Rebbe," a New York Times bestseller released in June 2014. Raised in Brooklyn, New York, Telushkin's passion for Judaism was shaped by his Orthodox upbringing and academic pursuits. He co-authored "Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism" and "Why the Jews?: The Reason for Antisemitism" with Dennis Prager while attending Columbia University, where he was an active leader of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry. As a spiritual leader, Telushkin serves as a rabbi at Los Angeles' Synagogue for the Performing Arts and is a Senior Associate with CLAL. He has been recognized as one of Newsweek's 50 most influential Rabbis in America since 1997.
Bibliography verified: January 2026
Book Series by Joseph Telushkin
- #1AmazonHillel: If Not Now, When?(2010)
- #2AmazonThe Life of David (By: Robert Pinsky)(2005)
- #3AmazonMaimonides (By: Sherwin B. Nuland)(2005)
- #4AmazonBarney Ross (By: Douglas Century)(2006)
- #5AmazonBetraying Spinoza (By: Rebecca Goldstein)(2006)
- #6AmazonEmma Lazarus (By: Esther Schor)(2006)
- #7AmazonThe Wicked Son (By: David Mamet)(2006)
- #8AmazonMarc Chagall (By: Jonathan Wilson)(2007)
- #9AmazonJews and Power (By: Ruth R. Wisse)(2007)
- #10AmazonResurrecting Hebrew (By: Ilan Stavans)(2008)
- #11AmazonBenjamin Disraeli (By: Adam Kirsch)(2008)
- #12AmazonRashi (By: Elie Wiesel)(2009)
- #13AmazonA Fine Romance (By: David Lehman)(2009)
- #14AmazonThe Jewish Body (By: Melvin Konner)(2009)
- #15AmazonYehuda Halevi (By: Hillel Halkin)(2010)
- #16AmazonBurnt Books (By: Rodger Kamenetz)(2010)
- #17AmazonBen-Gurion (By: Shimon Peres,David Landau)(2011)
- #18AmazonThe Eichmann Trial (By: Deborah E. Lipstadt)(2011)
- #19AmazonSacred Trash (By: Adina Hoffman)(2011)
- #20AmazonWhen General Grant Expelled the Jews (By: Jonathan Sarna)(2012)
- #21AmazonThe Book of Job (By: Harold S. Kushner)(2012)
- #22AmazonThe Worlds of Sholem Aleichem (By: Jeremy Dauber)(2013)
- #23AmazonMenachem Begin (By: Daniel Gordis)(2014)
- #24AmazonAbraham (By: Alan M. Dershowitz)(2015)
- #25AmazonWhere the Jews Aren't (By: Masha Gessen)(2016)
- #1AmazonNine Questions People Ask About Judaism (With: Dennis Prager)(1981)
- #2AmazonWhy the Jews? (With: Dennis Prager)(1983)
- #3AmazonUncommon Sense(1987)
- #4AmazonJewish Literacy(1991)
- #5AmazonJewish Humor(1992)
- #6AmazonJewish Wisdom(1994)
- #7AmazonWords That Hurt, Words That Heal(1996)
- #8AmazonBiblical Literacy(1997)
- #9AmazonThe Book of Jewish Values(2000)
- #10AmazonThe Golden Land(2002)
- #11AmazonThe Ten Commandments of Character(2003)
- #12AmazonA Code of Jewish Ethics: Volume 1(2006)
- #13AmazonA Code of Jewish Ethics, Volume 2(2009)
- #14AmazonHillel: If Not Now, When?(2010)
- #15AmazonTelushkinisms(2012)
- #16AmazonRebbe(2014)
- #1AmazonNine Questions People Ask About Judaism (With: Dennis Prager)(1981)
About Joseph Telushkin
Joseph Telushkin is a renowned American rabbi, lecturer, and bestselling author. As a leading voice in Jewish thought, he has authored sixteen books, including critically acclaimed volumes on Jewish ethics and "Rebbe," a New York Times bestseller released in June 2014. Raised in Brooklyn, New York, Telushkin's passion for Judaism was shaped by his Orthodox upbringing and academic pursuits. He co-authored "Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism" and "Why the Jews?: The Reason for Antisemitism" with Dennis Prager while attending Columbia University, where he was an active leader of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry. As a spiritual leader, Telushkin serves as a rabbi at Los Angeles' Synagogue for the Performing Arts and is a Senior Associate with CLAL. He has been recognized as one of Newsweek's 50 most influential Rabbis in America since 1997.
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