Learned by Heart

<p><em>Learned By Heart: Dialogues With My Father</em> began as a dutiful compilation of Rabbi Dr. Carl Klein's views about Judaism philosophy and Torah study and morphed into a posthumous conversation about life love family and core beliefs.</p><p>Reading his father's poignant sermons Dr. Milton Klein would soon discover a profound and unexpected solace-a renewed understanding of the life his father had prepared for him. Appreciated now as his birthright this treasure exposed twenty years after his father's death beckoned Milton into explorations of remembrance reflection reclamation and redemption.</p><p>Part medicine part philosophy part parenting guide the book uncovers the quieter legacy that his father left his family. The man who was asked to translate ancient Chaldaic manuscripts in the Vatican basement and communicated with the likes of Pope John Paul II George H.W. Bush Menachem Begin and Edward Teller spoke through his work from a deeper simpler place. Milton began to understand his father's sermons as if they were whispers of both an ethical will and a map to chart the more meaningful possibilities of life.</p><p>From a distant pulpit Rabbi Klein seemed to be overseeing his son's continuing education. <em>Learned By Heart</em> provides a fascinating interplay between medicine and religion; Talmudic wisdom offering insights into modern dilemmas. Sincere in his belief and fervent about his ethics while considering the abyss of the unknowable Rabbi Klein derived strength rather than apprehension from asking the basic philosophical questions about life and death. Experienced in dealing with the intense emotional milestones of health family and faith the Drs. Klein address many central themes that touch us all.</p>