Jewish Fathers: A Legacy of Love

Jewish Fathers: A Legacy of Love is a moving collection of heartfelt stories and stirring photographs celebrating and honoring the lives of contemporary American Jewish fathers.The image of the Jewish father is synonymous with the Yiddish word mensch, a good,kind, decent, human being. The word mensch has become part of America's vocabulary. The first mensch that we meet in life is usually our father. Honest. Hardworking. Fair. Reliable. Charitable. Funny. Reverent. Mature. Honorable. Learned. Righteous. Responsible. A mensch. It is a standard to be lived up to, a standard that Jewish fathers have been charged with since the times of the biblical patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.Family matters. Fathers matter.