Words That Hurt, Words That Heal - How to Choose Words Wisely and Well

Zusatztext “This wise! wonderful book not only enlightens and entertains: it can actually elevate your life by making you a better spouse! parent! business partner and neighbor. The writing is warm! elegant! sensitive and above all sensible—so much so that you’ll feel tempted to read key passages aloud in order to inspire your friends and family.” Informationen zum Autor Joseph Telushkin is a rabbi, scholar, and bestselling author of eighteen books, among them A Code of Jewish Ethics and Words That Hurt, Words That Heal . His book Jewish Literacy is the widest-selling work on the topic of Judaism. He lives with his wife, Dvorah, in New York City, and lectures regularly throughout the United States. Klappentext Joseph Telushkin is renowned for his warmth, his erudition, and his richly anecdotal insights, and in Words That Hurt, Words That Heal he focuses these gifts on the words we use in public and in private, revealing their tremendous power to shape relationships. With wit and wide-ranging intelligence, Rabbi Telushkin explains the harm in spreading gossip, rumors, or others' secrets, and how unfair anger, excessive criticism, or lying undermines true communication. By sensitizing us to subtleties of speech we may never have considered before, he shows us how to turn every exchange into an opportunity. Remarkable for its clarity and practicality, Words That Hurt, Words That Heal illuminates the powerful effects we create by what we say and how we say it. Zusammenfassung Joseph Telushkin is renowned for his warmth! his erudition! and his richly anecdotal insights! and in Words That Hurt! Words That Heal he focuses these gifts on the words we use in public and in private! revealing their tremendous power to shape relationships. With wit and wide-ranging intelligence! Rabbi Telushkin explains the harm in spreading gossip! rumors! or others’ secrets! and how unfair anger! excessive criticism! or lying undermines true communication. By sensitizing us to subtleties of speech we may never have considered before! he shows us how to turn every exchange into an opportunity. Remarkable for its clarity and practicality! Words That Hurt! Words That Heal illuminates the powerful effects we create by what we say and how we say it. ...

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Telushkin
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.08.1998
• EAN: 9780688163501
• ISBN: 978-0-688-16350-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Religion: general, Theology, Christianity, History of Religion, Judaism, Ethics and moral philosophy, Judaism: life and practice, Religious ethics, Philosophy of religion, Personal religious testimony and popular inspirational works, Religion and beliefs, Sociology: family and relationships, Interpersonal communication and skills, HISTORY: Social History, RELIGION: Inspirational, PSYCHOLOGY: Interpersonal Relations, HISTORY: Jewish, RELIGION: Judaism / History, PHILOSOPHY: Ethics & Moral Philosophy, RELIGION: Judaism / Rituals & Practice, JEWISH STUDIES: RELIGIOUS STUDIES, RELIGION: Judaism / Theology, RELIGION: Faith, Jewish Studies / Religious Studies