Tuesdays at the J: Author Talk
Presentation, Q&A and book signing with Rabbi Michael Beyo, author of Choose Life: Torah’s Radical Answer to Civilization’s Oldest Obsession
Free | Reservation required
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In Choose Life, Rabbi Michael Beyo argues that the Torah — in all its dimensions, from its foundational theology to its most technical legal details — is the most comprehensive, most sustained, and most radical affirmation of life that any civilization has ever produced. Drawing on the philosophical framework of the Rambam’s Moreh Nevuchim, this book traces a single thread of death-worship from the pyramids of Egypt through Canaanite child sacrifice, Greek heroic death culture, Roman gladiatorial spectacle, and medieval Catholic martyrdom theology — all the way to the jihadist suicide bomber and the nihilism of the modern secular world.
Against all of this — alone, consistent across three and a half millennia — Torah has declared: the commandments were given so that you would live by them. Every human being carries the image of God. The dead do not praise God — but the living can. And therefore, above all else: וּבָחַרְתָּ בַּחַיִּים — Choose Life.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase ($12.99) and signing after the talk or you can purchase on Amazon here.
About the speaker:
Rabbi Michael Beyo is the CEO of the East Valley JCC and the global Holocaust education initiative, Six Million Voices. With over 25 years of experience spanning the high-tech sector, entrepreneurship, and the rabbinate, he brings a unique global perspective shaped by his life in five different countries. A published author and interfaith leader, Rabbi Beyo is dedicated to unprecedented community growth and impactful education.
Read more about Rabbi Beyo and his previous book “Conversations with the Rabbi” here.