A challenge to each of us to take personal responsibility for repairing the world.

We are taught that every one of us is

created in the divine image. All of us can be holy through

imitating God…. So, you don’t have to look around

or look away. You don’t have to wait for someone to come

and do what you were put on this earth to do in the first

place. Judaism empowers you, as one of God’s anointed

ones, to do more than you ever dreamed possible.

-from Chapter 1

The coming of the messiah is anticipated

by millions of people of many faiths as the ultimate salve for

our spiritual lives and as a way to finally make the world a

better place.

There Is No Messiah…and You’re

It examines the history of

messianic hope and anticipation, its evolution in Judaism and

Jewish history, and other interpretations of

messiah that shed new light on what it means to

usher in the kingdom of God. This fascinating

book is our call to see ourselves as the fulfillment of, not

the anticipators of, messianic change.

Drawing from the Bible, the Talmud,

rabbinic sources, and modern-day scholars, Rabbi Robert Levine

provides us with an accessible, fascinating understanding of

messianic vision, as well as false messiahs throughout Jewish

history. He challenges the powerful idea of messiah that has

survived in the heart, soul, and ethos of the Jewish people,

and reveals the immediacy of the messianic presence in our

day-in our own lives.

Compelling and controversial, There Is No Messiah…and You’re It inspires us to embody the noblest values of Jewish tradition-prayer, study, mitzvoth, and tzedakah-and

embrace our own messianic potential to heal the world.