The cover of this book is a photograph worth 5,000 words, for it announces the importance of Rabbi Goren, as he blew the Shofar at the Western Wall upon the liberation of Jerusalem on June 7, 1967.

And the cover photograph is a wonderful beginning, for the book is an excellent biography of a very interesting and important Israeli Rabbi. The 215 page book is composed of 74 chapters--as these number suggest, short and simple enough that even a middle school student would find them interesting and accessible.

Rabbi Goren was a and Torah scholar and General who reached out to Jewish people of all denominations, and who emphasized the importance of joining the Jewish people together as one, in the land of Israel. He argued that it was a mistake to create a religious ghetto within Israel, and a mistake to create a religious ghetto within the Defense Forces.

Rabbi Goren was both a man of study and a man of action, who fought courageously during Israel's war for Independence and was often on the battlefield in the many wars that followed.

Rabbi Goren spent his life searching for a common cause and meaning amongst the Jewish people of Israel. May he rest in peace, and may his spirit give strength to all of us.