Through the Unknown, Remembered Gate 
Subtitle: A Spiritual Journey
Publisher: Schocken
Published: April 3, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780805241389
Subjects: United States; Religious; Women In Judaism; Biography / Autobiography; Religion; Return to Orthodox Judaism; Religion / Judaism / Beliefs, Practices, Rituals; Jews; Judaism - Rituals & Practice; Benedek, Emily; Judaism
First sentence: THE HORIZON STRETCHES before me, yellow and flat and dry, marked off by run-down cafes, garages, small warehouses.
Description: "Emily Benedek, the author of two highly regard books on the traditions and conflicts of Native Americans of the Southwest, suddenly found herself in the mid-1990s grappling with certain traditions and conflicts of her own. Stricken with a case of temporary blindness, she had an experience - unprecedented in her life - which she was able to understand only as an apprehension of the divine.".

"Stirred and confused, Benedek took herself to a humble storefront synagogue in Dallas, where she was then living. Among the welcoming congregants she began a spiritual journey that gradually led her back to Jewish practice and belief."--BOOK JACKET.