Better World Books Blog - Book Reviews, Author Interviews, Community Outreach & more » Religion http://blog.betterworldbooks.com Book reviews, author interviews, industry news and more from the online bookstore with a soul. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:33:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 2009-2010 elevin@betterworldbooks.com (Better World Books Podcast with Dana Barrett) elevin@betterworldbooks.com (Better World Books Podcast with Dana Barrett) Books 1440 http://blog.betterworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/podcast-small.jpg Better World Books Blog - Book Reviews, Author Interviews, Community Outreach & more http://blog.betterworldbooks.com 144 144 Dana Barrett of Better World Books sits down with the giants and upcoming stars of the literary world. Better World Books Dana Barrett sits down with the current and upcoming stars of the literary world. books, authors, novels, news, writing, literature, humor, Better World Books Podcast with Dana Barrett Better World Books Podcast with Dana Barrett elevin@betterworldbooks.com no no Paging Authors Podcast: Benyamin Cohen http://blog.betterworldbooks.com/2009/01/30/paging-author-podcast-benyamin-cohen/ http://blog.betterworldbooks.com/2009/01/30/paging-author-podcast-benyamin-cohen/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:00:14 +0000 Dana http://blog.betterworld.com/?p=3468 My Jesus YearBenyamin Cohen is a funny guy.  He’s a funny guy that tackles the serious subject of reconnecting with his faith and spirituality in his memoir My Jesus Year.    Benyamin is the son of an Orthodox rabbi who grew up practicing his Judaism while thinking that the grass looked greener at the church across the street.  As he grew up he felt that he saw in Christians a passion for their religion that he was missing.  So in an attempt to reconnect to his Judaism, he decided to spend a year with Christians.

I met Benyamin here at the Better World Books offices to chat about the book and the fact that his dad thinks Ben Stiller would be perfect for the part of Benyamin should there ever be a movie!

Enjoy the interview, and click here to check out the rest of the great authors talking about their books on our podcast!

Benyamin Cohen

]]> http://blog.betterworldbooks.com/2009/01/30/paging-author-podcast-benyamin-cohen/feed/ 0 0:21:47 Benyamin Cohen is a funny guy.  He’s a funny guy that tackles the serious subject of reconnecting with his faith and spirituality in his memoir My Jesus Year.    Benyamin is the son of an Orthodox rabbi who grew up practicing his Judaism while[...] Benyamin Cohen is a funny guy.  He’s a funny guy that tackles the serious subject of reconnecting with his faith and spirituality in his memoir My Jesus Year.    Benyamin is the son of an Orthodox rabbi who grew up practicing his Judaism while thinking that the grass looked greener at the church across the street.  As he grew up he felt that he saw in Christians a passion for their religion that he was missing.  So in an attempt to reconnect to his Judaism, he decided to spend a year with Christians. I met Benyamin here at the Better World Books offices to chat about the book and the fact that his dad thinks Ben Stiller would be perfect for the part of Benyamin should there ever be a movie! Enjoy the interview, and click here to check out the rest of the great authors talking about their books on our podcast! Better World Books Podcast with Dana Barrett no no