Healer of Shattered Hearts

David J. Wolpe. Penguin Books, $15 (208pp) ISBN 978-0-14-014795-7

Conservative rabbi Wolpe looks to the Bible, Talmud and Midrash as he counsels doubtful seekers of a compassionate God. ``A profound, often lyrical rethinking of Jewish faith,'' said PW. ``Wrestling with the problem of widespread evil and suffering . . . Wolpe concludes that belief in God is an existential choice.'' (Sept.)

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