My God--One Jew's Views: Autobiographical Thoughts and Poems captures in related essays, ruminations, and poems the milestones that mark Joshua Katz's life. He claims his Jewish identity while grappling with its meaning for his life, just as he finds both solace and challenge in contemplating God's role in his daily affairs.

In the course of surveying the author's own life and thoughts, My God--One Jew's Views takes the reader on a journey through times of education, recreation, love, marriage, and the heart-wrenching loss of children through still-birth and suicide. These events...