“There are a several compelling reasons Ben Kamin could be considered the nation’s rabbi… Read The Spirit Behind the News.  Kamin explains how we got to where we are, and helps you understand the electoral events of last summer and fall. With gentle humor and world-class wisdom, Rabbi Kamin explains it all for you.  A masterful work of spiritual self-help and a guide to recovery of all we hold dear in these tumultuous times.”

—Laura Harrison McBride, Editor, Publisher, Author


"His forthcoming memoir of the 1960's, Nothing Like Sunshine, is an absolutely fresh take on the life and impact of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.--well-worth realization as a documentary.”
 
—Robert Kline, President and CEO, Enduring Freedom Productions, former Sr. VP of 20th Century Fox, and co-founder of Lifetime Television
 
"When Ben Kamin told me the story of his family's transformation in this country, I remembered my own immigrant roots and understood.  His account is told with wit and poetry.”
 
—Vice President Walter F. Mondale
 
"Ben Kamin's great gift of language is to make you feel included on a surging, disputatious journey across the public landscapes of America and the inner landscapes of American hearts.”
 
—Ron Powers, Pulitzer Prize winning broadcaster and co-author of Flags of our Fathers
 
"Rabbi Kamin's teachings provide a spiritual lift to anyone who takes up this book. (Thinking Passover)”
 
—Bishop Anthony M. Pilla, former president, National Conference of Catholic Bishops
 
"I am always amazed at how Ben Kamin can take current news, cultural trends or timely happenings and force us to look at these things through the kaleidoscope of the ages to distill real meaning.”
 
—Crickett Karson, writer, editor, publicist
 
"I recognize Ben Kamin's voice--tender, funny, indignant, thoughtful.  It's the voice of the ideal pastor, someone whose insights into world events or even the more important trivia of daily life are reliably worth pondering.” 
 
—Karl Weber, author, book developer, editorial advisor to President Jimmy Carter