I think this book did more to inform my sense of Jewishness, and of humanity, than anything besides my immediate family. I grew up with it, and hunted down old copies for years and years until it was finally re-printed. Mostly short reads, lots of glimpses into another time and place and way of life. I'd recommend it to anyone for hte morality stories (funny, heart breaking, you name it). Not just to people of the Jewish faith like myself. I wish there were a book like this for every belief system.