Description: The most surprising development in Judaism today is the strength of the ba'al teshuvah movement -- the return of tens of thousands of young Jews to Orthodoxy.

Why would a comfortably affluent, well-educated, secular Jew seek out the rigorous discipline of traditional Jewish observance? That is the mystery behind not just The National Review senior editor David Klinghoffer's personal story, but the entire ba'al teshuvah phenomenon. Writing with style, wit, and great empathy for those raised, as he was, in secularized homes, Klinghoffer tells how, over the course of his high school, college, and early professional years, he considered many forms of spiritual practice. At last in Torah Judaism he awoke to the presence of God in his life.

Yet his journey was not complete, as he realized after searching out his Swedish birth mother. What he learned about his non-Jewish ancestry changed his understanding of Judaism completely. The Lord Will Gather Me In will resonate powerfully with all those who wonder about what it means to be a jew, and to have a relationship with God.

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