Finding Ourselves in the Crowd: What 18 Out-of-the-Box Jews Can Teach Us About Individuality

Kidney donor.

Wilderness therapist.

Black belt.

Zoological historian.

Agunah advocate.

Environmentalist.

And Orthodox

These are just some of the people you’ll meet in Finding Ourselves in the Crowd, 18 stories of out-of-the-box individuals in the Orthodox world—men and women, young and old, “frum from birth” and ba’alei teshuvah, ranging from Chassidic to Modern Orthodox.

Aside from their commitment to Torah, one thing unites them all: They believe in themselves—so they choose to be themselves.

Read about them,

appreciate them,

and become inspired to be yourself too.

Gila Manolson is the author of the bestselling The Magic Touch, Outside/Inside, Head to Heart, and Choosing to Love. A fifth book, Hands Off! This May Be Love (for a general, spiritually-oriented audience, including religious Christians and other people of faith), was recently released.

Gila is a popular international speaker on relationships and self-image. She has spoken in 39 major North American cities, as well as outlying communities, and in Israel, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Russia, Argentina, Chile, and the Netherlands. Her books have been translated into Hebrew, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, and Italian.

Gila lives in Jerusalem with her husband and children. Her website is www.gilamanolson.com.