The Theological Aspect Of Reformed Judaism
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Author | : Dana Evan Kaplan |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 470 |
Release | : 2020-04-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0827614314 |
This is the book that American Jews and particularly American Reform Jews have been waiting for: a clear and informed call for further reform in the Reform movement. In light of profound demographic, social, and technological developments, it has become increasingly clear that the Reform movement will need to make major changes to meet the needs of a quickly evolving American Jewish population. Younger Americans in particular differ from previous generations in how they relate to organized religion, often preferring to network through virtual groups or gather in informal settings of their own choosing. Dana Evan Kaplan, an American Reform Jew and pulpit rabbi, argues that rather than focusing on the importance of loyalty to community, Reform Judaism must determine how to engage the individual in a search for existential meaning. It should move us toward a critical scholarly understanding of the Hebrew Bible, that we may emerge with the perspectives required by a postmodern world. Such a Reform Judaism can at once help us understand how the ancient world molded our most cherished religious traditions and guide us in addressing the increasingly complex social problems of our day.
Author | : Michael A. Meyer |
Publisher | : Wayne State University Press |
Total Pages | : 518 |
Release | : 1995-04-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0814337554 |
Comprehensive and balanced history of the Reform Movement. The movement for religious reform in modern Judaism represents one of the most significant phenomena in Jewish history during the last two hundred years. It introduced new theological conceptions and innovations in liturgy and religious practice that affected millions of Jews, first in central and Western Europe and later in the United States. Today Reform Judaism is one of the three major branches of Jewish faith. Bringing to life the ideas, issues, and personalities that have helped to shape modern Jewry, Response to Modernity offers a comprehensive and balanced history of the Reform Movement, tracing its changing configuration and self-understanding from the beginnings of modernization in late 18th century Jewish thought and practice through Reform's American renewal in the 1970s.
Author | : Lawrence A. Hoffman |
Publisher | : Jewish Lights Publishing |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 158023612X |
A comprehensive series of lively introductions and commentaries examines the history of confession in Judaism, its roots in the Bible, its evolution in rabbinic and modern thought, and the very nature of confession today.
Author | : Isaac Klein |
Publisher | : KTAV Publishing House, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 650 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780873340045 |
On the Sabbath, calling women to the Torah, and counting them in the minyan.
Author | : Central Conference of American Rabbis |
Publisher | : Franklin Classics Trade Press |
Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 2018-10-23 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780344078477 |
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Author | : Zalman Schachter-Shalomi |
Publisher | : Jewish Lights Publishing |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 158023691X |
A how-to for Jewish spirituality that works. "A spiritual seeker is a person whose soul is awake. In this book I make no assumptions about how much you know about Judaism, what holidays you keep, or whether you believe in God. I want us to start from your soul's experience and carry on from there." --from the Introduction "Virtually anyone remotely affiliated with Judaism should read this book," wrote Publishers Weekly, which listed Jewish with Feeling among its Best Religion Books of the Year. "Without question the best, most readable introduction to Reb Zalman's philosophy of Judaism, it is also the best beginner's guide to Jewish spirituality available today," wrote the Forward, "the perfect book for both the spiritual seeker and the curious skeptic." Taking off from basic questions like "Why be Jewish?" and whether the word God still speaks to us today, Reb Zalman lays out a vision for a whole-person Judaism. This is not only Sinai then but Sinai now, a revelation of the Torah inside and all around us. Complete with many practical suggestions to enrich your own Jewish life, Jewish with Feeling is "a mystical masterpiece filled with spiritual practices and an exciting vision of the future" (Spirituality & Health). Spiritual experience, as Reb Zalman shows, repays every effort we make to acquire it.
Author | : Sandra B. Lubarsky |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2012-02-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1438411367 |
This collection constitutes the first extended discussion of the relationship between Judaism and process thought. In the last half century the philosophies of Alfred North Whitehead and Charles Hartshorne have become important sources for contemporary theological reflection. Recently, a number of Jewish thinkers have examined process thought as a potentially valuable resource for postmodern Jewish theology. This book brings together many Jewish thinkers who have pioneered this discussion. Jewish thinkers who have found process thought to be a useful framework for contemporary Jewish thought discuss issues that are primarily theological, such as God's transcendence and immanence, the problem of evil, the idea of revelation. Also included is a dialogue between Jewish and Christian thinkers on the appropriateness of process thought for their religious traditions. Critical reflection on the continuities and discontinuities between Judaism and the process model is also covered.
Author | : Dr. Tamara Cohn Eskenazi |
Publisher | : CCAR Press |
Total Pages | : 2363 |
Release | : 2017-12-04 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0881232831 |
The groundbreaking volume The Torah: A Women's Commentary, originally published by URJ Press and Women of Reform Judaism, has been awarded the top prize in the oldest Jewish literary award program, the 2008 National Jewish Book Awards. A work of great import, the volume is the result of 14 years of planning, research, and fundraising. THE HISTORY: At the 39th Women of Reform Judaism Assembly in San Francisco, Cantor Sarah Sager challenged Women of Reform Judaism delegates to "imagine women feeling permitted, for the first time, feeling able, feeling legitimate in their study of Torah." WRJ accepted that challenge. The Torah: A Women's Commentary was introduced at the Union for Reform Judaism 69th Biennial Convention in San Diego in December 2007. WRJ has commissioned the work of the world's leading Jewish female Bible scholars, rabbis, historians, philosophers and archaeologists. Their collective efforts resulted in the first comprehensive commentary, authored only by women, on the Five Books of Moses, including individual Torah portions as well as the Hebrew and English translation. The Torah: A Women's Commentary gives dimension to the women's voices in our tradition. Under the skillful leadership of editors Dr. Tamara Cohn Eskenazi and Rabbi Andrea Weiss, PhD, this commentary provides insight and inspiration for all who study Torah: men and women, Jew and non-Jew. As Dr. Eskenazi has eloquently stated, "we want to bring the women of the Torah from the shadow into the limelight, from their silences into speech, from the margins to which they have often been relegated to the center of the page - for their sake, for our sake and for our children's sake." Published by CCAR Press, a division of the Central Conference of American Rabbis
Author | : Simeon J. Maslin |
Publisher | : CCAR Press |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780916694531 |
This comprehensive guide to Jewish observance throughout the life cycle is the best introduction to Reform Jewish practice available.
Author | : W. Gunther Plaut |
Publisher | : New York : World Union for Progressive Judaism |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1963 |
Genre | : Judaism |
ISBN | : |