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Author : Daniel Cohn-Sherbok
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349213284
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (492 download)
Download or read book Issues in Contemporary Judaism written by Daniel Cohn-Sherbok and published by Springer. This book was released on 1991-05-24 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J. H. Henkin
Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780881257823
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (578 download)
Download or read book Responsa on Contemporary Jewish Women's Issues written by J. H. Henkin and published by KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one interested in Jewish women's issues or contemporary Halakhah can afford to forgo this book. For the first time, twenty-four modern responsa have been translated from the Hebrew, including four never before published. From mehitzah in the synagogue to the blessing recited by men, shelo asani ishah who has not made me a woman, from women's prayer groups to hair covering, and from Talmud study to limiting family size, Responsa on Contemporary Jewish Women's Issues written by Rabbi Yehuda Henkin treats current and controversial topics with authority and erudition, forcefulness and grace.
Author : Dan Cohn-Sherbok
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312056124
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (561 download)
Download or read book Issues in Contemporary Judaism written by Dan Cohn-Sherbok and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dana Evan Kaplan
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0827614314
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (276 download)
Download or read book The New Reform Judaism written by Dana Evan Kaplan and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Julian G. Jacobs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Judaism Looks at Modern Issues written by Julian G. Jacobs and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains one hundred essays, this volume is Judaism's views on a vast range of subjects of contemporary interest.
Author : Nicholas de Lange
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191532320
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)
Download or read book Modern Judaism written by Nicholas de Lange and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, multi-authored guide to contemporary Jewish life and thought, focusing on social, cultural and historical aspects of Judaism alongside theological issues. This volume includes 38 newly-commissioned essays, including contributions from leading specialists in their fields. This book covers the major areas of thought in contemporary Jewish Studies, including considerations of religious differences, sociological, philosophical, and gender issues, geographical diversity, inter-faith relations, and the impact of the Shoah (the Holocaust) and the modern state of Israel.
Author : J. David Bleich
Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780870684500
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (845 download)
Download or read book Contemporary Halakhic Problems written by J. David Bleich and published by KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. This book was released on 1977 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Zev Garber
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 9780761828945
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (289 download)
Download or read book Double Takes written by Zev Garber and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2004 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comprises a series of ten essays written by the authors both individually and collaboratively. While the subjects of these essays are wide ranging, they share a common recognition that issues at the forefront of contemporary Jewish thought must be measured against the background of ancient traditions, which revisit rabbinic and biblical times and beyond. The intent of these essays is to illustrate how shadows of longstanding traditions continue to shade current perceptions. Double Takes challenges the reader's assumptions about modern Jewish thought by demonstrating how the past can be an unpredictable lens for the present-day. An examination of contemporary themes in a historical perspective reveals unanticipated, even disconcerting, refractions. The book appears in the Studies in the Shoah series as volume 26.
Author : Moshe Halbertal
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0826496679
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (264 download)
Download or read book Judaism and the Challenges of Modern Life written by Moshe Halbertal and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2007-12-11 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays, authored by scholars of the Shalom Hartman Institute, addresses three critical challenges posed to Judaism by modernity: the challenge of ideas, the challenge of diversity, and the challenge of statehood, and provides insights and ideas for the future direction of Judaism.
Author : Jacob Neusner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Judaism in Contemporary Context written by Jacob Neusner and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays collected here form a contribution to a half-century of Jewish public life. From the 1950s to the present day, Jacob Neusner has served as one of the public intellectuals of the English-speaking community of Judaism. The essays, beginning a half-century ago and continuing to the present day, claim a hearing for two reasons. First, the issues persist for a new generation to confront. Second, there is the story of a generation now passing that remains to be told. The essays collected here form a contribution to the narrative. These concern both Judaism the religion viewed in its own terms, and also Judaism the amalgam of religious and ethnic components viewed in the political setting of the Jewish People, with special reference to the English-speaking component of that People. These enduring issues are captured by the words 'Holocaust' and 'State of Israel'. The impact of the Holocaust has defined the condition and consciousness of world Jewry from the Second World War onward. For not a few it takes the place of Judaism. So too, the State of Israel and Zionism define paramount parts of that amalgam, and for many these two substitute for Judaism. The Holocaust, Zionism, and the State of Israel represent claims upon the consciousness and conscience of the diaspora that none would contemplate dismissing. Neusner has spent the last 50 years engaging with the perennial issues that Judaism confronts, which remain as relevant in the twenty-first century as ever.
Author : Tony Bayfield
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472962060
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)
Download or read book Being Jewish Today written by Tony Bayfield and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A deeply humane, learned and personal reflection on Jewish identity' Rowan Williams 'This inspiring book has made me a better Jew, one who understands more, who knows more' Daniel Finkelstein 'This remarkable book takes us on a journey: geographic, historical, cultural, philosophical, political, autobiographical and, yes, religious' Michael Marmot Being Jewish Today gives an account of both the journey of a particular British Jew and the journey of millions of women and men through today's perplexing and difficult world. With honesty and integrity Rabbi Tony Bayfield breaks new ground in exploring the meaning of Jewish identity and its relationship to Jewish tradition and belief. He does so from the perspective of a person fully integrated into the modern Western world. The rigorous questions he asks of his Jewishness, Judaism and the Jewish God are therefore substantially the same as those asked by individuals of all faiths and none. Beginning with an account of the journey of Jewish people and thought from ancient times to the present day, Bayfield goes on to consider Jewish identity, Israel as land and the scourge of anti-Semitism. He then turns to the twin concerns of Torah: Halakhah – practice, and Aggadah – ethics, along with the matter of belief in a world faced with global extinction. Finally, in addressing the manifest injustice of life, Rabbi Bayfield confronts the widely evaded questions of universal suffering and divine inaction. Drawing on key religious and secular thinkers who contribute to the force of his argument, Bayfield's masterful, challenging and urgent book will appeal to all Jews, whether religious or cultural, and to anyone curious about the nature of Judaism and religion today.
Author : Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan, PhD
Publisher : CCAR Press
ISBN 13 : 0881233145
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (812 download)
Download or read book A Life of Meaning written by Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan, PhD and published by CCAR Press. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reform Judaism is constantly evolving as we continue to seek a faith that is in harmony with our beliefs and experiences. This volume offers readers a thought-provoking collection of essays by rabbis, cantors, and other scholars who differ, sometimes passionately, over religious practice, experience, and belief. Its goal is to situate Judaism in a contemporary context, and it is uniquely suited for community discussion as well as study groups.
Author : Wayne Allen
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1426995547
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (269 download)
Download or read book Further Perspectives on Jewish Law and Contemporary Issues written by Wayne Allen and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a dynamic tradition, Judaism has always relied on experts to interpret sacred texts for modern times. Responding to the questions posed to him from congregants, other rabbis, and Jews around the world, Rabbi Allen blends his special sensitivity with profound scholarship in addressing a wide range of religious issues. This book is a window into how an ancient tradition can still keep its relevance today.
Author : Alan L. Berger
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814712238
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (122 download)
Download or read book Judaism in the Modern World written by Alan L. Berger and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1994-10-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As anti-semitism finds new followers and Israel makes peace with old enemies, Jews in the modern world face constantly metamorphosizing relationships. From the eighteenth century to the present, unprecedented opportunities have grown up alongside new challenges for the Jewish people. While modern society is permitting Judaism a place, profound questions over Jewish identity are taking shape. The essays gathered in Judaism in the Modern World address the issue of Jewish persistence amidst changing forms of identity. Exploring a wide range of sources, the essayists examine historical issues, the Holocaust and its repercussions, literature, and theological dimensions while seeking the nature of Judaism in modern times. As they reassess Judaism's past while pursuing a meaningful Jewish future, these essays raise crucial questions about the tradition's central mythic structures, such as covenant and redemption. The contributors to this volume broach everything from feminism to the creation of the state of Israel. Sander Gilman illustrates how Jewish identity is inextricably linked to the physical, showing how racial identity both reflects and defines Jewishness. Raul Hilberg examines Holocaust remembrance, in the wake of Holocaust denial, as an act of revolt. A wide-ranging and thoughtful collection, Judaism in the Modern World will appeal to readers concerned with the fate of Judaism in the modern era.
Author : D. Cohn-Sherbok
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230372465
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)
Download or read book Modern Judaism written by D. Cohn-Sherbok and published by Springer. This book was released on 1996-07-03 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the post-Enlightenment, Jews have fragmented into a variety of sub-groups, each with their own religious ideology. This book provides a description as well as a critique of these various Jewish religious groups and offers an alternative model of Judaism based on an assessment of the nature of contemporary Jewish life. As will be seen, modern Jews are deeply divided on a wide variety of issues. Given this situation, no uniform pattern of Jewish existence can be imposed from above, nor is it likely to emerge from within the body of Israel. What is required instead is a philosophy of Jewish autonomy which legitimizes Jewish subjectivity and personal decision-making. This philosophy of Judaism - which is referred to in this study as 'Open Judaism' - provides a new foundation for Jewish life as Jews stand on the threshold of the third millennium.
Author : Jonathan Frankel
Publisher : Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
ISBN 13 : 0195361989
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)
Download or read book Studies in Contemporary Jewry written by Jonathan Frankel and published by Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. This book was released on 1991-06-13 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seventh volume of the acclaimed annual publication of the Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jews and Messianism in the Modern Era: Metaphor and Meaning examines the significance and meaning of messianic metaphors, themes, and ideals in modern Jewish history and culture. In addition to the standard symposia, book reviews, and lists of recent dissertations in Jewish studies, the volume includes contributions from such noted scholars of Jewish history as Jody Elizabeth Myerson on the messianic idea and Zionist ideologies; Aviezer Ravitsky on Zionism and the state of Israel as anti-messianic undertakings; Yaacov Shavit on realism and messianism in Zionism and the Yishuv; Hannan Hever on poetry and messianism in Palestine between the two world wars; Paul Mendes-Flohr on Jewish theological responses to political messianism in the Weimar Republic; and Richard Wolin on Jewish secular messianism.
Author : Lauren B. Strauss
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 081433993X
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)
Download or read book Mediating Modernity written by Lauren B. Strauss and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2008-06-02 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars of Jewish studies, German history, and religious history will appreciate this timely volume.
