The Reform Jewish Quarterly Spring 2026

CCAR Journal: The Reform Jewish Quarterly

Published by the Central Conference of American Rabbis

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Spring 2026: The World Union for Progressive Judaism at One Hundred

From the Editors

  • At the Gates
    Guest Editors: Rabbi Daniel H. Freelander and Rabbi Professor Deborah Kahn-Harris

Articles

  • Mattuck, Montagu, and Montefiore: Their Role in the Foundation of the World Union for Progressive Judaism — Pam Fox, PhD
  • The Training of Rabbis for Progressive Judaism Outside of North America — Rabbi Dr. Michael J. Shire
  • Netzer at Fifty: Closing the Gap Between Promise and Power — Yonatan Glaser
  • How We Do Liturgy: One Hundred Years of Prayerful Partnerships — Cantor Sarah Grabiner
  • The Development and Evolution of Reform and Liberal Judaism in the United Kingdom — Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Romain
  • Mai D’hava Hava: Progressive Judaism’s European Renewal After the Shoah — Rabbi Lea Mühlstein
  • A Short History of Progressive Judaism in South Africa — Rabbi Greg Alexander
  • Progressive Judaism in South America: A WUPJ Historical Chapter on Argentina and Brazil — Rabbi Sergio Bergman
  • A History of Progressive Judaism in Australia and Aotearoa-New Zealand — Rabbi Dr. Esther Jilovsky
  • Not by Might, Nor by Power: The Journey of Reform Judaism in Israel—From the Margins to the Heart of Israeli Society — Anna Kislanski

Book Reviews

  • Israelite Religion: From Tribal Beginnings to Scribal Legacy by Karel van der Toorn — Reviewed by Kristine Henriksen Garroway, PhD
  • Mussar in Recovery: A Jewish Spiritual Path to Serenity and Joy by Hannah L. with Rabbi Harvey Winokur — Review by Rabbi Daniel K. Alter

Poetry

  • Sighting — Molly Kirschner
  • Erev — Molly Kirschner
  • I Am Black and I Am Beautiful — Amanda Bradley
  • Missing Marker — Rabbi Dr. Israel Bobrov Zoberman
  • A Farmer’s Mezuzah — Roger Nash, PhD
  • At 95 I Look Ahead — Rabbi Norman Hirsh
  • News From Home — Tova Gannana
  • Little Gloria — Jessica Greenbaum
  • Dream after My Daughter Went Home — Jessica Greenbaum

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