The Reform Jewish Quarterly Summer 2017

CCAR JOURNAL: THE REFORM JEWISH QUARTERLY

Published by the Central Conference of American Rabbis

SUMMER 2017

FROM THE EDITOR

ARTICLES

FROM THE SOURCES

  • Exile: Theological Anachronism or the Unresolved Condition of the Jewish People- Sanford Seltzer
  • Where was Adam?- Charles David Isbell
  • Job and Leviathan: A Biblical Counter-Narrative for a Theology of Chaos- Benj Fried
  • The Sibling of Tikkun Olam– Stephen Passamaneck

FROM THE CONVENTION

  • CCAR Presidential Sermon- David Stern

ON BEING A RABBI

  • Building Toward a Meaningful High Holy Day Liturgy For Community-Based Hospice Patients- Amy Goodman and Joel Baron
  • Two Ways to a Beleif in God- Adam D. Fisher
  • Religious Frontiers: Can We Do Better?- Anthony Holz
  • Problems with Theism: The Issue of Reinterpretation of Various Religious Concepts- Rifat Sonsino
  • Positive Judaism: A First Look for Clergy and Jewish Leaderes- Darren Levine
  • The Gang of Five: The Impact of Five German Rabbinic Students on Twentieth-Century Reform Judaism (Part 2)- Richard Damashek

THIS PEOPLE ISRAEL

  • A Forgotten Reformer and a Window on History- Edward Breuer
  • Uman: Pilgrimage and Prayer- Shai Afsai

POETRY

  • At Maidanek– Israel Zoberman
  • How You Wander (for Jesse Friedman z’l)– Kendrah Raye Whyte

BOOK REVIEWS

  • Once More with Feeling 
  • A lifetime of Genesis: An Exploration of and Personal Journey through the Covenant of Abraham in Genesis– Henry A. Zoob, Reviewed by Jonathan Brown
  • The JPS Bible Commentary: Song of Songs- Commentary by Mihael Fishbane, Reviewed by David J. Zucker
  • Becoming a Soulful Educator – Aryeh Ben David, Reviewed by Eliot J. Baskin

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