CCAR JOURNAL: THE REFORM JEWISH QUARTERLY

Published by the Central Conference of American Rabbis

Winter 2016

FROM THE EDITOR

• At the Gates

ARTICLES

FROM THE CCAR CONVENTION

• Marking the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Acceptance of Openly Gay and Lesbian Rabbis in the Reform Movement: An Address at the 2015 CCAR Convention (Philadelphia, March 16, 2015) – Yoel H. Kahn
• How God Changes Your Brain: An Introduction to Jewish Neurotheology – Andrew Newberg
• Growing Older, Growing Better: The Impact of the Longevity Revolution – Richard F. Address

ON BEING A RABBI

• Authority and Religion: The Jewish Philosophy of Alvin J. Reines –  Anthony D. Holz
• Saying “Yes” to Mixed-Marriage Officiation: A Socio-Halachic Approach – A. Brian Stoller
• Davar Acher: Rabbis Should Stand for Jewish Marriage – Arnold S. Gluck

FROM THE SOURCES

• Rabbinic Criminal Justice – Stephen Passamaneck

CCAR JOURNAL: THE REFORM JEWISH QUARTERLY

Published by the Central Conference of American Rabbis

Spring 2016

FROM THE EDITOR

• At the Gates

ARTICLES

THIS PEOPLE ISRAEL

Toward a Vision of a Democratic Jewish State – Marc J. Rosenstein  

AGAINST THE TEXT

• Preaching against the Text: When the “Good Book” Isn’t – Erica L. Martin
• Difficult Texts – Suzanne Singer
• When God Repents – Joe Klein
• An Un-Fallen Woman – Paul Golomb
• “May Your Sould Be Bound Up in the Bond of Life”: Toward a New Liturgy for Taharah – Jeremy Weisblatt

MAAYANOT (PRIMARY SOURCES)

• Two Sermons: Text Commentary – Marc Saperstein

FROM THE SOURCES

• Elijah: The peripatetic Prophet – Mark Verman

ON BEING A RABBI

• Theists and Non-Theists – Rifat Sonsino

POETRY

• An Accounting on the Day of Atonement – Daniel E. Bridge
• Nomenclature – Reeve Robert Brenner

BOOK REVIEWS

• For This You Were Created: Memoir of an American Rabbi – Samuel Karff, Review by Evan Moffic
• Worthwhile Books by Worthy Disciples of Mordecai M. Kaplan—A Review Essay – Elliot B. Gertel
  • A Jewish Philosophical Response to the New Atheists— Dawkins, Dennett, Harris, and Hitchens – William E. Kaufman
  • Democratizing Judaism – Jack J. Cohen 

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CCAR JOURNAL: THE REFORM JEWISH QUARTERLY

Published by the Central Conference of American Rabbis

Summer 2016

FROM THE EDITOR

• At the Gates

ARTICLES

RABBI EUGENE B. BOROWITZ, ZICHRONO LIV’RAKHA

• Loving God, Loving Torah, and Loving Others – Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi
• The Emergence of Postmodern Jewish Theology and Philosophy – Peter Ochs

FROM THE SOURCES

• A Striking Contrast – Stephen Passamaneck
• Abraham Joshua Heschel and The Prophets: A Publishing Saga – Barry L. Shwartz

MAAYANOT (PRIMARY SOURCES)

• Agnon in Miniture: “Ahl HaTorah” – Norman Patz and Naomi Patz

ON BEING A RABBI

• A History of Reform Rabbinic Placement, Part 2: The Critical Years—1962-1967 – Alan Henkin
• The Interim Rabbi: Anatomy of Transition – Darryl P. Crystal
• The Legacy of Solomon Scheckter – Michael A. Meyer
• Some Reflections of the Spatial Significance of the House of Living Judaism – Sanford Seltzer
• Learning to Embody Naaseh V’Nishma – Jill Cozen-Harel
• Thank you, Rabbi Issac Meyer Wise: On an Evolving Jewish Education – Lester Polonsky

TO THE EDITOR – Bard Schactel

POETRY

• Poems for S’lichot – Brad L. Bloom

BOOK REVIEWS

• Eugene B. Borowitz: Rethinking God and Ethics, Library of Contemporary Jewish Philosophy, vol. 4 -Eugene B. Borowitz, Edited by Hava Tirosh- Samuelson and Aaron W. Hughes, Reviewed by Phil Cohen
• Rabbi, Run – Elliot Strom, Reviewed by Hesch Sommer
• While Skies Were Falling: The Exodus and the Cosmos – Reeve Robert Brenner, Reviewed by Nathan M. Landman

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CCAR JOURNAL: THE REFORM JEWISH QUARTERLY

Published by the Central Conference of American Rabbis

Fall 2016

FROM THE EDITOR

• At the Gates

ARTICLES

ON BEING A RABBI

• The Gang of Five: The Impact of Five German Rabbinic Students on Twentieth-Century Reform Judaism (Part 1) – Richard Damashek
• Avoidance by One-Liner – Thomas A. Louchheim
• The Handmainden’s View from the Roof: Construction a Reform Medical Ethics for End of Life – Benj Fried

THIS PEOPLE ISRAEL

• Engaging, Artistic Invitations to Jewish Life: The Synagogues of Percival Goodman – Elliot B. Gertel
• It’s the Economy, Schmendrik: An Economic Approach to American Judaism – Matthew A. Kraus

FROM THE SOURCES

• Adonai Over the Mighty Waters (Psalms 29:3) – Simeon J. Maslin
• Weapons Control and Jewish Law – Stephen M. Passamaneck
• Hebrew Slavery in Egypt: How Long and How Come: A Traditional Perspective – Iam Silverman
• Roundnessand Redemption: A New Spin on Latkes – Ramie Arian

MAAYANOT (PRIMARY SOURCES)

• Sacred Pearls from the Anthology Our Ols Treasure by B. Yeushson – Edward Zerin

POETRY

• The Mantle – Samuel Broude
• The Land Lover – Brandon Marlon
• War Song – Miriam C. Jacobs

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