CCAR JOURNAL: THE REFORM JEWISH QUARTERLY

Published by the Central Conference of American Rabbis

FALL 2017

FROM THE EDITOR

• At the Gates

ARTICLES

ARZA AT 40

• The Origins of ARZA – Michael S. Satz
• The Future of Reform Zionism – Lawrence A. Englander
• The Four Principles of Reform Zionism – Eric H. Yoffie
• ARZA: A Forty-Year Perspective – Ammiel Hirsch
• Reimagining Our Approach to Hebrew in the American Reform Movement: From the Language of the Sacred and S’fat Em to S’fat HaAm – Andrew S. Ergas
• ARZA at Forty: A New Zionism for a New Generation – Josh Weinberg

FROM THE SOURCES

• God Shan’t Blush – Scott Saulson
• The Bitter Waters at Marah and the Crossing of the Sea: Prayer, Comic Relief, and Trials – Edward S. Boraz

THIS PEOPLE ISRAEL

• The Legend of Jewish Sages Who Join Muhammad and Write the Qur’an – Reuven Firestone
• Digital Judaism and the Cybernetic Yavneh: A Sketch and a Proposal – Peter Margolis

POETRY

• Lay Quiet – Brad Bloom

BOOK REVIEWS

• Details of American Jewish History – A Review Essay – The Synagogue in America: A Short History – by Marc Lee Raphael, Reviewed by Elliot B. Gertel
• JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary – by Jeffrey K. Salkin, Reviewed by Mark Glickman
• The Man Who Never Stopped Sleeping – by Aharon Appelfeld, Translated by Jeffrey M. Green, Reviewed by Israel Zoberman

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CCAR JOURNAL: THE REFORM JEWISH QUARTERLY

Published by the Central Conference of American Rabbis

Winter 2017

FROM THE EDITOR

• At the Gates

ARTICLES

SYMPOSIUM: MILLENIAL ENGAGEMENT

• Guest Editors’ Introduction – Ben Spratt and Joshua Stanton

LEGACY INSTITUTION AND EMERGENT COMMUNITY

• Innovation in All Generations – Peter J. Rubenstein and Andrew N. Bachman
• Inserting a “Disruptor” into the Jewish Spiritual Marketplace – Paul Yedwab
• Attending to the Multiplicities – Lydia Medwin and Jessica Gross
• Organizational Collaboration and Millenial Engagement – Jaclyn F. Cohen and Jason R. Levine
• Investing in Our Infrastructure: Why Congregations Matter Now More Than Ever – Aaron Miller

MIND OF A MILLENIAL

• Millenial Engagement and the Problem of Loneliness – Marc Katz
• Jewish Millenials and Millenial Judaism – Kerry M. Olitzky
• Breast Practices: How a Lactation Support Group Taught Me the Possibility of Jewish Community – Amanda Schwartz
• “I Want You to Want Me”: A Reflection on the Need for Obligation and Covenant – Sara Luria
• Finding the Way to Friday – Jessica Minnen
• Millenial-Y’all: Working with Jews in the South – Atthew Dreffin
• Israel: A Diaspora Dialogue – Hannah Ellenson and Jacqueline Koch Ellenson

MILLENIAL RESPONSA

• The Meaning of Life – Amanda Greene and Seth Limmer
• Innovative Tradition – Kimberly Herzog Cohen and David Stern
• Intergenerational Responsa – Jeremy Weisblatt and Edwin Goldberg
• Millenials, Jewish Values, and Climate Change – Jason R. Levine and Ruth A. Zlotnick

BOOK REVIEWS

• Siddur Lev Shalem: For Shabbat and Festivals – Edward Feld, Senior Editor, Reviewed by Jeffrey Brown
• Eight Questions of Faith: Biblical Challenges that Guide and Ground Our Lives – Niles Elliot Goldstein, Reviewed by Peter Knobel

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CCAR JOURNAL: THE REFORM JEWISH QUARTERLY

Published by the Central Conference of American Rabbis

FROM THE EDITOR

• At The Gates

ARTICLES

THINKING ABOUT REFORM LITURGY

• The Problem with Petitionary Prayer – Seymour Prystowsky
• The Problem with Petitionary Prayer: A Responce – Peter S. Knobel
• Theology of the Siddur—Reflections – Stephen M. Wylen
• It’s the Theology, My Beloved – Mark H. Sameth
• Spinoza, Mishkan HaNefesh, and Us – Edwin Cole Goldberg

ON BEING A RABBI

• The Eye Cannot See Itself: Designed Blindness in Rabbinic Practice – David A. Whiman
• Deep Calling to Deep: Religious Imagination and Rabbinic Mentoring – Steven G. Sager

THIS PEOPLE ISRAEL

• A Jewish Knight in Shining Armor – David S. Goldstein

FROM THE SOURCES

• A Rumination on a Creational Covenant, the Outstretched Arm of Abraham, and the Death of Sarah – J. Jonathan Schraub
• Ezekiel—Shame and Blame – David J. Zucker and Moshe Reiss
• The Other Lessons of Jonah – Daniel F. Polish
• The Divine Order Affirmed and Undone: The Law-Court Motif in the Book of Iyov – Anson H. Laytner
• Biblical Filicide—Exceptions to the Norm – Yossi Feintuch

MAAYANOT (PRIMARY SOURCES)

• Sacred Pearls from the Anthology – Edward Zerin

POETRY

• Not a Careless Scribe – Janice Ginsberg Rubin

BOOK REVIEWS

• Why People Pray – Mordecai Schreiber, Reviewed by David J. Zucker
• Becoming a Soulful Educator – Aryeh Ben David, Reviewed by Eliot J. Baskin

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CCAR JOURNAL: THE REFORM JEWISH QUARTERLY

Published by the Central Conference of American Rabbis

SUMMER 2017

FROM THE EDITOR

• At the Gates

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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