CCAR JOURNAL: THE REFORM JEWISH QUARTERLY

Published by the Central Conference of American Rabbis

CONTENTS

Symposium Issue on Jewish Perspectives on Finances and the Marketplace

FROM THE EDITOR

At the Gate – בשער

ARTICLES

Introduction: Jewish Perspectives on Finances and the Marketplace
Karyn D. Kedar

Full Faith and Credit: Jewish Views on Debt and Bankruptcy
Edward Elkin

Housing Transactions, Transparency, and Halachah: A Proposal
Jonathan Cohen and A. Brian Stoller

Tzedakah, Recession, and Social Policy
CCAR Responsa Committee
Mark Washofsky, Chair

The Rabbi as Philanthropic Advisor
Ellen Flax

Ethical Priorities in Giving Tzedakah
Ruth Adar

The Biblical Debtor’s Release (Deuteronomy 15:1-3): Bankruptcy It Isn’t-Or Is It?
Robin Nafshi

Money, Schism, and the Creation of American Reform Judaism
Dan Judson

The Decline and Fall of the Interest Ban
Hillel Gamoran

POETRY

In the Black Night Vayishlach
John L. Rosove

BOOK REVIEWS

The Legacy of Our Reform Kibbutzim: Can We Renew the Dream- A Review Essay

Light in the Arava? Yahel: Dialogue and a Joint Undertaking between the Kibbutz Movement and the Reform Movement
Gidon Elad

Zion in the Desert: American Jews in Israel’s Reform Kibbutzim
William F.S Miles

Reviewed by Debra Goldstein

Jewish Law in Transition
Hillel Gamoran Reviewed by Herbert Bronstein

An Unsettling God: The Heart of the Hebrew Bible
Walter Brueggemann Reviewed by Mordecai Schreiber

The Sights Along the Harbor
Harvey Shapiro Reviewed by Adam D. Fisher

The Modern Men’s Torah Commentary: New Insights from Jewish Men on the 54 Weekly Torah Portions
Edited by Jeffrey K. Salkin Reviewed by Jeffrey Brown

The Passionate Torah: Sex and Judaism
Edited by Danya Ruttenberg Reviewed by Ruth Gelfarb

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CCAR JOURNAL: THE REFORM JEWISH QUARTERLY

Published by the Central Conference of American Rabbis

CONTENTS

Symposium Issue on Politics and Spirituality

FROM THE EDITOR

At the Gate – בשער

ARTICLES

Establishing A Foundation

Politics: A Prophetic Call to Rabbis
Richard N. Levy

Not Your Father’s (or Your Mother’s) Advocacy: The Moral Voice of the Rabbi in Challenging Times
Marla J. Feldman

Ritual Versus Justice: Must We Choose?
Suzanne Singer

Dissent from the Dissenters
Clifford E. Librach

When Rabbis Take Positions

Principles of Rabbinic Advocacy

Same-Gender Marriages from the Intersection of Faith and Politics
Arthur Gross Schaefer and Robert Cornwall

The Ballot, the Bimah, and the Tax Code
Ellen P. Aprill

Liberal Dilemma: The Prophetic Mandate versus Religion-State Separation in Reform Political Discourse
A. Brian Stoller

Examples of Rabbinic Advocacy

Rabbis for Obama: The Role of Rabbinic Leadership in the 2008 Presidential Campaign
Samuel N. Gordon

Rabbis for Obama: A Rabbi for Obama
Steven Bob

Scariest Night
Jerrold Goldstein

It Wasn’t a Giant Leap but a Natural Next Step
Allen I. Freehling

When Congregations Take Positions

The Jewish Case for Community Organizing

Power Precedes Program: Relationships and Politics in the Pulpit
Larry Bach

Where the Sanctuary and the Public Square Meet: The Story of Temple Israel’s “Vote No on One” Campaign
Stephanie D. Kolin

POETRY

For Yaakov Ari Ringler
Stanley Chyet z”l

Shofar
Debra R. Hachen

BOOK REVIEWS

Just Torah- A Review Essay

Whose Torah? A Concise Guide to Progressive Judaism
Rebecca T. Alpert

Righteous Indignation: A Jewish Call for Justice
Edited by Or N. Rose, Jo Ellen Green kaiser, and Margie Klein
Reviewed by Eric Caplan

Drawing in the Dust
Zoe Klein Reviewed by Pamela Wax

From Rebel to Rabbi: Reclaiming Jesus and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture
Matthew Hoffman Reviewed by David Fox Sandmel

 

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