CCAR JOURNAL: THE REFORM JEWISH QUARTERLY

Published by the Central Conference of American Rabbis

Winter 2015

Symposim: Poetry After Auschwitz

FROM THE EDITOR

• At the Gates

ARTICLES

SYMPOSIUM: POETRY AFTER AUSCHWITZ

• Introduction to Poetry After Auschwitz, Bruce Kadden
• Adorno, Celan, and the Dictum against Poetry after Auschwitz, Nicolaas P. Barr Clingan
• Silence and Words after Auschwitz, Bruce Kadden
• “The Holocaust without Smoke”: Irena Klepfisz’s “Bashert,” Lisa Marcus
• The Moral Responsibility of Survival? Victims, Poetry, and Conflict after Auschwitz, Beth Kraig

MAAYANOT (PRIMARY SOURCES)

• Selections from Arnold B. Erhlich’s Die Psalmen (The Psalms), Bernard H. Mehlman and Gabriel E. Padawer

FROM THE SOURCES

• The Human God and the Divine Human: “And” or “Or,” Amy Scheinerman
• Of Mice and Men, “Idiots First,” and Genesis 22, David J. Zucker
• (Re-)Naming the Tradition: Jo Sinclair’s Wasteland as a Lesbian Jewish Novel, Wendy Zierler

ON BEING A RABBI

• “For I Have Given You Good Counselors, You Shall Not Forsake Them,” Daniel Utley
• Making the Undiscussable Discussable, David A. Whiman
• The Palestinian Arab Citizens of Israel, Stanley A. Ringler
• It’s Time to End Our Silence on Syria, Nicole Roberts

POETRY

• Of Course, I do not know, Benjamin Z. Rudavsky
• The Divine Tragedy, Norman Gordon
• The West Bank, Norman Gordon
• Not Ready Yet, Norman Gordon

POETRY AFTER AUSCHWITZ

BOOK REVIEWS

• Behind Heschel’s Theology – A Review Essay, Elliot B. Gertel
  • Abraham Joshua Heschel: The Call of Transcendence, Shai Held
  • Theodicy of Culture and the Jewish Ethos: David Keigen’s Contribution to the Sociology of Religion, Martina Urban
  • Abraham Heschel and the Phenomenon of Piety, Joseph Harp Britton

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CCAR JOURNAL: THE REFORM JEWISH QUARTERLY

Published by the Central Conference of American Rabbis

Fall 2015

FROM THE EDITOR

• At the Gates

ARTICLES

SYMPOSIUM: YOUTH ENGAGEMENT

• Guest Editors’ Introduction, Michael White and Karen Thomashow
• Kids Today: A Brief Psycho-Social Overview, Samuel K. Joseph and Betsy Stone
• Revolutionizing Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Isa Aron
• Spark! Spiritual Engagement of Jewish Adolescents, Michael Shire
• Not Just Pitching a Tent in the School: What Jewish Specialty Camps Teach Us About Engaging Teens, Michael Shapiro Abraham
• Jewish Youth Engagement and Social Justice, Jonah Pesner
• “Don’t Talk At Us, Walk With Us”: BBYO’s Growing Teen Movement, David M. Kessel and Ira J. Dounn
• Professionalizing the Field, Melissa Frey
• An Overview of the Union for Reform Judaism’s Youth Strategy, Bradley Solmsen

FROM THE SOURCES

• Postbiblical R&B: Reuben’s Rhythms and Bilhah’s Blues, Daniel J. Zucker and Moshe Reiss
• Giving Voice to the Unspeakable: Rabbinic Responses to Disaster, Amy Scheinerman
• How the Son of the Kingfish Became an Advocate for Societ Jewry, David Goldstein

POETRY

• Welcoming Arms Well Armed, Reeve Robert Brenner
• D-G Spelled Backwards? An Ode, Daniel Polish