The Reform Jewish Quarterly Fall 2017

CCAR JOURNAL: THE REFORM JEWISH QUARTERLY

Published by the Central Conference of American Rabbis

FALL 2017

FROM THE EDITOR

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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