Communities of Meaning: Conversations on Modern Jewish Life Inspired by Rabbi Larry Hoffman

Conversations on Modern Jewish Life Inspired by Rabbi Larry Hoffman
Herausgeber: Skloot, Joseph A.; Grushcow, Lisa J.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A collection of essays on the teachings and writings of Rabbi Larry Hoffman by 36 Jewish community leaders.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Behrman House Inc., U.S.
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 160mm x 238mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9781681150963
• ISBN-10: 1681150964
• Artikelnr.: 68503726

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Rabbi Daniel Zemel 
Foreword by Rabbi Carole Balin 
Piece by Dr. Rabbi Joel M. Hoffman
Introduction by Joseph A. Skloot and Lisa J. Grushcow 
 
Part 1. The Worship Revolution 
Section 1: Worship as Drama 
Chapter 1: Liturgy as Art by Rabbi Sonja Pilz 
Chapter 2: Worship: A conversation and vision by Professor Janet Walton 
Chapter 3: Creativity is our Birthright by Liz A. Lerman 
 
Section 2: Writing Prayers 
Chapter 4: Memory, Vulnerability, and Return by Rabbi Angela Warnick
Buchdahl 
Chapter 5: Bridge of One’s Own by Rabbi David E. Stern 
Chapter 6: How Prayers Mean by Rabbi Dalia Marx 
 
Section 3: Reimagining Jewish Worship 
Chapter 7: Notes on a Theology of the Internet by Rabbi Jodie M. Gordon and
Rabbi Rachel Steiner 
Chapter 8: Future of Jewish Prayer by Rabbi Daniel Medwin 
Chapter 9: Jewish Values Shaped by Sacred Space by Dr. Richard S. Vosko 
Chapter 10: Building Bridges by Yolanda Savage-Narva 
 
Part 2. Rethinking North American Judaism 
 
Section 4: You Are Here 
Chapter 11: A Faith Bounded by Reason by Professor Andrew Rehfeld 
Chapter 12: To be a Jewish Community, Worthy of that Name by Rabbi Arnold
Eisen 
Chapter 13: Reconstructing “belong” by Rabbi Deborah Waxman 
Chapter 14: A View from Outside by Rabbi Daniel A. Judson 
Section 5: From Common Cold to Uncommon Healing 
Chapter 15: Living at the Margins by Rabbi Shira I. Milgrom 
Chapter 16: Finding God with Other People by Rabbi Noa Rachael Kushner 
Chapter 17: From Common Cold to Uncommon Pandemic  by Professor Jonathan D.
Sarna 
 
Section 6: Non-Jews and Jewish Lifecycle Liturgy 
Chapter 18: Abraham or Ruth? by Rabbi Joshua M. Davidson 
Chapter 19: The Place Where Tradition and the World Collide by Rabbi Hilly
Haber 
Section 7: The Jewish Leader You Want to Be 
Chapter 20: Speaking Differently by Cantor Sarah Grabiner 
Chapter 21: Artists of the Jewish Message by Rabbi Joshua I. Beraha 
 
Part 3. On What Jews Do and Believe 
 
Section 8: What Counts for Jewish Knowledge
Chapter 22: What will “Jew” be? by Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur 
Chapter 23: A Foot in Each Camp: Pushing the Boundaries of Both by Rabbi
Tony Bayfield 
Chapter 24: In Conversation with Silence by Rabbi Emily Langowitz 
Section 9: Authenticity 
Chapter 25: What Does it mean to be authentically Jewish by Cantor Jill
Abramson 
Chapter 26: On Authenticity by Rabbi Yael Splansky 
Chapter 27: Choose Life by Rabbi Daniel Reiser 
Section 10: Land of the Sick 
Chapter 28: We Do Not Know What to Do by Rabbi Nicole Kauffman Roberts 
Chapter 29: Time Zone of the Kingdom of the Sick by Rabbi Elliott Kukla 
 
Section 11: I Do Believe 
Chapter 30: Faith and Hope in Time of Challenge by Rabbi David H. Ellenson 
Chapter 31: Hoffman’s Metafaith by Rabbi Gordon Tucker 
 
Section 12: Recovery of Hope 
Chapter 32: Ideas Matter by Professor Gordon W. Lathrop 
Chapter 33: Ideas that Matter by Rabbi Margaret Moers Wenig 
About the Contributors