Choices In Modern Jewish Thought
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Author |
: Eugene B. Borowitz |
Publisher |
: Behrman House, Inc |
Total Pages |
: 388 |
Release |
: 1995 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0874415810 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780874415810 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Choices in Modern Jewish Thought by : Eugene B. Borowitz
Jewish philosophy responds to the challenges of today's world. By studying the ideas of great contemporary thinkers, readers will achieve a rich understanding of our contemporary spiritual needs.
Author |
: Leora Batnitzky |
Publisher |
: Princeton University Press |
Total Pages |
: 224 |
Release |
: 2011-09-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780691130729 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0691130728 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis How Judaism Became a Religion by : Leora Batnitzky
A new approach to understanding Jewish thought since the eighteenth century Is Judaism a religion, a culture, a nationality—or a mixture of all of these? In How Judaism Became a Religion, Leora Batnitzky boldly argues that this question more than any other has driven modern Jewish thought since the eighteenth century. This wide-ranging and lucid introduction tells the story of how Judaism came to be defined as a religion in the modern period—and why Jewish thinkers have fought as well as championed this idea. Ever since the Enlightenment, Jewish thinkers have debated whether and how Judaism—largely a religion of practice and public adherence to law—can fit into a modern, Protestant conception of religion as an individual and private matter of belief or faith. Batnitzky makes the novel argument that it is this clash between the modern category of religion and Judaism that is responsible for much of the creative tension in modern Jewish thought. Tracing how the idea of Jewish religion has been defended and resisted from the eighteenth century to today, the book discusses many of the major Jewish thinkers of the past three centuries, including Moses Mendelssohn, Abraham Geiger, Hermann Cohen, Martin Buber, Zvi Yehuda Kook, Theodor Herzl, and Mordecai Kaplan. At the same time, it tells the story of modern orthodoxy, the German-Jewish renaissance, Jewish religion after the Holocaust, the emergence of the Jewish individual, the birth of Jewish nationalism, and Jewish religion in America. More than an introduction, How Judaism Became a Religion presents a compelling new perspective on the history of modern Jewish thought.
Author |
: Josh Barkin |
Publisher |
: Torah Aura Productions |
Total Pages |
: 104 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781934527085 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1934527084 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Synopsis God by : Josh Barkin
Rabbinical students, young Jewish teachers and other young Jews give their personal answers to difficult questions about God.
Author |
: Michael L. Morgan |
Publisher |
: Indiana University Press |
Total Pages |
: 222 |
Release |
: 1992-11-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0253114764 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780253114761 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dilemmas in Modern Jewish Thought by : Michael L. Morgan
"MIchael Morgan has served up an intellectual treat. These subtle and carefully reasoned essays explore the dilemmas of the post-modern Jew who would take history seriously without losing the commanding presence Israel heard at Sinai.... It is a pleasure to be nourished by a fresh mind exploring the tension between reason and revelation, history and faith."Â -- Rabbi Samuel Karff "This is without doubt one of the most significant works in modern Jewish thought and a must for a thoughtful student of contemporary Jewish philosophy." -- Rabbie Sheldon Zimmerman "This may well mark the next stage in the long history of Jewish self-understanding." -- Ethics "... rigorous history of modern Jewish thought... " -- Choice Is Judaism a timeless, universal set of beliefs or, rather, is it historical and contingent in its relation to different times and places? Morgan clarifies the tensions and dilemmas that characterize modern thinking about the nature of Judaism and clears the way for Jews to appreciate their historical situation, yet locate enduring values and principles in a post-Holocaust world.
Author |
: Alan T. Levenson |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 252 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780742546066 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0742546063 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis An Introduction to Modern Jewish Thinkers by : Alan T. Levenson
Highlighting well-known Jewish thinkers from a very wide spectrum of opinion, the author addresses a range of issues, including: What makes a thinker Jewish? What makes modern Jewish thought modern? How have secular Jews integrated Jewish traditional thought with agnosticism? What do Orthodox thinkers have to teach non-Orthodox Jews and vice versa? Each chapter includes a short, judiciously chosen selection from the given author, along with questions to guide the reader through the material. Short biographical essays at the end of each chapter offer the reader recommendations for further readings and provide the low-down on which books are worth the reader's while. Introduction to Modern Jewish Thinkers represents a decade of the author's experience teaching students ranging from undergraduate age to their seventies. This is an ideal textbook for undergraduate classes.
Author |
: Arthur Allen Cohen |
Publisher |
: New York : Free Press ; London : Collier Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 1188 |
Release |
: 1988 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015016236195 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis Contemporary Jewish Religious Thought by : Arthur Allen Cohen
A collection of 140 essays by renowned figures on the fundamental concepts, beliefs and movements in historical and contemporary Jewish thought. Charity, chosen people, death, culture, family, freedom, history, love, immortality, myth, prayer, science, tradition and Torah are among the subjects addressed in this handbook of Jewish experience and thought.
Author |
: Elliot N. Dorff |
Publisher |
: Jewish Publication Society |
Total Pages |
: 169 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780827609556 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0827609558 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Synopsis Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices by : Elliot N. Dorff
In the newest addition to the Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices series, co-editors Elliot Dorff and Danya Ruttenberg have brought together a diverse group of Jews to comment on how Judaism affects their views and actions regarding sex. Contributors range from adult movie actor Ron Jeremy, to renowned feminist scholar Martha Ackelsberg, to noted writer and blogger Esther Kustanowitz, as well as rabbis, doctors, social workers, and activists. They discuss issues of monogamy, honesty, and communication in dating and marriage; testing for and disclosure of STDs; abortion, sex education, sex work, and sexuality. Each volume in this series presents hypothetical cases on specific topics, followed by traditional and contemporary sources. Supplementing these are brief essays, written by contributors of various ages, backgrounds, and viewpoints to provoke lively thought and discussion. These voices from Jewish tradition and today’s Jewish community present us with new questions and perspectives, encouraging us to consider our own moral choices in a new light.
Author |
: Elliot N. Dorff |
Publisher |
: Jewish Publication Society |
Total Pages |
: 170 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780827611245 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0827611242 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices by : Elliot N. Dorff
How do we expand health care coverage to more Americans? Are hate crimes legislation and affirmative action fair? What sacrifices must we make to protect the environment? Is the death penalty morally acceptable? Contributors include Jill Jacobs, of Jewish Funds for Justice; Arthur Waskow, director of The Shalom Center; and TV commentator and UCLA law professor Laurie Levenson.
Author |
: David Ellenson |
Publisher |
: U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages |
: 370 |
Release |
: 2014-10-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780827612143 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0827612141 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis Jewish Meaning in a World of Choice by : David Ellenson
Internationally recognized scholar David Ellenson shares twenty-three of his most representative essays, drawing on three decades of scholarship and demonstrating the consistency of the intellectual-religious interests that have animated him throughout his lifetime. These essays center on a description and examination of the complex push and pull between Jewish tradition and Western culture. Ellenson addresses gender equality, women’s rights, conversion, issues relating to who is a Jew, the future of the rabbinate, Jewish day schools, and other emerging trends in American Jewish life. As an outspoken advocate for a strong Israel that is faithful to the democratic and Jewish values that informed its founders, he also writes about religious tolerance and pluralism in the Jewish state. The former president of Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, the primary seminary of the Reform movement, Ellenson is widely respected for his vision of advancing Jewish unity and of preparing leadership for a contemporary Judaism that balances tradition with the demands of a changing world. Scholars and students of Jewish religious thought, ethics, and modern Jewish history will welcome this erudite collection by one of today’s great Jewish leaders.
Author |
: Simon Noveck |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 378 |
Release |
: 1973 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:70912464 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis Contemporary Jewish Thought by : Simon Noveck