Examines Jewish dedication to causes of equality, human rights and peace, showing how the idea of justice shapes Jewish attitudes even as the community wrestles with its instincts for self-preservation and its desire to serve as a "light to the nations."
Examines Jewish dedication to causes of equality, human rights and peace, showing how the idea of justice shapes Jewish attitudes even as the community wrestles with its instincts for self-preservation and its desire to serve as a "light to the nations."Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Rabbi Sidney Schwarz is a social entrepreneur, an author and a political activist. He founded and led PANIM: The Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values for twenty-one years. He is also the founding rabbi of Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation in Bethesda, Maryland, where he continues to teach and lead services. Currently, he serves as a senior fellow at Clal-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership where he is involved in a program that trains rabbis to be visionary spiritual leaders. He is the author of Jewish Megatrends: Charting the Course of the American Jewish Future; Finding a Spiritual Home: How a New Generation of Jews Can Transform the American Synagogue and Judaism and Justice: The Jewish Passion to Repair the World. Rabbi Sidney Schwarz is available to speak on the following topics: * Jewish Megatrends: Charting the Course of the American Jewish Future * Tribal vs. Covenantal Identity: Jews and the American Public Square * Finding a Spiritual Home: Redefining the Religious Enterprise * Reaching the Jewish Community of the 21st Century: Educating for Jewish Citizenship * Between Conscience and Solidarity * Can Social Justice Save the Jewish Soul? Click here to contact the author.
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Foreword by Ruth Messinger Acknowledgments Introduction PART I. The Jewish Condition 1. The Purpose of Judaism 2. The Exodus-Sinai Continuum of Jewish Life PART II. Sinai 3. Genesis: Abraham and "the Call" 4. Exodus: Embracing the Covenant 5. Leviticus: Roadmap to a More Perfect World 6. Numbers: From Wilderness to Prophecy 7. Deuteronomy: How Central Is God? 8. Sinai Applied: Seven Core Values of the Rabbinic Tradition PART III. Exodus and Sinai in America 9. The American Jewish Community and the Public Square 10. Jews and the Struggle for Civil Rights 11. Soviet Jewry: A Cause of Our Own 12. Protecting and Defending the State of Israel PART IV. A New Era 13. What Is a Jewish Issue? 14. Beyond Self-Interest 15. Social Justice Takes Root 16. Reconciling Exodus and Sinai 17. Conclusion: Responding to "the Call" Resource List of Jewish Social Justice / Community Service Organizations Interviews Endnotes Bibliography Index
Foreword by Ruth Messinger Acknowledgments Introduction PART I. The Jewish Condition 1. The Purpose of Judaism 2. The Exodus-Sinai Continuum of Jewish Life PART II. Sinai 3. Genesis: Abraham and "the Call" 4. Exodus: Embracing the Covenant 5. Leviticus: Roadmap to a More Perfect World 6. Numbers: From Wilderness to Prophecy 7. Deuteronomy: How Central Is God? 8. Sinai Applied: Seven Core Values of the Rabbinic Tradition PART III. Exodus and Sinai in America 9. The American Jewish Community and the Public Square 10. Jews and the Struggle for Civil Rights 11. Soviet Jewry: A Cause of Our Own 12. Protecting and Defending the State of Israel PART IV. A New Era 13. What Is a Jewish Issue? 14. Beyond Self-Interest 15. Social Justice Takes Root 16. Reconciling Exodus and Sinai 17. Conclusion: Responding to "the Call" Resource List of Jewish Social Justice / Community Service Organizations Interviews Endnotes Bibliography Index
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