Dana Evan Kaplan

New Reform Judaism (eBook, ePUB)

Challenges and Reflections

• Format: ePub

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Jewish Publication Society
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780827614314
• Artikelnr.: 72429593

Autorenporträt

Dana Evan Kaplan is the rabbi of the United Congregation of Israelites in Kingston, Jamaica, and former rabbi of Temple B’nai Israel in Albany, Georgia. He is the author of Contemporary American Judaism: Transformation and Renewal, The Cambridge Companion to American Judaism, and American Reform Judaism: An Introduction. Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie is president emeritus of the Union for Reform Judaism. Rabbi Rick Jacobs is president of the Union for Reform Judaism.  

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Understanding the New Reform Judaism
Chapter 1. In Search of a Reform Jewish Theology
Chapter 2. A Brief History of the American Reform Movement
Chapter 3. To Observe or Not to Observe?
Chapter 4. A New Reform Revolution in Worship and Practice
Chapter 5. A New Reform Revolution in Values and Ethics
Chapter 6. Who Is a (Reform) Jew?
Chapter 7. On the Boundaries of Reform
Chapter 8. Seeking the Spiritual
Conclusion: The Promise of Reform Judaism
Afterword by Rabbi Rick Jacobs
Timeline of Significant Events
Notes
Glossary
Index