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American Jewish thought since 1934 : writings on identity, engagement, and belief /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Marmur, Michael (Editor), Ellenson, David Harry, 1947- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, [2020]
Series:Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series (Unnumbered)
Brandeis library of modern Jewish thought.
Subjects:
Jewish philosophy > 20th century.
Jewish philosophy > 21st century.
Jewish philosophy > United States.
1900-2099
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • I. God
  • 1. Mordecai M. Kaplan, The Future of the American Jew
  • 2. Abraham Joshua Heschel, Man Is Not Alone
  • 3. Hans Jonas, "The Concept of God After Auschwitz: A Jewish Voice"
  • 4. Richard L. Rubenstein, After Auschwitz
  • 5. Eliezer Berkovits, Faith After the Holocaust
  • 6. Erich Fromm, You Shall Be as Gods
  • 7. Marcia Falk, "Notes on Composing New Blessings: Toward a Feminist-Jewish Reconstruction of Prayer"
  • 8. Edward L. Greenstein, "'To You Do I Call': A Critique of Impersonal Prayer"
  • 9. Sandra B. Lubarsky, "Reconstructing Divine Power"
  • 10. Rebecca Alpert, "Location, Location, Location: Toward a Theology of Prepositions"
  • II. Revelation and Commandment
  • 11. Marvin Fox, The Condition of Jewish Belief
  • 12. Aharon Lichtenstein, The Condition of Jewish Belief
  • 13. Will Herberg, Judaism and Modern Man
  • 14. Jakob J. Petuchowski, "Revelation and the Modern Jew"
  • 15. Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Halakhic Man
  • 16. Benjamin H. Sommer, Revelation and Authority
  • 17. Tamar Ross, Expanding the Palace of Torah
  • 18. Eugene B. Borowitz, Renewing the Covenant
  • 19. Susan Handelman, "'Crossing and Recrossing the Void'"
  • 20. David Novak, "Is the Covenant a Bilateral Relationship?"
  • 21. Rachel Adler, Engendering Judaism
  • 22. Mara H. Benjamin, The Obligated Self
  • III. Spirituality
  • 23. Arnold Jacob Wolf, "Against Spirituality"
  • 24. Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Halakhic Man
  • 25. Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Sabbath
  • 26. Arthur Green, Jewish Spirituality/Seek My Face, Speak My Name
  • 27. Daniel C. Matt, God and the Big Bang
  • 28. Zalman Schachter- Shalomi, Paradigm Shift
  • 29. Marcia Prager, The Path of Blessing
  • 30. Nancy Flam, "Healing the Spirit"
  • 31. Arthur Waskow, Down- to-Earth Judaism
  • 32. Sheila Weinberg, "Images of God: Closeness and Power"
  • IV. Hermeneutics and Politics
  • 33. Michael Fishbane, Sacred Attunement
  • 34. Steven Kepnes, The Future of Jewish Theology
  • 35. Jose Faur, Golden Doves with Silver Dots
  • 36. David Hartman, A Heart of Many Rooms
  • 37. Leo Strauss, "Jerusalem and Athens"
  • 38. Hannah Arendt, "The Jew as Pariah"
  • 39. Michael Walzer, Exodus and Revolution
  • 40. Mitchell Cohen, "In Defense of Shaatnez"
  • 41. Jill Jacobs, There Shall Be No Needy
  • 42. Meir Kahane, "Down with Chanukah!"
  • V. The Holocaust and Israel
  • 43. Jacob Neusner, Stranger at Home
  • 44. Joel Teitelbaum, Vayoel Moshe
  • 45. Emil L. Fackenheim, The Jewish Return into History and Other Writings
  • 46. Eliezer Berkovits, Faith After the Holocaust
  • 47. David R. Blumenthal, Facing the Abusing God
  • 48. Irving Greenberg, "The Ethics of Jewish Power Today"
  • 49. Marc H. Ellis, Toward a Jewish Theology of Liberation
  • 50. Judith Butler, Parting Ways: Jewishness and the Critique of Zionism
  • 51. Ruth R. Wisse, Jews and Power
  • 52. Daniel Gordis, We Stand Divided
  • 53. Daniel Boyarin and Jonathan Boyarin, "Diaspora".