Kaplan Contemporary Debates in American Reform Judaism

Conflicting Visions
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-136-05566-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten

This is a ground breaking collection of essays that takes a hard look at the Reform Movement today. Opening essays look at the problem of building a religous community, the competition in the "spiritual marketplace," and why people join or do not join a Reform synagogue. Other contributors look at a host of controversial issues including Patrilineal Descent, Outreach, Intermarriage, gender issues, gay and lesbian participation, and others.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kaplan, Dana Evan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword, Martin E. Marty; Introduction: Conflicting Visions of the Reform Movement in the United States Today, Dana Evan Kaplan; Section 1 Where We Are Today; 1. A Religious and Social Profile of Reform Judaism in the United States, Bernard M. Lazerwitz and Ephraim Tabory; 2. Reform Judaism and Modern American Community, Lewis A. Friedland; 3. Reform Judaism in the Spiritual Marketplace, Richard Cimino; 4. Why People in the Sunbelt Join a Synagogue: Jewish Religious Preference in palm Beach County, Joel Levine; Section 2 Legitimacy and Authenticity: The "Sins" of Yesterday and the Controversies of Today; 5. When Reform Judaism Was Judaism, Jacob Neusner; 6. Reform's Original Sin, Arnold Jacob Wolf; 7. From the Christmas Tree to the Yarmulke: What Separates Classical Reform from mainstream Reform? Harold S. Silver; 8. Full Churches, Empty Synagogues: a Defense of Classical Reform, Jay R. Brickman; 9. Orthodoxy Confronts Reform: The Two Hundred Years' War, Aryeh Spero; Section 3 Personal Status; 10. Not by Birth Alone: The Case for a Missionary Judaism, Alexander M. Schindler; 11. Patrilineal Descent Revisited, Steven Bayme; 12. The Importance of Outreach in Maintaining Reform's Autonomy, Diversity, and Pluralism, Eric H. Yoffie; 13. Why I Officiate at Mixed-Marriage Wedding Ceremonies, Hillel Cohn; Section 4 Gender; 14. A Worthier Place: Women, Reform Judaism, and the Presidents of Hebrew Union College, Karla Goldman; 15. Embracing Lesbians and Gay Men: A Refom Jewish Innovation, Denise L. Eger; 16. "Where Kosher Means Organic and Union Label": Bisexual Women Reembrace Their Jewish Heritage, Hinda Seif; Section 5 Visions for the Future; 17. Leadership for Profound Change: A Means for Transforming the American Reform Synagogue, Samuel K. Joseph; 18. The Legitimacy of Reform Judaism: The Impact of Israel on the United States, Ephraim Tabory; 19. Reform Judaism of the New Millennium: A Challenge, Alfred Gottschalk; 20. Transforming the Reform Jew, Sheldon Zimmerman; Afterword, W. Gunther Plaut; About the Contributors; Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dana Evan Kaplan is the Oppenstein Brothers assistant Professor of Judaic and Religous Studies in the Department of History and the director of the Danciger Program in Jewish Studies at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.