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Studies in Judaism and Pluralism: Honoring the 60th Anniversary of the Academy for Jewish Religion

The concept of pluralism -- embracing Jews from across the religious spectrum -- is the wave of the future in the Jewish community... but the Academy for Jewish Religion has been living pluralism for 60 years. Pluralism has always been in its DNA.

In 1956, at the height of denominationalism, the founders of the Academy for Jewish Religion realized that the future of the Jewish People was in acceptance and inclusiveness, cherishing and learning from the other. For sixty years the Academy for Jewish Religion has served within the Jewish community as the leader in the pluralistic training of rabbis, cantors and, more recently, graduate students. This volume celebrates this milestone anniversary.


Studies in Judaism and Pluralism explores pluralism in theory and practice. From questions of philosophy and law to matters of liturgy and practice, this volume explores how Jewish communities can live with co-existing commitments to non-negotiable, contradicting beliefs.


Its essays include classic articles and contributions written for this volume. Its sections include: Theories of Pluralism - Pluralism in the Jewish Sources - Diversity and Pluralism in Today's Jewish Communities - Pluralistic Approaches to Jewish Practice - Pluralism in Jewish Education - Jews and Others in Today's World

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Studies in Judaism and Pluralism: Honoring the 60th Anniversary of the Academy for Jewish Religion

The concept of pluralism -- embracing Jews from across the religious spectrum -- is the wave of the future in the Jewish community... but the Academy for Jewish Religion has been living pluralism for 60 years. Pluralism has always been in its DNA.

In 1956, at the height of denominationalism, the founders of the Academy for Jewish Religion realized that the future of the Jewish People was in acceptance and inclusiveness, cherishing and learning from the other. For sixty years the Academy for Jewish Religion has served within the Jewish community as the leader in the pluralistic training of rabbis, cantors and, more recently, graduate students. This volume celebrates this milestone anniversary.


Studies in Judaism and Pluralism explores pluralism in theory and practice. From questions of philosophy and law to matters of liturgy and practice, this volume explores how Jewish communities can live with co-existing commitments to non-negotiable, contradicting beliefs.


Its essays include classic articles and contributions written for this volume. Its sections include: Theories of Pluralism - Pluralism in the Jewish Sources - Diversity and Pluralism in Today's Jewish Communities - Pluralistic Approaches to Jewish Practice - Pluralism in Jewish Education - Jews and Others in Today's World

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Studies in Judaism and Pluralism: Honoring the 60th Anniversary of the Academy for Jewish Religion

Studies in Judaism and Pluralism: Honoring the 60th Anniversary of the Academy for Jewish Religion

Studies in Judaism and Pluralism: Honoring the 60th Anniversary of the Academy for Jewish Religion

Studies in Judaism and Pluralism: Honoring the 60th Anniversary of the Academy for Jewish Religion

Overview

The concept of pluralism -- embracing Jews from across the religious spectrum -- is the wave of the future in the Jewish community... but the Academy for Jewish Religion has been living pluralism for 60 years. Pluralism has always been in its DNA.

In 1956, at the height of denominationalism, the founders of the Academy for Jewish Religion realized that the future of the Jewish People was in acceptance and inclusiveness, cherishing and learning from the other. For sixty years the Academy for Jewish Religion has served within the Jewish community as the leader in the pluralistic training of rabbis, cantors and, more recently, graduate students. This volume celebrates this milestone anniversary.


Studies in Judaism and Pluralism explores pluralism in theory and practice. From questions of philosophy and law to matters of liturgy and practice, this volume explores how Jewish communities can live with co-existing commitments to non-negotiable, contradicting beliefs.


Its essays include classic articles and contributions written for this volume. Its sections include: Theories of Pluralism - Pluralism in the Jewish Sources - Diversity and Pluralism in Today's Jewish Communities - Pluralistic Approaches to Jewish Practice - Pluralism in Jewish Education - Jews and Others in Today's World

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781934730607
Publisher: Ben Yehuda Press
Publication date: 12/18/2016
Pages: 392
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

Leonard Levin (Rabbi, Ph.D. from Jewish Theological Seminary) teaches Jewish philosophy at the Academy for Jewish Religion.

Table of Contents

Introduction Leonard Levin v

AJR and Pluralism

Living Pluralism at AJR Ora Horn Prouser 1

Theories of Pluralism

Confessions of a Reluctant Pluralist Bruce Alpert 11
On Epistemic Humility Leonard Levin 19
A Reply to Leonard Levin Bruce Alpert 29
Isaiah Berlin and Jewish Pluralism Leonard Levin 31
Pluralism: Identity, Civility, and the Common Good Alan Mittleman 41
Pluralism as Social Consensus and Personal Worldview Eliezer Schweid 65

Pluralism in the Jewish Sources

Talking with Heretics: Pluralism in Rabbinic Judaism and its Impact on Pedagogy Ruth N. Sandberg 79
Rabbinic Pluralism - Then and Now Leonard Levin 97

Diversity and Pluralism in Today's Jewish Communities

Pluralism: Making a Passionate Orthodox Judaism More Meaningful Asher Lopatin 117
Pluralism in Action: Choosing a New Siddur in an Unaffiliated Synagogue Ellen Lippmann and Trisha Arlin 123
Increasing Diversity in the American Jewish Community Heidi Hoover 135
The Power of the Pluralist Rabbi Rabbi Rebecca W. Sirbu 145

Pluralistic Approaches to Jewish Practice

A Philosophic Basis for Halakhic Pluralism Richard L. Claman 155
By the Sweat of Your Brow: Approaching Kashrut from a Pluralistic Perspective David Greenstein 181
Magen Tzedek: A Memoir And Reflection Morris Allen 219

Pluralism in Jewish Education

Documenting Core Values: A Pluralism Audit in a Jewish Day School Joel Alter 231
Documenting Core Values: Building Community in a Pluralist High School Susan l. Shevitz and Rahel Wasserfall 235
CAJE into NewCAJE: Pluralistically Educating the Educators Cherie Koller-Fox 255
Where Denominations Lose Their Meaning Beth Kissileff 277

Jews and Others in Today's World

Dilemmas of Judaism and Democracy in Israel Reuven Hammer 289
Texting Across the Arab-Jewish Divide Shira Pasternak Be'eri 301
From Burma to Brooklyn and Back Again: How Mindfulness Captivated Jewish Spirituality Michael Friedman 307
Affiliation with and Abandonment of Judaism as Acts of Spiritual Migration: A Theological Essay Yehoyada Amir 323

Teachings

Reflections on Gathering in Grief for Hope and Healing 2014 Israel/Gaza Conflict and Beyond Katy Z. Allen 349
Judaism as Ongoing Spiritual Evolution: Three Sermons Kaya Stern-Kaufman 353
God and Gender Dorothy Goldberg 363
Kavanah Before Shofar-Blowing Trisha Arlin 367

Notes On Contributors 371
Pluralism and the Academy for Jewish Religion 375

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