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January 2002 Highlights

Jewish Books:

 Paula Hyman:
What Is an Educated Jew?

The multicultural model requires a recognition of the diversity of Jewish life as a value rather than an unfortunate fact.

 

 Ilan Stavans:
Some Fractured Thoughts on Our Irritable Culture

The core curriculum that defines the Jewish people ought to be at once elastic and centrifugal, moving in various directions at once.

 

 Nancy Sherman:
One Hundred Great Works of Modern Jewish Literature

The list of 100 Great Modern Jewish Books is a program intended to attract attention to the power of Jewish literature and its potential to change our lives.

 

 Mik Moore:
The Chosen One Hundred: A Study in Jewish Elitism

To set out deliberately to create a canon of modern Jewish literature, supported by communal resources, is wrongheaded.

 

 Koret Foundation Sh'ma Book Reviews

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Life on the Fringes: A Feminist Journey Toward Traditional Rabbinic Ordination by Haviva Ner-David

Life on the FringesNew from Jewish Family & Life!, the parent organization of Sh'ma: Life on the Fringes, a moving memoir and halakhic commentary by a young Jewish feminist who is poised to become the first female Orthodox rabbi. The author, Haviva Ner-David, explores contemporary approaches to Jewish law and life, women's involvement in ritual and study, the challenges of parenting, gender and our Jewish journeys, and more ...

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Living Words: Best High Holiday Sermons of 5760/1999
Living Words: The Best High Holiday Sermons of 5760 is a collection of sermons filled with words of wisdom, pleas for justice, tales of journeys and text-analyses that will inspire and enrich your soul as you ponder new teachings for the High Holidays. Selected by a panel of compassionate and thoughtful judges, these sermons are diverse and challenging, seeking to engage those individuals striving for both knowledge and spiritual growth.

Living Words: Volume One is still available. Send $17.95 (includes shipping) to the Sh'ma office.



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