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September 2002 Highlights

Rosh Hashana and Transformation :

 Avi Weiss
A Congregation of Holy Souls: Reflections on 9/11 One Year Later

With a ritual of silence -- reflection and meditation that transcend the limitations of words -- we shall mark this tragedy when its first anniversary falls during the Days of Awe.

 

 Mordechai Gafni :
Tears on the Holy Days

No longer is Rosh Hashana the judgment day; it is the day when we revision and reclaim our stories.

 Judith Edelstein :
Their Tears Are the Language "Anguish"

Invariably, the residents cry within minutes of my visit, because for everyone else they must wear a mask of hope and cooperation.

 

 Shoshana Gelfand :
From Estrangement to Reconciliation: The Spiritual Journey of the High Holidays

The Jewish Holidays outline our journey as a people and give us a public forum to narrate our shared story.

 

 Book Reviews

Steven T. Rosenthal's Irreconciliable Differences? The Waning of the American Jewish Love Affair with Israel offers a depressing overview of this dysfunctional relationship. - Review by Gil Troy

 Koret Foundation Sh'ma Book Reviews

 NiSh'ma

 

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.

For Sale: A New Source Book on the Jewish Ethics of Addressing Terrorism

This publication is designed to help individuals and families use Jewish sources and resources to address the aftermath of the terrorist attack in NY and Washington. The book asks: How do we do fight terrorism and preserve our society's moral fiber? How do we maintain our personal, communal and religious ethics and sense of morality in the face of a needed war on terrorism? What are the boundaries for addressing terrorism? What is the ethical framework we employ? :

Jewish Ethics and Fighting Terrorism will include three distinct sections:
1. Helping families and educators with strategies to address this difficult terrain with their children.
2. Several High Holiday Sermons that offer words of wisdom, inspiration, comfort, and insight into how an American Jewish community responds to terrorism.
3. An expanded special issue of Sh'ma that addressed these questions with essays from  Rabbi Saul Berman, Director of Edah, a voice of Modern Orthodoxy
Dr. Marc Gopin, author of Between Eden and Armageddon: The Future of World Religions, Violence and Peacemaking and Holy War, Holy Peace
Dr. Reuven Firestone, Professor of Medieval Judaism and Islam at HUC-JIR in LA and author of Jihad: THe Origin of Holy War in Islam.
Dr. Dov Zakheim, Undersecretary of Defence, Controller
Dr. Vanessa Ochs, Professor of Religion, University of Virginia
Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff, National Director of Inter-religious Affairs at the American Jewish Committee, former Chief Rabbi of the American Armed Services
Dr. Dawn Rose, former director of the Ethics Center at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical School and Rabbi of Temple of Universal Judaism in NYC.
Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, President of Jewish Life Network

Available February, 2002. $25.00 includes postage and handling. To order, contact stephenc@JFLmedia.com.



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"What specific parts of our inherited tradition help us find answers to the questions we ask about change and transformation?" adapted from Tsvi Blanchard, "Rosh Hashana: A Model for Change" September 2002

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Quote of
the Month

"Looking back over the past 12 months, I am not remotely certain whether humanity wants life or death. But I am very certain that God wants life." Jeremy Kalmanofsky "Choose Life" Sh'ma September 2002