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Unfinished Rabbi [Hardback]

  • Formāts: Hardback, 287 pages
  • Izdošanas datums: 01-Feb-1998
  • Izdevniecība: Ivan R Dee, Inc
  • ISBN-10: 1566631831
  • ISBN-13: 9781566631839
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  • Formāts: Hardback, 287 pages
  • Izdošanas datums: 01-Feb-1998
  • Izdevniecība: Ivan R Dee, Inc
  • ISBN-10: 1566631831
  • ISBN-13: 9781566631839
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A collection of writings by the influential Reform Judaism thinker discusses such issues as the relationship between the rabbi and the congregation, faith, festivals, and Judaism as social activism

The most important writings from a lifetime of work by one of the most influential Jewish thinkers in American life over the last half-century. The finest English stylist in the American rabbinate. says Eugene Borowitz. These selections display Rabbi Wolf's boldness of faith, his uncommon respect for students and congregants, and his rare qualities of humanity.

A long-awaited collection of the most important writings from a lifetime of work by one of the most influential Jewish thinkers in American life over the last half-century. 'He has written with unique clarity, penetration, belief, and sophistication.'-Eugene B. Borowitz, in his Foreword to the book. Edited by Jonathan S. Wolf.
Preface ix(2) Editors Note xi(2) Foreword xiii Eugene B. Borowitz PART ONE. RABBI AND CONGREGATION 4(16) The Rabbi Is a Teacher 4(3) What Is a Rabbi? Two Generations Views 7(6) Building the Next Generation of Jewish Leaders 13(7) PART TWO. BELIEFS 20(29) On Jewish Faith 20(6) Remember to Remember 26(11) Theology 37(5) There Is No Judaism But Orthodoxy-But All Jews Are Really Reform 42(7) PART THREE. MITZVOT 49(27) Shabbat and Festivals 49(6) Rediscovering the Obligation of Welcoming Guests 55(6) The Prohibition of Shaming Others 61(4) The Obligation of Asking Forgiveness 65(4) The Mitzvah of Sex 69(7) PART FOUR. JUDAISM AS SOCIAL ACTIVISM 76(32) A Theology of Activism 76(4) Civil Rights 80(4) The Negro Revolution and Jewish Theology 84(11) Vietnam 95(7) The Cities 102(3) Money 105(3) PART FIVE. TEACHING 108(30) Educating 108(5) Teaching the Bible Today 113(11) The University 124(4) Find a Lifeboat: The Insecurity of Intellectual Life Today 128(10) PART SIX. ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST 138(22) Pursuing Peace 138(6) Breira and Dissent in American Jewry 144(5) Looking at Israel 149(1) Zionist Dreams, Israeli Reality 150(5) Israel as the False Messiah 155(5) PART SEVEN. JUDAISM AND OTHER FAITHS 160(20) A Jewish-Japanese Encounter: The Emperors Brother, Friend of the Jews 160(7) Jews and Christianity 167(2) Rabbi in Nairobi 169(6) Seeking Community: Address to the World Council of Churches 175(5) PART EIGHT. OUR TIMES 180(22) The New Assimilationists 180(7) Elections 187(7) The Shoah 194(2) Overemphasizing the Holocaust 196(6) PART NINE. PSYCHOTHERAPY AS JUDAISM 202(10) Psychoanalysis and Religious Experience 202(10) PART TEN. PERSONALITIES 212(24) Abraham Joshua Heschel 212(3) Mordecai M. Kaplan 215(2) Mordechai Martin Buber 217(2) Yeshayahu Leibowitz 219(5) Jean-Paul Sartre 224(5) The Theology of Yitz Greenberg 229(5) Nettie S. Wolf 234(2) PART ELEVEN. MY LIFE 236(25) Fragments of My Life 236(13) Moments in My Life 249(4) A Sermon for Rosh Hashanah, 1991 253(8) Index 261