Contemporary Debates in American Reform Judaism: Conflicting Visions

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ISBN: 9780415926294 | 0415926297
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Copyright: 1/5/2001

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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.

Foreword

Martin E. Marty

Introduction: Conflicting Visions of the Reform Movement in the United States Today

(18)

Dana Evan Kaplan

Section 1 Where We Are Today

A Religious and Social Profile of Reform Judaism in the United States

(20)

Bernard M. Lazerwitz

Ephraim Tabory

Reform Judaism and Modern American Community

(10)

Lewis A. Friendland

Reform Judaism in the Spiritual Marketplace

(7)

Richard Cimino

Why People in the Sunbelt Join a Synagogue: Jewish Religious Preference in Palm Beach County

(13)

Joel L. Levine

Section 2 Legitimacy and Authenticity: The ``Sins'' of Yesterday and the Controversies of Today

When Reform Judaism Was Judaism

(21)

Jacob Neusner

Reform's Original Sin

(6)

Arnold Jacob Wolf

From the Christmas Tree to the Yarmulke: What Separates Classical Reform from Mainstream Reform?

(7)

Harold S. Silver

Full Churches, Empty Synagogues: A Defense of Classical Reform

103

(8)

Jay R. Brickman

Orthodoxy Confronts Reform: The Two Hundred Years' War

111

(20)

Aryeh Spero

Section 3 Personal Status

Not by Birth Alone: The Case for a Missionary Judaism

131

(6)

Alexander M. Schindler

Patrilineal Descent Revisited

137

(9)

Steven Bayme

The Importance of Outreach in Maintaining Reform's Autonomy, Diversity, and Pluralism

146

(14)

Eric H. Yoffie

Why I Officiate at Mixed-Marriage Wedding Ceremonies

160

(11)

Hillel Cohn

Section 4 Gender

A Worthier Place: Women, Reform Judaism, and the Presidents of Hebrew Union College

171

(9)

Karla Goldman

Embracing Lesbians and Gay Men: A Reform Jewish Innovation

180

(13)

Denise L. Eger

``Where Kosher Means Organic and Union Label'': Bisexual Women Reembrace Their Jewish Heritage

193

(16)

Hinda Seif

Section 5 Visions for the Future

Leadership for Profound Change: A Means for Transforming the American Reform Synagogue

209

(12)

Samuel K. Joseph

The Legitimacy of Reform Judaism: The Impact of Israel on the United States

221

(14)

Ephraim Tabory

Reform Judaism of the New Millennium: A Challenge

235

(9)

Alfred Gottschalk

Transforming the Reform Jew

244

(11)

Sheldon Zimmerman

Afterword

255

(4)

W. Gunther Plaut

About the Contributors

259

(6)

Index

265

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