Supplemental Readings
In addition to the readings assigned for class, the following articles offer a deep and personal reflection on each subject from some of the leading rabbis and teachers of our times.
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Beginnings: From Creation to the Edge of the Wilderness
Rabbi Ed Feinstein, “ Would you Recommend this Book to Your Friends?”
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The World of the Bible
Rabbi Benjamin Scolnic,The Prophets and Social Justice
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Heart of Many Rooms: Understanding Jewish Diversity
Rabbi Elliot Dorff,"Living the Mitzvot:Today and Tomorrow"
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Holy Days: The Wheel of the Jewish Year
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, “Introducing the Hebrew Calendar”
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Shabbat: Palace in Time
Rabbi Sharon Brous & Rabbi Aaron Alexander, “Shabbat and the Possibility of Transformation”
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When Do I Bow? And Other Questions About Jewish Prayer
Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg, “God and Us”
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Passover: The Jewish Master Story
Rabbi Deborah Silver, "Passover"
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God: Encountering the Holy
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, “ Almighty? No Way! Coming to Know the God We Already Love ”
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Talmud: Argument for the Sake of Heaven
Rabbi Benay Lappe, "Crash!"
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Starting Over: The High Holy Days
Rabbi Michael Werbow, “Rosh HaShanah”
Rabbi Cheryl Peretz, “Yom Kippur”
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Kashrut: The Original Soul Food
Rabbi Morris Allen, “How Kosher Is Kosher?”
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Philosophers, Poets, and Mystics: The Jewish Middle Ages
Rabbi Joel Rembaum, “Medieval History”
Rabbi Pinchas Giller, "God in Kabbalah"
Reb Mimi Feigelson, "God in Hassidut"
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Marriage, Love & Kosher Sex
Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand, “Love, Marriage, Commitment”
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From Birth to B’nai Mitzvah: Raising a Mensch
Rabbi Ed Feinstein, “Childhood and Adolescence”
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A Time to Mourn: Traditions for Death, Grief, & Healing
Rabbi Sara Berman, “Illness and Healing”
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Out of the Darkness: Stories from the Holocaust
Rabbi Michael Barenbaum, “Yom HaShoah”
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Israel: Dreaming of Deliverance
Rabbi Gila Dror, “Israel’s National Holidays”
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The Jewish Mission to Heal the World
Ruth Messinger and Aaron Dorfman, “Am I My Sibling’s Keeper If They Live Halfway Around the World?”