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Judaism and Justice
The Jewish Passion to Repair the World
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Artikel-Nr:
9781580233538
Veröffentl:
2008
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.03.2008
Seiten:
342
Autor:
Rabbi Sidney Schwarz
Gewicht:
496 g
Format:
229x152x18 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Rabbi Sidney Schwarz is a social entrepreneur, an author and a political activist. He founded and led PANIM: The Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values for twenty-one years. He is also the founding rabbi of Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation in Bethesda, Maryland, where he continues to teach and lead services. Currently, he serves as a senior fellow at Clal-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership where he is involved in a program that trains rabbis to be visionary spiritual leaders. He is the author of Jewish Megatrends: Charting the Course of the American Jewish Future; Finding a Spiritual Home: How a New Generation of Jews Can Transform the American Synagogue and Judaism and Justice: The Jewish Passion to Repair the World.
Examines Jewish dedication to causes of equality, human rights and peace, showing how the idea of justice shapes Jewish attitudes even as the community wrestles with its instincts for self-preservation and its desire to serve as a "light to the nations."
Foreword by Ruth MessingerAcknowledgmentsIntroduction