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- Selected Sources for Additional Reading on Judaism
- Part IV: Reform Judaism
- [Last Change: $Date: 1995/10/19 15:21:18 $ $Revision: 1.2 $]
- [Last Post: Thu Feb 12 11:07:05 US/Pacific 2004]
-
- "In keeping with the mitzvah of Talmud Torah... a Jewish home
- should have a library, and time should be set aside for the study
- of Torah" [GoM75]
-
- This message is intended to provide readers of soc.culture.jewish with
- a list of references to allow them to learn more about the current
- practices, past practices, beliefs, and history of the Reform Movement
- with Judaism.
-
- In general, throughout the reading lists, North American (US/Canada)
- terms are used to refer to the movements of Judaism. Outside of North
- American, Reform is Progressive or Liberal Judaism; Conservative is
- Masorti or Neolog, and Orthodoxy is often just "Judaism". Even with
- this, there are differences in practice, position, and ritual between
- US/Canada Reform and other progressive/liberal movements (such as UK
- Progressive/ Liberal), and between US/Canada Conservative and the
- conservative/Masorti movement elsewhere. Where appropriate, these
- differences will be highlighted.
-
- One of the four major movements within Judaism, the Reform or Liberal
- Movement (the term "Reform" seems to be more prevalent in the U.S.A.,
- "Liberal" or "Progressive" elsewhere) began in the 1800's in Germany
- during the enlightenment. Adherents to Reform typically do not follow
- all of the ritual practices of their traditional bretheren; practices
- that are followed are chosen based on how they increase the sanctity
- of the follower's life.
-
- Additional information on the Reform/Progressive movements in Judaism
- may be found in the [6]Reform Judaism FAQ, which is Section 18 of the
- Soc.Culture.Jewish FAQ.
-
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- Subject: ORGANIZATION
-
- This reading list is organized as follows:
- * [8]Introduction to this Reading List
- * [9]Where Can I Get These Books From?
- * [10]Reform Beliefs
- * [11]Reform Rituals and Practice
- * [12]Reform Liturgy
- * [13]Reform Responsa
- * [14]Reform History
- * [15]The Bible
- * [16]The Rabbinate
- * [17]Credits
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: Where Can I Get These Books From?
-
- Many of these books are available through general bookstores or
- Judaica bookstores. A list of links to these may be found in the
- [6]sources section of the [7]General Reading List (if you are reading
- this at [8]www.scjfaq.org, you can simply click on the "Sources"
- button in the header navigation bar). The following are sources for
- material specific to the Reform or Progressive Judaism movements:
- * CCAR Press. [9]http://www.ccarnet.org/press/
- Publishers of liturgical and reference material for the Reform
- movement.
- * UAHC Press. [10]http://www.uahcweb.org/press/
- Publishers of a large amount of material dealing with the Reform
- movement.
-
- [Amazon Associate] In addition, the S.C.J Reading List has established
- an affiliate relationship with Amazon.Com.
- ([11]http://www.amazon.com/). Now you can complete your Reform Jewish
- library and support the continued development of the Reading Lists at
- the same time, for many UAHC and CCAR publications are available
- through Amazon. Additionally, many of the publications that reflect
- Reform Jewish position are published through publishers that work with
- Amazon (for example, Jewish Lights). For those reading this at
- [12]www.scjfaq.org/rl/jlu-sources.html, you can click the link to the
- left to browse Amazon's selections. Alternatively, if you enter Amazon
- using the URL
- [13]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home?tag=socculturejewi
- sh, the reading lists will get credit for your entry. Additionally,
- when you see the Amazon graphic [14][If you were at www.scjfaq.org,
- the graphic would be here] (or "[Buy at Amazon: http:...]") on an
- entry in the reading list, this indicates that the specific book is
- available for purchase at Amazon. Click on the graphic/link to go to
- Amazon and purchase the book.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: Reform Beliefs
-
- [Bae58a]
- Baeck, Leo. God and Man in Judaism. Translated from the German
- by A. K. Dallas. New York : Union of American Hebrew
- Congregations, 1958.
-
- [Bor77]
- Borowitz, Eugene. Reform Judaism Today. New York : Behrman
- House, c1977. Behrman House; 1983, Paperback reprint. ISBN
- 0-874413-64-8. [An omnibus volume of three of R. Borowitz's
- essays, he discusses the evolution of Reform Judaism as one of
- the predominant American forms of Jewish life. Covers the
- Reform vision of God, Torah, and Israel; what it means to be a
- Reform Jew today, and the place of Reform in the spectrum of
- Jewish rituals and practices.]
- [6][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0874413648/socculturejew
- ish]
-
- [Bor84]
- Borowitz, Eugene. Liberal Judaism. Union of American Hebrew
- Congregations; 1984. ISBN 0-807402-64-8.
- [7][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0807402648/socculturejew
- ish]
-
- [Bor85]
- Borowitz, Eugene; Patz, Naomi. Explaining Reform Judaism.
- Behrman House; 1985. Paperback: ISBN 0-874413-94-X.
- [8][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/087441394X/socculturejew
- ish]
-
- [Bor91]
- Borowitz, Eugene B. Renewing the Covenant: A Theology for the
- Postmodern Jew. Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society,
- 1991. Jewish Publication Society; 1998, Paperback. ISBN
- 0-827606-27-3.
- [9][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0827606273/socculturejew
- ish]
-
- [Bor95a]
- Borowitz, Eugene B. Choices in Modern Jewish Thought: A
- Partisan Guide. Behrman House; 1995. Paperback 2nd edition.
- ISBN 0-874415-81-0.
- [10][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0874415810/socculturejew
- ish]
-
- [Bor95b]
- Borowitz, Eugene B. Reform Jewish Ethics and the Halakhah : An
- Experiment in Decision Making. Behrman House; 1995. Hardcover:
- ISBN 0-874415-72-1.
- [11][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0874415721/socculturejew
- ish]
-
- [Bor99a]
- Borowitz, Eugene B. Judaism After Modernity : Papers from a
- Decade of Fruition. University Press of America; 1999.
- Paperback: ISBN 0-761813-30-6.
- [12][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0761813306/socculturejew
- ish]
-
- [Bor99b]
- Borowitz, Eugene B.; Schwartz, Frances Weinman. The Jewish
- Moral Virtues. Jewish Publication Society; 1999. Hardcover.
- ISBN 0-827606-64-8. [Reform]
- [13][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0827606648/socculturejew
- ish]
-
- [Coh48]
- Cohon, Samual S. Judaism as a Way of Life, UAHC Press, 1948.
-
- [Eis99]
- Eisen, Arnold M. Rethinking Modern Judaism : Ritual,
- Commandment, Community. University of Chicago Press; 1999.
- Paperback: ISBN 0-226195-29-5.
- [14][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0226195295/socculturejew
- ish]
-
- [Git83]
- Gittelsohn, Roland B. The Extra Dimension: A Jewish View of
- Marriage. UAHC Press, NY. 1983. #168500. ISBN 0-807401-70-6.
- Out of print.
-
- [Gol99]
- Goldstein, Niles Elliot (ed.) Duties of the Soul : The Role of
- Commandments in Liberal Judaism. Union of American Hebrew
- Congregations; 1999. Paperback: ISBN 0-807406-53-8.
- [15][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0807406538/socculturejew
- ish]
-
- [Jac85]
- Jacob, Walter. The Changing world of Reform Judaism: The
- Pittsburgh Platform in Retrospect: Papers Presented On The
- Occasion Of The 100th Anniversary Of The Pittsburgh Platform.
- Pittsburgh : Rodef Shalom Congregation, 1985. ISBN
- 0-915138-79-4.
- [16][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0915138794/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [Mas98]
- Maslin, Simeon J.; Merians, Melvin; Schindler, Alexander M.
- What We Believe...What We Do...: A Pocket Guide for Reform
- Jews. UAHC Press; 1998. Paperback: ISBN 0-807405-31-0.
- [17][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0807405310/socculturejew
- ish]
-
- [Rei87]
- Reines, Alvin J. Polydoxy: Explorations in a Philosophy of
- Liberal Religion. Prometheus Books; 1987. Hardcover. ISBN
- 0-879753-99-4.
- [18][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0879753994/socculturejew
- ish]
-
- [Ste82]
- Stevens, Elliot (ed). Rabbinic Authority: Papers Presented
- Before the Ninety-first Annual Convention of the Central
- Conference of American Rabbis. New York: CCAR Press. 1982. ISBN
- 0-916694-88-7.
-
- [Symxx]
- Syme, Daniel B. An Overview of Reform Judaism. UAHC. #280020.
- ISBN 0-807402-60-5.
-
- [Wei00]
- Wiener, Nancy H. Beyond Breaking the Glass Central Conference
- of American Rabbis; 2001. Paperback. ISBN 0-881230-97-9.
- [Reform: Discusses what Reform Judaism teachs about Marriage.]
- [19][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0881230979/socculturejew
- ish]
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: Reform Rituals and Practice
-
- [GoM79]
- Maslin, Simeon J. (ed). Shaarei Mitzvah: Gates of Mitzvah: A
- Guide to the Jewish Life Cycle. Central Conference of American
- Rabbis; 1979, 1986. Paperback. ISBN 0-916694-53-4. [This book
- summarizes the Reform position on the life cycle events]
- [6][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0916694534/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [GoS83]
- Knobel, Peter S. (ed). Shaarei Mo-Eid: Gates of the Seasons, A
- Guide to the Jewish Year Central Conference of American Rabbis;
- 1983, 1986. Hardcover. ISBN 0-916694-92-5. [This book
- summarizes the Reform position on the year cycle events]
- [7][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0916694925/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [GoS91]
- Shapiro, Mark Dov (ed.); Waldman, Neil (ill.). Shaarei Shabbat:
- Gates of Shabbat. Central Conference of American Rabbis; 1991.
- Paperback. ISBN 0-881230-10-3. [This book provides Reform
- guidelines on Shabbat observance.]
- [8][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0881230103/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [Bar90]
- Barth, Lewis M. (ed). Berit Mila in the Reform Context. Carol
- Pub Group; 1990. Hardcover. ISBN 0-821650-82-3.
- [9][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0821650823/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [Bia71]
- Bial, Morrison. Liberal Judaism at Home: The Practice of Modern
- Reform Judaism. Union of American Hebrew Congregations; 1971.
- Paperback. Revised edition. ISBN 0-807400-75-0.
- [10][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0807400750/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [Sch69]
- Schauss, Hayyim. The Jewish Festivals: From Their Beginnings to
- Our Day. UAHC, 1969. Out of Print
-
- [Sch50]
- Schauss, Hayyim. The Lifetime of a Jew: Throughout the Ages of
- Jewish History. UAHC Press; 1950, 1998. Paperback. ISBN
- 0-807400-96-3.
- [11][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0807400963/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [Sym98]
- Syme, Daniel. The Jewish Home: A Guide for Jewish Living. Union
- of American Hebrew Congregations; 1998. Paperback. ISBN
- 0-807404-00-4. [Reform]
- [12][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0807404004/socculturejew
- ish]
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: Reform Liturgy
-
- [GoA91]
- Orkand, Robert; Orkand, Joyce; Bogot, Howard I.; Sher, Barry
- Nostradamus (Designer); Waldman, Neil (Illustrator). Gates of
- Awe: Holy Day Prayers for Young Children. Reading level: Ages
- 4-8. Central Conference of American Rabbis; 1991. Hardcover.
- ISBN 0-881230-14-6.
- [6][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0881230146/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [GoH88]
- Jaffe, Hirshel (ed); Poller, H. Leonard (ed). Gates of Healing.
- Central Conference of American Rabbis; 1988. Paperback. ISBN
- 0-881230-05-7. [For those in the hospital]
- [7][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0881230057/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [GoP75]
- Stern, Chaim (ed). Shaarei Tefila: Gates of Prayer: The New
- Union Prayerbook. Central Conference of American Rabbis; 1975.
- Hardcover. ISBN 0-916694-00-3. [Weekly prayerbook]
- [8][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0916694003/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [GoP96]
- Stern, Chaim (ed). Shaarei Tefila: Gates of Prayer for Shabbat
- and Weekdays: A Gender Sensitive Prayerbook. Central Conference
- of American Rabbis; 1996. Hardcover. ISBN 0-881230-64-2.
- [9][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0881230642/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [GoPY97]
- Walter, Roy; Roseman, Kenneth D.; Gaber, Brad (Illustrator).
- Shaarei Tefila Le-Noar: Gates of Prayer for Young People.
- Reading level: Young Adult. Central Conference of American
- Rabbis; 1997. Hardcover. ISBN 0-881230-45-6.
- [10][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0881230456/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [GoR78]
- Stern, Chaim (ed). Shaarei Teshuva: Gates of Repentance: The
- New Union Prayerbook for the Days of Awe. Central Conference of
- American Rabbis; 1978, 1999. Hardcover. Revised edition. ISBN
- 0-881230-69-3. [High Holiday Prayerbook]
- [11][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0881230693/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [GoR99]
- Stern, Chaim (ed). Gates of Repentance - Shaarei Teshuva: The
- New Union Prayerbook for the Days of Awe, Gender-Neutral
- Edition. Central Conference of American Rabbis; 1999.
- Hardcover. Revised edition. ISBN 0-881230-70-7.
- [12][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0881230707/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [GoS87]
- Davidson, C. Gates of Song. Transcontinental Music
- Publications; 1987. Paperback. ISBN 0-807404-06-3.
- [13][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0807404063/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [GoU77]
- Hoffman, Lawrence (ed); Stern, Chaim (ed). Shaarei Bina: Gates
- of Understanding, Volume I: Weekdays, Sabbaths, and Festivals.
- Central Conference of American Rabbis. ISBN 0-916694-43-7.
- 1977. [Notes and source material for GoP]
-
- Hoffman, Lawrence (ed); Stern, Chaim (ed). Shaarei Bina: Gates
- of Understanding, Appreciating the Days of Awe. Central
- Conference of American Rabbis; 1977, 1996. Paperback. Volume
- II. ISBN 0-916694-84-4.
- [14][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0916694844/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [GoW00]
- Bogot, Howard; Waldman, Neil (Illustrator); Orkand, Robert.
- Gates of Wonder. Reading level: Ages 4-8. Central Conference of
- American Rabbis; 2000. Paperback. ISBN 0-881230-98-7. [Shabbat
- Prayerbook for Little Children]
- [15][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0881230987/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [AMB95]
- Stern, Chaim (ed); Waldman, Neil (illus). Al Mezuzot Beitecha:
- On the Doorposts of Your House. Central Conference of American
- Rabbis; 1995. Hardcover. ISBN 0-881230-43-X.
- [16][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/088123043X/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [HaH89]
- Frishman, Elyse D. (ed); Baskin, Leonard (illus.). Haneirot
- Halalu: These Lights Are Holy: A Home Celebration of Chanukah.
- Central Conference of American Rabbis; 1989. Paperback. ISBN
- 0-881230-06-5.
- [17][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0881230065/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [STB89]
- Fisher, Adam. Seder Tu Bishevat: The Festival of Trees. Central
- Conference of American Rabbis; 1989. Paperback. ISBN
- 0-881230-08-1.
- [18][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0881230081/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [APH74]
- Bronstein, Herbert (ed); Baskin, Leonard (illus.). A Passover
- Haggadah. Central Conference of American Rabbis; 1974, 1994.
- Paperback. ISBN 0-916694-05-4. [Pesach Siddur]
- [19][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0916694054/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [SDDXX]
- Wiesel, Elie. The Six Days of Destruction: Meditations Toward
- Hope. CCAR Press. Out of print
-
- [MGT88]
- CCAR. Ma Gele Tsedek: Rabbi's Manual. Hardcover. Central
- Conference of American Rabbis; 1988. Revised edition. ISBN
- 0-881230-04-9.
- [20][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0881230049/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [Rosxx]
- Rosenberg, Aaron. Divrei Benei Mitzvah. CCAR Press. ISBN
- 0-88123-016-2.
-
- [UPB47]
- Union Prayer Book I and II. Central Conference of American
- Rabbis. 1947. [The previous prayerbook. I corresponds to GoP;
- II to GoR.]
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: Reform Responsa
-
- [Baz77]
- Bazak, Jacob (compl, annot. and arranged by); Passamaneck,
- Stephen M. (trans., annot., and edited by). Jewish Life and
- Jewish Law: Selected Rabbinical Responsa. 8 vols. UAHC Press.
- Most volumes out of print.
-
- + Book 1: Lawyers, Judges and Legal Ethics. Union of American
- Hebrew Congregations; 1998. Paperback. ISBN 0-807400-34-3.
- [6][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0807400343/socculturej
- ewish/]
- + Books 2,3,4: Contracts, Real Estate, Sales, and Usury
- (#180211)
- + Books 5,6: Credit, Law Enforcement, Taxation (#180212)
- + Books 7,8: Criminal and Domestic Relations (#180213)
-
- [Chaxx]
- Chatinover, Steven (Ed.) CCAR Combined Index to all Responsa.
- IBM Compatible Disk. An online version may be found at
- [7]http://www.ccarnet.org/
-
- [Fre55]
- Freehof, Solomon B. The Responsa Literature Philadelphia :
- Jewish Publication Society of America, 1955. Out of Print.
-
- [Fre60]
- Freehof, Solomon B., Reform Responsa. Hebrew Union College
- Press, Cincinnati, 1960. Out of Print.
-
- [Fre63]
- Freehof, Solomon B., Recent Reform Responsa. Hebrew Union
- College Press, Cincinnati, 1963. Out of Print.
-
- [Fre69]
- Freehof, Solomon B., Current Reform Responsa. Hebrew Union
- College Press, Cincinnati, 1969. Out of Print.
-
- [Fre71]
- Freehof, Solomon B., Modern Reform Responsa. Hebrew Union
- College Press, Cincinnati, 1971. Out of Print.
-
- [Fre74]
- Freehof, Solomon B., Contemporary Reform Responsa. Hebrew Union
- College Press, Cincinnati, 1974. Out of Print.
-
- [Fre77]
- Freehof, Solomon B., Reform Responsa for our Time. Hebrew Union
- College Press, Cincinnati, 1977. Out of Print.
-
- [Fre81]
- Freehof, Solomon B., New Reform Responsa. Hebrew Union College
- Press, Cincinnati, 1981. Out of Print.
-
- [Fre90]
- Freehof, Solomon B. Today's Reform Responsa. Cincinnati :
- Hebrew Union College Press, 1990. Out of Print. [Includes
- cumulative index to author's previous volumes of responsa.]
-
- [Jac83]
- Jacob, Walter (ed). American Reform Responsa: Collected
- Responsa of the Central Conference of American Rabbis,
- 1889-1983. Central Conference of American Rabbis; 1983, 1999.
- Paperback. Revised edition. ISBN 0-916694-83-6.
- [8][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0916694836/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [Jac87]
- Jacob, Walter (ed). Contemporary American Reform Responsa.
- Central Conference of American Rabbis; 1987, 1996. Paperback.
- ISBN 0-881230-03-0.
- [9][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0881230030/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [Jac92]
- Jacob, Walter. Questions and Reform Jewish Answers: New
- American Reform Responsa. Central Conference of American
- Rabbis; 1992. Paperback. ISBN 0-881230-35-9.
- [10][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0881230359/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [Lau51]
- Lauterbach, Jacob Z. Rabbinic Essays. Hebrew Union College
- Press, Cincinnati, 1951. Out of Print.
-
- [Pla99]
- Plaut, W. Gunther (ed); Washofsky, Mark (ed). Teshuvot for the
- Nineties: Reform Judaism's Answers to Today's Dilemmas. Central
- Conference of American Rabbis; 1999. Paperback. ISBN
- 0-881230-71-5.
- [11][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0881230715/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: Reform History
-
- [Jac98]
- Jacob, Walter (ed). Dynamic Jewish Law: Progressive Halakhah
- Essence and Application. Rodef Shalom Pr; 1998. Paperback. ISBN
- 0-929699-03-3.
- [6][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0929699033/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [Lev29]
- Levy, Felix. "Moses Mendelssohn's Ideas of Religion and Their
- Relation to Reform Judaism", in Yearbook of the CCAR, Vol 39.
- CCAR, New York. 1929.
-
- [Mar72]
- Marcus, Jacob R. Israel Jacobson: The Founder of the Reform
- Movement in Judaism. Timewise; 1972. Paperback. ISBN
- 0-878200-00-2.
- [7][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0878200002/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [Mey88]
- Meyer, Michael A. Response to Modernity : A History of the
- Reform Movement in Judaism. Oxford University Press, New York,
- NY. 1988. Wayne State Univ Pr; 1995 (Paperback Reprint edition)
- ISBN 0-814325-55-6.
- [8][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0814325556/socculturejew
- ish]
-
- [Mey00]
- Meyer, Michael A. (ed); Plaut, W. Gunther (ed). A Reform
- Judaism Reader: North American Documents. Paperback (July
- 2000). ISBN 0-807407-32-1.
- [9][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0807407321/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [Phi67]
- Philipson, David. The Reform Movement in Judaism. New York:
- Ktav Pub. House. 1967.
-
- [Pla65]
- Plaut, W. Gunther. The Growth of Reform Judaism. World Union
- for Progressive Judaism, 1965.
-
- [Pla63]
- Plaut, W. Gunther. Rise of Reform Judaism Sourcebook European.
- Central Conference of American Rabbis; 1963. Hardcover. ISBN
- 0-807400-89-0.
- [10][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0807400890/socculturejew
- ish]
-
- [Sil74]
- Silver, Daniel J. and Bernard Martin. A History of Judaism:
- Europe and the New Worldides. Basic Books. 1974. ISBN
- 0-465030-07-6. Out of Print.
-
- [Sol40]
- Soloff, Mordecai, How the Jewish People Lives Today. Union of
- American Hebrew Congregations. 1940.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: The Bible
-
- [Pla74]
- Plaut, W. Gunther. The Torah, A Modern Commentary. Union of
- American Hebrew Congregations; 1974; 1981 (Hardcover reissue).
- ISBN 0-807400-55-6.
- [6][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0807400556/socculturejew
- ish]
-
- [Pla98]
- Plaut, W. Gunther; Stern, Chaim (trans.); Stern, Philip D.
- (ed.). The Haftarah Commentary. Union of American Hebrew
- Congregations; 1998. Hardcover. ISBN: 0-807405-51-5.
- [7][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0807405515/socculturejew
- ish]
-
- [Fie93]
- Fields, Harvey. A Torah Commentary For Our Times. Union of
- American Hebrew Congregations; 1990, 1991, 1993. 1998. ISBN
- 0-807405-30-2.
- [8][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0807405302/socculturejew
- ish]
-
- [Fre57]
- Freehof, Solomon B. Preface To Scripture. UAHC. 1957.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Subject: The Rabbinate
-
- [Fre64]
- Freehof, Solomon B. Reform Jewish practice and Its Rabbinic
- Background. Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, c1944,
- 1964. Out of Print.
-
- [Got67]
- Gottschalk, Alfred. Your Future as a Rabbi: A Calling That
- Counts. New York : R. Rosen Press, 1967. Out of Print.
-
- [Got88]
- Gottschalk, Alfred. To Learn and To Teach: Your Life as a
- Rabbi. New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 1988. Out of Print.
-
- [Her91]
- Herring, Basil (ed). The Rabbinate As Calling and Vocation:
- Models of Rabbinic Leadership. Jason Aronson; 1991. Hardcover.
- ISBN 0-876687-35-4.
- [6][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0876687354/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [Mar85]
- Marcus, Jacob Rader; Peck, Abraham J. (ed). The American
- Rabbinate: A Century of Continuity and Change, 1883-1983. Ktav
- Publishing House; 1985. Hardcover. ISBN 0-881250-76-7.
- [7][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0881250767/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [Neu93]
- Neusner, Jacob. The Rabbinate in America: Reshaping an Ancient
- Calling (Judaism in Cold War America, 1945-1990, Vol. 10).
- Garland Pub; 1993. Hardcover. ISBN 0-815300-82-4.
- [8][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0815300824/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
- [Pol77]
- Polner, Murray. Rabbi: The American Experience New York : Holt,
- Rinehart and Winston, c1977. Out of Print.
-
- [Ros77]
- Rosenthal, Gilbert. The American Rabbi: A Tribute on the
- Occasion of the Bicentennial of the United States, and the
- Ninety-Fifth Birthday of the New York Board of Rabbis. New York
- : Ktav Pub. House, 1977. Out of Print.
-
- [Zol96]
- Zola, Gary Phillip (ed). Women Rabbis: Exploration &
- Celebration: Papers Delivered at an Academic Conference
- Honoring Twenty Years of Women in the Rabbinate, 1972-1992.
- Hebrew Union College Pr; 1996. Paperback. ISBN 0-878202-14-5.
- [9][Buy at Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0878202145/socculturejew
- ish/]
-
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-
- Subject: How do I obtain copies of the Reading Lists?
-
- Answer:
-
- There are a number of different ways to obtain copies of the Reading
- Lists:
- * WWW. If you are reading this on Usenet, and would like to see an
- online, hyperlinked version, go visit [2]http://www.scjfaq.org/.
- This is the "web" version of the FAQ; the version posted to Usenet
- is generated from the web version. Note that the www.scjfaq.org
- version is a copy of the actual master version; if you want to
- access the master, visit [3]http://master.scjfaq.org/.
- Alternatively, if you would like to see the posted version through
- the web, visit [4]http://shamash.org/listarchives/scj-faq/. The
- FAQ is in the subdirectory "FAQ"; the reading lists are in the
- subdirectory "rl".
- * Email. Scjfaq.org also provides an autoretriever that allows one
- to obtain a copy of the reading lists by return Email. To use the
- autoretriever, you send a retrieval request to
- [5]archives@scjfaq.org with the request in the body of the
- message. A more reliable way to retrieve these files is through
- the [6]FAQ autoretriever
- ([7]http://www.mljewish.org/bin/autoresp.cgi). For the FAQ, the
- request has the form:
-
- send faq partname
- For the reading list, the request has the form:
-
- send rl partname
- "Partname" is replaced by the name of the part, as shown in the
- general index. The following is a short summary of the mapping of
- partnames for the Reading Lists:
- + [8]general: Introduction and General. Includes book sources,
- starting points for beginners, starting points for non-Jewish
- readers, General Judaism, General Jewish Thought, General
- Jewish History, Contemporary Judaism, Noachide Laws, Torah
- and Torah Commentary, Talmud and Talmudic Commentary,
- Mishnah, Midrash, Halachic Codes, Becoming An Observant Jew,
- Women and Judaism, and Science and Judaism.
- + [9]traditional: Traditional Liturgy, Practice, Lifestyle,
- Holidays. Includes Traditional Liturgy; Traditional
- Philosophy and Ethics; Prayer; Traditional Practice; The
- Household; Life, Death, and In-Between; and The Cycle Of
- Holidays.
- + [10]mysticism: Kabbalah, Mysticism, and Messianism. Includes
- Academic and Religious treatments of Kabbalah, Sprituality,
- and the Jewish notion of the Messiah.
- + [11]reform: Reform/Progressive Judaism
- + [12]conservative: Conservative Judaism
- + [13]reconstructionist: Reconstructionist Judaism
- + [14]humanistic: Humanistic Judaism (Society for Humanistic
- Judaism)
- + [15]chasidism: Chassidism. Includes general information on
- historical chassidism, as well as specific information on
- Lubavitch (Chabad), Satmar, Breslaw (Breslov), and other
- approaches.
- + [16]zionism: Zionism. Includes Zionism and The Development Of
- Israel, The Founders, Zionistic Movements, and Judaism in
- Israel.
- + [17]antisemitism: Antisemitism. Includes sections on
- Antisemitism, What Led to The Holocaust, Medieval Oppression,
- Antisemitism Today (Including Dealing with Hate Groups),
- Judaism and Christianity, and Judaism, Freemasonry and other
- rumors.
- + [18]intermarriage: Intermarriage. Includes sections on "So
- You're Considering Intermarriage?", The Traditional
- Viewpoint, Conversion, and Coping With Life As An
- Intermarried.
- + [19]childrens: Books for Jewish Children. Includes sections
- on Birth and Naming, Raising a Child, Family Guidebooks,
- Upsheren, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Confirmation, Holiday Books for
- Children, Liturgy for Children, Bible and Torah for Children,
- Jewish History for Children, Jewish Theology for Children,
- Israel, Learning Hebrew, and Jewish Stories.
- The following is a short summary of the mapping to partnames for
- the FAQ:
- + [20]01-FAQ-intro: Section [21]1: Network and Newsgroup
- Information.
- + [22]02-Who-We-Are: Section [23]2: Who We Are
- + [24]03-Torah-Halacha: Sections [25]3, [26]4: Torah; Halachic
- Authority
- + [27]04-Observance: Sections [28]5, [29]6, [30]7, [31]8:
- Jewish Holidays; Jewish Dietary Law and Kashrut; Sabbath and
- Holiday Observance; Woman and Marriage
- + [32]05-Worship: Sections [33]9, [34]10, [35]11: Jewish
- Worship; Conversion, Intermarriage, and "Who is a Jew?";
- Miscellaneous Practice Questions
- + [36]06-Jewish-Thought: Section [37]12: Jewish Thought
- + [38]07-Jews-As-Nation: Section [39]13: Jews as a Nation
- + [40]08-Israel: Section [41]14: Jews and Israel
- + [42]09-Antisemitism: Sections [43]15, [44]16, [45]17: Churban
- Europa (The Holocaust); Antisemitism and Rumors about Jews;
- Countering Missionaries
- + [46]10-Reform: Section [47]18: Reform/Progressive Judaism
- + [48]11-Miscellaneous: Sections [49]19, [50]20: Miscellaneous;
- References and Getting Connected
- + [51]12-Kids: Section [52]21: Jewish Childrearing Related
- Questions
- + [53]mail-order: Mail Order Judaica
- Alternatively, you may send a message to
- [54]mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with the following line in the body
- of the message:
- send usenet/news.answers/judaism/(portionname)
- Where (portionname) is replaced by the appropriate subdirectory
- and filenames; for example, to get the first part of the reading
- list, one would say:
- send usenet/news.answers/judaism/reading-lists/general
- * Anonymous FTP: All portions of the FAQ and of the reading lists
- are archived on [55]rtfm.mit.edu and are available for anonymous
- FTP from the pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism/FAQ directory (URL
- [56]ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism/FAQ/).
- Similarly, the parts of the reading lists are stored in the
- pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism/reading-lists directory (URL:
- [57]ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism/reading-lis
- ts). Note that the archived versions of the FAQ and reading lists
- are the posted versions; that is, they are each one large ASCII
- file.
-
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-
- Subject: Credits
-
- This list was developed from suggestions on soc.culture.jewish, an
- additional reading list developed by R. A. Levene, and the author's
- personal experience. A large portion was based on "A Basic Library for
- The Jewish Home" in [Gom75]. Eric Simon made significant contributions
- when this list was remodeled in July 2000. Other "Netters" that have
- recommended books for the list or made suggestions include: Mark B.
- Novick, John Sadowsky, Rabbi Charles Arian, Eric Bram, and others.
-
- A special thank you... Special thanks for her patience and
- understanding go to my wife, Karen, who put up with me hiding at the
- computer for the two months it took to complete the July/August 2000
- remodel of the entire soc.culture.jewish FAQ and Reading Lists. If you
- think the effort was worth it, drop her a note c/o
- [6]maintainer@scjfaq.org.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- --
- Please mail additions or corrections to me at faigin@pacificnet.net.
-
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