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Archive-name: judaism/reading-lists/general
Posting-Frequency: Monthly
Selected Sources for Additional Reading on Judaism
Part I: Introduction, General Sources, Torah, Talmud, and Mishnah
[Last Change: $Date: 1993/09/05 18:07:41 $ $Revision: 2.3 $]
[Last Post: Sun Sep 5 11:07:42 1993]
There is nothing more uniquely
characteristic of the style of Jewish
religious life than the great love Jews have
for holy books. [Sie73]
The message is intended to provide the readers of soc.culture.jewish with
suggestions for books discussing various Jewish topics, especially the
subject of Jewish law and practice. While no book can substitute for a
formal course of instruction guided by one's Rabbi, these books are useful
as reference material for the knowledgeable, and as an introduction for the
not-yet-knowledgeable about Judaism.
It is difficult to separate what is now termed "Orthodox" judaism from the
collective term "Judaism". The practices of Orthodoxy tend to be the
traditional practices. Furthermore, Orthodoxy is not organized as a movement
in the same sense as Reform or Conservative; although Orthodox organizations
exist, congregations do not need to join them to be considered Orthodox.
This list is by no means intended to be exhaustive, and it is designed to
lean toward traditional Judaism, although some of the sources included under
the GENERAL headings included references to liberal movements.
Please note: All parts of this list should be undigestifyable via gnus or
other news readers. Each subpart begins with it's own Subject: for easy
reference.
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Subject: Organization
This list consists of 11 parts. Each part is subdivided into a number of
subheadings, each beginning with a line of 60 dashes and a Subject:. This
allows digestification by programs such as gnus. The organization of these
parts is as follows:
o Part I: Introduction and General
I.1. Where Can I Get These Books From?
I.2. But The List is So Long, Where Should I Start?
I.3. For Non-Jewish Readers
I.4. General Judaism
I.5. General Jewish Thought
I.6. General Jewish History
I.7. Noachide Laws
I.8. Torah and Talmud
I.9. Mishnah and Talmud
I.10. Torah and Talmudic Commentary
I.11. Midrash
I.12. Halachic Codes
I.13. Becoming An Observant Jew
I.14. Women and Judaism
I.15. Science and Judaism
o Part II: Traditional Liturgy, Practice, Lifestyle, Holidays
II.1. Traditional Liturgy
II.2. Traditional Philosophy and Ethics
II.3. Prayer
II.4. Traditional Practice
II.5. The Household
II.6. Life, Death, and In-Between
II.7. The Cycle Of Holidays
o Part III: The Messiah, Kaballah and Chasidism
III.1. The Messiah
III.2. Chasidism
III.3. Kaballah and Mysticism
o Part IV: Reform Judaism
IV.1. Reform Beliefs
IV.2. Reform Rituals
IV.3. Reform Liturgy
IV.4. Reform Responsa
IV.5. Reform History
IV.6. The Bible
o Part V: Conservative Judaism
V.1. Conservative Beliefs
V.2. Conservative Practices
V.3. Conservative History
V.4. Conservative Liturgy
o Part VI: Reconstructionist Judaism
VI.1. Philosophy Of Movement
VI.2. Reconstructionist Education
VI.3. Reconstructionist Liturgy
o Part VII: Humanistic Judaism
VII.1. Philosophy Of Movement
VII.2. Other Related Reading
o Part VIII: Zionism
VIII.1. Zionism and The Development Of Israel
VIII.2. The Founders
VIII.3. Zionistic Movements
VIII.4. Judaism in Israel
o Part IX: Antisemitism
IX.1. Antisemitism
IX.2. What Led to The Holocaust
IX.3. Medieval Oppression
IX.4. Antisemitism Today (Including Dealing with Hate Groups)
IX.5. Judiasm and Christianity
o Part X: Intermarriage
X.1. So You're Considering Intermarriage?
X.2. The Traditional Viewpoint
X.3. Conversion
X.4. You've Done The Deed. Coping With Life As An Intermarried
o Part XI: Periodicals
XI.1.a. Topical General Interest Periodicals
XI.1.b. General Interest Periodicals focused on Tradition and Home
XI.1.c. General Interest Periodicals focused on Jewish Scholarship
XI.1.d. Other General Interest Periodicals
XI.2. Publications Targeted For Specific Movements
XI.3. Rabbinic Journals
XI.4. Local Publications
The reader is also referred to the excellent chapter on "Creating a Jewish
Library" in the first volume of _The (First) Jewish Catalog_.
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Subject: Archival and Credits
This list is based on an original list developed by Rob Levine, which was last
posted to the net in February of 1991. Rob's list was culled from s.c.j.
postings as well as the bibliographies of some of the books on this list. This
original list has been augmented based on bibliographic research done by D.
Faigin at the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, as well as contributions
from readers of s.c.j, mail.jewish, and mail.liberal-judaism. It is also
based on suggestions found in the excellent _Jewish Catalog_ [**] series,
which would serve anyone well as a sourcebook on Judaism. Contributions to
the list have also been made by: Steven Abrams, Michael Allen, Rabbi Charles
Arian, Jim Eggert, Ari Epstein, David A Guberman, Douglas Jones, David
Kaufmann, Evelyn Leeper, Jack Love, Hillel Markowitz (both alone and in
consultation with Rabbi Yirmiyahu Kaganoff of Baltimore), Rabbi Josh Segal,
Steven Seidman, and Andrew Tannenbaum. As usual, suggestions for additions or
deletions are welcome, as are *brief* annotations for any entry. Entries in
the GENERAL sections may reflect non-Orthodox viewpoints; entries in the other
sections should reflect the traditional view. Where appropriate, entries
reflecting non-traditional views will be clearly marked as such; I will
entertain suggestions with respect to the non-GENERAL sections that the
reference more properly belongs in another reading list (Reform, Conservative,
etc.).
All portions of the FAQ and of the reading lists are archived on
israel.nysernet.org [192.77.173.2] in the directory:
~ftp/israel/lists/scj-faq
They are available in the rtfm.mit.edu archives in the directory:
pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism
The following files make up the reading lists and are in the "reading-lists"
subdirectory: general, traditional, chasidism, reform, conservative,
reconstructionist, humanistic, zionism, antisemitism, intermarriage,
periodicals.
The following files make up the FAQ and are in the "FAQ" subdirectory:
01-FAQ-intro, 02-Who-We-Are, 03-Torah-Halacha, 04-Observance, 05-Worship,
06-Jewish-Thought, 07-Jews-As-Nation, 08-Israel, 09-Antisemitism,
10-Miscellaneous.
The files may also be obtained via Email by sending a message to
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
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Subject: I.1. WHERE CAN I GET THESE BOOKS FROM?
I can't tell you where to get all of these books, but a good Jewish bookstore
should be a good starting place. Many of these books are published by the
Jewish Publication Society * 1528 Walnut Street, Suite 800 * Philadelphia PA
19102 * 800-234-3151; this is indicated by <JPS>. Another significant general
publishers is Mesorah, 4401 Second Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11232 (1-800-MESORAH).
Both have good catalogs. Some of the books are published by the publishers of
the various Jewish movements; addresses may be found in the particular
sections:
Kehot, Sichos in English Part III (Chasidism)
UAHC, CCAR Part IV (Reform)
World Union for Progressive Judaism Part IV (Reform)
JTS, USA, USCJ Part V (Conservative)
Reconstructionist Press Part VI (Reconstructionist)
SHJ Part VII (Humanistic)
If you can't find them elsewhere, books marked with <INP> may be ordered from
The Isaac Nathan Publishing Co, 7106 Owensmouth Avenue, Canoga Park CA 91303,
818/346-1410, FAX 818/346-4236. Other recommended bookstores are:
o Pinsker's Bookstore (1-800-JUDAISM [1-800-583-2476], Pittsburgh PA).
o Judaica Emporium (3070 Broadway, New York NY, 212-662-7000).
o Jewish Book Center of the Workmen's Circle (45 E 33rd, New York NY,
212-889-6800 x285 or 800-922-2558)
o Levine Jewish Books and Judaica (5 W 30th, New York NY, 212-695-6888).
o J. Roth Bookseller Of Fine & Scholarly Judaica (9020 Olympic Blvd, Beverly
Hills CA, 310-276-9414)
Most bookstores will ship books, especially in this age of credit cards and
mail order. You can also try contacting the publishers for any book.
According to a post from backon@VMS.HUJI.AC.IL a while back, the Stanford
University Bookstore has its database on the Internet; telnet to
forsythetn.stanford.edu, login as "socrates", and select bookstore.
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Subject: I.2. BUT THE LIST IS SO LONG, WHERE SHOULD I START?
For a basic understanding of Judaism, start with Prager and Telushkin's _The
Nine Questions People ask about Judaism_ <INP>, as well as Telushkin's _Jewish
Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know About Judaism_ <INP> . As
mentioned above, the _Jewish Catalog_ <INP> series (3 volumes) provides more
than enough information, as well as providing pointers to even more sources.
Siegel and Rheins _The Jewish Almanac_ also provides useful high-level
information. For a deeper understanding, continue with Donin's _To Be a Jew_
<INP> and _To Pray as a Jew_. For some historical perspective, read Prager
and Telushkin's _Why the Jews?_. General history is covered well in Grayzel's
_A History of the Jews_ and Wein's _Triumph of Survival: The Story of Jews in
the Modern Age, 1650-1990_. For a discussion of the emotional, social, and
lifestyle aspects of becoming an observant Jew, read Steinsaltz's _Teshuvah_.
Readers are also urged to explore Jewish audio-tape lending libraries, such as
those run by Aish HaTorah, Etz Chayim, Chabad, Beis Chana in Minnesota and
various other Jewish outreach groups. Tape series on Jewish History, Jewish
Law, (all levels), Torah, Talmud, and other subjects are available. For those
of you with backgrounds in Liberal Judaism, audio-tapes are also available
from the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Contact your local Rabbi, or
the library at a local synagogue, for more information.
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Subject: I.3. FOR NON-JEWISH READERS
You'll probably find the texts listed may be a little too deep if you just
want to learn what Judaism is. Consider the following instead:
[Clo87] Clorfene, Chaim and Yaakov Rogalsky. _The Path of the Righteous
Gentile_. Smithfield, MI: Targum Press, 1987
[Ein91] Einstein, Stephen J. and Kukoff, Lydia. _Every Person's Guide to
Judaism_. UAHC Press #142610. ISBN 0-8074-0434-9. 1991. [Non-Orthodox.
Guide to Judaism that recognizes that study is only the first step to
learning and living as a Jew.] <INP>
[Gar89] Garfiel, Evelyn. _Service of the Heart: a Guide to the Jewish Prayer
Book_. Jason Aronson, Northvale (NJ), 1989, ISBN 0-87668-873-3.
You should also explore _The Jewish Almanac_, _The Nine Questions People Ask
About Judaism_, the excellent books by Donin (_To Be A Jew_, _To Pray as a
Jew_) and the _Jewish Catalog_ series. You'll find a discussion of the
relationship between Christianity and Judaism in the supplemental Antisemitism
reading list.
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Subject: I.4. GENERAL JUDAISM
[Bla66] Blau, Joseph L. _Modern Varieties of Judaism_. Columbia Univerity
Press, New York NY. 1966.
[Ein91] Einstein, Stephen J. and Kukoff, Lydia. _Every Person's Guide to
Judaism_. UAHC Press #142610. ISBN 0-8074-0434-9. 1991. [Non-Orthodox.
Guide to Judaism that recognizes that study is only the first step to
learning and living as a Jew.] <INP>
[Fri90] Friesel, Evyatar. _Atlas of Modern Jewish History_ Oxford University
Press. 1990. [Contains demographics of the American Jewish population,
including employment categories, intermarriage rates, maps, etc.]
[Gla72] Glazer, Nathan. _American Judaism_. University of Chicago Press,
Chicago IL. 1982.
[Gre88] Greenberg, Irving. _The Jewish Way_. Summit Books, New York NY. 1988.
<INP>
[Her61] Hertzberg, Arthur. _Judaism_. Braziller, New York. 1961. Washington
Square, New York (paperback). [Non-Orthodox source]
[Neu74] Neusner, Jacob. _The Way of Torah: An Introduction to Judaism_.
Dickenson Publishing Company, Encino CA. 1974. [Not universally
accepted, non-Orthodox point of view]
[Neu75] Neusner, Jacob, ed. _Understanding American Judaism_. Volume Two:
Sectors of American Judaism: Reform, Orthodoxy, Conservativism, and
Reconstructionism. Ktav Press, New York. 1975. [Not universally
accepted, non-Orthodox point of view]
[New??] Newman, Y. and Sivan, G. _A-Z Illustrated Lexicon of Judaism_. World
Zionist Organization Torah Education Dept.
[Pra81] Prager, Dennis and Telushkin, Joseph. _The Nine Questions People Ask
About Judaism_. Schuster, New York. 1981. ISBN 0-671-62261. <INP>
[Ros78] Rosenthal, G. _Many Faces of Judaism: Orthodox, Conservative,
Reconstructionist, and Reform_ Behrman House, New York. 1978 [Contains
a descriptive comparison of Orthodox, Reform, Conservative and
Reconstructionist Judaism. It is intended as a low end high school
text and although still good, it is beginning to show its age.]
[Rot72] Roth, Cecil, Ed. _Encyclopedia Judaica_. 16 Vols. Keter, Jerusalem.
1972.
[Sie73] Siegel, Richard; Strassfeld, Michael; Strassfeld, Sharon. _The First
Jewish Catalog: A Do-It Yourself Kit_. Jewish Publication Society,
Philadelphia PA. 1973. [Catalog 1 covers Symbols of the Home, Kashrut,
Candles, Kippah, Tallit, Tefillin, the Shofar, Jewish travel, the
Jewish year cycle, Weddings, Tumah and taharah, Death and burial,
scribal arts, gematria, music, film, the Jewish press, creating a
jewish library, and relationships between man, women, and the
community] <INP> <JPS>
[Sie80] Siegel, Richard and Rheins, Carl. _The Jewish Almanac_. Bantam
Books, New York. 1980.
[Sil56] Silver, Abba Hillel. _Where Judaism Differed_. Macmillan, New York.
1956. [Reform point of view]
[Ste47] Steinberg, Milton. _Basic Judaism_. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New
York. 1947. ISBN 0-15-610698-1. [Conservative] <INP>
[Str76] Strassfeld, Sharon and Strassfeld, Michael, eds. _The Second
Jewish Catalog_. Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia PA. 1976.
[Catalog 2 covers the life cycle in more depth, aspects of study,
synagogue and prayer, and the arts. The Jewish Yellow Pages are out of
date, quite likely.] <INP> <JPS>
[Str80] Strassfeld, Sharon and Strassfeld, Michael, eds. _The Third Jewish
Catalog_. Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia PA. 1980. [Catalog
3 covers justice, community, genealogy, dispersion, exile,
surroundings, and israel. It also talks about how to be a mentsh, and
includes a cumlutive index to all three catalogs] <INP> <JPS>
[Sym??] Syme, Daniel B. _Jewish Mourning_. UAHC Press #388494. ISBN
0-8074-0332-6. [Non-Orthodox, but offers both traditional and liberal
Jewish attitudes towards death-related issues.]
[Tel91] Telushkin, Joseph. _Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to
Know About Judaism_. Morrow, New York. 1991. <INP>
[Wou59] Wouk, Herman. _This is my G@d_. Dell, NY. 1959. <INP>
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Subject: I.5. GENERAL JEWISH THOUGHT
[Ber73] Berkovits, Eliezer. _Faith after the Holocaust_. Ktav Publishing
House, New York. 1973.
[Ber79] Berkovits, Eliezer _G@d, Man and History_. Jonathan David, New York.
1979.
[Dor92] Dorff, Elliot. _Knowing God: Jewish Journeys to the Unknowable_.
Jason Aronson. 1992. [R. Dorff is provost and professor of
philosophy at the University of Judaism (Conservative)]
[Gil90] Gillman, Neil. _Sacred Fragments: Recovering Theology for the
Modern Jew_. Jewish Publication Society. 1990. [A National
Jewish Book Award winner; R. Gillman is professor of philosophy
at the Jewish Theological Seminary] (Conservative)
[Gre92] Green, Arthur. _Seek My Face, Speak My Name: A Contemporary
Jewish Theology_. Jason Aronson. 1992. [R. Green, who recently
left the presidency of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
for a chair at Brandeis, is regarded as a leading exponent of
neo-Hasidism] (Reconstructionist)
[Har85] Hartman, David. _A Living Covenant: The Innovative Spirit in
Traditional Judaism_. Free Press. 1985. [R. Hartman is director
of the Shalom Hartman Institute for Advanced Jewish Studies in
Jerusalem, and a student of Rav Soloveitchik z"l]
[Hes55] Heschel, Abraham Joshua. _God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of
Judaism_. Harper Torchbook. 1966. [One of Heschel's more
accessible major works.]
[Kap79] Kaplan, Aryeh. _Handbook of Jewish Thought_. Maznaim Publishing Corp.,
4304 12th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11219, 718-438-7680, New
York/Jerusalem, 1979.
[Pel84] Peli, P. _Soloveitchik on Repentance: The Thought and Oral
Discourses of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik_. Paulist Press.
1984. [the Rav as presented by the late chair of Hebrew Studies
at Ben Gurion University]
[Sol??] Soloveitchik. _Halachic Man_. JPS: Philadelphia PA. ???. ISBN
0-8276-0222-7. <JPS>
[Sol91] Soloveichik, Rabbi Ahron, _Logic of the Heart, Logic of the Mind_.
Judaica Press/Genesis Jerusalem Press, 1991, ISBN 0-9630936-0-6
[Son90] Sonsino, Rifat and Syme, Daniel B. _What Happens After I Die: Jewish
Views of Life after Death_. UAHC Press, New York. 1990. UAHC #571201
ISBN 0-8074-0356-3. [Addresses a spectrum of responses to the
question, including philosophies from biblical rabbinic commentators
to contemporary thinkers in the Jewish community.]
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Subject: I.6. GENERAL JEWISH HISTORY
[Bam70] Bamberger, Bernard. _The Story of Judaism_. Schocken Books, New
York. 1970.
[Bar52] Baron, Salo W. _A Social and Religous History of the Jews_. 18 Vols
to date. Columbia University Press, New York. 1952-.
[Comprehensive, organized topically, not strictly chronologically.
This book is very extensive, and may be difficult to read. Not for the
beginner.] <JPS>
[Ben71] Ben-Sasson, H.H. & Ettinger, S. (eds.). _Jewish Society Through
the Ages_. Schocken Books. 1971. [a survey of Jewish life
edited by two distinguished Hebrew University professors and
commissioned by UNESCO]
[Ben76] Ben-Sasson, H. H. (ed.). _A History of the Jewish People_ (by scholars
at the Hebrew U, Jerusalem). English translation: Harvard University
Press, 1976. Hebrew: Dvir Publishing House, Tel Aviv, 1969. 1170 pp.
ISBN 0-674-39730-4.
[Dim62] Dimont, Max. _Jews, G@d, and History_. Signet Books, New York.
1962. [Note: May not be completely reliable] <INP>
[Fin38] Finkelstein, Louis. _The Pharisees: The Sociological Background of
Their Faith_. Jewish Publication Society. 1938. [a two volume
classic]
[Fin71a] Finkelstein, Louis (ed.). _The Jews: Their History_. Schocken Books.
1971 (4th ed.). [a comprehensive description of Judaism and the Jews,
edited by the late Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary]
[Fin71b] Finkelstein, Louis (ed.). _The Jews: Their Religion and Culture_.
Schocken Books. 1971 (4th ed.). [a comprehensive description of
Judaism and the Jews, edited by the late Chancellor of the Jewish
Theological Seminary]
[Fin71c] Finkelstein, Louis (ed.). _The Jews: Their Role in Civilization_.
Schocken Books. 1971 (4th ed.). [a comprehensive description of
Judaism and the Jews, edited by the late Chancellor of the Jewish
Theological Seminary]
[Goi74] Goiten S.D. _Jews and Arabs: Their Contacts Through the Ages_.
Schocken Books. 1974 (3ed.) [a classic historical survey]
[Gra67] Grayzel, Solomon. _A History of the Jews_. Jewish Publishing Society,
Philadelphia. 1967. ISBN 0-8276-0142-5. [Good overview. A good
general perspective on Jewish history. Not Orthodox.] <JPS>
[Hal84a] Hallo, William, Ruderman, David, & Stanislawski (eds.). _Heritage:
Civilization and the Jews (Source Reader)_. Praeger Publishers. 1984.
[primary materials designed to parallel the TV series; Hallo is
professor of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature at Yale, Ruderman
chairs Yale's Judaica Department, Stanislawski is professor of Jewish
History at Columbia]
[Hal84b] Hallo, William, Ruderman, David, & Stanislawski. _Heritage:
Civilization and the Jews (Study Guide). Praeger Publishers. 1984.
[primary materials designed to parallel the TV series; Hallo is
professor of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature at Yale, Ruderman
chairs Yale's Judaica Department, Stanislawski is professor of Jewish
History at Columbia]
[Isa89] Isaacs, Jacob. _Our People_ 6 vols. Kehot, Brooklyn NY. 1989.
[History up unto the modern era from the traditional point of view]
[Rot66] Roth, Cecil. _A History of the Jews_. Schocken, New York. rev. ed.
1966. also in paperback.
[Sel80] Seltzer, Robert. M. _Jewish People, Jewish Thought: The Jewish
Experience in History_. Macmillan Publishing Co, New York, 1980. ISBN:
0-02-408940-8. [An intellectual history. Shows the development of
Jewish ideas and concepts. On the level of an advanced undergrad or
grad textbook and is not always easy going.]
[Wei90] Wein, Berel. _Triumph of Survival: The Story of Jews in the Modern
Age, 1650-1990_. Shaar Press, NY (Yeshivah Shaarei Torah, 36 Carlton
Rd, Suffern NY). 1990. [A fine history from the Orthodox perspective.]
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Subject: I.7. NOACHIDE LAWS
[Clo87] Clorfene, Chaim and Yaakov Rogalsky. _The Path of the Righteous
Gentile_. Smithfield, MI: Targum Press, 1987
[Gal--] Gallin, Aryeh. _The Root and Branch Noachide Guide_. Root and Branch
Association, Ltd, 504 Grand Street, #E51, New York, NY 10002-4101.
[Lic81] Lichtenstein, Aaron. _The Seven Laws of Noah_. The Rabbi Jacob
Joseph School Press, New York. 1981.
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Subject: I.8. TORAH AND TALMUD
Note: There's lots of information on Torah and Talmud (understatement of the
year), and one should contact a competent rabbi for guided study.
[JPS17] Jewish Publication Society. _The Holy Scripture According to the
Masoretic Text_. Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia PA. 1917.
[JPS62] Jewish Publication Society. _The Torah: The Five Books of Moses_.
Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia PA. 1962. ISBN 0-8276-0015-1.
<JPS>
[JPS69] Jewish Publication Society. _The Five Megilloth and Jonah: A New
Translation_. Introduction by H L Ginsberg. Jewish Publication
Society, Philadelphia. 1969. ISBN 0-8276-0045-3. <JPS>
[JPS85] Tanakh: A New Translation of the Holy Scriptures According to the
Traditional Hebrew Text. Jewish Publication Society. ISBN
0-8276-0252-9 (cloth) 0-3276-0264-2 (leatherette).[0-8276-0283-9]
<JPS>
[Abr91] Abrams, Judith. _Talmud for Beginners_. 2 vols (Part I and II). Jason
Aaronson, New York. 1991 and 1993. [Selections of Jewish Book Club,
designed as "pre-steinsaltz", i.e., introduction to Talmud for those
with no background in it at all.]
[Hes62] Heschel, Abraham Joshua. _The Prophets_. JPS, Philadelphia. 1962.
[Her76] Hertz, J. H. _The Pentateuch and Haftorahs_. Soncino, London. 1976.
[Hir63] Hirsch, S. R. _The Pentateuch_. Translated from the German by Isaac
Levy. Irish University Press. 1963.
[Isa50] ben Isaiah, (Rabbi) Abraham, and Sharfman, (Rabbi) Binyamin, in
collaberation with Dr. Harry M. Orlinsky and Rabbi Dr. Morris
Charner. _The Pentateuch and Rashi's Commentary: A Linear Translation
into English_. 5 vols. SS&R Publishing Co., JPS, Philadelphia PA.
1950. [A very useable translation as the wording and linear
translation are broken up to make both the Hebrew and English readable
together. The Rash is printed in started Hebrew print with the vowels
put in besides the linear translation.]
[Jud??] Judaica Press. _Prophets and Writings_. Judaica Press, NY. [A new,
modern, traditional translation of text and classic commentaries,
including all of Rashi, with Hebrew text. Judaica Press has also
indicated that they will be putting out an equivalent for the Torah.]
[Kap??a] Kaplan, Aryeh. _The Living Torah_, translated and with commentary.
Moznaim, NY. [This book deserves special mention as a study text. Many
groups, including Reform, use him as a source because of this
superiority.]
[Kap8-] Kaplan, A. _The Torah Anthology_. 19 vols. Moznaim, NY. 198-.
[Volumes cover the Torah, with separate ones on megillahs and
Psalms, translated from the classic Ladino work Me'Am Loez. An
amazing compendium of insights and commentary. See note above.]
[Ros34] Rosenbaum, M. and Silbermann, A. M. _Pentateuch with Targum Onkelos,
Hapthraroth and Rashi's Commentary_. 5 vols. Hebrew Publishing
Company, New York. 1934.
[Sac91] Sachs, Jonathan. _Torah Studies_ Kehot, NY. 1991. [From the Chasidic
point of view, short essays on the weekly Torah reading based on
talks of the Lubavitch Rebbe.]
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Subject: I.9. MISHNAH AND TALMUD
Artscroll Series. Mesorah Publications, 4401 Second Avenue, Brooklyn
NY 11232. Artscroll has some highly recommended series on Mishnah and
Talmud, as well as a series on Chumash and Nach. One contributer to
the list said: "The only reason [I] cannot say that the Artscroll
texts are ``head and shoulders'' above the rest is that the others do
not come up to Artscroll's shoulders. The translation and commentary
are so superior to others such as Soncino as to make it no
comparison."
[Alb52] Albeck, H. and Yalon, H. _Shisha Sidre Mishnah_. 6 vols. Bialik
Institute, Jerusalem. 1952-1956.
[Esp35] Epstein, Isidore, ed. _The Babylonian Talmud with Introduction and
Commentary_. Soncino Press, London. Vol 1-36. 1935-1952.
Kahati, Pinchas. _Elucidated Mishna Series_. World Zionist
Organization Torah Education Dept. [An English translation of his
Mishna Mevueres series which has become extremely popular. His
scholarship and clarity make it an extremely useful sefer. Currently
being published, together with a translation of the Mishnah, by
Feldheim.]
[Lie55a] Lieberman, Saul. _The Tosefta_. 3 vols to date. Jewish Theological
Seminary, New York. 1955-. [Note: for those with good Hebrew skills]
[Lie55b] Lieberman, Saul. _Tosefta ki-Feshutah_. 11 vols to date. Jewish
Theological Seminary, New York. 1955-. [Note: for those with good
Hebrew skills]
[Ste69] Steinsaltz, Adin, ed. _The Talmud: The Steinsaltz Edition_. 8 vols. to
date. Israel Institute of Talmudic Publications, Jerusalem. 1969-.
[So far, 5 volumes of Tractate Bava Metzia, and 3 volumes of Tractate
Ketubot have been published.]
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Subject: I.10. TORAH AND TALMUDIC COMMENTARY
[Cha76] Chavel, Charles B. (trans.). _Ramban (Nachmanides) Commentary on the
Torah_. Shilo Publishing, NY, 1976; ISBN# 0-88328-010-8 [A
translation of the 2nd most used commentary (after Rashi)]
[Cha67] Chavel, Charles B. (trans.). _The Commandments: Sefer Ha-Mitzvoth of
Maimonides_ Soncino, London. 1967. [A translation of Maimonides's
Sefer HaMitzvot, a list and explaination of the 613 commandments. Won
lots of awards.]
[Chi74] Chill, Abraham. _The Mitzvot: The Commandments and Their Rationale_.
Bloch, New York. 1974.
[CohA75] Cohen, A. _Everyman's Talmud_. Dutton, New York. 1948. (hardback)
Schocken, New York. 1975. (paperback)
[JPS--] Jewish Publication Society. _The JPS Torah Commentary_. 5 vols. JPS:
Philadelphia PA. ISBNs 0-8276-0326-6 (Genesis, 1989), 0-8276-0328.2
(Leviticus, 1989), 0-8276-0329-0 (Numbers, 1989), 0-8276-0327-4
(Exodus, 1991), 0-8276-0330-4 (Deut.). <JPS>.
[Mie69] Mielziner, Moses. _Introduction to the Talmud_. Bloch, New York.
1969.
[New80] Newman, Aryeh. _Studies in the Pentateuch_ (by Prof. Nechama
Leibowitz). World Zionist Organization Torah Education Dept. 1980
[This is based on Professor Leibowitz's weekly Parsha study sheets
that were mailed all over the world in the fifties. They contain a
set of discussions of each parsha with basic concepts learned from the
meforshim.]
[Rab88] Rabinowich, N.D. _The Iggeres of Rav Sherira Gaon_. Ahavath Torah
Institute-Moznaim Press, Brooklyn NY. 1988. [Written in Aramaic in
4747 (987 CE), it is a history of the mesorah from Sinai until his
day. Translated into both Hebrew and English]
[Ste76] Steinsaltz, Adin. _The Essential Talmud_. Basic Books, New York. 1976.
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Subject: I.11. MIDRASH
[Bra81] Braude, William G. and Kapstein, Israel J. (trans.) _Tanna Debe
Eliyyahu: The Lore of the School of Elijah_. Jewish Publication
Society, Philadelphia PA. 1981. ISBN 0-8276-0174-3. <JPS>
[Gin46] Ginzberg, Louis, _Legends of the Jews_. 7 vols. Jewish Publication
Society, Philadelphia. 1946. ISBNs 0-8276-0340-1 (Creation to Jacob),
0-8276-0341-X (Joseph to Exodus), 0-8276-0342-8 (Exodus to Death of
Moses), 0-8276-0343-6 (Joshua to Esther), 0-8276-0344-4 (Notes to Vols
I and II), 0-8276-0345-2 (Notes to Vols III and IV), 0-8276-0346-0
(Index). <JPS>
[Gla62] Glatzer, Nahum N. ed. _Hammer on the Rock: A Midrash Reader_.
Schocken, New York. 1962. Paperback. [Draws material from the nonlegal
parts of the Talmud the Haggadah ... and the midrashic writings.]
[Lau76] Lauterbach, Jacob Z. (ed., trans.) _Mekilta De-Rabbi Ishmael_. JPS:
Philadelphia PA. 1976. ISBN 0-8276-0078-X. <JPS>
[Mon70] Montefiore, C.G. and Loewe, H. eds. _The Rabbinic Anthology_
Schocken Press, New York. 1970. [Has some strange sources/references]
[Wei80] Weissman, Rabbi Moshe. _The Midrash Says_. (5 vols). Benei Yakov
Publications. Brooklyn, NY. 1980. [Adaptation of midrashim on each
Torah section, with sources. Extremely faithful to the original,
recommended among the Orthodox and used by observant teachers.
Probably the best English language source for the range of Midrashic
material. Also available in a children's edition, _The Little Midrash
Says_, which includes Joshua.]
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Subject: I.12. HALACHIC CODES
Note: This section assumes a level of knowledge of Hebrew and general
halacha. Consult your local Rabbi.
[Mai--] Maimonides, Moses. _Mishneh Torah_. Various editions. [A new edition
into Hebrew from the original Arabic with lengthy discussions by Y.
Shilat is available from Ma'aliyot Press (that's the hesder Yeshiva in
Ma'alei Adumim). It is supposed to be extensively cross indexed and
well done].
[Ash--] ben Asher, Jacob. _Arbaah Turim_. Various editions.
[Kar--] Karo, Joseph. _Shulhan Arukh_. Various editions. [Note that the
_Mapah_ of R. Moshe Isserles (the Ramah) is actually printed as
parenthetical text in the Shulchan Aruch of Rav Yoseph Karo. The
Ramah printed his comments to show the standard Ashkenazic
determinations especially where they differed from the Sefardic
customs of R' Karo. As a result, the Shulchan Aruch serves as the
standard halachic source text of both Sephardim (R. Karo's original)
and Ashkenazim (as modified by the Ramah).]
[Gol63] Goldin, Hyman E. (trans.). _The Code of Jewish Law_. Hebrew Publishing
Co., New York NY. 1963. [This is an English translation of the Kitzur
Shulchan Aruch, which is a completely different work from the Shulchan
Aruch. The Kitzur Shulchan Aruch was written in the late 1800's by
Rabbi Shlomo Gantzfried and is a summary collection of Halachah for
every day practice divided into categories. The Jewish Catalog
cautions against using the _Kitzur Shulhan Arukh_ of Shlomo Ganzfried,
which it states is "a collection of ultrastringent views often without
firm basis in halakhic sources". However, other contributors think it
provides lots of information on specific practices, but can be
overwealming. As usual, it is probably best to ask your Rabbi.]
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Subject: I.13. BECOMING AN OBSERVANT JEW
Note: Books such as Donin's _To Be A Jew_ and _To Pray As A Jew_ are
also a good place to start Teshuvah. You'll also find good information
in the _Jewish Catalog_ series, especially the 2nd and 3rd volumes.
Quoting from the "Guide to Baalei Teshuvah" in the 2nd volume of the
Jewish Catalog: "Jewish tradition places an emphasis on the role of
belief and allegiance. Thus the baal teshuvah -- master of
repentance; one who turns -- often begins his/her trek back to an
effective and gratifying Jewish consciousness through the renewed
acceptance of neglected observances and symbols".
[Sei87] Steinsaltz, [Rabbi] Adin. _Teshuvah: A Guide for the Newly Observant
Jew_.Jerusalem: The Domino Press, 1982. (English Translation: The
Free Press, 1987.)
[Tat87] Tatz, Akiva. _Anatomy of a Search: Personal Drama in the Teshuva
Revolution_. Mesorah, Brooklyn NY. 1987.
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Subject: I.14. WOMEN AND JUDAISM
[Aik92] Aiken, Lisa. _To Be a Jewish Woman_. Aronson, Northvale NJ. 1992.
[Ble89] Bletter, Diana (interviews), Grinker, Lori (photos). _The Invisible
Thread: Portraits of American Jewish Women_. JPS: Philadelphia PA.
1989. ISBN 0-8276-0333-9 (Cloth) -7 (Paper). <JPS>
[Fra92] Frankiel, Tamar. _The Voice of Sarah_. Harpercollins, San Francisco,
1992. [A feminist and observant Jew wrestles with the Jewish feminine
mystique].
[Gre81] Greenberg, Blu. _On Women and Judaism: A View From Tradition_. JPS:
Philadelphia PA. 1981. ISBN 0-8276-0226-X. <JPS>
[Mei78] Meiselman, Moshe. _Jewish Woman in Jewish law_. Ktav Publishing House,
New York. 1978.
[Wen90] Wenkart, Henny (ed.). _Sarah's Daughters Sing, a Sampler of Poems_.
Ktav, Noboken NJ. 1990.
There are other books relating to traditional views of the womens role in
family life to be found in Section II.6, "LIFE, DEATH, AND IN-BETWEEN", of the
reading list (the "traditional" file).
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Subject: I.15. SCIENCE AND JUDAISM
[Car76] Carmell, Aryeh and Domb, Cyril, eds. _Challenge: Torah Views on
Science_. New York: Association of Orthodox Jewish
Scientists/Feldheim Publishers, 1976.
[Kap93] Kaplan, Aryeh. _Immortality, Resurrection, and the Age of the
Universe: A Kabbalistic View_. Ktav Publishing (Hoboken, NJ) in
association with the Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists (New
York, NY). 169 pages. 1993. ISBN 0-88125-345-6. [In five essays, the
late physicist and Torah educator Kaplan draws on traditional sources
to show how Torah and science are consonant in relation to the issues
of the age of the universe, the fossil record, longevity, immortality,
and resurrection.]
[Lan91] Landa, Judah. _Torah and Science_. Ktav Publishing (Hoboken, NJ).
1991. [Focuses on Torah and technology: Basic Geometry, Special
Numbers, The Earth, The Heavenly Bodies, The Seasons, The Moon,
Celestial Visitors, Laws of Nature, Creation vs Evolution, and the
Universe.]
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Selected Sources for Additional Reading on Judaism
Part II: Traditional Liturgy, Practice, Lifestyle, Holidays
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There is nothing more uniquely
characteristic of the style of Jewish
religious life than the great love Jews have
for holy books. [Sie73]
This list provides a collection of sources on "traditional" practice for
readers of soc.culture.jewish. While no book can substitute for a formal
course of instruction guided by one's Rabbi, these books are useful as
reference material for the knowledgeable, and as an introduction for the
not-yet-knowledgeable about Judaism.
It is difficult to separate what is now termed "Orthodox" judaism from the
collective term "Judaism". The practices of Orthodoxy tend to be the
traditional practices. Furthermore, Orthodoxy is not organized as a movement
in the same sense as Reform or Conservative; although Orthodox organizations
exist, congregations do not need to join them to be considered Orthodox.
This list is organized as a digest, and may be undigestified by a program such
as "gnus".
Information on where to obtain these books, including an explanation of the
<INP> and <JPS> notations, may be found in Part I of the Reading List
(judaism/reading-lists/general).
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Subject: Archival and Credits
This list is based on an original list developed by Rob Levine, which was last
posted to the net in February of 1991. Rob's list was culled from s.c.j.
postings as well as the bibliographies of some of the books on this list. This
original list has been augmented based on bibliographic research done by D.
Faigin at the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, as well as contributions
from readers of s.c.j, mail.jewish, and mail.liberal-judaism. It is also
based on suggestions found in the excellent _Jewish Catalog_ series, which
would serve anyone well as a sourcebook on Judaism. Contributions to the list
have also been made by: Jonathan Baker, Ed Cohen, Rachel Kaplan, David
Kaufmann, Shaul Wallach, Len Moskowitz, and Hillel Markowitz. As usual,
suggestions for additions or deletions are welcome, as are *brief* annotations
for any entry.
All portions of the FAQ and of the reading lists are archived on
israel.nysernet.org [192.77.173.2] in the directory:
~ftp/israel/lists/scj-faq
They are available in the rtfm.mit.edu archives in the directory:
pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism
The following files make up the reading lists and are in the "reading-lists"
subdirectory: general, traditional, chasidism, reform, conservative,
reconstructionist, humanistic, zionism, antisemitism, intermarriage,
periodicals.
The following files make up the FAQ and are in the "FAQ" subdirectory:
01-FAQ-intro, 02-Who-We-Are, 03-Torah-Halacha, 04-Observance, 05-Worship,
06-Jewish-Thought, 07-Jews-As-Nation, 08-Israel, 09-Antisemitism,
10-Miscellaneous.
The files may also be obtained via Email by sending a message to
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
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Subject: II.1. TRADITIONAL LITURGY
[Bir49] Birnbaum, Phillip ed. and trans. _Daily Prayer Book_. Hebrew
Publishing Company, New York. 1949.
[Her48] Hertz, Joseph Herman. _The Authorised Daily Prayer Book_. Bloch, New
York. 1948.
[She84] Scherman, Nosson. _The Complete Artscroll Siddur_. Mesorah Press, NY.
1984 (Ashkenazi) 1985 (Sephardi). [Traditional prayerbook with
extensive commentary]
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Subject: II.2. TRADITIONAL PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS
[Alb29] Albo, Joseph. _Sefer ha-Ikkarim: Book of Principles_. 4 vols. JPS,
Philadelphia, PA. 1929-1930.
[Bla62] Blau, Joseph L. _The Story of Jewish Philosophy_. Random House, New
York. 1962.
[Gao48] Gaon, Saadia. _The Book of Beliefs and Opinions_. Trans. by Samuel
Roseblatt. Yale University, New Haven. 1948.
[Hal64] Halevi, Judah. _The Kuzari: The Book of Proof and Argument_.
Schocken, NY. 1964. [Translation of a classic medieval Jewish
philosophical work]
[Luc90] Luzzatto, Moshe Chayim, _The Path of the Just (Mesilat
Yesharim)_, 3rd edition, Feldheim, Jerusalem/NY, 1966/1990, ISBN
0-87306-115-2 (paperback), ISBN 0-87306-114-4 (hardcover), ISBN
0-87306-239-6 (compact hardcover)
[Luz83] Luzzatto, Moshe Chayim, _The Way of God (Derekh Hashem)_, 4th
edition, Feldheim, Jerusalem/NY, 1977/1983, translation by Aryeh
Kaplan, ISBN 0-87306-338-4 (hardcover), ISBN 0-87306-344-9
(paperback)
[Luz82] Luzzatto, Moshe Chayim, _The Knowing Heart (Daat T'vunot),
Philosophy of G-d's Oneness_, Feldheim, Jerusalem/NY, 1982, ISBN
0-87306-194-2
[MaiXX] Maimonides, Moses, _The Guide for the Perplexed._ Multiple editions
available. Two translations that have been cited are:
[Fri56] Friedlander, M. Dover, New York, 1956, ISBN 486-20351-4
[Pin64] Pines, S. University of Chicago Press, Chicago IL. 1964.
[Pak25] Bahya B. Joseph ibn Pakuda. _Duties of the Heart_. Translated by
Moses Hyamson. 5 vols. Bloch, New York. 1925-1947. Reprinted 2 vols
by Boys Town, Jerusalem, 1962.
[Sil67] Silverstein, Shraga (trans.); Rabbeinu Yonah of Gerona (auth.). _Gates
of Repentance_. The Torah Classics Library; Feldheim Publishers 1967;
Lib. of Cong. Cat. # 67-19189
[Tel--] Teller, Hanoch. Various Anthologies. Feldheim Publishers, NY. [Teller
uses stories (based on actual happenings disguised to protect the
people involved) to illustrate how one should behave. His major theme
is how one should relate to his fellow man.]
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Subject: II.3. PRAYER
[Jac72] Jacobs, Louis. _Hasidic Prayer_ Schocken, New York. 1972.
[Kon72] Kon, Abraham. _Prayer_. Soncino Press, London. 1972.
[Mar68] Martin, Bernard. _Prayer in Judaism_. Basic Books, New York. 1968.
[Mil71] Millgram, Abraham. _Jewish Worship_. JPS, Philadelphia 1971. ISBN
0-3276-0003-8. <JPS>
[Min8?] Mindel, Nissan. _Ani Maamin_. 2 vols. Kehot, Brooklyn NY. 198?.
[Explains meanings behind prayers]
[Mun63] Munk. _World of Prayer_. Feldheim, NY. 1963. [Includes mystical
explanations of prayers. Possibly out of print.]
[Pet72] Petuchowski, Jakob J. _Understanding Jewish Prayer_. Ktav, New York,
1972.
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Subject: II.4. TRADITIONAL PRACTICE
[Don72] Donin, Hayim. _To Be a Jew: A Guide to Jewish Observance in
Contemporary Life_. Basic Books, New York. 1972. <INP>
[Don80] Donin, Hayim. _To Pray as a Jew_. Basic Books, New York. 1980.
[For88] Forst, Rabbi Binyamin and Twerski, Rabbi Aaron. _The Law of B'rachos_.
Mesorah. Brooklyn, NY. 1988. [A Comprehensive exposition of the
background and laws of blessings]
[Tre80] Trepp, Leo. _The Complete Book of Jewish Observance._ New York: Berman
House/Summit Books, 1980. <INP>
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Subject: II.5. THE HOUSEHOLD
[Dre59] Dresner, Samuel H and Siegel, Seymour. _The Jewish Dietary Laws_.
Burning Bush Press, New York. 1959. [Not universally accepted, but
many recommend it. May be more of Conservative/Modern Orthodox
viewpoint]
[Eps81] Epstein, Rabbi Joseph D. _Mitzvot Habayit: The Precepts of the Jewish
Home_ (translated by Gershon Taschman). Torath HaAdam Institute, New
York, 1981. [Translation of the introduction to the author's
comprehensive work of the same name in Hebrew.]
[Gre83] Greenberg, Blu. _How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household_. Simon
and Schuster, New York. 1983. <INP>
[Kit63] Kitov, A.E. _The Jew and His Home._ New York: Shengold, 1963.
[Lev64] Levi, Shonie and Kaplan, Sylvia. _Guide for the Jewish Homemaker_.
Schocken Books, New York. 1964.
[Lub89] Lubavitch Women's Organization. _Body and Soul: A Handbook for
Kosher Living_, Lubavitch Women's Cookbook Pub, NY. 1989. [Short
introduction to kosher basics.]
[Lub90] Lubavitch Women's Organization. _Spice and Spirit: Complete Kosher
Jewish Cookbook_. Lubavitch Women's Cookbook Pub, NY, 1990. [Contains
detailed information about the laws of kashrut and holidays from the
Lubavitch point of view and thus follows Lubavitch customs regarding
Kashrut; for non-Lubavitch, use in conjunction with other Kashrut
references. Lots of traditional recipes that tend not to fail, if
followed. Good section on Passover baking.]
[RCA72] Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, Rabbinical
Council of America. _Kashruth: Handbook for Home and School_ UOJCA,
New York. 1972.
[Ros91] Rosenberg, Ehud. _Meat and Dairy, an illustrted guide for the Kosher
Kitchen_. Mesorah, NY. 1991. [Uses pictures to teach about kashrut.]
[Sym88] Syme, Daniel. _The Jewish Home_. UAHC Press, New York. 1988. <INP>
[Reform]
Also, every Jewish household, if you're at all interested in Kashrus,
should subscribe to Kashrus Magazine, published by Yeshiva Birkas
Reuven. For information, contact Kashrus at P.O. Box 204, Brooklyn NY
11204.
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Subject: II.6. LIFE, DEATH, AND IN-BETWEEN
[Abr88] Abranov, Tehilla. _Secret of Jewish Femininity_. Targum, NY. 1988.
[Sensitive, detailed, sympatheic discussion of laws of mikveh, family
purity and marital relations.]
[Ada87] Adahan, Miriam, _EMETT: A step-by-step guide to emotional maturity
through Torah_. Feldheim, 1987. [Mrs. Adahan's basic premise is that
man can attain happiness and emotional satisfaction in life by
training himself to think positively about the events which befall
him. She gives a complete scheme for identifying negative thought
patterns and modifying them, illustrated by many examples from real
life.]
[Ada88] Adahan, Miriam, _Raising Children to Care: A Jewish Guide to
Childrearing._ Feldheim, 1988. [Using the principles developed in her
previous book _EMETT_, Mrs. Adahan displays her thorough understanding
of personality development in the application of these principles to
bringing up children. While addressed primarily to mothers, a short
chapter to fathers touches briefly but forcefully on the marital
relationship.]
[Ada92] Adahan, Miriam, _It's All a Gift (though it may not seem like it at
first glance)_. Feldheim, 1992. [Mrs. Adahan's principles are
similarly applied to help people cope with misfortune. Divided into
some 5 parts, Part II of the book deals with marriage and deals with
common sources of marital discord.]
[Amr68] Amram, David Werner. _The Jewish Law of Divorce._ Herman, Boston.
1968.
[Bas90] Basri, Sima. _The Challenge of Two_. (translated by Edward Levin).
Ktav, 1990. [Written by a counsellor for young couples and wife of an
eminent Rabbinical judge in Israel, Mrs. Basri's popular guide
addresses all the major challenges facing young couples in plain,
clear language.]
[Bra51] Brav, Stanley Rosenbaum, ed. _Marriage and the Jewish Tradition_
Philosophical Library, New York. 1951.
[Bul86] Bulka, Rabbi Reuven P. _Jewish Marriage: A Halachic Ethic_. Ktav,
Yeshiva University Press, 1986. [Very thorough with many source
references; treats modern-day problems as well.]
[Bul92] Bulka, Rabbi Reuven P. _Jewish Divorce Ethics_. Ivy League Press,
Ogdensburg NY. 1992. <INP>
[Fel68] Feldman, David. _Birth Control in Jewish Law_. NYU, New York. 1968.
[The most comprehensive study available on Jewish attitudes about
contraception, abortion, etc.]
[Fel87] Felsman, Aharon. _The River, the Kettle, and the Bird: A Torah Guide
to a Successful Marriage_. Feldheim, 1987.
[Fri68] Fried, Jacob, ed. _Jews and Divorce_ Ktav, New York. 1968.
[Fri90] Friedman, Rabbi Manis. _Doesn't Anyone Blush Anymore?: Reclaiming
Intimacy, Modesty, and Sexuality_ (edited by Jena Morris Breninstall).
Harper, San Francisco, 1990. [Collection of popular lectures by a
charismatic Lubavitcher Hassidic maggid, widely acclaimed by both
Jewish and non-Jewish commentators.]
[Gol88] Gold, Michael. _And Hannah Wept: Infertility, Adoption, and the Jewish
Couple_. JPS: Philadelphia PA. 1988. ISBN 0-8276-0306-1. <JPS>
[Gol??] Goldman, Alex J. _Handbook for the Jewish Family_. <INP>
[Kap83] Kaplan, Rabbi Aryeh. _Made in Heaven: A Jewish Wedding Guide_.
Moznaim Publishing, Brooklyn, NY, 1983.
[Kau92] Kaufman, Machael. _Love, Marriage, and Family in Jewish Law_. Aronson,
Northvale NJ. 1992.
[Kit??] Kitov, Rabbi A. E. _The Jew and His Family_. (14th ed.) (translated by
Rabbi Nathan Bulman). Shengold Publishers, New York. [This classic by
the late Rabbi Kitov (author of "Book of the Heritage") is the
pioneering book on the Jewish family. First published in Hebrew about
1966, is still a valuable compendium of concepts and customs.]
[Lam82] Lamm, Maurice. _The Jewish Way in Love and Marriage_. Harper and
Row, New York. 1982. ISBN 0-06-064916-X.
[Lam72] Lamm, Norman. _A Hedge of Roses: Jewish Insights into Marriage and
Married Life_. Feldheim, NY. 1972, [Brief explanation of the laws of
family purity.]
[Leb88] Lebovits, Yehudah. _Shidduchim and Zivugim: The Torah Perspective in
Finding Your Mate_. Feldheim, 1988.
[Lev86] Levi, Miriam. _Effective Jewish Parenting_. Feldheim, 1986. [Mrs. Levi
uses the principles of cognitive psychology to help parents
(especially mothers) cope with their own feelings during the trials
and tribulations of childrearing. The book is richly illustrated by
examples from real life and should be read by husband and wife
together in order to arrive at a harmonized treatment of children and
thus eliminate a significant potential source of dissension.]
[Pli75] Pliskin, Rabbi Zelig. _Guard your Tongue_. (Adapted from _Chofetz
Chaim_). NJ, Gross Bros., 1975.
[Rad89] Radcliffe, Sarah C. _Aizer Knegdo: Jewish Woman's Guide to Happiness
in Marriage_. Targum Press (dist. Feldheim), 1989.
[Sto67] Stolper, [Rabbi] Pinchas M. _Jewish Alternatives in Love, Dating and
Marriage_. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, Inc. 1967,1984.
Co-published by the NCSY.
[Tau91] Tauber, Rabbi Ezriel. _To Become One: The Torah Outlook on Marriage_.
Shalheves, New York (dist. Feldheim), 1991. [Conceptual development of
the Jewish view on marriage by a veteran marriage counsellor,
presented as a dialogue with a couple who have come for treatment.
While confined to the basic concepts, is very stimulating
intellectually.]
[Ten88] Tendler, Rabbi Moshe D. _Pardes Rimonim: A Marriage for the Jewish
Family_ (revised edition). Ktav, Hoboken, NJ, 1988.
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Subject: II.7. THE CYCLE OF HOLIDAYS
[Spi86] Spier, Arthur. _The Comprehensive Hebrew Calendar_. Feldheim
Publishers, Jerusalem/New York, 3rd revised edition, 1986. [Not only
a calendar-date book, but easily gives anniversaries, Parashioth,
Haphtaroth as well as elements of calendar calculations without
straing one's eyes at the computer.]
[Agn65] Agnon, S. Y. _Days of Awe_. Schocken, New York. 1965.
[Dre70] Dresner, Samuel H. _The Sabbath_. Burning Book Press, New York. 1970.
[Gre88] Greenberg, Irving. _The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays_. Summit
Books, New York. 1988. [From the traditional, but not fundamentalist,
point of view. Non-Orthodox practice is handled with respect.]
[Gru72] Grunfeld, I. _The Sabbath: A Guide to Its Understanding and
Observance_. Feldheim Publishers, Jerusalem. 1966.
[Hes51] Heschel, Abraham Joshua. _The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man_.
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, New York. 1951.
[Kit70] Kitov, Eliyahu. _The Book of Our Heritage: The Jewish Year and Its
Days of Significance_. 3 vols. Feldheim, New York. 1970.
[JPS??] The Jewish Publication Society publishes an anthology series on the
holidays. Volumes available include: _Yom Kippur Anthology_
(Goodman, P.; 1971), _Rosh Hashana Anthology_ (Goodman, P.; 1970),
_Sabbath: The Day of Delight_ (Millgram, A.; 1965), _Purim
Anthology_ (Goodman, P.; 1949), _Hanukah Anthology_ (Solis-Cohen,
E.; 1937), _Passover Anthology_ (Goodman, P.; 1961), and _Sukkot and
Simhat Torah Anthology_ (Goodman, P.; 1973). <JPS>
[Neu74] Neuwirth, Rav Yehoshua Y. _Shemirath Shabbath: A Guide to the
Practical Observance of Shabbath_. 2 vols. Translation of the second
edition of the Hebrew - Shemiras Shabbas Kehilchaso. Volume I:
Chapters 1-22; Volume II: Chapter 23 to the end. Feldheim Publishers,
96 East Broadway, New York, NY 10002. 1974. [An excellent source for
practical halachos of shabbos.]
[Str85] Strassfeld, Michael. _Jewish Holidays: A Guide and Commentary_. Harper
& Row, New York. 1985. <INP>
[Zev57] Zevin, Rav Schlomo Yosef. _Moadim b'Halacha_. Abramahm Tsioni, Tel
Aviv. 1957.
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Selected Sources for Additional Reading on Judaism
Part III: The Messiah, Kaballah, and Chasidism
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There is nothing more uniquely
characteristic of the style of Jewish
religious life than the great love Jews have
for holy books. [Sie73]
This list provides a collection of sources on the more mystical and exuberant
side of traditional Judaism. Note that for some of these areas, in particular
Kaballah, there has traditionally been great caution. This is deep material
here, folks. Make sure you have your water wings :-). Note that no book can
substitute for a formal course of instruction guided by one's Rabbi.
Note: The books on this list primarily reflect the Chasidic point of view on
these subjects. Where appropriate, books from non-Chasidic points of view are
included, but are clearly indicated as such.
Availability Notes: All books published by Kehot may be ordered from Kehot at
770 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York. The same is true for books published
by Sichos in English. For information on where to obtain other books,
including an explanation of the <INP> and <JPS> notations, consult Part I of
the Reading List (judaism/reading-lists/general).
This list is organized as a digest; it may be successfully undigestified by
programs such as "gnus".
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Subject: Archival and Credits
This list is based on an original list developed by Rob Levine, which was last
posted to the net in February of 1991. Rob's list was culled from s.c.j.
postings as well as the bibliographies of some of the books on this list. This
original list has been augmented based on bibliographic research done by D.
Faigin at the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, as well as contributions
from readers of s.c.j, mail.jewish, and mail.liberal-judaism. It is also
based on suggestions found in the excellent _Jewish Catalog_ series, which
would serve anyone well as a sourcebook on Judaism. Contributions to the list
have also been made by: David Kaufmann, David A Guberman, Rabbi Mark Glickman,
Len Moskowitz, Kay Tavill, and Yechezkal Gutfreund. As usual, suggestions for
additions or deletions are welcome, as are *brief* annotations for any entry.
All portions of the FAQ and of the reading lists are archived on
israel.nysernet.org [192.77.173.2] in the directory:
~ftp/israel/lists/scj-faq
They are available in the rtfm.mit.edu archives in the directory:
pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism
The following files make up the reading lists and are in the "reading-lists"
subdirectory: general, traditional, chasidism, reform, conservative,
reconstructionist, humanistic, zionism, antisemitism, intermarriage,
periodicals.
The following files make up the FAQ and are in the "FAQ" subdirectory:
01-FAQ-intro, 02-Who-We-Are, 03-Torah-Halacha, 04-Observance, 05-Worship,
06-Jewish-Thought, 07-Jews-As-Nation, 08-Israel, 09-Antisemitism,
10-Miscellaneous.
The files may also be obtained via Email by sending a message to
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
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Subject: III.1. THE MESSIAH
[Bot93] Boteach, Shmuel. _The Wolf Shall Lie Down With the Lamb_. Jacob
Aronson Press, 1993. [An examination of the issues and concepts of
Moshiach, as presented in the Talmud, Maimonides and other classic
sources, including the public discourses of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.]
[Pat79] Patai, Raphael; The Messiah Texts; Wayne State University Press,
Detroit; 1979.
[Ros82] Rosner, Fred, trans.; Maimonides, Moses. _Treatise on Resurrection_.
Ktav, New York. 1982.
[SchM91a] Schneersohn, Menachem M. _Awake the Dawn_. Sichos in English,
Brooklyn NY. 1991. [Collection of public addresses]
[SchM91b] Schneersohn, Menachem M. _I Await His Coming Every Day_. Sichos In
English, Brooklyn NY. 1991. [Collection of public addresses]
[SchM92] Schneersohn, Menachem M. _Sound the Great Shofar_. Sichos In
English, Brooklyn NY. 1992. [Collection of public addresses]
[Sho91] Shochet, J.I., _MASHIACH_, Sichos in English, Brooklyn, NY. 1991
[This is an analysis of sources]
[Sil59] Silver, Abba Hillel; A History of Messianic Speculation in Israel;
Beacon Press, Boston; 1927, 1959.
[Sto91] Stone, Abraham. _Highlights of Moshiach_, Sichos In English,
Brooklyn NY. 1991. [A collection of Midrashic and Talmudic sources]
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Subject: III.2. CHASIDISM
Chabad publishes a quarterly magazine, _Wellsprings_, targeted at
highly-educated but not necessarily religious Jews. For information,
see the "periodicals" part of the reading list.
[Dre60] Dresner, Samuel H. _The Zaddik: The Doctrine of the Zaddik According
to the Writings of Rabbi Yaakov Yosef of Polnoy_. Abelard-Schuman,
New Work. 1960.
[Jac66] Jacobs, Louis. _The Seeker of Unity: The Life and Works of Aaron of
Starosselje_. Basic Books, New York. 1966.
[Kan90] Kantor, Mattis. _Chassidic Insights: A Guide for the Entangled_.
Naran Chai Publications, Suite 272 119 Rockland Center,
Nahuet NY, 10954. 1990.
[Kap84] Kaplan, Aryeh. _Chassidic Masters_. Moznaim, NY. 1984. [Short
biographies and excerpts from works of leading Chassidic rebbes of the
1st and 2nd generation]
[Kap81] Kaplan, Aryeh. _The Light Beyond: Adventures in Hassidic Thought_.
Moznaim, NY. 1981. [Collection of Chassidic sayings]
[Min5?a] Mindel, Nissan. _Arrest and Liberation of Schneur Zalman of
Liadi_. Kehot, Brooklyn NY. 195?. [History of 19 of Kislev and
mitnaged-Chassidic controversy]
[Min5?b] Mindel, Nissan. _The Tzemeach Tzedek and the Haskalah Movement_.
Kehot, Brooklyn NY. 195?. [History of the struggle between
traditional Judaism and enlightenment in mid-1850's]
[Min--] Mindel, Nissan. _The Great Maggid_. Kehot, Brooklyn NY. [Biography
of the Maggid of Mezritch, 2nd leader of Chassidism]
[Min70] Mintz, Jerome R. and Ben Amos, Dan. _In Praise of the Baal Shem
Tov (Shivhei ha-Besht): The Earlies Collections of Legends about the
Founder of Hasidism_. Indiana University, Bloomington IN. 1970.
[Rub72] Rubin, Israel. _Satmar, An Island in the City_. Quadrangle Books, New
York. 1972.
[SchD88] Schneersohn, Dov Ber. _Heichaltzu_. Kehot, Brooklyn NY. 1988.
[Seminal discussion of a basic Chassidic concept]
[SchD92] Schneersohn, Dov Ber. _Tract on Prayer_. Kehot, Brooklyn NY. 1992.
[Explains how to concentrate in prayer]
[SchJ56] Schneersohn, Joseph I. __Memoirs_. 2 vols. Otzar HaChasidim, Brooklyn
NY. 1956-1960. [Labavitcher Rebbe's memoirs]
[SchJ59] Schneersohn, Joseph I. _On Learning Chassidus_. Kehot, Brooklyn NY.
1959.
[SchJ61] Schneersohn, Joseph I. _Some Aspects of Chabad Chassidim_. Machne
Israel, 770 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn NY. 1961.
[SchJ8?] Schneersohn, Joseph I. _Likutei Diburim_. 3 vols. Kehot, Brooklyn
NY. 198?. [Memoirs and sermons]
[SchJ89] Schneersohn, Joseph I. _Basi L'Gani_. Kehot, Brooklyn NY. 1989.
[Last published discourse of the previous Rebbe, discusses the
purpose of creation. Has become a classic and required reading for
understanding Chabad/Chassidic thought]
[SchM8-] Schneersohn, M.M.. _Sichos in English_. 50+ volumes. Kehot, Brooklyn
NY. 198-. [Can be ordered individually. Contains translations of the
Rebbe's public talks on a wide range of subjects]
[Sch62] Schneur Zalman of Ladi. _Tanya_. 5 vols. Kehot, Brooklyn NY. 1962.
[Sho92] Shochet, J. I. _Likutei Sichot_. 3 vols. Kehot, Brooklyn NY. 1992.
[Translation of the 1st volume (Yiddish) of the Lubavitcher Rebbe's
public discourses on the weekly Torah reading]
[Win92] Wineberg, Y. _Lessons in Tanya_. 4 vols. Kehot, NY. 1992. [Hebrew
text, with translation and running commentary]
[Zev80] Zevin, A. _Treasury of Chassidic Tales_. Mesorah. 1980. [Complete on
the Torah and holidays]
The following books are highly controversial. Most Orthodox scholars, and
especially Chassidic thinkers and students of Chassidism, consider them
unreliable; they have been accepted by most non-Orthodox scholars.
[Bub58] Buber, Martin. _Hasidism and Modern Man_. Horizon, New York. 1958.
[Bub60] Buber, Martin. _Origin and Meaning of Hasidism_. Horizon, New York.
1960.
[Bub61] Buber, Martin. _Tales of the Hasidim_. 2 Vols. Schocken, New York.
1961. (Vol 1: The Early Masters; Vol 2: The Later Masters)
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Subject: III.3. KABALLAH AND MYSTICISM
[Gab92] Gabbai, Meir Ibn. _Avodat ha-Kodesh_. [The Jewish Catalog says of
this "a beautifully written text which is also a great encyclopedia
of the kabbalists' rereading of biblical and rabbinic sources
(available only in a reprint of the more-or-less illegible Warsaw
edition)"].
[Gik??] Gikatilia, Joseph. _Shaarei Oreh_ (new edition by Prof. Ben-Schomo).
[Kap78] Kaplan, Aryeh, "Meditation and the Bible," Samuel Weiser Inc., York
Beach, Maine, 1978, ISBN 0-87728-617-5
[Kap82] Kaplan, Aryeh. _Meditation and Kabbalah_. Samuel Weiser Inc., York
Beach, Maine, 1982, ISBN 0-87728-616-7
[Kap85] Kaplan, Aryeh. _Jewish Meditation_. Schocken Books Inc., New York,
1985, ISBN 0-8052-4006-3 (hardcover), ISBN 0-8052-0781-3 (paperback)
[Kap90] Kaplan, Aryeh. _Innerspace, Introduction to Kabbalah, Meditation, and
Prophecy_. Maznaim Publishing Corp., 4304 12th Avenue, Brooklyn, New
York 11219, 718-438-7680, New York/Jerusalem, 1990.
[Keh89] Kehot. _A Jewish Mysticism Primer_ Kehot, Brooklyn NY. 1989. [A
collection of essays from an international conference]
[Low90] Lowenthal, Naftali. _Communicating the Infinite_. University of
Chicago, Chicago IL. 1990.
[Sho90] Shochet, J. I. _The Mystical Dimension_. Kehot, Brooklyn NY. 1990.
[3 volumes: _The Mystical Tradition_ (explains basics of Jewish
mysticism), _Deep Calling unto Deep_ (mytical examination of prayer
and repentence), _Chassidic Dimensions_ (Chassidic application of
mysticism).]
[Spe33] Sperling Harry, and Simon, Maruice, trans. _The Zohar_. Soncino,
London. 1933 [Difficult to read without Hebrew text]
[Wei69] Weiner, Herbert. _9 1/2 Mystics, The Kabbala Today_. Holt Rinehard
and Winston, New York. 1969.
The following books are highly controversial. Most Orthodox scholars, and
especially Chassidic thinkers and students of Chassidism, consider them
unreliable; they have been accepted by most non-Orthodox scholars.
[Dan86] Dan, Joseph. _Jewish Mysticism and Jewish Ethics_. Uiversity of
Washington Press, Seattle WA. 1986. <JPS>
[Sch60] Scholem, Gershom. _Jewish Gnosticism, Merkvah Mysticism and Talmudic
Tradition_. Ktav, New York. 1960. 2nd Ed. Block, New York. 1965.
[Sch41] Scholem, Gershom. _Major trends in Jewish Mysticism_. Schocken, New
York. 1941.
[Sch65] Scholem, Gershom G. _On the Kabbalah and Its Symbolism_. Schocken,
New York. 1965.
[Sch73] Scholem, Gershom G. _Sabbatai Sevi_. 2 vols. Princeton Univ. Press,
Princeton NJ. 1973.
[Sch49] Scholem, Gershom G. _Zohar: The Book of Splendor-Basic Readings from
the Kabbalah_. Schocken, New York. 1949.
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Selected Sources for Additional Reading on Judaism
Part IV: Reform Judaism
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[Last Post: Sun Sep 5 11:07:55 1993]
"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.
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.
In the United States, there are two principal organizations involved with
Reform Judaism:
1) The CCAR or Central Conference of American Rabbis. Its members are the body
of rabbis who consider themselves and are considered to be the organized
rabbinate of Reform Judaism. Its members consist of Reform Rabbis ordained
at the Hebrew Union College (HUC), as well as Reform Rabbis ordained at
liberal seminaries in Europe, and some rabbis who joined the Reform
movement sometime subsequent to ordination (most of these were ordained
either at the Conservative Jewish Theological Seminary or the
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College). Note that not all HUC graduates are
CCAR members; some leave for ideological reasons or because they have
joined a different movement. The CCAR publishes a quarterly rabbinic
journal called _CCAR Journal_; see the publications part of the reading
list (XI) for ordering information.
2) The UAHC or Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Its members are Reform
Synagogues throughout America. It provides congregational support for
Reform Congregations, as well as affiliated organizations that support
Progressive Judaism outside the USA; brotherhoods; sisterhoods;
youth activities; Jewish education; temple administrators, etc.
This list is organized as a digest; it may be successfully undigestified by
programs such as "gnus".
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Subject: Where Can I Get These Books From?
CCAR All books published by the CCAR are available through
the Central Conference of American Rabbis. Call
212/684-4990 for an up-to-date catalog or to order.
UAHC Press 838 Fifth Avenue/New York NY 10021
(212) 249-0100/(212) 734-2857 FAX
World Union for 838 Fifth Avenue/New York NY 10021
Progressive Judaism
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Subject: Archival and Credits
The list below is culled 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].
"Netters" that have recommended books for the list or made suggestions
include: Mark B. Novick, John Sadowsky, Rabbi Charles Arian, and others.
All portions of the FAQ and of the reading lists are archived on
israel.nysernet.org [192.77.173.2] in the directory:
~ftp/israel/lists/scj-faq
They are available in the rtfm.mit.edu archives in the directory:
pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism
The following files make up the reading lists and are in the "reading-lists"
subdirectory: general, traditional, chasidism, reform, conservative,
reconstructionist, humanistic, zionism, antisemitism, intermarriage,
periodicals.
The following files make up the FAQ and are in the "FAQ" subdirectory:
01-FAQ-intro, 02-Who-We-Are, 03-Torah-Halacha, 04-Observance, 05-Worship,
06-Jewish-Thought, 07-Jews-As-Nation, 08-Israel, 09-Antisemitism,
10-Miscellaneous.
The files may also be obtained via Email by sending a message to
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
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Subject: IV.1. REFORM BELIEFS
[Bae58a] Baeck, Leo. _G@d and Man in Judaism_. UAHC, 1958.
[Bor84] Borowitz, Eugene. _Liberal Judaism_. Union of American Hebrew
Congregations Press. ISBN 08074-0264-8. 1984
[Coh48] Cohon, Samual S. _Judaism as a Way of Life_, UAHC Press, 1948.
[Git83] Gittelsohn, Roland B. _The Extra Dimension: A Jewish View of
Marriage_. UAHC Press, NY. 1983. #168500. ISBN 0-8074-0170-6.
[Sym??] Syme, Daniel B. _An Overview of Reform Judaism_. UAHC. #280020. ISBN
0-8074-0260-5.
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Subject: IV.2. REFORM RITUALS
[GoM79] _Shaarei Mitzvah: Gates of Mitzvah, A Guide to the Jewish Life Cycle_.
Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1979. ISBN 0-916694-37-2
Hardback, 0-916694-53-4 Pbk. [This book summarizes the Reform position
on the life cycle events]
[GoS83] _Shaarei Mo-Eid: Gates of the Seasons, A Guide to the Jewish Year_
CCAR. CCAR Press. ISBN 0-916694-92-5 Pbk 1983. [This book summarizes
the Reform position on the year cycle events]
[GoS91] _Shaarei Shabbat: Gates of Shabbat_. CCAR. CCAR Press. ISBN
0-88123-010-3. 1991. [This book provides Reform guidelines on Shabbat
observance.]
[Bar90] Barth, Lewis M. (ed.) _Berit Mila in the Reform Context_. UAHC
#381631. Carol Pub. Group [for the] Berit Mila Board of Reform
Judaism, Secaucus NJ. 1990.
[Bia71] Bial, Morrison D. _Liberal Judaism at Home_. UAHC. #383110 ISBN
0-8074-0075-0. 1971.
[Sch69] Schauss, Hayyim. _The Jewish Festivals: From Their Beginnings to Our
Day_. UAHC, 1969.
[Sch50] Schauss, Hayyim. _The Lifetime of a Jew_. UAHC. 1950.
[Sym88] Syme, Daniel B. _The Jewish Home: A Guide for Jewish Living_. UAHC
#142614. UAHC Press, New York. 1988. ISBN 0-8074-0400-4.
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Subject: IV.3. REFORM LITURGY
[GoP75] _Shaarei Tefila: Gates of Prayer: The New Union Prayerbook, Volume I_.
Central Conference of American Rabbis. ISBN 0-916694-01-1. 1975.
[Weekly prayerbook]
[GoR78] _Shaarei Teshuva: Gates of Repentance: The New Union Prayerbook,
Volume II_. Central Conference of American Rabbis. ISBN
0-916694-38-0. 1978. [High Holiday Prayerbook]
[GoU77] _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]
_Shaarei Bina: Gates of Understanding, Volume II: For the Days of
Awe_. Central Conference of American Rabbis. ISBN 0-916694-84-4. 1977.
[Notes and source material for GoR]
[APH74] _A Passover Haggadah_. Central Conference of American Rabbis. ISBN
0-916694-05-4. 1974. [Pesach Siddur]
[UPB47] _Union Prayer Book I and II_. Central Conference of American Rabbis.
1947. [The previous prayerbook. I corresponds to GoP; II to GoR.]
There are a number of other liturgical books available from CCAR press (ISBN
in []): Gates of Healing (for those in the hospital) [0-88123-005-7], Gates of
Awe (for very young children) [0-88123-014-6], Haneirot Halalu: These Lights
are Holy (Chanuka) [0-88123-006-5], Gates of the House [0-916694-35-6], Seder
Tu Bisheval (for Tu B'Shevat) [0-88123-008-1], Gates of Wonder (for very young
children) [0-88123-009-X], Six Days of Destruction (Yom HaShoah)
[0-8091-2999-X], Gates of Song [8074-0406-3], Gates of Forgiveness (Selichot)
[0-916694-74-7].
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Subject: IV.4. 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, New York
Book 1: Lawyers, Judges and Legal Ethics (#390000)
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)
[Fre44] Freehof, Solomon B. _Reform Jewish Practice and its Rabbinic
Background_. Vols. I and II. UAHC, New York.
[Fre60] Freehof, Solomon B., _Reform Responsa_. Hebrew Union College Press,
Cincinnati, 1960.
[Fre69] Freehof, Solomon B., _Current Reform Responsa_. Hebrew Union College
Press, Cincinnati, 1969.
[Fre74] Freehof, Solomon B., _Contemporary Reform Responsa_. Hebrew Union
College Press, Cincinnati, 1960.
[Fre77] Freehof, Solomon B., _Reform Responsa for our Time_. Hebrew Union
College Press, Cincinnati, 1977.
[Fre81] Freehof, Solomon B., _New Reform Responsa_. Hebrew Union College
Press, Cincinnati, 1981.
[Jac83] Jacob, Walter, _American Reform Responsa_. Central Conference of
American Rabbis, ISBN 0-916694-83-6. 1983.
[Jac87] Jacob, Walter, _Contemporary American Reform Responsa_. Central
Conference of American Rabbis, ISBN 0-88123-003-0. 1987.
[Lau51] Lauterbach, Jacob Z. _Rabbinic Essays_. Hebrew Union College Press,
Cincinnati, 1951.
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Subject: IV.5. REFORM HISTORY
[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.
[Mey88] Meyer, Michael A. _Response to Modernity : A History of the Reform
Movement in Judaism_. Oxford University Press, New York, NY. 1988.
[Pla65] Plaut, W. Gunther. _The Growth of Reform Judaism_. World Union for
Progressive Judaism, 1965.
[Pla63] Plaut, W. Gunther. _The Rise of Reform Judaism_. World Union for
Progressive Judaism, 1963.
[Sil74] Silver, Daniel J. and Bernard Martin. _A History of Judaism_. Basic
Books. 1974.
[Sol??] Soloff, Mordecai, _How the Jewish People Lives Today_. Union of
American Hebrew Congregations.
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Subject: IV.6. THE BIBLE
[Pla74] Plaut, W. Gunther. _The Torah, A Modern Commentary_. UAHC. ISBN
0-8074-0165-X/UAHC-4.
[Fre57] Freehof, Solomon B. _Preface To Scripture_. UAHC. 1957.
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Selected Sources for Additional Reading on Judaism
Part V: Conservative Judaism
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[Last Post: Sun Sep 5 11:07:58 1993]
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 Conservative Movement with Judaism.
One of the four major movements within Judaism, the Conservative Movement was
founded in 1886, with the establishment of the Jewish Theological Seminary
(JTS) by a group led by Rabbis Sabato Morais and Marcus Jastrow of
Philadelphia and Henry Pereira Mendes of New York. This group was responding
to what it felt were the rationalist, antihalakhic excesses of the Reform
movement. For its first 15 years, the JTS was a colossal failure. However,
around the turn of the century, the JTS was saved and grew into the flagship
of a major Jewish denomination thanks to the efforts of three men: its first
president, Cyrus Adler; financier Jacob Schiff; and the brilliant Rabbi
Solomon Schecter.
In the United States, Israel, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and
other countries, there are two principal organizations involved with
Conservative Judaism:
1) the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), the rabbinic school for Conservative
Rabbis. The association of the rabbis is called the Rabbinical Assembly
(RA). Information on the Conservative Rabbinical journal may be found in
the periodicals part of the reading list (XI).
2) The USCJ, or United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (formerly the
United Synagogue of America). Its members are Conservative Synagogues.
This list is organized as a digest; it may be successfully undigestified by
programs such as "gnus".
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Subject: Archival and Credits
This list is based on a reading list I developed from research at the
University of Judaism in January of 1993. Contributions and/or corrections to
this list have been made by David Grabiner, David A Guberman, Paul Wolf, and
Art Kamlet. Suggestions for additions or deletions are welcome, as are
*brief* annotations for the entries.
All portions of the FAQ and of the reading lists are archived on
israel.nysernet.org [192.77.173.2] in the directory:
~ftp/israel/lists/scj-faq
They are available in the rtfm.mit.edu archives in the directory:
pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism
The following files make up the reading lists and are in the "reading-lists"
subdirectory: general, traditional, chasidism, reform, conservative,
reconstructionist, humanistic, zionism, antisemitism, intermarriage,
periodicals.
The following files make up the FAQ and are in the "FAQ" subdirectory:
01-FAQ-intro, 02-Who-We-Are, 03-Torah-Halacha, 04-Observance, 05-Worship,
06-Jewish-Thought, 07-Jews-As-Nation, 08-Israel, 09-Antisemitism,
10-Miscellaneous.
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Subject: V.1. CONSERVATIVE BELIEFS
[SchS96] Schecter, Solomon. _Studies in Judaism: First Series_. Jewish
Publication Society, Philadelphia PA. 1896
[SchS08] Schecter, Solomon. _Studies in Judaism: Second Series_. Jewish
Publication Society, Philadelphia PA 1908.
[SchS24] Schecter, Solomon. _Studies in Judaism: Third Series_. Jewish
Publication Society, Philadelphia PA 1924.
[SchS61] Schecter, Solomon. _Some Aspects of Rabbinic Theology_. Schocken
Books, New York. 1961.
Other works to look at include _Emet Ve-Emunah_ and books by Conservative
authors such as Dorff, Gillman, Steinberg, and Wolpe, cited elsewhere in this
list.
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Subject: V.2. CONSERVATIVE PRACTICES
[Kle79] Klein, Isaac. _A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice_. Jewish
Theological Seminary, New York. 1979.
[Sie77] Siegel, Seymour ed. _Conservative Judaism and Jewish Law_.
Rabbinical Assembly, New York. 1977.
[RAA88] Rabbinical Assembly. _Emet Ve-Emunah: Statement of Principles of
Conservative Judaism_. The JTS, Rabbinical Assembly, and the United
Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. 1988.
[Wol85] Wolfson, Ron. _The Art of Jewish Living: The Shabbat Seder_. The
Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs, Inc., New York, NY. 1985 [Teacher's
Guide, Songs & Blessings book, and Audiocassette are also available.]
[Wol88] Wolfson, Ron. _The Art of Jewish Living: The Passover Seder_. The
Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs, Inc., New York, NY 1988 [Teacher's
Guide, Workbook, Poster, and Audiocassette are also available. Note:
This is not a Haggaddah, but a text.]
[Wol90] Wolfson, Ron. _The Art of Jewish Living: Hanukkah_. The Federation of
Jewish Men's Clubs, Inc., New York, NY. 1990 [Audiocassette also
available]
[Wol93] Wolfson, Ron. _The Art of Jewish Living: A Time to Mourn, A Time to
Comfort_. The Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs, Inc., New York, NY.
1993. [A guide to Jewish Mourning practices in Conservative Judaism,
including information on what friends and family should do when
visiting a Shiva house, etc.]
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Subject: V.3. CONSERVATIVE HISTORY
[Ben48] Bentwich, Norman. _Solomon Schechter_. Jewish Publication Society,
Philadelphia PA. 1948.
[Dav63] Davis, Moshe. _The Emergence of Conservative Judaism_. Jewish
Publication Society, Philadelphia PA. 1963.
[Dor77] Dorff, Eliot M. _Conservative Judaism_. United Synagogue of
Conservative Judaism, New York. 1977.
[Gil93] Gillman, Neil. _Conservative Judaism: The New Century_. Behrman
House. 1993.
[Kar64] Karp, Abraham J. _A History of the United Synagoges of America:
1913-1963_, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, New York.
1964.
[Par64] Parzen, Herbert. _Architects of Conservative Judaism_ Jonathan
David, New York. 1964.
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Subject: V.4. CONSERVATIVE LITURGY
[Gol78] Golinkin, Noah. Shalom Aleichem - Learn to read the Hebrew
Prayerbook!, Hebrew Publishing Company, Brooklyn, NY 1978 [This book
and a Teacher's Guide are available from the FJMC]
[Gol81] Golinkin, Noah. Ayn Keloheynu - Learn to comprehend the Hebrew
Prayerbook in a new way. Sheingold Publishers, New York, NY 1981
[This is a sequel to Shalom Aleichem, and also has a teacher's Guide,
and is available from the FJMC.]
[RAA75] Rabbinical Assembly. _Machzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur_.
Rabbinical Assembly, New York. 1975.
[RAA85] Rabbinical Assembly. _Siddur Sim Shalom_. Rabbinical Assembly and
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, New York. 1985.
[RAA65] Harlow, Jules Ed. _Liqqutei Tefillah: The Rabbis Manual_. Rabbinical
Assembly, New York. 1965.
[RAA64] Rabbinical Assembly. _(Sabbath Prayers) Seder Tefilot Yisra'el
LeShabbat Uleshalosh Regalim_. Rabbinical Assembly and United
Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. 1964.
[RAA62] Rabbinical Assembly. _Weekday Prayer Book: Tefillot Liyemoth Hol_.
Rabbinical Assembly, New York. 1962.
[Rab82] Rabinowicz, Rachel (ed.). _Passover Haggadah: The Feast of Freedom_
Rabbinical Assembly. 1982 (2d ed.) [also used by many Orthodox and
Reform Jews because of its combination of learning and accessibility
with a useful lay-out]
[???] _The Shabbat Morning Torah Service Video Tape_. The Federation of
Jewish Men's Clubs, Inc. This VHS tape, with accompanying User's
Guide, Glossary, and Torah Blessings Card is a great TEACHING tool for
people unfamiliar with the procedures of the Torah Service, such as
people asked to participate at a Bar/Bat Mitzvah.
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Selected Sources for Additional Reading on Judaism
Part VI: Reconstructionist Judaism
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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 Reconstructionist Judaism Movement.
Reconstructionist Judaism is the small "fourth movement" of American Judaism.
It was founded by the Conservative Rabbi and philosopher Mordecai Kaplan. It
emphasizes "Judaism as a civilization" (i.e., the integration of selected
Jewish beliefs with the Jewish people's culture and folkways).
Reconstructionist Jews are willing to question conventional answers and keep
open minds. They believe that a Jew need not and ought not sacrifice
intellectual integrity for the sake of his/her Jewish identity.
Reconstructionists are Jews who take the Jewish traditions seriously and live
Jewish lives even through they don't believe in the divine supernatural
origin of the Torah. Reconstructionists believe that, just a Jewish
civilization has adapted to new circumstances throughout Jewish history, so
must it adapt to late twentieth-century North American society.
Reconstructionists tend to conduct more intimate worship services in which
everyone is involved and the rabbi--if there is one--does not dominate.
The membership body of the Reconstructionist Movement is the Jewish
Reconstructionist Foundation. The congregations and havurot (Reconstructionist
Judaism originated the Havurot concept) are organized into the Federation of
Reconstructionist Congregation and Havurot. The association of the
reconstructionist Rabbis is the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association. The
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, located at Church Road and Greenwood
Avenue in Wyncote PA 19095 publishes _Raayonot_ as its rabbinical journal.
Information on where to obtain these books, including an explanation of the
<INP> and <JPS> notations, may be found in Part I of the Reading List
(judaism/reading-lists/general).
Publications of the Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, the Reconstructionist
Press, etc. may be obtained from:
Federation of Reconstructionist Congregations and Havurot
Church Road & Greenwood Ave.
Wyncote, PA 19095-1898
(215) 887-1988
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Subject: Archival and Credits
This list is based on research done at the University of Judaism in January
1993 by faigin@aero.org. Contributions were also made by Sharon Morrison
(sharon@cs.uiuc.edu). Suggestions for additions or deletions are welcome, as
are *brief* annotations for the entries.
All portions of the FAQ and of the reading lists are archived on
israel.nysernet.org [192.77.173.2] in the directory:
~ftp/israel/lists/scj-faq
They are available in the rtfm.mit.edu archives in the directory:
pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism
The following files make up the reading lists and are in the "reading-lists"
subdirectory: general, traditional, chasidism, reform, conservative,
reconstructionist, humanistic, zionism, antisemitism, intermarriage,
periodicals.
The following files make up the FAQ and are in the "FAQ" subdirectory:
01-FAQ-intro, 02-Who-We-Are, 03-Torah-Halacha, 04-Observance, 05-Worship,
06-Jewish-Thought, 07-Jews-As-Nation, 08-Israel, 09-Antisemitism,
10-Miscellaneous.
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Subject: VI.1. PHILOSOPHY OF MOVEMENT
[Alp85] Alpert, Rebecca T. and Staub, Jacob J. _Exploring Judaism: A
Reconstructionist Approach_ Reconstructionist Press, New York. 1985.
ISBN 0-935457-00-3.
[Eis52] Eisenstein, Ira and Kohn, Eugene. _Mordecai M. Kaplan: An
Evaluation_ Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, New York. 1952.
[Kap34] Kaplan, Mordecai M. _Judaism as a Civilization_. Reconstructionist
Press, New York. 1934. Also available from Jewish Publication Society,
Philadelphia PA. ISBN 0-8276-0194-8. <JPS>
[Kap36] Kaplan, Mordecai M., Ed. _The Jewish Reconstructionist Papers_.
Behrman's Jewish Book House, New York. 1936.
[Kap48] Kaplan, Mordecai M. _The Future of the American Jew_.
Reconstructionist Press, New York. 1948.
[Kap56] Kaplan, Moredecai M. _Questions Jews Ask: Reconstructionist
Answers_. Reconstructionist Press, New York. 1956.
[Kap60] Kaplan, Mordecai M. _The Greater Judaism in the Making_
Reconstructionist Press, New York. 1960.
[Coh58] Cohen, Jack J. _The Case for Religious Naturalism_.
Reconstructionist Press, New York. 1958.
[Scu85] Scult, Mel and Goldsmith, Emanual. _Dynamic Judaism: The Essential
Writings of Mordecai M. Kaplan_. Reconstructionist Press & Schocken
Books, New York. 1985.
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Subject: VI.2. RECONSTRUCTIONIST EDUCATION
[Sta85] Staug, Jacob and Schein, Jeffrey eds. _Creative Jewish Education: A
Reconstructionist Perspective_. Rossel Books and Reconstructionist
Rabbinic Council Press, New York. 1985.
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Subject: VI.3. RECONSTRUCTIONIST LITURGY
[FRC89] Federation of Reconstructionist Congregations and Havurot. _Kol
Haneshamah: Shabbat Eve_. Reconstructionist Press, Wyncote PA. 1989.
[JRF41] Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation. _The New Haggadah_. Jewish
Reconstructionist Foundation, New York. 1941. [Passover Liturgy]
[JRF45] Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation. _The Sabbath Prayer Book_.
Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, New York. 1945. [This is been
superceded, but gives an idea of the early approach]
[JRF48] Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation. _High Holiday Prayer Book_.
Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, New York. 1948.
[JRF58] Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation. _Festival Prayer Book_. Jewish
Reconstructionist Foundation, New York. 1958 [Festival Liturgy]
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Selected Sources for Additional Reading on Judaism
Part VII: Humanistic Judaism
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[Last Post: Sun Sep 5 11:08:04 1993]
"Humanistic Jews need a literature
that clearly and boldly states what
they think and believe" [Win85]
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 Humanistic Judaism Movement.
Humanistic Judaism is less well known than Orthodox, Conservative, and
Reform. But, on a behavioral level, it claims to represent many more
American Jews than any of these official ideologies. Rabbi Sherwin Wine, the
founder of the movement, identifies three kinds of Jews who are neither
honestly Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform. He calls these types the
involuntary, the ethnic, and the humanistic. Rabbi Wine defines the
involuntary Jew is the individual of Jewish descent who finds no meaning
either in his past or in the unique practices of his ancestral religion. He
defines the ethnic Jew is the person of Jewish descent who bears a strong
attachment to the Hebrew and Yiddish cultures out of which he emerged.
Rabbi Wine feels that these affiliations are negative. He prefers the
positive definition of Humanistic Jew:
The Humanistic Jew is an individual, of either Jewish or non-Jewish
descent, who believes in the ultimate value of self-respect and in the
principles of humanism, community, autonomy, and rationality. He also
finds meaning in the celebration of life as expressed through the
historic Jewish calendar and seeks to interpret this calendar in a
naturalistic way. He perceives that the power he possesses to determine
and control his own life is the result of two billion years of
evolutionary history. Therefore, his religious feeling re-enforces his
sense of human dignity.
Humanistic Judaism was organized by Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine, who founded its
first congregation, the Birmingham Temple, in Farmington Hills, Michigan. In
1969, Rabbi Wine helped to found the Society of Humanistic Judaism, whose
membership comprises 19 congregations and chapters, plus over 1300 families
and individual members, as of June 1993. The Society for Humanistic Judaism is
the US affiliate of the International Federation of Secular Humanistic Jews.
The Federation's academic institution, the International Institute for Secular
Humanistic Judaism, matriculated its first class of rabbinical candidates in
September of 1992.
An overview of the current status of Humanistic Judaism, written by Egon
Friedler, of the Uruguayan Movement for Secular Humanistic Judaism, recently
appeared in _Midstream_ (October 1992). Additional information on Humanistic
Judaism, as well as publications on Humanistic Judaism, may be obtained from:
Society for Humanistic Judaism
28611 W. Twelve Mile Road
Farmington Hills MI 48018
+1 313 478-7610
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Subject: Archival and Credits
This reading list is based on a reading list developed during research at the
University of Judaism in Los Angeles in January 1993. Other contributors
include Adam Reed and David A Guberman. Suggestions for additions or deletions
are welcome, as are submissions of *brief* annotations of the entries.
All portions of the FAQ and of the reading lists are archived on
israel.nysernet.org [192.77.173.2] in the directory:
~ftp/israel/lists/scj-faq
They are available in the rtfm.mit.edu archives in the directory:
pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism
The following files make up the reading lists and are in the "reading-lists"
subdirectory: general, traditional, chasidism, reform, conservative,
reconstructionist, humanistic, zionism, antisemitism, intermarriage,
periodicals.
The following files make up the FAQ and are in the "FAQ" subdirectory:
01-FAQ-intro, 02-Who-We-Are, 03-Torah-Halacha, 04-Observance, 05-Worship,
06-Jewish-Thought, 07-Jews-As-Nation, 08-Israel, 09-Antisemitism,
10-Miscellaneous.
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Subject: VII.1. PHILOSOPHY OF MOVEMENT
[Mem62] Memmi, Albert. _Portrait of a Jew_. Orion Press, 1962; Viking Press,
New York NY. ISBN 670-00332-8. 1971 [Albert Memmi is chair of the
Association pour Judaisme Laic et Humaniste in France]
[Por81] Porter, Jack Nusan. _The Jew as Outsider_. University Press of
America, Washington DC 1981. ISBN 0-8191-1639-4.
[Win78] Wine, Sherwin T. _Humanistic Judaism_. Prometheus Books, Buffalo NY,
1978. ISBN 0-87975-102-9
[Win85] Wine, Sherwin T. _Judaism Beyond G@d: A Radical New Way to be
Jewish_. Society for Humanistic Judaism, Farmington Hills MI. ISBN
0-912645-08-3. 1985.
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Subject: VII.2. OTHER RELATED READING
Humanistic Judaism, being such a young movement, does not yet have a large
body of literature. However, there are a number of authors that are
recommended reading by Rabbi Wine:
o CLASSICS OF HUMANISM: Epicurus, Democritus, August Comte, John Stuart Mill,
Bertrand Russell, John Dewey, Jean Paul Sartre, George Santayana.
o WRITINGS OF JEWS WHO WERE HUMANISTS: Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Erich
Fromm, Walter Kippman, and Walter Kaufman
o LITERATURE OF SECULAR HISTORIANS: Spinoza, Julius Wellhausen, Emile
Durkeim, Max Weber, Simon Dubnow, Salo Baron, and Theodore Gaster
o WRITINGS OF JEWISH NATIONALISTS: I.L. Peretz, Sholem Aleichem, Chaim
Zhitlowsky, Ahad Haam, Micah Berdichevsky, Theodore Herzl, Max
Nordau, A.D. Gordon, Ber Borochov, Saul Tchernikhovsky, Vladmir
Jabotinsky, David Ben Gurion, and Haum Goldmann
o JEWISH ESSAYISTS AND NOVELISTS WHO ARE ARDENT HUMANISTS: Saul Bellow,
Albert Memmi, and George Steiner
Other books on Humanism and Judaism include:
[Eli88] Eliav, A.E. ("Lova"). _New Heart, New Spirit: Biblical Humanism
for Modern Israel_. Jewish Publication Society. 1988. [Forward
by Herman Wouk]
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Selected Sources for Additional Reading on Judaism
Part VIII: Zionism and the Birth of Israel
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This message is intended to provide readers of soc.culture.jewish with a list
of references to allow them to learn more about the history of the state of
Israel and what Zionism is. It does not cover current Israeli or
middle-eastern politics. Discussions of politics are held in
talk.politics.mideast. However, some of the entries on the list should
provide useful background and insight into those discussions.
Information on where to obtain these books, including an explanation of the
<INP> and <JPS> notations, may be found in Part I of the Reading List
(judaism/reading-lists/general).
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This list is based primarily on sources obtained during a course on Zionism
taught by Dr. Deborah Lipstadt at UCLA, as well as the "70 books about Israel
70" section in the _Third Jewish Catalog_. Other contributors include David A
Guberman, Gary Kulwin and Oren Levine. Suggestions for additions or deletions
are welcome, as are *brief* annotations for the entries. I'm particularly
looking for information on the various zionistic movements.
All portions of the FAQ and of the reading lists are archived on
israel.nysernet.org [192.77.173.2] in the directory:
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pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism
The following files make up the reading lists and are in the "reading-lists"
subdirectory: general, traditional, chasidism, reform, conservative,
reconstructionist, humanistic, zionism, antisemitism, intermarriage,
periodicals.
The following files make up the FAQ and are in the "FAQ" subdirectory:
01-FAQ-intro, 02-Who-We-Are, 03-Torah-Halacha, 04-Observance, 05-Worship,
06-Jewish-Thought, 07-Jews-As-Nation, 08-Israel, 09-Antisemitism,
10-Miscellaneous.
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Subject: VIII.1. ZIONISM AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISRAEL
[Chu67] Churchill, Randolph S. & Winston S. _The Six Day War_. Penguin.
1967. [a classic contemporary account]
[CohM87] Cohen, Mitchell. _Zion & State: Nation, Class and the Shaping of
Modern Israel_. Blackwell. 1987. [the struggle between mainstream
and Revisionist Zionism during the Mandatory and early statehood
periods]
[CohN75] Cohen, Naomi. _American Jews and the Zionist Idea_. Ktav. 1975
[Hal77] Halkin, Hillel. _Letters to an American Jewish Friend: A Zionist's
Polemic_. JPS, Philadelphia PA. 1977 <JPS>. [Halkin, an American oleh,
addresses six fictional letters to his imaginary friend, explaining to
him why he should make aliyah. Considered a classic among American
olim in Israel (esp. the non-orthodox olim, since Halkin basically
espouses a secular Zionist position).]
[Hal76] Halpern, Ben. _The Idea of a Jewish State_. Harvard University
Press, 1976
[Har88] Harkabi, Yehoshafat. _Israel's Fateful Hour_. Harper & Row. 1988.
[the former director of IDF military intelligence, Hebrew University
professor of international relations, and winner of the 1993 Israel
Prize, explains Israel's need for peace and the feasibility of "land
for peace"; based on the author's _Hachpaot Goraliot_]
[Her17] Herzl, Theodore. _The Jewish State_. Federation of American Zionists,
New York. 1917
[Her75] Herzog, Chaim. _The War of Atonement_. Steinmatzky. 1975. [by
Israel's former president]
[Her79] Hertzberg, Arthur. _The Zionist Idea_. Atheneum. 1979. <JPS> [An
outstanding 85 page introductory essay and anthology of writings by
leading Zionists]
[Jaf89a] Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies of Tel Aviv University. _The West
Bank and Gaza: Israel's Options for Peace. Tel Aviv University. 1989.
[essential background reading from a study group led by Aharon Yariv,
a former director of IDF military intelligence; initially sponsored by
the American Jewish Congress and co-sponsored by the Anti-Defamation
League of B'nai Brith]
[Jaf89b] Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies of Tel Aviv University. _The West
Bank and Gaza: Toward A Solution_. Tel Aviv University. 1989. [a
companion to Jaf89b; independent proposals by the Jaffee Center study
group]
[Laq72] Laqueur, Walter. _A History of Zionism_ Schocken Books, New York.
1972
[Man76] Mandel, Neville. _The Arabs and Zionism Before World War I_.
University of California. 1976.
[Rub84] Rubenstein, Amnon. _The Zionist Dream Revisited_. Schocken Books, New
York. 1984. [Traces the cumulative tradition of Israeli intellectuals
from its Herzlian and Second Aliayh roots to the present day and
delves into the reasons for the right-wing reaction that has emerged
since the Six-Day War. Very political.]
[Sac77] Sachar, Howard Morley. _The Course of Modern Jewish History_. Delta.
1977.
[Seg86] Segev, Tom. _1949: The First Israelis_. The Free Press, 1986. [A
detailed history of the first year of Israel's existence, based on an
extensive study of official documents and the press, showing how
ideology met with the reality of building a state.]
[Sim62] Simon, Leon. _Selected Essays of Ahad Ha-'Am_ Athenium, 1962.
[Syk73] Sykes, Christopher. _Crossroads to Israel: 1917-1948_. Midland
Books. 1973.
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Subject: VIII.2. THE FOUNDERS
[Beg51] Begin, Menachem. _The Revolt: Story of the Irgun_. Schuman, New York.
1951.
[Ben54] Ben-Gurion, David. _Rebirth and Destiny of Israel_. Philosophical
Library, New York. 1954.
[Eba72] Eban, Abba. _My Country: The Story of Modern Israel_. Random House,
New York. 1972.
[Jab87] Jabotinsky, Z'ev. _The War and the Jew_. Altalena Press, New York.
1987.
[Rab79] Rabin, Yitzhak. _The Rabin Memoirs_. Little, Brown. 1979.
[Sch86] Schechtman, J. B. _The Life and Times of Jabotinsky_. Eshel Books,
Silver Spring MD. 1986. (2 vols).
[Tev87] Teveth, Shabtai. _Ben Gurion: The Burning Ground 1886-1948_. Houghton
Mifflin. 1987. [1988 National Jewish Book Award winner]
[Wei66] Weitzmann, Chaim. _Trial and Error_. JPS, Philadelphia. Schocken,
New York. 1966.
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Subject: VIII.3. ZIONISTIC MOVEMENTS
[Luz88] Luz, Ehud. _Parallels Meet: Religion and Nationalism in the Early
Zionist Movement, 1882-1904_. JPS: Philadelphia PA. 1988. ISBN
0-8276-0297-9. <JPS>
[Sha88] Shavit, Jacob _Jabotinsky and the Revisionist Movement, 1925-1948_. F.
Cass, Totowa NJ. 1988.
(I'm still looking for references in this area. I'd like to have some sources
on the major movements (Hertzl's) as well as the other significant
organizations, such as Z'ev Jabotinsky's.)
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Subject: VIII.4. JUDAISM IN ISRAEL
[Abr76] Abramov, S. Zalman. _Perpetual Dilemma: Jewish Religion in the Jewish
State_. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Rutherford NJ. 1976
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Selected Sources for Additional Reading on Judaism
Part IX: Antisemitism and Christian Relations
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This message is intended to provide readers of soc.culture.jewish with a list
of references to allow them to learn more about the history and the reasons
behind antisemitism. This collections of readings also address the holocaust.
Note the distinction in the terms. "Anti-Semitism" refers to any semite --
Arab or Jew. "Antisemitism" refers to the specific targeting of Jews.
Information on where to obtain these books, including an explanation of the
<INP> and <JPS> notations, may be found in Part I of the Reading List
(judaism/reading-lists/general).
This list is organized as a digest; it may be successfully undigestified by
programs such as "gnus".
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Subject: Archival and Credits
This reading list is based on an original antisemitism list developed by Rob
Levine as part of the general Judaism reading list. It has been augmented by
material from my library that I obtained from a course on antisemitism that
was once taught by Dr. Deborah Lipstadt at UCLA and from suggestions in _The
Jewish Catalog_. Other contributers include David A Guberman, Shaul Wallach,
Dan Yurman and Len Moskowitz. Suggestions for additions or deletions for this
list are welcome, as are *brief* annotations for the various list entries.
All portions of the FAQ and of the reading lists are archived on
israel.nysernet.org [192.77.173.2] in the directory:
~ftp/israel/lists/scj-faq
They are available in the rtfm.mit.edu archives in the directory:
pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism
The following files make up the reading lists and are in the "reading-lists"
subdirectory: general, traditional, chasidism, reform, conservative,
reconstructionist, humanistic, zionism, antisemitism, intermarriage,
periodicals.
The following files make up the FAQ and are in the "FAQ" subdirectory:
01-FAQ-intro, 02-Who-We-Are, 03-Torah-Halacha, 04-Observance, 05-Worship,
06-Jewish-Thought, 07-Jews-As-Nation, 08-Israel, 09-Antisemitism,
10-Miscellaneous.
The files may also be obtained via Email by sending a message to
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Subject: IX.1. ANTISEMITISM
[Are68] Arendt, Hannah. _Antisemitism_. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.,
1968.
[Are78] Arendt, Hannah. _Towards the Final Solution: A History of European
Racism_. Harper/Colophon Books, 1978.
[Are58] Arendt, Hannah. _Origins of Totalitarianism_ Meridian, New York.
1958.
[Ber86] Berger, David (ed.) _History and Hate: The Dimensions of
Anti-Semitism_. JPS: Philadelphia PA. 1986. ISBN 0-8276-0267-7. <JPS>
[Dun91] Dundes, Alan (ed.) _The Blood Libel Legend: A Casebook in Anti-Semitic
Folklore_. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, WI. 1991.
[Lan90a] Langmuir, Gavin. _History, Religion, and Antisemitism_. University
of California. 1990. ["the most erudite historian of antisemitism" --
Leon Poliakov]
[Lan90b] Langmuir, Gavin. _Toward a Definition of Antisemitism_. University
of California. 1990. ["the most erudite historian of antisemitism" --
Leon Poliakov; a collection of Langmuir's more important papers]
[Pol75] Poliakov, Leon. _A History of Antisemitism_. Vanguard Press. 1975.
[3 volumes; "a major work" -- Michael Berenbaum (director of the
research component of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum)]
[Pra83] Prager, Dennis and Joseph Telushkin. _Why the Jews?: The Reason for
Antisemitism_. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983.
[Reu74] Reuether, Rosemary. _Faith and Fratricide: The Theological Roots of
Antisemitism_ Seabury Press. 1974.
[Sam66] Samuel, Maurice. _Blood Accusation: The Strange History of the Beiliss
Case_. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1966.
[Ste76] Steinsaltz, Adin. "The Persecution and Banning of the Talmud." Part
one, chapter eleven of _The Essential Talmud_. Trans. Chaya
Galai. New York: Basic Books, 1976.
[Str09] Strackz, Hermann L. _The Jew and Human Sacrifice_. Block Publishing
Co., New York. 1909.
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Subject: IX.2. WHAT LED TO THE HOLOCAUST
[Ber93] Berenbaum, Michael. _The World Must Know_. Little, Brown. 1993. [the
history of the Shoah (Holocaust) as told in the U.S. Holocaust
Memorial Museum by the head of its research component]
[Daw75] Dawidowicz, Lucy S. _The War Against the Jews, 1933-1945_. JPS,
Philadelphia. 1975.
[Fei70] Feingold, Henry. _The Politics of Rescue: The Roosevelt
Administration and the Holocaust_. Rutgers Press. 1970.
[Fla65] Flannery, Edward. _The Anguish of the Jews_. Macmillan, New York.
1965.
[Gil85] Gilbert, Martin. _The Holocaust_. Holt, Rinehart & Winston. 1985.
[narrative history based on the words of those who were there]
[Hil85] Hilberg, Raul. _The Destruction of the European Jews: Revised and
Definitive Edition. Holmes and Meier. 1985. [3 volumes;
"magisterial"; "unequaled insight into how the Holocaust was
perpetrated" -- Michael Berenbaum (director of the research component
of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum)]
[Kah91] Kahil, Leni. _The Holocaust_. Oxford. 1991. ["comprehensive and
insightful" -- Michael Berenbaum (director of the research
component of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum)]
[Kat78] Katz, Jacob. _Out of the Ghetto: The Social Background of Jewish
Emancipation_. Schocken Press, New York. 1978.
[Mos80] Mosse, George. _Toward The Final Solution: A History of European
Racism_. Colophon Books. 1980.
[Par74] Parkes, James. _The Conflict of the Church and the Synagogue: A Study
in the Origins of Antisemitism_. Hermon Press, New York. 1974
[Reprint of the 1934 Edition by Soncino Press, London]
There is also an excellent bibliography of Holocaust resources in
_The Third Jewish Catalog_
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Subject: IX.3. MEDIEVAL OPPRESSION
[Abr96] Abrahams, Israel. _Jewish Life in the Middle Ages_. JPS,
Philadelphia. <JPS>
[Bae61] Baer, Yitzchak F. _History of the Jews in Christian Spain_. 2 vols.
JPS, Philadelphia. 1961. ISBN 0-8276-0115-8, 0-8276-0338-X. <JPS>
[Mar79] Marcus, Jacob R. _The Jew In The Medieval World: A Source Book
315-1791_ Atheneum, New York. 1979. <JPS>
[Rot34] Roth, Cecil. _Ritual Murder Libel and the Jew: The Report by Cardinal
Lorenzo Ganganelli (Pope Clement XIV)_ Woburn Press, London. 1934.
[Tra83] Trachtenberg, Joshua. _The Devil and the Jews: The Medieval Conception
of the Jew and Its Relation to Modern Anti-Semitism_. JPS:
Philadelphia, PA. 1983. ISBN 0-8276-0227-8. <JPS>
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Subject: IX.4. ANTISEMITISM TODAY (INCLUDING DEALING WITH HATE GROUPS)
[Aho90] Aho, James A. _The Politics of Righteousness - Idaho Christian
Patriotism_. Univ. of Washington Press. 1990. ISBN 0-295-96997-0.
[The author is a professor in the Sociology Dept. at the Idaho State
University, Pocatello, ID. Topics covered include: 1. White supremacy
movements - Idaho, 2. Arayan Nation, 3. Antisemitism - Idaho, 4.
Christianity and politics. Includes an extensive bibliography, index,
and notes. This a scholarly but readable work which is essential for
anyone concerned with the history and dynamics of antisemitism in the
Pacific Northwest.]
[Lip93] Lipstadt, Deborah. _Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on
Truth and Memory_. Free Press. 1993. [Presents arguments to counter
the beliefs of the "Holocaust Denyers"]
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Subject: IX.5. JUDIASM AND CHRISTIANITY
[Moo32] Moore, George Foote. _Judaism in the First Centuries of the Christian
Era_. Harvard. 1932. [a classic scholarly work (3 vols.)]
[Bae58b] Baeck, Leo. _Judaism and Christianity_. Jewish Publication Society,
Philadelphia. 1958.
[Ber78] Berger, David and Michael Wyschogrod. _Jews and "Jewish
Christianity"_. New York: Ktav, 1978. [This book explains how
Judaism views Christianity and why it cannot agree with some
fundamental Christian beliefs.]
[Fis84] Fisch, Dov Aharoni. _Jews for Nothing: On Cults, Intermarriage, and
Assimilation_. Feldheim, New York NY. 1984.
[Kap76] Kaplan, Aryeh. _The Real Messiah?: A Traditional Jewish View of
Christianity_. National Conference of Synagogue Youth of the Union of
Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America. 1976.
[Lev80] Levine, Samuel. _You Take Jesus, I'll Take G@d_: How To Refute
Christian Missionaries_. Hamoroh Press (P.O. Box 48862, Los Angeles,
CA 90048). 1980. ISBN: 0-9604754-1-9.
[Nac63] Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman. _Vikuach Haramban_ Found in _Otzar
Havikuchim_ by J.D. Eisenstein, Hebrew Publishing Society, 1915 and
_Kithvey Haramban_ by Rabbi Charles D. Chavel, Mosad Horav Kook,
1963. [The RaMBaN engaged a formerly Jewish convert to Christianity
in a disputation in 1263. The arguments haven't changed since.
Also, see a video of 'The Disputation' which premiered on A&E.]
[She83] Sherman, Shlomoh. _Escape From Jesus, One Man's Search For a
Meaningful Judaism_. Decalogue Books: Mount Vernon, NY. 1983/1986.
ISBN: 0-915474-03-4. [The true story of an assimilated Jew's
conversion to Messianic Christianity, the reasons he became
disenchanted with it, and his subsequent turn to traditional Judaism.]
[Sie81] Sigal, Gerald. _The Jew and the Christian Missionary: A Jewish
Response to Missionary Christianity_. Ktav Publishing House, 1981.
[UAHC??] Union of American Hebrew Congregations. _The Target Is You_. UAHC TV
and Film Institute. [30 min. VHS Video. Recommended for students in
grades 7-9. Includes a review of the differences between Christianity
and Judaism; a look behind-the-scenes at Hebrew-Christian
congregations; interviews with Jews who were once members of these
groups: they explain who they were missionized, what strategies the
missionaries used, and why they returned to Judaism; and a discussion
of how to combat missionary tactics. Non-Orthodox.]
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Selected Sources for Additional Reading on Judaism
Part X: Intermarriage
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[Last Post: Sun Sep 5 11:08:15 1993]
This list provides a collection of sources on the subject of intermarriage for
the readers of soc.culture.jewish. This list is not attempting to present a
position either for or against intermarriage; that is up to the individual to
decide in consultation with their Rabbi. This list does attempt to include
books from all sides of the spectrum, so that educated consideration can be
given to the subject.
Intermarriage is a serious concern in the Jewish community. According to the
1991 issue of Newsweek, 52% of men and women who have married since 1985 took
gentiles as spouses (in 1964, the number was 9%). Furthermore, 3 of every 4
children of intermarriages are being raised either as Christians (41%) or with
no religion at all (31%). The issue stated that 60% of Reform Jews, 50% of
Conservative Jews, and 25% of Orthodox Jews are intermarried, and at many
Reform Shabbat services a third or more of the participants are unconverted
spouses. Now these numbers may have inaccuracies, but the concern and trends
remain the same regardless of the exact value of the numbers.
Information on where to obtain these books, including an explanation of the
<INP> and <JPS> notations, may be found in Part I of the Reading List
(judaism/reading-lists/general).
This list is organized as a digest; it may be successfully undigestified by
programs such as "gnus".
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Subject: Archival and Credits
This list is based on a list developed by Dan Berleant (djb@engr.uark.edu),
moderator of the Intermarriage Mailing List. Contributions to the list have
also been made by: Chris Bertholf, Dave Rabinowitz, Ari Epstein, Anthony
Fiorino, Joshua Goldman and David Kaufmann. As usual, suggestions for
additions or deletions are welcome, as are *brief* annotations for any entry.
All portions of the FAQ and of the reading lists are archived on
israel.nysernet.org [192.77.173.2] in the directory:
~ftp/israel/lists/scj-faq
They are available in the rtfm.mit.edu archives in the directory:
pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism
The following files make up the reading lists and are in the "reading-lists"
subdirectory: general, traditional, chasidism, reform, conservative,
reconstructionist, humanistic, zionism, antisemitism, intermarriage,
periodicals.
The following files make up the FAQ and are in the "FAQ" subdirectory:
01-FAQ-intro, 02-Who-We-Are, 03-Torah-Halacha, 04-Observance, 05-Worship,
06-Jewish-Thought, 07-Jews-As-Nation, 08-Israel, 09-Antisemitism,
10-Miscellaneous.
The files may also be obtained via Email by sending a message to
mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with the following line in the body of the message:
send usenet/news.answers/judaism/(portionname)
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Subject: X.1. SO YOU'RE CONSIDERING INTERMARRIAGE?
[Kem87] Kemelman, Harry. _Conversations with Rabbi Small_. Ballantine Books.
1987.
[Pet88] Petsonk, Judy and Jim Remsen. _The Intermarriage Handbook: A Guide
for Jews and Christians_. Quill/William Morrow, New York. 1988. [This
book explains basis of each other's culture, and guidelines on how to
proceed.]
[Rom90] Romanoff, Lena. _Your People, My People -- Finding Acceptance and
Fulfillment as a Jew By Choice_. Jewish Publication Society,
Philadelphia PA. 1990. [Focuses on conversion, but gives insights on
intermarriage and how to make conversion work. Non-Orthodox]
[Sel??] Seltzer, Sanford. _Jews and Non-Jews: Falling in Love_. UAHC Press
#164050. [Informal guide on intermarriage for couples and their
families. Non-Orthodox]
[Sel84] Seltzer, Sanford. _Jews and Non-Jews: Getting Married: A Look At
Interfaith Marriage and its Consequences for Jewish Survival_. UAHC
Press #164055. New York, NY. 1984. [Discussion for couples
contemplating intermarriage from the Reform Jewish perspective.]
B'nai B'rith Women's quarterly publication, _Women's World_, regularly
has articles on intermarriage. For information, contact the BBW
Membership Department, 1828 L St. NW, #250, Washington, DC. 20036.
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Subject: X.2. THE TRADITIONAL VIEWPOINT
[Bra51] Brav, Stanley Rosenbaum, ed. _Marriage and the Jewish Tradition_
Philosophical Library, New York. 1951.
[Pra81] Prager, Dennis and Telushkin, Joseph. _The Nine Questions People
Ask About Judaism_. Schuster, New York. 1981. ISBN 0-671-62261 [In
particular, there is a chapter on "Intermarriage and the Non-committed
Jew".] <INP>
[Sto67] Stolper, [Rabbi] Pinchas M. _Jewish Alternatives in Love, Dating and
Marriage_. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, Inc. 1967,1984.
Co-published by the NCSY.
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Subject: X.3. CONVERSION
[Coh87] Cohen, J. Simcha. _Intermarriage and Conversion, A Halakhic Solution_.
KTAV Publishing House, Hoboken NJ. 1987. [A proposed "solution" to
these problems. A analysis looking for common ground between
Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform conversions.]
[Eic65] Eichhorn, D.M., (ed.) _ Conversion to Judaism: A History and
Analysis_. Ktav: Hoboken, NJ. 1965. [A historical perspective on
conversion.]
[Ell??] Ellinson, David. _Representative Orthodox Responsa on Conversion and
Intermarriage in the Contemporary Era_ Jewish Social Studies #47 p.209
[A summary and analysis of several responsa of contemporary poskim.
See related references in the article.]
[Eps??] Epstein, Lawrence J. _Conversion to Judaism: a Teaching Guide_.
Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education/261 West 35th Street
Floor 12A/New York NY 10001. [Pamphlet. Discusses conversion,
including a historical summary and descriptions of Orthodox,
Conservative and Reform views and procedures. Contains a bibliography,
summaries of the lives of some famous Jews-by-choice, and exercises to
familiarize students with issues surrounding conversion.]
[Eps92] Epstein, Lawrence J. _Theory and Practice of Welcoming Converts to
Judaism: Jewish Univeralism_. E. Mellen Press, Lewiston NY. 1992.
[Fel90] Feldman, Emanuel, and Wolowelsky, Joel, eds.. _The Conversion Crisis,
Essays from the Pages of TRADITION_. edited by KTAV Publishing House,
Hoboken NJ. 1990. [A collection of essays on conversion, mostly
halachic in character.]
[Fio92] Fiorino, Anthony. "One Soul's Adventure: Spiritual Growth Through
Halacha" in _Jewish Action_. Orthodox Union (O-U). Vol 53 #2, winter
1992/93. [An account of a personal experience as a ger, and the
spiritual growth that resulted]
[Hub??] Huberman, Steven. _New Jews: The Dynamics of Conversion_. UAHC Press
No. 164053. [Concise investigation into the impact of conversion on
the convert and the family.]
[Kuk81] Kukoff, Lydia. _Choosing Judaism_. Feldman Library Fund/UAHC Press No.
381775. UAHC Press, New York NY. 1981. [The story of one woman's
odyssey from Christianity to Judaism, which confronts the questions
and dilemmas of the new Jew.]
[Lam91] Lamm, Maurice. _Becoming a Jew_. Jonathan David Publishers: Middle
Village, NY. 1991. [Designed expressly for non-Jews who are
contemplating converting. Contains a section on the experiences of
(halachic) converts, in their own words, then an examination of the
laws of conversion, then an examination of after the
conversion--dealing with Jews, with one's family, holidays, etc.
Finally, a section on basic Jewish practice and belief. Lamm is a
prominant Orthodox rabbi.] <Available through Hamakor Judaica,
800-426-2567, Item# 21352>
[Lam74] Lamm, Norman. "Love of the Stranger," in _The Good Society: Jewish
Ethics in Action_. N. Lamm, ed. Viking Press: New York, NY, 1974. [A
series of excerts from the Rambam (t'shuvot and mishnah torah)
relating to Conversion with an introduction by Rabbi Lamm.]
[Lub??] Lubling, Aaron. "Conversion in Jewish Law" in _Journal of Halachah
and Contemporary Society_, #9. [A halachic analysis that points to
many of the relevent gemaras and dinim in the Shulchan Aruch and in
contemporary t'shuvot.]
[Sca92] Scalamanti, J.D. _Ordained to be a Jew: A Catholic Priest's
conversion to Judaism_. Ktav: Hoboken, NJ, 1992. [The story of a
Catholic priest who became a Jew.]
[Sch85] Schiffman, Lawrence _Who Was a Jew?_ (Hoboken, NJ: Ktav, 1985). [A
historical analysis of the Jewish-Christian schism, attempting to
determine the point at which Christianity was no longer viewed by
Judaism as a sect, but rather as a Gentile religion. See especially
chapter 3, which deals with conversion.]
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Subject: X.4. YOU'VE DONE THE DEED. COPING WITH LIFE AS AN INTERMARRIED
[Bel85] Belin, David. _Why Choose Judaism: New Dimensions of Jewish Outreach_.
UAHC Press #381900 ISBN 0-8074-0302-4. New York, NY. 1985
[Non-Orthodox. Explores the uniqueness of Judaism and its special
roles in America today. Designed for partners in an interfaith
relationship.]
[CCA91] Commission on Reform Jewish Outreach. _What Is Reform Jewish
Outreach?_. Union of American Hebrew Congregations and Central
Conference of American Rabbis, 838 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10021,
212/249-0100. Pamphlet. 1991. [Non-Orthodox]
[Cow88] Cowan, Paul and Rachel. _Mixed Blessings: Overcoming the Stumbling
Blocks in an Interfaith Marriage_. Penguin Books, New York NY. 1988.
[Describes the interpersonal conflicts that can come from different
religious backgrounds and how major life changes (death of a parent,
birth of a child) can bring up conflicts. Focuses on how to deal with
religious identity and practice with children in mixed marriages.
(Authors had a mixed marriage, Rachel has converted and has become a
rabbi) Non-Orthodox]
[Lit70] Litvin, Baruch. _Jewish Identity: Modern Responsa and Opinions on the
Registration of Children of Mixed Marriages_. Feldheim, Jerusalem-New
York. 1970. [Answers by 43 leading Jewish scholars (both religious and
otherwise) to "Who is a Jew?"]
[Ros88] Rosenberg, Roy A.; Meehan, Peter; and Payne, John Wade. _Happily
Inter-married: Authoritative Advice for a Joyous Jewish-Christian
Marriage_. [Written by a Protestant priest, a Roman Catholic priest,
and a Reform Jewish rabbi, offers insights to couples seriously
considering a permanent bireligious relationship.]
[Sil93] Silverstein, Alan. _Dual Faith Parenting, Second Thoughts on a Popular
Trend_. The Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs, Inc., New York, NY.
1993. [Pamphlet giving strong reasons against trying to raise the
child of a mixed marriage with both faiths. Conservative viewpoint.]
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Selected Sources for Additional Reading on Judaism
Part XI: Periodicals
[Last Change: $Date: 1993/09/05 18:08:18 $ $Revision: 2.5 $]
[Last Post: Sun Sep 5 11:08:19 1993]
This list provides a collection of recommended periodicals that discuss Jewish
issues. These periodicals include publications from all parts of the spectrum
of Jewish practice and belief, so review of sample issues is recommended
before you choose to subscribe. Where possible, the COMMENTS: section will
note outlook; information on the PUBLISHER: and FOCUS: should also help to
provide you with information to decide if the publication is right for you.
The format of this list differs slightly from the other portions of the
reading list. Periodicals are divided into four basic groups:
1) General periodicals that target Jews without a particular movement
distinction. This group has three subcategories:
a) Topical Publications
b) Publications focusing on Tradition and Home
c) Publications focusing on Jewish Scholarship
d) Other General Publications
2) General periodicals produced by and intended for general members of
a particular movement.
3) Rabbinic Journals produced by institutions or rabbinic
organizations.
4) Local publications targeted to a specific small geographic area
For all of these, where possible, the associated movement will be identified.
At the present time, catalogs are not included in the listing.
This list is organized as a digest; it may be successfully undigestified by
programs such as "gnus".
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Subject: Archival and Credits
This list is based on a discussion on Jewish Resources in the Liberal Judaism
mailing list, as well as suggestions from Josh Backon, Warren Burstein, Rick
Dinitz, Daniel Faigin, Louis Finkelstein, Alex Herrera, Stephen Jascourt,
Douglas Jones, Peter Mark, Alan Pfeffer, Elliot Shimoff, Tova Stabin, Andrew
Tannenbaum, Moshe Waldoks, and others. As usual, suggestions for additions or
deletions are welcome, as are *brief* annotations for any entry. See the end
of the list for information on the format used for submissions.
All portions of the FAQ and of the reading lists are archived on
israel.nysernet.org [192.77.173.2] in the directory:
~ftp/israel/lists/scj-faq
They are available in the rtfm.mit.edu archives in the directory:
pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism
The following files make up the reading lists and are in the "reading-lists"
subdirectory: general, traditional, chasidism, reform, conservative,
reconstructionist, humanistic, zionism, antisemitism, intermarriage,
periodicals.
The following files make up the FAQ and are in the "FAQ" subdirectory:
01-FAQ-intro, 02-Who-We-Are, 03-Torah-Halacha, 04-Observance, 05-Worship,
06-Jewish-Thought, 07-Jews-As-Nation, 08-Israel, 09-Antisemitism,
10-Miscellaneous.
The files may also be obtained via Email by sending a message to
mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with the following line in the body of the message:
send usenet/news.answers/judaism/(portionname)
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for example, to get the first part of the reading list, one would say:
send usenet/news.answers/judaism/reading-lists/general
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Subject: XI.1.a Topical General Interest Periodicals
Chai Today
FOCUS: ??
FREQUENCY: Bimonthly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $24/2yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: ??
PUBLISHER: Chai Publications/P.O. Box 403126/Miami Beach FL 33140
COMMENTS:
Commentary
FOCUS: Controversial issues, political, religious and otherwise.
FREQUENCY: Monthly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $30.00/1yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Commentary/165 East 65th Street/New York NY 10022
PUBLISHER: American Jewish Committee/(212) 751-4000
COMMENTS:
* Provide information in the form of commentaries.
* They don't seem political, prefering to give damning
evidence, clear logic and letting the reader come to their
own conclusion.
* Tend to be politically conservative.
The Forward
FOCUS: Jewish Newspaper
FREQUENCY: weekly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (US) $19/26 weeks, $34.46/year
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Forward Circulation Dept/P.O. Box 329
Mt Morris, IL 61054-0329/1-800-877-5419 x55
PUBLISHER: Forward Publishing Company/45 E33rd Street
New York, NY 10016
COMMENTS:
* Founded 1897, originally in Yiddish. Now in English.
The Jerusalem Report
FOCUS: Covering Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World
FREQUENCY: Biweekly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Israel) NIS 170
(US/Canada) US $59.94
(UK) L 35
(Austraila) AUD 118
(Elsewhere) US $69.94
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1805/Jerusalem 91017/ISRAEL/02-291-011
or P.O. Box 580/Mt. Morris IL 61054/800-827-1119
or Northumberland Park Ind. Est./76-78 Willoughby Lane/
London N17 OSN/081-365-1609
PUBLISHER: Sam Lipski
COMMENTS:
* Yaakov Kirschen's 'Dry Bones' cartoon appears here
* Coverage of Israeli and Jewish news
Jewish Currents
FOCUS: Jewish Secularism
FREQUENCY: Monthly except July/August
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $20/1yr
(Elsewhere) $25/1yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Jewish Currents/Suite 601/22 E 17th Street
New York, NY 10003-1919/(212) 924-5740
PUBLISHER: Association for Promotion of Jewish Secularism
Suite 601/22 E 17th Street
New York, NY 10003-1919/(212) 924-5740
COMMENTS:
* Published by old New York City labor activists.
* Articles on a variety of literary, intellectual, and
political topics, from a liberal Jewish perspective.
The Jewish Observer
FOCUS: The Jewish person of today.
FREQUENCY: Monthly except July and August
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $22.00/1yr $36.00/2yr $48.00/3yr.
(Elsewhere) $32.00/1yr $46.00/2yr $58.00/3yr.
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: The Jewish Observer/Suite 1200/84 William Street
New York, NY 10038/(212) 797-9000
PUBLISHER: Agudath Israel of America, Rabbi Nisson Wolpin, Editor
COMMENTS:
* Presents views of leading Torah thinkers on current issues
* Presents comments on the strengths and foibles within the
Jewish community.
* Analyzes contemporary Jewish events
Jewish Press
FOCUS: ??
FREQUENCY: Weekly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (NY, NJ, PA, CT, FL) $30/1yr $50/2yr
(Other States) $35/1yr $55/2yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: The Jewish Press/338 3rd Avenue
Brooklyn NY 11215/(800) 992-1600/(718) 330-1100
PUBLISHER: ??
COMMENTS:
* Anglo-Jewish Weekly Newspaper
Judaism
FOCUS: General Jewish
FREQUENCY: Quarterly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $20/1yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Judaism/15 East 84th Street
New York, NY 10028-0458
PUBLISHER: American Jewish Congress
COMMENTS:
* Articles from all branches of Judaism
* Articles are generally scholarly.
Lilith
FOCUS: Jewish Feminism
FREQUENCY: Quarterly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $16/1yr
(Canada) $22/1yr
(Elsewhere) $24/1yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Lilith Publications, Inc./250 W. 57th Street
New York NY 10107
PUBLISHER: Lilith Publications, Inc.
COMMENTS:
* For Jewish women predominantly. Everything from nostalgic
recollections of family history to latest feminist/Jewish
issues.
Midstream
FOCUS: Zionism and Israel
FREQUENCY: 9 issues per year
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $21/1yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Midstream/110 East 59th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10022
PUBLISHER: Theodore Herzl Foundation
COMMENTS:
* Generally conservative politically, both in Israeli and U.S.
terms
Moment
FOCUS: Jewish culture and opinion; all denominational
FREQUENCY: Bimonthly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $27/1yr
(Elsewhere) $33/1yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Moment Magazine/P.O. Box 7028/Read Oak IA 51591
(800) 777-1005
PUBLISHER: Moment Magazine/Division of Jewish Educational Ventures Inc
3000 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 300/Washington DC 20008
COMMENTS:
* Attempts to cover all sorts of Judaism, balanced,
wide range of topics.
National Jewish Post and Opinion
FOCUS: Jewish features from around the country
FREQUENCY: Weekly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $36/1yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: ??
PUBLISHER: ??
COMMENTS: ??
* Available as publication #M-009 through Isaac Nathan
Publishers, see "Jewish Calendar" for address
Sh'ma
FOCUS: Contemporary Jewish issues
FREQUENCY: 22 issues per year
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $27/2yr
(Elsewhere) $17/1yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: c/o CLAL/99 Park Avenue, Suite S-300
New York, NY 10016
PUBLISHER: ??
COMMENTS:
* A few pages every couple weeks which features serious essays
and responses on timely issues, mini book reviews, etc.
Shavuon Chadashot B'Ivrit Kalah
FOCUS: World News in Easy Hebrew
FREQUENCY: Weekly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Israel) NIS 100/1yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Shavuon Chadashot B'Ivrit Kalah
Rechov Sheinbin 54/Ta-Do'ar 199/Mikud 4001/Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
972-03-528-6141
a/k/a Weekly News in Easy Hebrew/54 Sheinbin Street
P.O. Box 199/Mail Code 4001/Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
PUBLISHER: Same
COMMENTS:
* Hebrew weekly newspaper printed with vowels.
* Someone in Tel Aviv should check this. The submitter just
scrawled this info quickly onto a slip of paper and didn't
have a copy of the newspaper.
Tikkun
FOCUS: Jewish Critique of Politics, Culture, and Society
FREQUENCY: Bimonthly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $31/1yr * $51/2yr
(Canada/Mexico) $49/1yr
(Elsewhere) $52/1yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Tikkun Subscription Service
P.O. Box 460926/Escondido, Ca, 92046/(800) 738 5571
PUBLISHER: Institute for Labor and Mental Health
5100 Leona Street/Oakland CA 94619
COMMENTS:
* Editor: Michael Lerner
* Presents politically-liberal Jewish point of view
* Tends to challenge its readers
* Also contains poetry, fiction and reviews.
Ultimate Issues
FOCUS: Judaism in terms of ethical monotheism and life in general.
FREQUENCY: Quarterly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $24/1yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Ultimate Issues/6020 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232
PUBLISHER: Dennis Prager/(800) 225-8584 (subscriptions)
(310) 558-3958 (office)
(310) 558-4241 (fax)
COMMENTS:
* Dennis Prager. Nuff said.
* Dennis calls himself a "passionate moderate" when it comes
to politics. He lectures world-wide and hosts a radio talk
show in Los Angeles (KABC AM 790) that draws several hundred
thousand listeners.
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Subject: XI.1.b General Interest Periodicals focused on Tradition and the Home
Ascent
FOCUS: Jewish Lifestyle, Tsfat, Mysticism
FREQUENCY: Quarterly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Suggested $18 or more tax deductible contribution.
(British) Check payable to: Friends of Ascent.
(Elsewhere) Check payable to: ASCENT
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS:
(USA) c/o Horowitz/1346 Carrol Street/Brooklyn, NY 11213
(England) c/o Breindel/15 Clive Lodge/Shirehall Lane/
London NW4 3RG
(Canada) c/o Tabakman/45 Fisherville/Willowdale, ON
CANADA M2R 3B8
PUBLISHER:
The Ascent Institute/P.O. Box 296/Tsfat, ISRAEL
+972-6-921364/FAX +972-6-921942
COMMENTS:
* Casual newsletter geared toward young adults without a
strong Jewish background
* Ascent Institute runs seminars, publishes books, sells
stuff, and so forth.
The Jewish Calendar
FOCUS: The how-to, enjoyment, and fulfilling nature of Jewish
holidays.
FREQUENCY: Quarterly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $22/1yr $35/2yr $50/3yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Jewish Calendar/7106 Owensmouth Avenue/
Canoga Park CA 91303
PUBLISHER: David Epstein/Isaac Nathan Publishing Company/
7106 Owensmouth Avenue/Canoga Park CA 91303
COMMENTS:
Jewish Family
FOCUS: Jewish family education, non-Orthodox perspective
FREQUENCY: ??
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ??
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS:
PUBLISHER: Alef Type & Design/Los Angeles
A division of Torah Aura Productions/(800)BE-TORAH
COMMENTS:
The Jewish Homemaker
FOCUS: The traditional Jewish home.
FREQUENCY: Bimonthly, except for July and August
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $11.97/1yr
(Canada) $16.97/1yr
(Overseas) $19.97/1yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: The Jewish Homemaker/705 Foster Avenue
Brooklyn NY 11230-9803/(800) BESAD-04
PUBLISHER: The Committee for the Furtherance of Torah Observance
1372 Carroll Street/Brooklyn NY 11213/(718) 756-7500
COMMENTS:
* Incorporates Kosher Food Guide
Kashrus
FOCUS: Kosher products, Kosher food alerts, Kosher foodscience
FREQUENCY: Five times a year
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $15/1yr $27/2yr $36/3yr
(Canada) $20/1yr $36/2yr
(Overseas) $28/1yr $50/2yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Kashrus Customer Service Department
P. O. Box 17305/Milwaukee WI 53217
PUBLISHER: Yeshivas Birkas Reuven/581 Kings Highway/Brooklyn NY 11223
COMMENTS:
* Provides annual guide to hechshers in use.
* Provides kosher consumer alerts.
Kosher Outlook: The Magazine for Kosher Living
FOCUS: Kof-K Kashrut Information
FREQUENCY: ??
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $6/1yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Kosher Outlook/1444 Queen Anne Road
Teaneck NJ 07666
PUBLISHER: ??
COMMENTS:
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Subject: XI.1.c General Interest Periodicals focused on Jewish Scholarship
Jewish Bible Quarterly
FOCUS: Timely, authoritative studies on biblical themes.
FREQUENCY: Quarterly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Everywhere) US$24/1yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESSES:
(Electronically) backon@vms.huji.ac.il (Dr. Josh Backon)
[Supply VISA/MC #, Expiration Date, and Billing Address to Dr.
Backon (who is the secretary of the JBA), and they'll take care
of it. Let him know what volume you want (1993->v21, etc)]
(Postal) Jewish Bible Quarterly/P.O. Box 29002/Jerusalem, ISRAEL.
PUBLISHER: The Jewish Bible Association
(A Registered Nonprofit Assn [Israeli Reg# 58-019-398-5])
P.O. Box 29002/Jerusalem, ISRAEL.
COMMENTS:
* Only Jewish-sponsored journal dealing exclusively with the
Tanakh
* Publishes original articles, translations from scholarly
Hebrew journals, book reviews, a triennial calendar of Bible
reading, and correspondence.
* Considers all viewpoints: Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and
Secular-Humanistic.
* Also available on the Internet. Table of contents appears in
CONTENTS; full text of each article (since v19) available on
the CARL system on the Internet. The table of contents is
free; full text is available by fax.
Jewish Thought: A Journal of Torah Scholarship
FOCUS: Nonpartisan journal of traditional scholarship in parshanuth
HaMikra (Biblical commentary and exegesis) and machsheveth
Yisra'el (classic Jewish philosophy).
FREQUENCY: Two issues a year.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $10/1yr
(Back Issues-USA) $ 6/issue
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS:
(Israel) Jewish Thought / c/o Yeshivat Ohr Yerushalayim
Moshav Beit Meir/D.N. Harei Yehuda 90865, Israel
(Elsewhere) Jewish Thought/ c/o Orthodox Union /
333 Seventh Avenue/New York, NY 10001, USA
PUBLISHER: Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America in
conjunction with Yeshivat Ohr Yerushalayim, Israel.
COMMENTS:
Journal of Halachah and Contemporary Society
FOCUS: Halachic discussions, approaches and solutions to issues in
contemporary society, explorations of relevant Biblical and
Talmudic passages; surveys of recent Responsa.
FREQUENCY: Twice a year
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $18/2yr
(Elsewhere) $20/2yr
(Back Issues) $5/issue
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Contact Mrs. Claire Friedman
350 Broadway, 9th Floor/New York, NY 10013/(212) 334-9285.
PUBLISHER: Rabbi Jacob Joseph School/3495 Richmond Road
Staten Island, NY 10306.
COMMENTS:
* To submit manuscripts: Rabbi Alfred Cohen (Editor)
1265 East 108th St./Brooklyn, NY 11236.
Torah U-Madda Journal
FOCUS: Modern Orthodoxy
FREQUENCY: Annual
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ???
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: 500 West 185th Street/New York, NY 10033
PUBLISHER: Torah U-Madda Project, Yeshiva University
COMMENTS:
* Publishes lectures given at Yeshiva on the interaction of
Torah and secular culture
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Subject: XI.1.d Other General Interest Periodicals
Bridges, A Journal for Jewish Feminists and our Friends
FOCUS: Jewish Feminist Identity, Art, and Activism
FREQUENCY: Twice a Year
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $15.00/1yr
(Elsewhere) $23.00/1yr
Free to women who have been institutionalized
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Bridges/P.O.Box 18437/Seattle, WA 98118
PUBLISHER: Bridges Association
COMMENTS:
Compass
FOCUS: Jewish life and learning, for educators, teachers, cantors, and
parents.
FREQUENCY: Three times a year
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $10/1yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: UAHC Department for Religious Education/
838 Fifth Avenue/New York NY 10021-7064
PUBLISHER: A Joint Project of the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations Department for Religious Education and
the School of Education of the Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of Religion/838 Fifth Avenue
New York NY 10021-7064
COMMENTS:
* Reform point of view
Jewish Vegetarians Newsletter
FOCUS: Vegetarian resources, recipes, Jewish-focused articles and info
FREQUENCY: Quarterly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $12/1yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: ??
PUBLISHER: ??
COMMENTS:
* Available as publication #M-200 through Isaac Nathan
Publishers, see "Jewish Calendar" for address
National Jewish Singles Magazine
FOCUS: What's going on with Jewish singles all over the USA
FREQUENCY: Monthly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $20/1yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: ??
PUBLISHER: ??
COMMENTS: ??
* Available as publication #M-018 through Isaac Nathan
Publishers, see "Jewish Calendar" for address
Straightalk
FOCUS: Jewish thought, understanding, and ethics
FREQUENCY: Quarterly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $18/1yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: ??
PUBLISHER: Dr. Ronald Brauner
COMMENTS:
* Available as publication #M-123 through Isaac Nathan
Publishers, see "Jewish Calendar" for address
Western States Jewish History
FOCUS: Jewish history of the Western USA
FREQUENCY: Quarterly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $20/1yr $2/sample-issue
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: ??
PUBLISHER: Western States Jewish History Association
COMMENTS:
* Available as publication #M-931 through Isaac Nathan
Publishers, see "Jewish Calendar" for address
* Edited by Rabbi William M. Kramer
YIVO News
FOCUS: Yiddish
FREQUENCY: 3/year
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: YIVO membership $35 or more
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
1048 5th Avenue/New York, NY 10028/(212) 535-6700
PUBLISHER: Same
COMMENTS:
* The newsletter isn't particularly wonderful by itself, but
YIVO is a great organization dedicated to preserving Yiddish
culture.
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Subject: XI.2. PUBLICATIONS TARGETED FOR SPECIFIC MOVEMENTS/ORGANIZATIONS
Hadassah Magazine (Hadassah)
FOCUS: News of Hadassah projects, Israel and Jewish interest
FREQUENCY: 10 issues a year
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Free to members of Hadassah
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Hadassah Magazine/50 W. 58th Street
New York NY 10022
PUBLISHER: Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc.
COMMENTS:
* Readership over 280,000
Humanistic Judaism (Society for Humanistic Judaism)
FOCUS: Discussions in the Humanistic Judaism mode, that is, where
individuals to shape their own lives independent of
supernatural authority, yet who still value their jewish
identity.
FREQUENCY: Quarterly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $18/1yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Society for Humanistic Judaism
28611 West Twelve Mile Road/Farmington Hills MI 48334
PUBLISHER: Society for Humanistic Judaism
COMMENTS:
Jewish Action (Orthodox Union)
FOCUS: Articles on Jewish living and contemporary issues.
FREQUENCY: Quarterly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $18.00/1yr
(Canada) $25.00/1yr
(Elsewhere) $35.00/1yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Orthodox Union/333 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10001-5072
PUBLISHER: Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
COMMENTS:
* Comes with the individual basic $54 membership to the OU
along with the Pocket Calendar Diary and Passover Kosher
Directory
Reconstructionist (Reconstructionist)
FOCUS: Medium for the continuing development of Reconstructionist
ideas, practices, and institutions.
FREQUENCY: Quarterply
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $20/1yr
(Elsewhere) $25/1yr
Free for members of Jewish Reconstuctionist Foundation
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Reocnstructionist/Church Road and Greenwood Ave
Wyncote PA 19095
PUBLISHER: Federation of Reconstructionist Congregations
and Havarot
COMMENTS:
Reform Judaism (Reform)
FOCUS: Issues of general concern to Reform Jews
FREQUENCY: Quarterly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $10/1yr ($5/1yr Student)
Free to members of UAHC Member Synagogues
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Reform Judaism/838 Fifth Avenue
New York NY 10021
PUBLISHER: Union of American Hebrew Congregations
838 Fifth Avenue/New York NY 10021
COMMENTS:
Tradition (Orthodox)
FOCUS: Orthodox Rabbinate
FREQUENCY: Quarterly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $20/1yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Tradition/275 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10001
PUBLISHER: Rabbinical Council of America
COMMENTS:
* Column by Rabbi Bleich on contemporary Halachic issues
* Another column reviews articles in non-Orthodox periodicals
United Synagogue Review (Conservative)
FOCUS: USCJ organizational news and general Jewish topics
FREQUENCY: Quarterly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $3/1yr $8/3yr
Free to members of United Synagogue congregations
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
Rappaport House/155 Fifth Avenue/New York NY 10010
PUBLISHER: United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism/Rapaport House
155 Fifth Avenue/New York NY 10010
COMMENTS:
* Editor: Lois Goldrich
Wellsprings (Chabad Lubavitch)
FOCUS: ??
FREQUENCY: Quarterly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ??
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Wellsprings/770 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn NY 11213/(718) 953 1000
PUBLISHER: ??
COMMENTS:
Woman's League Outlook (Conservative)
FOCUS: Women's, family and Jewish issues
FREQUENCY: Quarterly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $8/1yr
Free to Sisterhood members at Conservative Synagoges
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Woman's League Outline/48 E. 74th St
New York, NY 10021
PUBLISHER: Women's League for Conservative Judaism
COMMENTS:
Women's World (B'nai Brith Women)
FOCUS: ??
FREQUENCY: Quarterly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ??
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: B'nai Brith Women Membership Department/
1828 L St. NW #250/Washington DC 20036
PUBLISHER: B'nai Brith Women
COMMENTS:
* Regularly has articles on intermarriage
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Subject: XI.3. RABBINIC JOURNALS
CCAR Journal: A Reform Jewish Quarterly (Reform)
FOCUS: Reform Rabbinical Journal
FREQUENCY: Quarterly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $18/1yr $32/2yr $45/3yr $12/student
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: CCAR Journal/192 Lexington Avenue
New York NY 10016
PUBLISHER: Central Conference of American Rabbis
192 Lexington Avenue/New York NY 10016
COMMENTS:
Conservative Judaism (Conservative)
FOCUS: ??
FREQUENCY: ??
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $20/yr $15/students
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: ??
PUBLISHER: Jewish Theological Seminary/3080 Broadway
New York NY 10027.
COMMENTS:
Raayonot (Reconstructionist)
FOCUS: ??
FREQUENCY: ??
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ??
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: ??
PUBLISHER: Federation of Reconstructionist Congregations and Havurot
Church Road & Greenwood Ave./Wyncote, PA 19095-1898
(215) 887-1988
COMMENTS:
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Subject: XI.4. LOCAL PUBLICATIONS
Note: This section does not contain *all* local publications. However,
large-circulation publications that address the overall community in areas
with major Jewish activity (for example, New York, Los Angeles, Boston, etc.)
will be listed. These publications provide a way to keep in touch with the
Jewish community in another city.
Baltimore Jewish Times (Baltimore MD)
FOCUS: The Baltimore (Maryland) Jewish Community
FREQUENCY: Weekly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Maryland) $33.60/1 yr
(Other US) $42.00/1 yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Jewish Times / P. O. Box 2267 /
Southfield MI 48037-2267 / 800-875-6621
PUBLISHER: The Baltimore Jewish Times
COMMENTS:
The Jewish Advocate (Boston MA)
FOCUS: Jewish News in Boston, MA
FREQUENCY: Weekly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
(USA: New England) $25/1yr $46/2yr
(USA: Elsewhere) $29/1yr $58/2yr
(Non-USA) $40/1yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: 15 School Street/Boston, MA 02108
(617) 367-9100
PUBLISHER: The Jewish Advocate
COMMENTS:
Jewish Bulletin of Northern California
FOCUS: Jewish Activities in the San Francisco Bay area
FREQUENCY: Weekly except for 1st weeks of July and December
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (US) $38.00/1yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Jewish Bulletin of Northern California/
88 First Street, Suite 300/San Francisco CA 94105-2506
PUBLISHER: San Francisco Jewish Community Publications, Inc.
(A Non-Profit Corporation)
Mark S. Klein, Editor and Publisher
COMMENTS:
The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles (Los Angeles CA)
FOCUS: News of interest to the Los Angeles CA Jewish Community
FREQUENCY: Weekly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (California) $23.50/1yr
(US, not CA) $36.00/1yr
(Elsewhere) $83.50/1yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Jewish Journal/3660 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles CA 90010
PUBLISHER: Ed Brennglass/Los Angeles Jewish Publications Inc.
(A Community Non-Profit Corporation)
3660 Wilshire Blvd/Los Angeles CA 90010/(213) 738-7778
COMMENTS:
* Includes "Dry Bones"
* Includes regular columns by Marlene Adler Marks, Yehuda Lev,
and David Margolis
World Jewish News (Midwest U.S.A.)
FOCUS: Jewish News of the Midwestern USA
FREQUENCY: Weekly
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $25/1yr
SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: World Jewish News/Rt 50 Box 4021
Fairview Heights IL 62208
PUBLISHER: ??
COMMENTS:
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