{"product_id":"contemporary-humanistic-judaism-beliefs-values-practices-paperback-softback-9780827615649","title":"Contemporary Humanistic Judaism; Beliefs, Values, Practices (Paperback \/ softback) 9780827615649","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eContemporary Humanistic Judaism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBeliefs, Values, Practices\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAdam Chalom (Edited by), Jodi Kornfeld (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780827615649\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 January 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e306 pages, 1 appendix, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.46 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eContemporary Humanistic Judaism\u003c\/i\u003e offers a vision of Judaism that is deeply root­ed in human experience and creativity, and provides an alternative approach to what it means to be Jewish in the modern world.\"-Jenna Cohen, \u003ci\u003eJewish Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Finally-a book that speaks wisely and powerfully to the secular Jew who seeks Jewish connection and meaning without traditional God-worship. \u003ci\u003eContemporary Humanistic Judaism\u003c\/i\u003e is the crucial primer for all those who want to understand the foundational ideas of Humanistic Judaism and find the path to a vibrant Jewish life expressed through liturgy, ritual, education, celebration, and yes, the transcendent.”-Abigail Pogrebin, author of \u003ci\u003eMy Jewish Year: 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“\u003ci\u003eContemporary Humanistic Judaism\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read, especially for anyone who ever felt like a ‘bad Jew’ for not believing in God, for intermarrying, or for otherwise not conforming to traditional movements’ constructions of Jewish identity.”-Keren R. McGinity, author of \u003ci\u003eStill Jewish: A History of Women and Intermarriage in America\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Through essays, case studies, liturgy, cultural offerings, and more, this important collection evocatively makes the case for deeply engaged, deeply principled, deeply intentional Jewish living that does not center God. \u003ci\u003eContemporary Humanistic Judaism\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that, as ever, Humanistic Judaism raises essential questions about contemporary Judaism and offers piquant responses.”-Rabbi Deborah Waxman, president and CEO of Reconstructing Judaism\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“I love it! \u003ci\u003eContemporary Humanistic Judaism\u003c\/i\u003e is comprehensive, engaging, and compelling. I plan to assign it to my students.”-Phil Zuckerman, associate dean of Pitzer College\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Magnificent! The clearest and most engaging volume on the history and meaning of Humanistic Judaism ever written.”-Rabbi Evan Moffic, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Happiness Prayer: Ancient Jewish Wisdom for the Best Way to Live Today\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“This is an important anthology that ought to be widely read and studied. It is essential to any college or adult ed course addressing the complicated map of current liberal Judaisms.”-Rabbi Edmond Weiss, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eMaking Arguments: Reason in Context\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Humanistic Judaism’s contributions to the broader landscape of Jewish life are too often overlooked. \u003ci\u003eContemporary Humanistic Judaism \u003c\/i\u003ewill expand and challenge many traditionalist readers’ sense of what Judaism is and has been-while simultaneously offering much-needed affirmation to readers with less-traditionalist instincts.”-Lex Rofeberg, senior Jewish educator of Judaism Unbound\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOpening up multidimensional ideas, values, and practices of Humanistic Judaism to Jews of all backgrounds and beliefs, \u003ci\u003eContemporary Humanistic Judaism\u003c\/i\u003e collects the movement’s most important texts for the first time and answers the oft-raised question, “How can you be Jewish and celebrate Judaism if you don’t believe in God?” with new vision.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 1 (“Beliefs and Ethics”) examines core positive beliefs-in human agency, social progress, ethics without supernatural authority, sources of natural transcendence, and Humanistic Jews’ own authority to remake their traditional Jewish inheritance on their own terms “beyond God.” Part 2 (“Identity”) discusses how Humanistic Judaism empowers individuals to self-define as Jews, respects people’s decisions to marry whom they love, and navigates the Israel-Diaspora relationship. Part 3 (“Culture”) describes how the many worlds of Jewish cultural experience-art, music, food, language, heirlooms-ground Jewishness and enable endless exploration. Part 4 (“Jewish Life”) applies humanist philosophy to lived Jewish experience: reimagined creative education (where students choose passages meaningful to them for their bar, bat, or b mitzvah [gender-neutral] celebrations), liturgy, life cycle, and holiday celebrations (where Hanukkah emphasizes the religious freedom to believe as one chooses).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jewish seekers, educators, and scholars alike will come to appreciate the unique ideologies and lived expressions of Humanistic Judaism.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Preface: Introducing This Volume\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Judaism beyond God, Torah, and Israel \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Part 1. Beliefs and Ethics\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 1. The Jewish Experience\u003cbr\u003e Sherwin Wine, “Jewish History-Our Humanist Perspective” (1985) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 2. The God Question\u003cbr\u003e Sherwin Wine, “Judaism without God” (1983)\u003cbr\u003e Yaakov Malkin, “God as a Literary Figure” (2007) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 3. Positive Humanism\u003cbr\u003e Sherwin Wine, “Believing Is Better Than Non-Believing” (1986)\u003cbr\u003e Greg Epstein, “What Is Humanism?” (2009)\u003cbr\u003e Peter Schweitzer, “Purpose” (2022) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 4. Ethics\u003cbr\u003e Daniel Friedman, “After Halakha, What?” (1996)\u003cbr\u003e Adam Chalom, “Are There Jewish Values?” (2009)\u003cbr\u003e Amos Oz, “Jews Argue with God” (2017)\u003cbr\u003e Denise Handlarski, “Truth and Reconciliation on Race” (2016) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 5. Spirituality\u003cbr\u003e Yaakov Malkin, “What Makes the Secular Need Spirituality” (2003)\u003cbr\u003e Judith Seid, “A Secular Spirituality” (2001)\u003cbr\u003e Terry Toll, “Lighting Candles” (1994)\u003cbr\u003e Humanistic Judaism Facebook Discussion on Ritual Practice (2020) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Part 2. Identity\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 6. Jewish Self-Definition\u003cbr\u003e Sherwin Wine, “Kinship” (1985)\u003cbr\u003e International Federation of Secular Humanistic Jews, “Who Is a Jew?” (1988)\u003cbr\u003e Association of Humanistic Rabbis, “Statement on Conversion\/Adoption” (2005)\u003cbr\u003e Karen Levy, “Changing Perceptions, Changing Realities” (2002) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 7. Welcoming and Inclusion\u003cbr\u003e Tamara Kolton, “Healing the Jewish People through Pluralism” (2005)\u003cbr\u003e Jeffrey Falick, “Dancing at Two Weddings” (2014)\u003cbr\u003e Miriam Jerris, “Gate Openers: Reaching Out to the Next Generation of Children from Intermarriage” (2017)\u003cbr\u003e Society for Humanistic Judaism, “Radical Inclusion” (2021) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 8. Israel\/Zionism and Diaspora\u003cbr\u003e Sherwin Wine, “Being a Secular Humanistic Jew in the Diaspora” (1993)\u003cbr\u003e Shulamit Aloni, “One Hundred Years of Zionism, Fifty Years of Statehood” (2000)\u003cbr\u003e Tzemah Yoreh, “Constructive Conversations about Israel” (2019) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Part 3. Culture\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 9. Cultural Judaism\u003cbr\u003e Amos Oz, “A Full Cart or an Empty One? Thoughts on Jewish Culture” (1983)\u003cbr\u003e Yehuda Bauer, “Judaism Is . . .” (1995)\u003cbr\u003e Daniel Friedman, “Recovering Our Stories” (1995)\u003cbr\u003e Sivan Malkin Maas, “Cultural Zionism: Reclaiming Convention” (2009) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 10. A Cultural Jewish Canon\u003cbr\u003e Julian Levinson, “People of the (Secular) Book: Literary Anthologies and the Making of Jewish Identity in Postwar America” (2009)\u003cbr\u003e Jodi Kornfeld, “Of Course There’s Jewish Art!” (2022)\u003cbr\u003e Jonathan L. Friedmann, “Music by, for, as Humanistic Jews” (2023)\u003cbr\u003e Nathan Englander, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank” (2012)\u003cbr\u003e Etgar Keret, “My Lamented Sister” (2016)\u003cbr\u003e Nicole Krauss, “Adding to the Jewish Story” (2017) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Part 4. Jewish Life\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 11. Living Humanistic Judaism\u003cbr\u003e Eva Goldfinger, “Is Judaism Worth Preserving?” (1995)\u003cbr\u003e Society for Humanistic Judaism, “Statement of Values” (2021) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 12. Liturgy\u003cbr\u003e Marcia Falk, “Honoring Torah” (1996)\u003cbr\u003e Adam Chalom, “Our Quarterback, Our King: Two Problems with Liberal Theology” (2007)\u003cbr\u003e Adam Chalom, Jodi Kornfeld, Jeremy Kridel, Peter Schweitzer, and Frank Tamburello, “Liturgical Readings” (2019)\u003cbr\u003e Yehuda Amichai, “A Man Doesn’t Have Time” (1986) and “The Waters Cannot Return in Repentance” (1986)\u003cbr\u003e Peter Schweitzer, “The Passover Symbols” (2003) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 13. Life Cycle\u003cbr\u003e Leadership Conference of Secular and Humanistic Jews, “Circumcision and Jewish Identity” (2002)\u003cbr\u003e Camila Grunberg, “The Meaning of Life” (2016)\u003cbr\u003e Association of Humanistic Rabbis, “Wedding Ketubah Texts” (1999)\u003cbr\u003e Sherwin Wine, “Sitting Shiva” (1992) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 14. Education\u003cbr\u003e Mitchell Silver, “Treasures of the Legacy” (1998)\u003cbr\u003e Ruth Duskin Feldman, “Jewish Education and the Future” (1991)\u003cbr\u003e Sherwin Wine, “The Torah” (1985)\u003cbr\u003e Denise Handlarski, “The Torah, the Ten Commandments and Us” (2019)\u003cbr\u003e Society for Humanistic Judaism, Curriculum for Children’s Education, “Philosophy” (2013) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Afterword: Choosing to Live as a Secular Humanistic Jew: Declaration of Eighth Biennial Conference of the International Federation of Secular Humanistic Jews, 2000 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Go Forth and Learn\u003cbr\u003e Source Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: American Jews’ Identity and Beliefs\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The Jewish Publication Society","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52653197787416,"sku":"9780827615649","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/contemporary-humanistic-judaism-beliefs-values-practices-paperback-softback-9780827615649","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}