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Untitled Address at the Graduation of the Teachers Institute
The Women Who Reconstructed American Jewish Education, 1910–1965 hbi series on jewish women Shulamit Reinharz, General Editor Sylvia Barack Fishman, Associate Editor the hbi series on jewish women, created by the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, publishes a wide range of books by and about Jewish women in diverse contexts and time periods. Of interest to scholars and the educated public, the hbi Series on Jewish Women fills major gaps in Jewish Studies and in Women and Gender Studies as well as their intersection. the hbi series on jewish women is supported by a generous gift from Dr. Laura S. Schor. For the complete list of books that are available in this series, please see www.upne.com. Carol K. Ingall, editor, The Women Who Reconstructed American Jewish Education, 1910–1965 Gaby Brimmer and Elena Poniatowska, Gaby Brimmer Harriet Hartman and Moshe Hartman, Gender and American Jews: Patterns in Work, Education, and Family in Contemporary Life Dvora E. Weisberg, Levirate Marriage and the Family in Ancient Judaism Ellen M. Umansky and Dianne Ashton, editors, Four Centuries of Jewish Women’s Spirituality: A Sourcebook Carole S. Kessner, Marie Syrkin: Values Beyond the Self Ruth Kark, Margalit Shilo, and Galit Hasan-Rokem, editors, Jewish Women in Pre-State Israel: Life History, Politics, and Culture Tova Hartman, Feminism Encounters Traditional Judaism: Resistance and Accommodation Anne Lapidus Lerner, Eternally Eve: Images of Eve in the Hebrew Bible, Midrash, and Modern Jewish Poetry Margalit Shilo, Princess or Prisoner? Jewish Women in Jerusalem, 1840–1914 Marcia Falk, translator, The Song of Songs: Love Lyrics from the Bible Ma^ Phf^gPah ;9EDIJHK9J;:Å :f^kb\Zg C^pbla>]n\Zmbhg *2*)È*2/. -
A Comparison Between the Union for Reform Judaism and the Israel Movement for Reform and Progress
Sisters, but not Twin Sisters: A Comparison between the Union for Reform Judaism and the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism Master’s Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Brandeis University Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Sylvia Barack Fishman, Advisor Ellen Smith, Advisor In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts in Jewish Professional Leadership and Near Eastern and Judaic Studies by Tamar Shachaf Schneider May 2017 Copyright by Tamar Shachaf Schneider © 2017 Acknowledgments When I first arrived at Brandeis I came with little knowledge about the American Jewish community. I knew this is the community with which I would like to work in my professional career, but my knowledge was a result of meeting people and hearing their stories rather than a deep understanding of what derives them. The first two classes I took in the Near Eastern and Judaic Studies department were “American Judaism”, taught by Professor Jonathan D. Sarna, and “The Sociology of the American Jewish Community”, taught by Professor Sylvia Barack Fishman. Taking their classes opened my mind and enabled me to truly learn and understand the American Jewish community. I would especially like to thank Professor Fishman, my thesis advisor and guide, I learned so much from you. I would also like to thank Professor Ellen Smith for all her support. I am forever grateful. I could not have completed this project without the help of Professor Rabbi David Ellenson who helped me with my research, iCenter friends and faculty who gave me an American Reform perspective, and Rabbi Meir Azari, Rabbi Galia Sadan and Rabbi Yehoram Mazor, who gave me the Israeli Reform perspective. -
PPNYC161 Clergy Book
Reproductive Justice in a Just Society Reproductive Justice in a Just Society A S TATEMENT By The Planned Parenthood of New York City Religious Leaders Task Force March 7, 2006 Dedication Planned Parenthood of New York City dedicates this publication to the memory of Rabbi Balfour Brickner, a stalwart champion of reproductive justice, who spent a lifetime in the struggle to secure economic and social justice for all. Rabbi Brickner worked on this statement until shortly before his death on August 29, 2005. He is greatly missed. Reproductive Justice in a Just Society S UMMARY A social system that denies reproductive justice violates the central Biblical imperative to love and render justice to one’s neighbor. Further, the effort to achieve reproductive justice cannot be divorced from the struggle for economic and social justice. Reproductive justice is essentially a question of access – access to knowledge about the great gift of human sexuality and access to reproductive health services. Specifically, reproductive justice requires sex education that provides our youngsters with the information they need to form healthy relationships, prevent them from having children before they are ready to become parents, and keep them safe from infections and abuse. It also requires birth control that is affordable, with legal abortion readily available. The decisions we make about our reproductive and sexual lives, but most especially, the decision to have a child, are among the most important decisions that we, as human beings, can make. Having a child is a precious responsibility that changes our lives forever. The privileged in this world, for the most part, have unfettered access to the reproductive health and education services necessary to decide for themselves when and whether to bear or raise a child. -
Limmer-Moral Resistance Text.Indd
CONTRIBUTORS Rabbi Seth M. Limmer, DHL, serves as senior rabbi of Chicago Sinai Congregation. During his rabbinate he has served as chair of the Justice, Peace, and Civil Liberties Committee of the Central Con- ference of American Rabbis, as vice chair of the Union for Reform Judaism’s Commission on Social Action, as dean of faculty for Eisner and Crane Lake Camps, and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the CCAR. On behalf of Chicago Sinai Congregation’s lead role in organizing the Reform Movement’s participation in the NAACP’s 2015 America’s Journey for Justice, Rabbi Limmer accepted the Rabbi Maurice Eisendrath Bearer of Light Award, the highest honor of the URJ. He is the author of many articles, and 2016 saw the publication of his first full-length book,Medieval Midrash: The House for Inspired Innovation. Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner serves as the director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, in Washington, DC. He has led the Religious Action Center since 2015 and also serves as senior vice president of the Union for Reform Judaism, a position to which he was appointed to in 2011. Named one of the most influential rab- bis in America by Newsweek magazine, he is an inspirational leader 353 354 • M O R AL R ESISTAN C E AND S PI R ITUAL A UTHO R ITY and tireless advocate for social justice. Rabbi Pesner serves as a board member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, JOIN for Justice, the National Religious Partnership for the Environment, and the New England Center for Children. -
Religious Activism and Social Change in Postwar America
The Politics of Conscience: Religious Activism and Social Change in Postwar America The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters Citation Bohlen, Casey. 2016. The Politics of Conscience: Religious Activism and Social Change in Postwar America. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. Citable link http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:33840751 Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University’s DASH repository, and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http:// nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of- use#LAA The Politics of Conscience: Religious Activism and Social Change in Postwar America A dissertation presented by Casey Bohlen to The History Department in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the subject of History Harvard University Cambridge, MA May 2016 © 2016 Casey Bohlen All rights reserved. Dissertation Advisor: Lizabeth Cohen Casey Bohlen The Politics of Conscience: Religious Activism and Social Change in Postwar America ABSTRACT This dissertation is a history of the post-World War II United States religious left, from its birth in the early Cold War through its twilight in the mid-1970s. Although the study of religion and politics is flourishing, recent scholarship has overwhelmingly focused on the Christian right and the resurgence of American evangelicalism. Yet Jewish, Catholic, and ecumenical Protestant activists were key players in the mid-century political left, from nuns staging interracial sit-ins in the middle of Chicago’s busiest intersections to rabbis and ministers running the nation’s largest illegal abortion referral network.