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Israel Salanter, Text, Structure, Idea

Author : Hillel Goldberg
Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0870687093

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Israel Salanter, text, structure, idea

Author : Hillel Goldberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1313536968

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Judaism Faces the Twentieth Century

Author : Mel Scult
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0814322808

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Judaism Faces the Twentieth Century by Mel Scult Pdf

Kaplan, who died in 1983 at the age of 102, arrived in America as a boy, and, as he grew, sought to find ways of making Judaism compatible with the American experience and the modern temper. He founded the Jewish Center and the Society for the Advancement of Judaism, establishing the prototypes for the modern expanded synagogue. This biography reappraises the significance of his contributions and offers an intimate look at the man and his thinking. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Rabbi Israel Salanter and the Mussar Movement

Author : I. Etkes
Publisher : Jewish Publication Society
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0827604386

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Rabbi Israel Salanter and the Mussar Movement by I. Etkes Pdf

Israel Salanter was one of the most original and influential Jewish leaders and thinkers of Eastern European Jewry in the modern period. One of Salanter’s most striking innovations was the transformation of the issue of ethics from the domain of theology to the realm of psychology. Immanuel Etkes traces Salanter’s unique view of Mussar doctrine, especially his introduction of modern psychology to the traditional understanding of personal ethical development.

Wealth and Poverty in Jewish Tradition

Author : Leonard J. Greenspoon
Publisher : Purdue University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781612494272

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Wealth and Poverty in Jewish Tradition by Leonard J. Greenspoon Pdf

Economic inequity is an issue of worldwide concern in the twenty-first century. Although these issues have not troubled all people at all times, they are nonetheless not new. Thus, it is not surprising that Judaism has developed many perspectives, theoretical and practical, to explain and ameliorate the circumstances that produce serious economic disparity. This volume offers an accessible collection of articles that deal comprehensively with this phenomenon from a variety of approaches and perspectives. Within this framework, the fourteen authors who contributed to Wealth and Poverty in Jewish Tradition bring a formidable array of experience and insight to uncover interconnected threads of conversation and activities that characterize Jewish thought and action. Among the questions raised, for which there are frequently multiple responses: Is the giving of tzedakah (generally, although imprecisely, translated as charity) a command or an impulse? Does the Jewish tradition give priority to the donor or to the recipient? To what degree is charity a communal responsibility? Is there something inherently ennobling or, conversely, debasing about being poor? How have basic concepts about wealth and poverty evolved from biblical through rabbinic and medieval sources until the modern period? What are some specific historical events that demonstrate either marked success or bitter failure? And finally, are there some relevant concepts and practices that are distinctively, if not uniquely, Jewish? It is a singular strength of this collection that appropriate attention is given, in a style that is both accessible and authoritative, to the vast and multiform conversations that are recorded in the Talmud and other foundational documents of rabbinic Judaism. Moreover, perceptive analysis is not limited to the past, but also helps us to comprehend circumstances among todays Jews. It is equally valuable that these authors are attuned to the differences between aspirations and the realities in which actual people have lived.

Jewish Virtue Ethics

Author : Geoffrey D. Claussen,Alexander Green,Alan L. Mittleman
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438493923

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Jewish Virtue Ethics by Geoffrey D. Claussen,Alexander Green,Alan L. Mittleman Pdf

What is good character? What are the traits of a good person? How should virtues be cultivated? How should vices be avoided? The history of Jewish literature is filled with reflection on questions of character and virtue such as these, reflecting a wide range of contexts and influences. Beginning with the Bible and culminating with twenty-first-century feminism and environmentalism, Jewish Virtue Ethics explores thirty-five influential Jewish approaches to character and virtue. Virtue ethics has been a burgeoning field of moral inquiry among academic philosophers in the postwar period. Although Jewish ethics has also flourished as an academic (and practical) field, attention to the role of virtue in Jewish thought has been underdeveloped. This volume seeks to illuminate its centrality not only for readers primarily interested in Jewish ethics but also for readers who take other approaches to virtue ethics, including within the Western virtue ethics tradition. The original essays written for this volume provide valuable sources for philosophical reflection.

Religious Objects as Psychological Structures

Author : Moshe Halevi Spero
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1992-06-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0226769399

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Religious Objects as Psychological Structures by Moshe Halevi Spero Pdf

The second aspect of his argument is that these two distinct but parallel lines allow one to conceptualize the revolutionary possibility of transference displacements--the shift of religious symbology--not only from interpersonal relationships onto the God concept (Freud's model) but also from an objective human-God relationship onto interpersonal relationships.

Sharing the Burden

Author : Geoffrey D. Claussen
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438458366

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Sharing the Burden by Geoffrey D. Claussen Pdf

Examines a fascinating and important figure in the history of modern Jewish ethics. Sharing the Burden analyzes the rich moral traditions of the nineteenth-century Musar movement, an Eastern European Jewish movement focused on the development of moral character. Geoffrey D. Claussen focuses on that movement’s leading moral theorist, Rabbi Simḥah Zissel Ziv (1824–1898), the founder of the first Musar movement yeshiva and the first traditionalist institution in Eastern Europe that included general studies in its curriculum. Simḥah Zissel offered a unique and compelling voice within the Musar movement, joining traditionalism with a program for contemplative practice and an interest in non-Jewish philosophy. His thought was also distinguished by its demanding moral vision, oriented around an ideal of compassionately loving one’s fellow as oneself and an acknowledgment of the difficulties of moral change. Drawing on Simḥah Zissel’s writings and bringing his approach into dialogue with other models of ethics, Claussen explores Simḥah Zissel’s Jewish virtue ethics and evaluates its strengths and weaknesses. The result is a volume that will expose readers to a fascinating and important voice in the history of modern Jewish ethics and spirituality. Geoffrey D. Claussen is Lori and Eric Sklut Emerging Scholar in Jewish Studies and Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Elon University.

Jews and the American Soul

Author : Andrew R. Heinze
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0691117551

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Jews and the American Soul by Andrew R. Heinze Pdf

What do Joyce Brothers and Sigmund Freud, Rabbi Harold Kushner and philosopher Martin Buber have in common? They belong to a group of pivotal and highly influential Jewish thinkers who altered the face of modern America in ways few people recognize. So argues Andrew Heinze, who reveals in rich and unprecedented detail the extent to which Jewish values, often in tense interaction with an established Christian consensus, shaped the country's psychological and spiritual vocabulary. Jews and the American Soul is the first book to recognize the central role Jews and Jewish values have played in shaping American ideas of the inner life. It overturns the widely shared assumption that modern ideas of human nature derived simply from the nation's Protestant heritage. Heinze marshals a rich array of evidence to show how individuals ranging from Erich Fromm to Ann Landers changed the way Americans think about mind and soul. The book shows us the many ways that Jewish thinkers influenced everything from the human potential movement and pop psychology to secular spirituality. It also provides fascinating new interpretations of Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler, and Western views of the psyche; the clash among Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish moral sensibilities in America; the origins and evolution of America's psychological and therapeutic culture; the role of Jewish women as American public moralists, and more. A must-read for anyone interested in the contribution of Jews and Jewish culture to modern America.

Imagery Techniques in Modern Jewish Mysticism

Author : Daniel Reiser
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110535884

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Imagery Techniques in Modern Jewish Mysticism by Daniel Reiser Pdf

This book analyzes and describes the development and aspects of imagery techniques, a primary mode of mystical experience, in twentieth century Jewish mysticism. These techniques, in contrast to linguistic techniques in medieval Kabbalah and in contrast to early Hasidism, have all the characteristics of a full screenplay, a long and complicated plot woven together from many scenes, a kind of a feature film. Research on this development and nature of the imagery experience is carried out through comparison to similar developments in philosophy and psychology and is fruitfully contextualized within broader trends of western and eastern mysticism.

Reader's Guide to Judaism

Author : Michael Terry
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 745 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781135941505

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Reader's Guide to Judaism by Michael Terry Pdf

The Reader's Guide to Judaism is a survey of English-language translations of the most important primary texts in the Jewish tradition. The field is assessed in some 470 essays discussing individuals (Martin Buber, Gluckel of Hameln), literature (Genesis, Ladino Literature), thought and beliefs (Holiness, Bioethics), practice (Dietary Laws, Passover), history (Venice, Baghdadi Jews of India), and arts and material culture (Synagogue Architecture, Costume). The emphasis is on Judaism, rather than on Jewish studies more broadly.

Encyclopedia of Judaism

Author : Sara E. Karesh,Mitchell M. Hurvitz
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780816069828

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Encyclopedia of Judaism by Sara E. Karesh,Mitchell M. Hurvitz Pdf

An illustrated A to Z reference containing over 800 entries providing information on the theology, people, historical events, institutions and movements related to the religion of Judaism.

Unsettling Jewish Knowledge

Author : Anne C. Dailey,Lital Levy,Martin Kavka
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781512824315

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Unsettling Jewish Knowledge by Anne C. Dailey,Lital Levy,Martin Kavka Pdf

Spanning the fields of literature, history, philosophy, and theology, Unsettling Jewish Knowledge adopts a fresh approach to the study of Jewish thought and culture. By creatively foregrounding the role of emotions, senses, and the imagination in Jewish experience, the book invites readers to consider what it means for Jewish identity and experience to be constituted outside the frameworks of reasoned thought and inquiry. The collection's eight essays offer innovative and provocative approaches to a diverse array of topics including modern Jewish-Christian relations, the book of Isaiah, contemporary Jewish fiction, and philosophical meditations on Jewish law. Their bold interpretations of Jewish texts and histories are centered on questions of faith, loss, prejudice, and enchantment--and the darker implications of these questions. The book's essays also illuminate the importance of desire as a key motivating force in the pursuit of knowledge. Weaving together insights from several disciplines, Unsettling Jewish Knowledge challenges us to grapple with the unexpected, the unconventional, and the uncomfortable aspects of Jewish experience and its representations. Contributors: Anne C. Dailey, John Efron, Yael S. Feldman, Galit Hasan-Rokem, Martin Kavka, Lital Levy, Shaul Magid, Eva Mroczek, Paul E. Nahme, Eli Schonfeld, Shira Stav.

Sparks Amidst the Ashes

Author : Byron L. Sherwin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1997-04-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780195355468

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Sparks Amidst the Ashes by Byron L. Sherwin Pdf

For hundreds of years, Poland served as the epicenter of Jewish life. As a result of the Holocaust, though, Poland has become a "Jewish Atlantis." Yet, the majority of Jews in the world today have their genealogical roots in the historical lands of Poland. In this book, Sherwin demonstrates how the unprecedented works of intellect and spirit produced during the Jewish "Golden Age" in Poland can provide contemporary Jews with the spiritual and intellectual resources required to ensure Jewish continuity in the present and future. Sherwin introduces us to the vast range of mystical speculation, evocative stories, talmudic dialectics, theological ideas, and social realities that were muted by the destruction of Polish Jewry during the Holocaust. Sherwin critiques the tendency among contemporary Jews to disregard the precious legacy bequeathed by Polish Jewry, and presents a plan for re-creating Jewish life after the Holocaust that draws from the wisdom of the spiritual magnates and from the communal experience that characterized Jewish life in Poland. Sherwin concludes with a controversial proposal for the future of Polish-Jewish relations.

The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Ethics and Morality

Author : Elliot N. Dorff,Jonathan K. Crane
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190608385

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The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Ethics and Morality by Elliot N. Dorff,Jonathan K. Crane Pdf

For thousands of years the Jewish tradition has been a source of moral guidance, for Jews and non-Jews alike. As the essays in this volume show, the theologians and practitioners of Judaism have a long history of wrestling with moral questions, responding to them in an open, argumentative mode that reveals the strengths and weaknesses of all sides of a question. The Jewish tradition also offers guidance for moral conduct by individuals, communities, and countries and shows how to motivate people to do the good and right thing. The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Ethics and Morality is a collection of original essays addressing these topics--historical and contemporary, as well as philosophical and practical--by leading scholars from around the world. The first section of the volume describes the history of the Jewish tradition's moral thought, from the Bible to contemporary Jewish approaches. The second part includes chapters on specific fields in ethics, including the ethics of medicine, business, sex, speech, politics, war, and the environment.