{"product_id":"communities-of-meaning-conversations-on-modern-jewish-life-inspired-by-rabbi-larry-hoffman-conversations-on-modern-jewish-life-inspired-by-rabbi-lar-9781681150963","title":"Communities of Meaning: Conversations on Modern Jewish Life Inspired by Rabbi Larry Hoffman: Conversations on Modern Jewish Life Inspired by Rabbi Lar","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Brisk yet meditative . . .Rabbis and others active in Jewish worship communities will be inspired.\"\u003c\/i\u003e --Publishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFew people have had a greater impact on modern Jewish\u003cbr\u003eworship and life than Rabbi Larry Hoffman. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"From Larry Hoffman, we learn how to pray with consequence.\"\u003c\/i\u003e --Janet Walton, \u003c\/b\u003eprofessor emerita of worship and the arts at Union Theological Seminary\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCommunities of Meaning, \u003c\/i\u003ethirty-four of today's community leaders and theologians engage Hoffman in dialogue about the big questions in American Jewish life, including: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow, where, and why people pray.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat Jewish life looks like today and what lies ahead.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Jews engage with people of other faiths, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow faith can shape commitment and action.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection invites readers into the ageless conversation that is Judaism and challenges everyone to think creatively about the ideas and institutions that are shaping Jewish life in the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes contributions from Jill Abramson, Tony Bayfield, \u003cbr\u003eAngela Buchdahl, Joshua Davidson, Arnold Eisen, David Ellenson, Daniel, Judson, \u003cbr\u003eNoa Kushner, Liz Lerman, Andrew Reyfeld, Jonathan Sarna, Gordon Tucker, Deborah\u003cbr\u003eWaxman, Danny Zemel, and many others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Hoffman is a rabbi of rabbis. And a liturgist of liturgists . . . [He] invited us to courageous reinterpretation and transformation of our liturgy.\"\u003c\/i\u003e -Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, Central synagogue, New York City\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFull List of Contributors: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCantor Jill Abramson\u003c\/b\u003e is the director of the Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music at HUC.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Carole Balin\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and teacher, and chair of the board of the Jewish Women's Archive and professor emerita of history at Hebrew Union College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Tony Bayfield\u003c\/b\u003e was the head of Reform Judaism in Britain and is also Professor Emeritus of Jewish Theology and Thought at Leo Baeck College. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Joshua I. Beraha\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate rabbi at Temple Micah in Washington, D.C. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl \u003c\/b\u003eserves as the senior rabbi of Central Synagogue in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Joshua M. Davidson\u003c\/b\u003e is the senior rabbi of Congregation Emanu-El in New York City. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Arnold Eisen\u003c\/b\u003e is Chancellor Emeritus and Professor of Jewish Thought at the Jewish Theological Seminary. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi David H. Ellenson\u003c\/b\u003e is Chancellor Emeritus of Hebrew Union College. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Jodie M. Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e is a rabbi at Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCantor Sarah Grabiner\u003c\/b\u003e is the assistant director of the Year in Israel programme at HUC Jerusalem. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Hilly Haber\u003c\/b\u003e is the director of social justice organizing and education at Central Synagogue in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Joel M. Hoffman\u003c\/b\u003e is a teacher, translator, and author in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Delphine Horveilleur\u003c\/b\u003e is France's third female rabbi, and leads a progressive congregation in Paris \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Daniel A. Judson\u003c\/b\u003e is the Dean of Hebrew College in Newton, MA. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Elliot Kukla\u003c\/b\u003e is an author, visual artist, and activist currently living in Oakland, California. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Noa Rachael Kushner\u003c\/b\u003e founded The Kitchen, a hands-on international resource that serves thousands of modern families in San Francisco and around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Emily Langowitz\u003c\/b\u003e is the Jewish engagement manager at the URJ and lives in Phoenix. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProf. Gordon W. Lathrop\u003c\/b\u003e is the Schieren Professor of Liturgy Emeritus at the United Lutheran Seminary (USA) and a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiz A. Lerman\u003c\/b\u003e is a choreographer, writer, educator, and recipient of MacArthur \"Genius Grant\" and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and is currently a professor at Arizona State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Dalia Marx\u003c\/b\u003e is professor at HUC in Jerusalem and teaches in various academic institutions in Israel and Europe. She is the tenth generation of her family in Jerusalem. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Daniel Medwin\u003c\/b\u003e is the co-director of innovation and growth at URG 6 Points Sci-Tech Academy. He lives in Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Shira I. Milgrom\u003c\/b\u003e is the rabbi of Congregation Kol Ami in White Plains, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Sonja K. 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Sarna\u003c\/b\u003e teaches American Jewish History at Brandeis University and is also Chief Historian of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYolanda Savage-Narva \u003c\/b\u003eis the assistant vice president of Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion for the URJ.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Yael Splansky\u003c\/b\u003e is the rabbi at Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Rachel Steiner\u003c\/b\u003e is the senior rabbi at Barnert Temple in New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi David E. Stern\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Rabbi of Temple Emanu-El, Dallas, Texas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Gordon Tucker \u003c\/b\u003eis Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement at The Jewish Theological Seminary and a Senior Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Richard S. 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