Journey of a rabbi. Volume one : vision and strategies for the revitalization of Jewish life / Jack Shechter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shechter, Jack, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shechter, Jack.

Rabbis--United States--Biography.

Rabbis.

Conservative Judaism--United States.

Conservative Judaism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (515 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : University Press of America,® Inc., 2014.

Summary:

This two-volume Journey of a Rabbi consists of essays describing ventures undertaken, events experienced, and ideas articulated that reflect the life work of a rabbi and Jewish educator.

Contents:

Journey of a Rabbi

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

CHAPTER ONE: EARLY INFLUENCES

Preface

1) Rav Frankel: A Fifth Grade Hebrew Teacher

2) B.J. Cooper: An Eighth Grade Teacher

3) My Zaydeh: A Teaching Grandfather

4) My Father: Louis Shechter

5) My Mother: Pauline Schachter Shechter

6) An Aunt and Uncle

7) Learning via "Terror"

8) Rabbi Alter Landesman: Pointing the Way

CHAPTER TWO: MENTORS

9) Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Herald of Spirituality

10) Mordecai M. Kaplan: A Mentor for Community

11) Franz Rosenzweig: A Sage for Modernity

12) Wolfe Kelman: Leader and Friend

13) Simon Greenberg: Model Rabbi

14) Max Vorspan: Visionary

CHAPTER THREE: FROM ORTHODOX TO CONSERVATIVE

15) Early Upbringing, Yeshiva University-and the Jewish Theological Seminary

16) A Junior Rabbinical Student in Mexico

17) A Senior Rabbinical Student in Iowa

18) A Chaplain in Arkansas

19) First Pulpit: Warren, Ohio

Executive in Denominational Work

20) New England Region, United Synagogue of America

21) The "Torah Corps"

CHAPTER FOUR: THE SYNAGOGUE

22) On Revitalizing a Synagogue: A Blueprint

23) Response to the Blueprint: Detailed

24) The Synagogue as a Reflection of its People

25) On Sleeping Late and No Transportation

26) The Adult Education Program

27) The Minyan, and a Rabbi's Morning Regimen

28) The Seudah Shleesheet: A Third Shabbat Meal

29) Celebrating Shabbat: A Guide

30) Learning Ventures for Women

31) Sukkot Initiatives

32) A Jewish Music Festival: The Convergence of Four Streams

33) On a Chassidic Weekend in a Conservative Synagogue

34) A Passover Seder with Christian Professors

35) Chanukah, Hot Dogs and Square Dance: A Strategy

36) Ishmael Sowa, Paganism and Full-blooded Judaism.

37) A Young Woman Leaves Home for an Iowa Farm

Transition

38) From Pulpit Rabbi to University Educator

39) Farewell to the Congregation

CHAPTER FIVE: THE RABBINATE

40) A Convention for Vitalizing the Rabbinate

41) The Convention Planning and Program

42) The Convention Aftermath and Evaluation

43) High Holy Days Seminar Program

CHAPTER SIX: THE JEWISH COMMUNITY

44) Primer for a Revolution: Religious Jewry Speaks to the Organized Jewish Community

45) College Students Confront the Federation Movement

CHAPTER SEVEN: THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT

46) A Plan for the Revitalization of the Conservative Movement

47) Religious Action: A Challenge for the Conservative Movement

48) Are We, Indeed, in an Era of Post-Denominationalism?

49) A Denomination as "Home"

50) From Conservative to Orthodox and Back

51) The Quintessential Conservative Jew

52) A Conservative Mikveh: A Tale of Origins

53) The Conservative Day School: Its Impact on the Conservative Synagogue and on the Movement as a Whole

CHAPTER EIGHT: THE IMPERATIVES OF LEARNING

54) Learning in Judaism: Its Centrality

55) The "Music" of Jewish Learning and the "Faithful Modernist"

56) Adult Jewish Learning: Its Contexts

57) Jewish Study in the Modern Age: Franz Rosenzweig

58) Lifelong Learning and the Active Mind

59) Maybe, Maybe Not

60) On Being Attuned to One's Surroundings

61) An Aim of Education: Enabling Students to Continue Their Education

62) An Aim of Teaching: Enabling Teachers to get an Education

63) Grandfathers Teaching Grandchildren

64) Learning from Other Traditions

65) The Passion for Learning: A Personal Encounter

CHAPTER NINE: TRANSLATING LEARNING IMPERATIVES INTO ACTION

Preface.

66) A Plan for Adult and Continuing Education at the University of Judaism: Content and Strategy

67) The Learning Plan Implemented

68) Basic Adult Jewish Studies

69) University Institute

70) Special Learning Ventures

71) Bible and Archaeology Program

72) Program in the Arts

73) Introduction to Judaism Program

74) The Elderhostel Program

75) The Public Lecture Series

76) Educational Outreach

77) The Academy for Jewish Religion

Appendix One: Table of Contents For Volume Two of Journey of a Rabbi

Appendix Two: Comments About Journey of a Rabbi-Volumes One and Two and About the Author's Work

About the Author.

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ISBN:

0-7618-6397-4

OCLC:

957157674