At the crossroads : shaping our Jewish future / Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Wilstein Institute of Jewish Policy Studies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston.

Susan and David Wilstein Institute of Jewish Policy Studies (University of Judaism)

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--United States.

Jews.

United States.

Judaism--United States.

Judaism.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, v pages, 1 unnumbered page, 130 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

[Boston, Mass.] : Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Wilstein Institute of Jewish Policy Studies, 1995.

Contents:

Introduction / Michael J. Bohnen, Barry Shrage

Defining our Jewish future / Ted Benard

Anti-Semitism couldn't destroy us, but apathy might / Michael J. Bohnen

The ideal synagogue / Samuel Chief

The agenda in this and every century / Arnold Eisen

The tuture starts before this day is done / Leonard Fein

New people with dangerous ideas / Merle Feld

Making our gardens grow / Sylvia Barack Fishman

A look at a different Jewish future / Abraham H. Foxman

Pushing back the boundaries of anti-Semitism / Barney Frank

The era of Jewish maturity / David M. Gordis

American Jewish erosion or renewal / Behtamie Horowitz

The challenge of diversity / Sherry Israel

The legacy of Beruriah / Judith A. Kates

Tikkun Olam: an action agenda for the 21st century / Nancy K. Kaufman

We build for next generations / Martin Kraar

The synagogue as a central resource / Madeleine Kunin

Wholeness and wholesomeness / Norman Lamm

A bright future is up to us / Brian L. Lurie

Reframing definitions of continuity / Vanessa L. Ochs

A search for the fire within / Nehemia Polen

Vitality / Nessa Rapoport

Tell the truth, but tell it whole / Gail Twersky Reimer

An agenda for a watershed change / Bernard Reisman

Jewish continuity and social action / David Saperstein

Dreaming the future of the American Jewish community / Jonathan D. Sarna

Only Jewish education insures continuity / Jacob J. Schacter

Dreaming a practical and femiinist Jewish future / Susan Weidman Schneider

Building a community of Torah and Tzedek: a new paradigm for the Jewish community of the 21st century / Barry Shrage

Returning to spiritual roots: Jewish leaders, Jewish sources and the Jewish land / Bernard Steinberg

Dynamism, diversity and depth: vision for the Jewish future / David Teutsch

A focus on communal involvement / Gary Tobin

We need a clear vision / Jack Wertheimer

Does Jewish community have a future? / Jonathan Woocher

Reviving religious commitment / Eric H. Yoffie

A turning point / Leonard Zakim.

Notes:

"Essays on the future of the American Jewish Community ... in celebration of the centennial of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston."--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Other Format:

Online version: At the crossroads.

OCLC:

35516735