Winter 2007

Columns

Letters to the Editor

Women’s League for Conservative Judaism’s CORY R. SCHNEIDER on The New Reality

Meet ANN B. GOLDMAN, the new executive director of Women’s League

Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs’ NORM KURTZ on Hebrew Literacy: Sine Que Non for Synagogue Involvement

United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism’s DR. RAYMOND B. GOLDSTEIN on God Talk

Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs’ RABBI CHARLES E. SIMON on Stewards of the Land: An FJMC Initiative

United Synagogue’s RABBI JEROME M. EPSTEIN on Removing Barriers to Religious Freedom

Articles

On That Yes, The Future of the World Depends
RABBI JEREMY KALMANOFSKY takes on the recent spate of anti-God books

Walking With God
RABBI BRADLEY SHAVIT ARTSON explores different understandings of God in a new adult education project

Golda's Balcony, Valerie's Movie
Valerie Harper plays Golda Meir; here, she explains why

Early Childhood Education
MAXINE HANDELMAN elaborates on the importance of modeling Jewish life to our youngest children

Art as Midrash
For OFRA A. BACKENROTH art, even more than words, can be used to create midrash and enhance understanding of sacred text

The FJMC’S Geffen Institute
DR. BURTON L. FISCHMAN describes how the leadership-training program of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs nurtures and inspires leaders

Camp Hazak
United Synagogue’s program for people 55 and older goes to summer camp

Jewelry for a Cause: Torah Fund
RITA WERTLIEB explains how an ancient tradition is brought up to date

Revised Standards for Congregational Practice
ED RUDOFSKY lists ways that congregational standards put the values of Conservative Judaism to work

Branching Out by Reaching Out
JOEL SHRATER writes about the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs Yellow Candle program

It's Time for Chocolate Cholent
KAY KANTOR POMERANTZ’s recipe for the traditional Shabbat stew has a Mexican accent

Pursuing Justice

In Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel’s centenary year, and as we approach the commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday, CJ offers a selection of articles that look at socialjustice work in the Conservative Jewish world

Abraham Joshua Heschel, Prophetic Activist
DR. EDWARD K. KAPLAN of Brandeis University, the author of a new book on Rabbi Heschel, describes the rabbi’s theology of social justice

Looking South
NAOMI MEYER remembers how she and her husband, Rabbi Marshall Meyer, went to Argentina, helped revitalize the Jewish community there, and fought political oppression

Prophetic Vision and the Modern Pulpit
Rabbi Stanley Kessler of West Hartford, Connecticut, recalls how it felt to march alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Living My Judaism
The American Jewish World Service’s RUTH MESSINGER explains how being Jewish informs her work to help the powerless around the world

Women's League Resolves...
BERNICE BALTER describes how Women’s League advocates for social justice

Congregations Repair Themselves and the World
DR. RICHARD LEDERMAN details a model that synagogues can use to heal themselves and the world at the same time

Putting Principles Into Action
JOSEPH LOW’S social activism is fueled by his love of Israel

Social Justice and the Sabbatical Year
RABBI SHMUEL LEWIS of United Synagogue’s Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center explores the biblical sabbatical year

Faces of Masorti Judaism
JANE CALEM ROSEN looks at a vibrant and socially active congregation in Israel