Symposium Issue on Politics and Spirituality
FROM THE EDITOR
At the Gate
ARTICLES
Establishing A FoundationPolitics: A Prophetic Call to Rabbis
Richard N. Levy
Not Your Father’s (or Your Mother’s) Advocacy: The Moral Voice of the Rabbi in Challenging Times
Marla J. Feldman
Ritual Versus Justice: Must We Choose?
Suzanne Singer
Dissent from the Dissenters
Clifford E. Librach
When Rabbis Take PositionsPrinciples of Rabbinic AdvocacySame-Gender Marriages from the Intersection of Faith and Politics
Arthur Gross Schaefer and Robert Cornwall
The Ballot, the Bimah, and the Tax Code
Ellen P. Aprill
Liberal Dilemma: The Prophetic Mandate versus Religion-State Separation in Reform Political Discourse
A. Brian Stoller
Examples of Rabbinic AdvocacyRabbis for Obama: The Role of Rabbinic Leadership in the 2008 Presidential Campaign
Samuel N. Gordon
Rabbis for Obama: A Rabbi for Obama
Steven Bob
Scariest Night
Jerrold Goldstein
It Wasn’t a Giant Leap but a Natural Next Step
Allen I. Freehling
When Congregations Take PositionsThe Jewish Case for Community OrganizingPower Precedes Program: Relationships and Politics in the Pulpit
Larry Bach
Where the Sanctuary and the Public Square Meet: The Story of Temple Israel’s “Vote No on One” Campaign
Stephanie D. Kolin
POETRYFor Yaakov Ari Ringler
Stanley Chyet z”l
Shofar
Debra R. Hachen
BOOK REVIEWSJust Torah- A Review Essay
Whose Torah? A Concise Guide to Progressive Judaism
Rebecca T. Alpert
Righteous Indignation: A Jewish Call for Justice
Edited by Or N. Rose, Jo Ellen Green kaiser, and Margie Klein
Reviewed by Eric Caplan
Drawing in the Dust
Zoe Klein Reviewed by Pamela Wax
From Rebel to Rabbi: Reclaiming Jesus and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture
Matthew Hoffman Reviewed by David Fox Sandmel
