CCAR Journal - Fall 2014

FROM THE EDITOR

• At the Gates

ARTICLES

• A Positive Perspective on the Three Embarrassing Wife-Sister Stories in Genesis, Henry A. Zoob
• Three Biblical Bases of Rabbinic Repentance, Scott Hoffman
• Legal Authority and Verbal Harm in a Talmudic Narrative, Karl A. Plank
• Chesed Shel Emet: Reconsidering the Future of Jewish Burial, Yoni Regev

A TRIBUTE TO DAVID ELLENSON

• Tradition in Transition: The Incredible Journey of President David Ellenson, Robert Levine
• For These I Weep: A Theology of Lament, Rachel Adler
• At the Turning: Reflections on My Life, David Ellenson

THIS PEOPLE ISRAEL

• The Unholy Scramble for Pulpits: A History of Reform Rabbinic Placement (Part 1): 1893–1961, Alan Henkin
• Kaskel’s Chutzpah, Gary Stein
• The Sigd: From Ethiopia to Israel, Shai Afsai

POETRY

• To a Grandson Yet to Be Born, Reeve Robert Brenner
• Rising Higher, Israel Zoberman

• Women’s Bible Commentary, 3rd edition, edited by Carol A Newsom, Sharon H. Ringe, and Jacqueline E. Lapsley
• The New Reform Judaism: Challenges and Reflections, Dana Evan Kaplan