The CCAR has just recently developed and published the new Reform machzor, the biggest liturgical project of this generation. Machzor: Challenge and Change, V2 is a comprehensive resource that provides material for communal engagement and study of the machzor. The book includes presentations from scholars and thought leaders on liturgical themes and concepts such as N'ilah, Avodah, Eilah Ezkarah, and High Holy Day Torah portions, as well as machzor-related essays from the CCAR Journal. It also includes discussion questions throughout. A terrific adult-study packet.
Acknowledgments
Preface, Rabbi Elaine Zecher
Opening Questions
Part1. Continuing Conversations about the Machzor
Editor's Note
Traditional Torah Readings Reconsidered Session 1: Akeidah
Traditional Torah Readings Reconsidered Session 2: Nitzavim
Shofar Service
Seder HaAvodah: Its Structure and Contemporary Possibilities
Eilah Ezkarah
Yizkor
N'ilah
Hin'ni: Liturgical and Homiletic Approaches
Part 2. Between Faith and Protest: Bringing Back to Life the Challenging Metaphors in the Machzor
Machzor Presentations from the CCAR Convention, 2013, Long Beach
Discussions and Questions
Biographies of Presenters
Part 3. Related Articles and Poems from CCAR Journal: The Reform Jewish Quarterly, Summer 2013
Additional DIscussion Questions
Glossary
Suggestions for Further Reading
Innovation in ritual and prayer, profound engagement in social action, leadership, scholarship, and a palpable love of Jewish life are hallmarks of Rabbi Elaine Zecher’s rabbinate. As the senior rabbi of Temple Israel of Boston, she leads the largest congregation in New England, forging close personal relationships within the congregation and the larger community.
Rabbi Zecher is outspoken on matters of justice and liberty, a tireless worker in interfaith partnerships, and an advocate of progressive legislation and policy. She is noted as well for personal warmth, deep humanity, quick wit, and humor. She is an engaging teacher who makes scholarship accessible and engaging.
Active as well in the national Reform Jewish Movement, she was instrumental in developing new prayer books for Shabbat and weekdays, as well as the machzor, which is used on the High Holy Days. Additionally, she served as Vice President for Leadership of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR).
A graduate of Brandeis University, she was ordained from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1988. She is married to Dr. David Eisenberg and has three adult children.
![Cover of 'Machzor, Volume 1' by Rabbi Hara E. Person and Rabbi Sara [Newman] Rich](https://central-conf-of-american-rabbis-press-us.imgix.net/covers/9780881231298.jpg?auto=format&dpr=3&q=100 "Cover of 'Machzor, Volume 1' by Rabbi Hara E. Person and Rabbi Sara [Newman] Rich")
