CCAR Journal - Fall 2015

FROM THE EDITOR

• At the Gates

ARTICLES

SYMPOSIUM: YOUTH ENGAGEMENT

• Guest Editors’ Introduction, Michael White and Karen Thomashow
• Kids Today: A Brief Psycho-Social Overview, Samuel K. Joseph and Betsy Stone
• Revolutionizing Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Isa Aron
• Spark! Spiritual Engagement of Jewish Adolescents, Michael Shire
• Not Just Pitching a Tent in the School: What Jewish Specialty Camps Teach Us About Engaging Teens, Michael Shapiro Abraham
• Jewish Youth Engagement and Social Justice, Jonah Pesner
• “Don’t Talk At Us, Walk With Us”: BBYO’s Growing Teen Movement, David M. Kessel and Ira J. Dounn
• Professionalizing the Field, Melissa Frey
• An Overview of the Union for Reform Judaism’s Youth Strategy, Bradley Solmsen

FROM THE SOURCES

• Postbiblical R&B: Reuben’s Rhythms and Bilhah’s Blues, Daniel J. Zucker and Moshe Reiss
• Giving Voice to the Unspeakable: Rabbinic Responses to Disaster, Amy Scheinerman
• How the Son of the Kingfish Became an Advocate for Societ Jewry, David Goldstein

POETRY

• Welcoming Arms Well Armed, Reeve Robert Brenner
• D-G Spelled Backwards? An Ode, Daniel Polish

BOOK REVIEWS

• Israel Mattuck: The Inspirational Voice of Liberal Judaism, Danny Rich, Reviewed by David J. Zucker
• The Radical American Judaism of Mordecai M. Kaplan, Mel Scult, Reviewed by Robert M. Seltzer