CCAR Journal - Fall 2017

FROM THE EDITOR

• At the Gates

ARTICLES

ARZA AT 40

• The Origins of ARZA – Michael S. Satz
• The Future of Reform Zionism – Lawrence A. Englander
• The Four Principles of Reform Zionism – Eric H. Yoffie
• ARZA: A Forty-Year Perspective – Ammiel Hirsch
• Reimagining Our Approach to Hebrew in the American Reform Movement: From the Language of the Sacred and S’fat Em to S’fat HaAm – Andrew S. Ergas
• ARZA at Forty: A New Zionism for a New Generation – Josh Weinberg

FROM THE SOURCES

• God Shan’t Blush – Scott Saulson
• The Bitter Waters at Marah and the Crossing of the Sea: Prayer, Comic Relief, and Trials – Edward S. Boraz

THIS PEOPLE ISRAEL

• The Legend of Jewish Sages Who Join Muhammad and Write the Qur’an – Reuven Firestone
• Digital Judaism and the Cybernetic Yavneh: A Sketch and a Proposal – Peter Margolis

POETRY

• Lay Quiet – Brad Bloom

BOOK REVIEWS

• Details of American Jewish History – A Review Essay – The Synagogue in America: A Short History – by Marc Lee Raphael, Reviewed by Elliot B. Gertel
• JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary – by Jeffrey K. Salkin, Reviewed by Mark Glickman
• The Man Who Never Stopped Sleeping – by Aharon Appelfeld, Translated by Jeffrey M. Green, Reviewed by Israel Zoberman