CCAR Journal - Fall 2023

Symposium on Language

• At the Gates

Symposium Articles

• Searching for My Brethren – Ilana Cruger-Zaken
• A Journey to Hulaula, and Other Jewish Iranian Languages – Alan Niku
• The Linguistic Landscape of Juhuri: A Sociolinguistic Overview of an Endangered Jewish Language of the Caucasus – Murad Suleymanov
• Enriching Jewish Leadership: Adaptive Chevruta as a Modern Language for Jewish Learning – Rabbi Ana Bonnheim, Avidan Halivni, and Rabbi Jeremy Borovitz
• Finding a New Term: “Bet Mitzvah” – Rabbi Linda Joseph and Rabbi Evan Schultz
• Unspoken Words – Rabbi Laurie Katz Braun, DMin
• Yiddish Today: Revival, Revitalization, and Rediscovery – Rebecca (Rivke) Margolis
• The Efficacy of Payer: Yotzer Or, A Case Study – Eden Glaser
• Sing to God a New Song: Introducing The JPS Tanakh: Gender-Sensitive Edition – Rabbi Barry L. Schwartz and Rabbi Beth Lieberman

Articles

• Malamud’s Modern Midrash: “Idiots First” – Rabbi David J. Zucker
• Clergy Discretionary Funds: A Powerful Tool for Good – Rabbi Steven A. Fox
• Jewish Breads Tell Stories – Rabbi Deborah Prinz
• Consecrated Unto Me – Rabbi Martin P. Beifield Jr.

Book Reviews

• Bedouin Folktales from the North of Israel – Yoel Shalom Perez and Judith Rosenhouse – Reviewed by Rabbi Phyllis Sommer, RJE
• The Jews of Summer: Summer Camp and Jewish Culture in Postwar America – Sandra Fox – Reviewed by Rabbi Allie Fischman
• To Be a Holy People: Jewish Tradition and Ethical Values – Eugene Korn – Reviewed by Alan Mittleman
• Fellow Travelers on a Journey to Tomorrow: A Review Essay – Michael Marmur
  • Judaism in a Digital Age: An Ancient Age Confronts a Transformative Era – Danny Schiff
  • Judaism Disrupted: A Spiritual Manifesto for the 21st Century – Michael Strassfeld
• In the Garden of the Righteous: The Heroes Who Risked Their Lives to Save Jews During the Holocaust – Richard Hurowitz – Reviewed by Rabbi Rachel Kaplan Marks
• Diary of a Black Jewish Messiah: The Sixteenth-Century Journey of David Reubeni through Africa, the Middle East, and Europe – Alan Verskin – Reviewed by Jennifer Grayson, PhD
• New Perspectives in American Jewish History: A Documentary Tribute to Jonathan D. Sarna – Edited by Mark A. Raider and Gary Phillip Zola, Reviewed by Rabbi Ari S. Lorge

Poetry

• Foehrenwald, 1957 – Nathaniel Lachenmeyer
• It is nice – Nathaniel Lachenmeyer
• Some Shatterings – Patty Seyburn
• The Exilarch – Patty Seyburn
• Trying to Listen – Patty Seyburn
• Half and Half – Rabbi Stephen S. Pearce
• Legends of our time – Rabbi Steven Lebow
• O Let Me Behold Your Presence! – Wayne Norman Cochran
• Moses at the End of the Day – Todd Friedman
• Esau’s Story – Todd Friedman
• Ruth’s Marriage – Todd Friedman
• My dreams – Bruce Black
• Looking for a Pebble – Rabbi Roger Nash
• My Grandfather’s Pocket Watch – Rabbi Roger Nash
• The Button Bag – Rabbi Roger Nash
• Sukkot – Rabbi Robert Levy
• But Never Over – Jane R. Snyder
• Never Let Anyone – Jane R. Snyder
• Red-Haired Giant – Jane R. Snyder
• Poems of Two Cities: The Poetry of Baruch Link – Rabbi William Cutter