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Dear Friends and Colleagues, Academic Studies Press is pleased to announce that Judaism in a Post-Halakhic Age by Rabbi Dr. Jack J. Cohen is now available. We work with all library wholesalers and distributors. If you prefer to order directly, please feel free to contact us at sa...@academicstudiespress.com. We look forward to hearing from you! Judaism in a Post-Halakhic Age By Jack J. Cohen ISBN 978-1-934843-92-5 (cloth) $35.00 / £29.50 235 pp., March 2010 Series: Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History Topic Areas: Jewish Law and Jewish Philosophy Bibliographic Data: 1. Jewish law. 2. Judaism -- 21st century. I. Title Level: Academic About the Book: Judaism in a Post-Halakhic Age tackles the following questions: 1. What is Halakhah, and what role has it played in the creative survival of the Jewish people for two millennia? 2. Why is Halakhah no longer capable of functioning as it has until now? 3. What sort of polity and religious culture can be recommended to replace the Halakhic tradition in an era of freedom, democracy, scientific research and religious pluralism? The author, however, out of his great respect for the Halakhic culture, asks what it can still contribute to Jewish civilization and the advance of a united humanity. About the Author: The author, Rabbi Dr. Jack J, Cohen, has had a long career as an educator, author and public servant. Before he settled in Israel (1961), he served as the Educational Director of Park Synagogue, in Cleveland, the Director of the Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation and the Rabbi of the Society for the Advancement of Judaism. During the last six and a half years of his tenure in the States, he also taught courses in the philosophy of religion and education at the Jewish Theological Seminary.In Israel, Dr, Cohen served for 23 years as the Director of the Hillel Foundation at Hebrew University, taught an annual seminar for students of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and a course in Jewish thought at the David Yellin College of Education. Dr. Cohen has been widely published in Jewish journals and is the author of a number of books, among them The Case For Religious Naturalism, Jewish Education in Democratic Society, The Reunion of Isaac and Ishmael, and Guides for an Age of Confusion and Major Philosophers of Jewish Prayer in the 20th Century. Review: "Venerable Reconstructionist thinker Jack Cohen here offers a thoughtful, balanced, and morally sensitive viewpoint on the place of halakhah in a contemporary Judaism. His well-reasoned positions will have to be taken seriously as non-Orthodox Jews both in Israel and the diaspora struggle with this key issue." --Art Green, Irving Brudnick Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Hebrew College Table of Contents: Preface 11 Chapter 1: The End of a Remark able Era 16 Chapter 2: Law and Standards in a Changing World 43 Chapter 3: Is the Halakhah Viable? A View from Jerusalem 71 Chapter 4: Toward an Ideology for Post-Halakhic Jews 97 Chapter 5: The Halakhah and Jewish Identity 125 Chapter 6: Halakhah and Conversion 136 Chapter 7: Halakhah and Educative Ritual 157 Chapter 8: The Parameters of Jewish Law 175 Chapter 9: Reflections on the Future 195 Index 213 All the best, Christa Kling Sales and Marketing Academic Studies Press 28 Montfern Avenue Brighton, MA 02135 Tel / Fax: 617.782.6290 www.academicstudiespress.com Christa Kling Sales and Marketing Academic Studies Press 28 Montfern Avenue Brighton, MA 02135 Tel / Fax: 617.782.6290 www.academicstudiespress.com --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
