(c) Rabbi Menachem Creditor
My teacher, Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, challenged some colleagues to make a list of what we consider to be the top ten or so issues confronting contemporary Jewish life. They could be issues of modernity, moral dilemmas, political issues, issues of identity, ethnicity, faith, destiny, observance, education, or history. These are a few issues from my personal list.
- Multiple Authenticities in Jewish communal life
- Commandedness/Compelling-ness in the Modern Jew's life
- Intermarriage (meaning not "it completes Hitler's work!" but "is it the wrong thing to do?")
- Davening as Opposed to Praying
- A Holistic Zionism (both aspects of Herzl's dream: protecting and developing the Jewish State)
- Jewish Youth Education: demanding inclusion and sustainability
- "Jewish Establishment in the Cloud" - the paradigm shift from "headquarters" to technologically-enabled organizing, where "location" is irrelevant
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Rabbi Menachem Creditor
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson <bartson@ajula.edu> wrote:
Dear Hevrei,I would like to ask a favor of each of you. Would you please take a few minutes during the next week or so to make a list of what you consider to be the top ten or so issues confronting contemporary Jewish life - these could be issues of modernity, moral dilemmas, political issues, issues of identity, ethnicity, faith, destiny, observance, education, history whatever.If you would send me a list of your top 10 or so issues, I would be most grateful!בברכת שלוםBrad------RABBI BRADLEY SHAVIT ARTSONAbner and Roslyn Goldstine Dean's ChairVice President, American Jewish UniversityZiegler School of Rabbinic StudiesFamilian Campus15600 Mulholland DRLos Angeles, CA 90077-1599310 440 1257
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Rabbi Menachem Creditor
