A Guide to Jewish Practice, Vol. 1: Everyday Living

by David A. Teutsch

A Guide to Jewish Everyday Living (RRC Press) is the first comprehensive guide to Jewish living of its kind. It is intended to provide guidance to readers who wish to lead lives of integrity and meaning built on Values-Based Decision-Making a core tenet of Reconstructionist Judaism. Written by Rabbi David A. Teutsch, director of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College s Center for Jewish Ethics, the new Guide features commentary from nearly 70 scholars and leaders of contemporary Jewish life, including Rabbis Mordechai Liebling, Sandy Sasso, Sid Schwarz and Sheila Weinberg, as well as Ruth Messinger, Marilyn Price, and others. The first of a three-part series, this volume of A Guide to Jewish Practice covers Everyday Spirituality; Ethics of Speech; Family and Sex Ethics; Community, G milut Hesed and Tikun Olam; Organizational Ethics and Economic Justice; Tzedaka; Bioethics; Kashrut and Making Decisions. A Guide to Jewish Practice has wide universal appeal and is meant for a diverse readership. Through its pages, readers of all backgrounds will find themselves uplifted and informed.

Genres: Judaism

670 pages, Hardcover

First published September 15, 2011

About the author

Rabbi David A. Teutsch is the Louis and Myra Wiener Professor of Contemporary Jewish Civilization at RRC; he also chairs our department of Contemporary Jewish Civilization and directs the Levin-Lieber Program in Jewish Ethics. He is the author of many books, including Making a Difference: A Guide to Jewish Leadership and Not-for-Profit Management (2009) and Spiritual Community: The Power to Restore Hope, Community and Joy (Jewish Lights, 2005). Teutsch also is the editor in chief of the groundbreaking seven-volume Kol Haneshamah prayer book series.

Reviews

[Julia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Comprehensive and thought-provoking, with extensive citations and debate. A text only for a scholar.

[Congregation Beth-El Zedeck Library]

Just added to the BEZ collection. It is the first comprehensive guide to Jewish living of its kind. It is intended to provide guidance to readers who wish to lead lives of integrity and meaning built on Values-Based Decision-Making a core tenet of Reconstructionist Judaism. Written by Rabbi David A. Teutsch, director of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College s Center for Jewish Ethics, the new Guide features commentary from nearly 70 scholars and leaders of contemporary Jewish life, including Rabbis Dennis and Sandy Sasso. The first of a three-part series, this volume of A Guide to Jewish Practice covers Everyday Spirituality; Ethics of Speech; Family and Sex Ethics; Community, G milut Hesed and Tikun Olam; Organizational Ethics and Economic Justice; Tzedaka; Bioethics; Kashrut and Making Decisions. A Guide to Jewish Practice has wide universal appeal and is meant for a diverse readership. Through its pages, readers of all backgrounds will find themselves uplifted and informed.