Honoring Tradition, Embracing Modernity: A Reader

by Beth Leiberman (Editor), Hara Person (Editor)

Honoring Tradition, Embracing Modernity, created in partnership between the Central Conference of American Rabbis and the Union for Reform Judaism, is for readers who seek to deepen their knowledge of Judaism--its wisdom, its practices, its beliefs, its customs, its people, and our story. This sourcebook includes selections from Judaism's rich library of wisdom literature, classic and contemporary, in a format designed for use with the URJ's Introduction to Judaism classes.
Honoring Tradition, Embracing Modernity includes five units, as listed
- What is Judaism? What are the ethics and values of the Jewish People? How can we understand humanity and human potential through our relationship to God?
- Creating a Jewish Life in An exploration of the Jewish calendar of celebration and sanctity, as well as how life in the community connects and intertwines with life at home.
- The Cycle of Jewish Relationship and marriage traditions, raising a family, growing into later adulthood, and the central role of learning for all generations.
- Creating a Jewish Different understandings of God, and the diverse roles that synagogue, prayer, and sacred texts play in our lives.
- The Jewish Story and Creating a Jewish The historical journey of the Jewish People, and the many identities that have emerged from it.

Genres: Judaism, Jewish, Judaica

604 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2017

Reviews

[Flx · Rating 1 out of 5]

One of the lowest information density texts I've ever encountered. Does not reflect well on the seriousness of reform.

[Carly Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very infromative read for anyone interested in Judaism.

[Holly · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this for a class. It had a ton of useful information but not well organized and no glossary for future reference.

[Rachel]

Excellent textbook for the URJ Intro to Judaism class. It was a good curated list of primary documents and various perspectives on Jewish life and theology.