8. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg, Genesis: The Beginning of Desire

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xv
4. Introduction—The State of Jewish Ideas: Towards a New Jewish Canon xvii
5. I. Jewish Politics and the Public Square 1
6. 1. Michael Walzer, Exodus and Revolution 3
7. 2. George Steiner, “Our Homeland, the Text,” 1985; Judith Butler, “Remarks to Brooklyn College on BDS,” 2013 10
8. 3. Jonathan Woocher, Sacred Survival 17
9. 4. Benny Morris, The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947–1949 and The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited Ari Shavit, “Survival of the Fittest? An Interview with Benny Morris” and “Lydda, 1948” 24
10. 5. Irving Greenberg vs. Meir Kahane, Public Debate at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale 34
11. 6. Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Judaism, Human Values, and the Jewish State 40
12. 7. Israeli Knesset Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty Aharon Barak, “A Judge on Judging: The Role of a Supreme Court in a Democracy” 46
13. 8. Aharon Lichtenstein, “On the Murder of Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin z“l” 57
14. 9. Aviezer Ravitzky, Messianism, Zionism, and Jewish Religious Radicalism 63
15. 10. The Israeli Supreme Court sitting as the High Court of Justice: Horev v. Minister of Transportation, 1997 The Israeli Supreme Court sitting as the High Court of Justice: Baruch Marzel v. Jerusalem District Police Commander, Mr. Aharon Franco, 2002 70
16. 11. Samuel G. Freedman, Jew vs. Jew: The Struggle for the Soul of American Jewry 78
17. 12. Breaking the Silence Testimonies 83
18. 13. Steven M. Cohen and Jack Wertheimer, “Whatever Happened to the Jewish People?” 90
19. 14. Yitzhak Shapira and Yosef Elitzur, Torat HaMelekh 97
20. 15. Moshe Halbertal, “The Goldstone Illusion” 103
21. 16. Peter Beinart, “The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment” 108
22. 17. Daniel Gordis, “When Balance Becomes Betrayal” Sharon Brous, “Lowering the Bar” 113
23. 18. Matti Friedman, “An Insider’s Guide to the Most Important Story on Earth” 118
24. II. History, Memory, and Narrative
25. 1. David Hartman, “Auschwitz or Sinai?” 125
26. 2. Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory 130
27. 3. Emil Fackenheim, To Mend the World 135
28. 4. Robert M. Cover, “The Supreme Court, 1982 Term—Foreword: Nomos and Narrative” 141
29. 5. Kahan Commission 148
30. 6. Amos Oz, In the Land of Israel 155
31. 7. David Biale, Power and Powerlessness in Jewish History 160
32. 8. Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech 166
33. 9. Primo Levi, The Drowned and the Saved 171
34. 10. Irving (Yitz) Greenberg, “The Third Great Cycle of Jewish History” 176
35. 11. Deborah Lipstadt, Denying the Holocaust Yaffa Eliach, There Once Was a World: A 900-Year Chronicle of the Shtetl of Eishyshok 181
36. 12. Haym Soloveitchik, “Rupture and Reconstruction” 189
37. 13. Naomi Seidman, “Elie Wiesel and the Scandal of Jewish Rage” 194
38. 14. Dabru Emet 199
39. 15. Jonathan D. Sarna, American Judaism: A History 204
40. 16. David Weiss Halivni, Breaking the Tablets: Jewish Theology After the Shoah 210
41. 17. Ruth Wisse, “How Not to Remember and How Not to Forget” 215
42. 18. Yossi Klein Halevi, Like Dreamers 221
43. III. Religion and Religiosity
44. 1. Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Halakhic Man 229
45. 2. Rabbi Yehoshua Yeshaya Neuwirth, Shemirath Shabbath Kehilchathah 234
46. 3. The Complete Artscroll Siddur 239
47. 4. David Hartman, A Living Covenant: The Innovative Spirit in Traditional Judaism 245
48. 5. Neil Gillman, Sacred Fragments: Recovering Theology for the Modern Jew Eugene Borowitz, Renewing the Covenant: A Theology for the Postmodern Jew 252
49. 6. Rachel Adler, “In Your Blood, Live: Re- visions of a Theological Purity” 260
50. 7. Rodger Kamenetz, The Jew in the Lotus: A Poet’s Rediscovery of Jewish Identity in Buddhist India 266
51. 8. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg, Genesis: The Beginning of Desire 271
52. 9. Abraham Joshua Heschel, Susannah Heschel (ed.), Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity 277
53. 10. Noam Zion and David Dishon, A Different Night: The Family Participation Haggadah 283
54. 11. Mendel Shapiro, “Qeri’at Ha-Torah by Women: A Halakhic Analysis” 289
55. 12. Jonathan Sacks, The Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations 295
56. 13. Rav Shagar, Broken Vessels 300
57. 14. Arthur Green, Radical Judaism: Rethinking God and Tradition Daniel Landes, “Hidden Master” Arthur Green and Daniel Landes, “God, Torah, and Israel: An Exchange” 305
58. 15. Elie Kaunfer, Empowered Judaism: What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us About Building Vibrant Jewish Communities 313
59. IV. Identities and Comm
60. 1. Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Letter to the Jewish Community of Teaneck 321
61. 2. Blu Greenberg, On Women and Judaism: A View from Tradition 326
62. 3. Harold Kushner, When Bad Things Happen to Good People Alan Lew, This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation 330
63. 4. Evelyn Torton Beck (ed.), Nice Jewish Girls: A Lesbian Anthology Susannah Heschel (ed.), On Being a Jewish Feminist 337
64. 5. Paul Cowan with Rachel Cowan, Mixed Blessings: Overcoming the Stumbling Blocks in an Interfaith Marriage 346
65. 6. Judith Plaskow, Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism from a Feminist Perspective 352
66. 7. Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Deborah, Golda, and Me: Being Female and Jewish in America 357
67. 8. Barry Kosmin, Highlights of the CJF 1990 National Jewish Population Survey “A Portrait of Jewish Americans,” Pew Research Center 363
68. 9. Joseph Telushkin, Jewish Literacy Paula Hyman, “Who is an Educated Jew?” Vanessa Ochs, “Ten Jewish Sensibilities” 370
69. 10. Yaakov Levado, “Gayness and God: Wrestlings of an Orthodox Rabbi” 381
70. 11. Leonard Fein, “Smashing Idols and Other Prescriptions for Jewish Continuity” 387
71. 12. Steven M. Cohen and Arnold M. Eisen, The Jew Within: Self, Family, and Community in America 392
72. 13. A. B. Yehoshua, “The Meaning of Homeland” 398
73. 14. Elliot N. Dorff, Daniel S. Nevins, and Avram I. Reisner, “Homosexuality, Human Dignity and Halakhah: A Combined Responsum for the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards” 404
74. 15. Noah Feldman, “Orthodox Paradox” Jay Lefkowitz, “The Rise of Social Orthodoxy: A Personal Account” 409
75. 16. Tamar Biala and Nechama Weingarten- Mintz (eds.), Dirshuni: Midrashei Nashim 415
76. 17. Leon Wieseltier, “Language, Identity, and the Scandal of American Jewry” 421
77. 18. Ruth Calderon, “The Heritage of All Israel” 427
78. 19. Rick Jacobs, “The Genesis of Our Future” 432
79. Contributing Authors 437
80. Permissions 447
81. Index 451