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The eternal dissident : Rabbi Leonard I. Beerman and the radical imperative to think and act
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The eternal dissident : Rabbi Leonard I. Beerman and the radical imperative to think and act / edited by David N. Myers.
ISBN
9780520297456
0520297458
Publication
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Physical Description
[xi], [275] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary
"The Eternal Dissident offers rare insight into one of the most inspiring and controversial Reform rabbis of the twentieth century, Leonard Beerman, renowned both for his eloquent and challenging sermons and for his unrelenting commitment to social action. Beerman was a man of powerful word and action--a probing intellectual and stirring orator, as well as a nationally known opponent of McCarthyism, racial injustice, and Israeli policy in the occupied territories. The shared source of Beerman's thought and activism was the moral imperative of the Hebrew prophets, which he believed bestowed upon the Jewish people the role of engaging in 'eternal dissident.' This volume brings Beerman to life through a selection of his most powerful writings, followed by commentaries from notable scholars, rabbis, and public personalities that speak to the quality and ongoing relevance of Beerman's work.
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Online version: Beerman, Leonard I., 1921-2014. Eternal dissident. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
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English
Added to Catalog
July 26, 2018
Series
S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction / David N. Myers
Chapel sermon : Hebrew Union College, October 30, 1948 / commentary by Rabbi Samuel Karff
Sigmund Freud, May 11, 1956 / commentary by Professor Peter Loewenberg
Bertrand Russell's autobiography : three passions in life / commentary by Dr. Joan Beerman
Looking at Kafka, January 8, 1982 / commentary by Professor Saul Friedlander
The legacy of MLK, January 15, 1982 / commentary by Reverend James M. Lawson Jr
First encounter with George (Regas), April 13, 2005
Why the prophets are important, May 20, 1983 / commentary by Professor Jack Miles
Handwritten reflections on doubt / commentary by Rabbi Rachel Timoner
Can we excommunicate God? April 30, 1965 / commentary by Professor Rabbi Rachel Adler
Duty of the rabbi / commentary by Rabbi Richard Levy
Diary of a Leo Baeck Temple rabbi, February 5, 1971 / commentary by Rabbi Kenneth Chasen
List of things to do today
Yom Kippur eve-vocation of a rabbi, September 17, 1972 / commentary by Rabbi Sharon Brous
Fast between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, September 1972 / commentary by Professor Steven J. Ross
My troubles with God; God's troubles with me, February 9, 1979 / commentary by David Rintels
The beginnings of an outline for Jews to consider / commentary by Aziza Hasan
The kindest use a knife, October 16, 1953 / commentary by Rabbi John L. Rosove
Is there a relationship between Judaism and social justice?, Temple Isaiah, April 14, 1954 / commentary by Rabbi Zoe Klein
The problems of the city : a Jewish dilemma, February 4, 1966 / commentary by Professor Rabbi Rabbi Aryeh Cohen
UCLA teach-in on Vietnam War, March 24, 1966 / commentary by Rabbi Sanford Ragins
Notes for symposium on Black Power, January 6, 1967 / commentary by Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller
Letter to the president, April 13, 1967 / commentary by Judith Viorst
Rosh Hashanah eve, September 30, 1970 / commentary by Professor Jonathan D. Greenberg
How I lost the election in St. Louis, July 9, 1971 / response by Professor William Cutter
Invocation for religious leaders for McGovern, June 1, 1972 / commentary by Reverend J. Edwin Bacon
Survival in a nuclear age, February 17, 1984 / commentary by Revered George F. Regas
California people of faith against death penalty, Jewish Community Center, October 16, 2001 / commentary by Mike Farrell
Piece on human condition written for the Office of the Americas, November 2, 2002 / commentary by Stephen Rhode
A vision for a bewildering time : commencement address at Washington and Jefferson College, May 18, 2007 / commentary by Professor David Ellenson
Letter to George W. Bush, April 11, 2008 / commentary by Norman Lear
Human rights watch, November 17, 2009 / commentary by Jane Olson
A sermon for all saints, July 3, 2007 / commentary by Mel Levine
Time in Israel, part I, Time in israel, part II / commentary by Daniel Sokatch
CCAR Breira statement / commentary by Professor Michael Meyer
Yom Kippur morning, October 11, 1978 / commentary by Milton Viorst
Yom Kippur eve, September 26, 1982 / commentary by Connie Bruck
Visions of peace in the Middle East, October 31, 1992 / commentary by Salam al-Mariyati
A sermon for Yom Kippur morning, October 1, 2006 (on the 24th anniversary of the 1982 war) / commentary by Rabbi Brant Rosen
Exchange with Bruce Ramer, October 2006-January 2007 / commentary by Bruce Ramer
Last sermon on Gaza, October 4, 2014 / commentary by Professor Nomi Stolzenberg
Sayings of Leonard I. Beerman.
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