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| Volume 16 Number 24 | Wed Dec 27 23:50:01 2006 |
From: Jerry Blaz <ffdog@earthlink.net> Date: Tue Dec 26 22:32:51 2006 Subject: Keeping the Faith I agree with David Phillips about Arthur Waskow being a more central and more veteran figure in the Renewal movement than Michael Lerner. Actually the "father" of the Renewal movement is Rabbi Zalman Shlomi-Schachter, a former Lubovitcher who moved left, similar to the early history of the late Shlomo Carlebach, but more "left." Waskow probably represent the furthest left of the Renewalists, in that I have never read a "drush" by him that didn't tie Jewish sources to a social need. He tends to be very critical of Israel, and frequently cites the late Rabbi Avraham Herschel as the exemplar for Jews in the field of race relations. Two of his favorite expressions is "God-wrestling" and "Praying with my feet." On race relations and the environment he is very up-front. I find his stands on Israel to uni-dimensional. In terms of smiXah, Shlomi-schachter has a Lubovitcher s'mixah, I don't know if he has also been ordained otherwise. I am not certain, but both Lerner and Waskow have had private s'mixah. A private s'mixah is an ordination signed by three other rabbis who attest to the qualifications of the rabbinical candidate. I believe that Lerner has had the s'mixah longer than Waskow. If I had to characterize what Renewalism is, I would say that it is a very liberal version of Lubovitcher mysticism -- interesting, but, like most of the modern mystical movements, a little superficial and certainly not for me. Jerry Blaz Jerry Blaz mybookiejoint.com Member of IOBA -- www.ioba.org A Mark of Online Trustworthiness P.O.Box 572168 Tarzana, CA 91357 (818)345-2983/(818)343-1055 ffdog@earthlink.net info@mybookiejoint.com Http://www.mybookiejoint.com
From: ALTROK@aol.com Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 12:22:15 EST Subject: Re: Maggid Program New Term Dear MLJ and Yitzhak, A post of a paragraph or two concerning "Jewish Spirit Maggid Training Program" might be reasonable as a MLJ post for the benefit of those who may want to into it further. Regards, Bob Slater
From: Robert Kaiser <judaismfaqs@yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 12:52:45 -0800 (PST) Subject: Online learning? I am compiling a list of online Jewish education lectures series, commentaries or courses. At the moment, I'm trying to limit the list to that which is being taught from a Conservative/Masorti point of view (with one or two current exceptions.) The reason is that so much is already available from Orthodox and Reform POVs, but it seems that rather little is available from a conservative POV. This is what I have so far. http://www.seedwiki.com/wiki/conj/resources_for_torah_study Can anyone suggest anything on halakhah, Talmud, Kabbalah, Mussar from a Conservative/Masorti Jewish point of view? Are there important sources in any of the currently listed categories that I am missing? Audio or audio/visual lessons (aka "podcasts") are also of interest. Shalom, Robert Passionate, spiritual, vibrant and committed to Judaism. That's our vision, and we're taking it to the Web. Join us at "ConJ: The Site for Passionate Conservative Judaism" http://www.seedwiki.com/wiki/conj
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