{"product_id":"best-contemporary-jewish-writing-isbn-9780787959364","title":"Best Contemporary Jewish Writing","description":"Jewish culture, identity, and spirituality through the eyes of the brightest and best authors\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Best Contemporary Jewish Writing is a treasure trove of short stories, poetry, and essays from such renowned contributors as Naomi Wolf, U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman, William Safire, and Marge Piercy. Dive into this rich arrayof writing and you ll see that the Jewish experience reflects universal themes. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The writers in this collection have something to say to Jews, not only to those struggling with their Jewish identity, and also to the wider world. Whether your main interest is in poetry or politics, spirituality or cultural identity, social healing or individual transformation, you ll find Best Contemporary Jewish Writing to be a collection that inspires, excites, and provokes. It also reflects the diversity of thought, opinion, and sensibility of today s best known Jewish thinkers and writers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This volume is the first in the much anticipated annual series \"Best Jewish Writing.\" Introduction: Jewish Writing and Healing the World xiii \u003cp\u003eThe Many Identities of a Jew To Jewishness 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Melting Pot and Beyond: Jews and the Politics of American Identity 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoems: Reversion and What Kind of Times Are These 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJustify My Love 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTen Ways to Recognize a Sephardic 'Jew-ess' 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRedemption on East Tremont: The kindness of Christians and a seder's matzah helps the daughter of Mendel Beilis fix the old fears 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNews About Jews 40 Gay and Orthodox 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlipping the Punch 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Night Game 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom The Roots of a Public Life 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom And What Is My Lifespan? 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStories: Grandmother Eve, Consecrating the Ordinary, Blessing, and The Reward 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Legacy: A Parable About History and Bobe-mayses, Barszcz, and Borscht and the Future of the Jewish Past 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReclaiming the Spirit in Judaism Nishmat 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStarting on My Spiritual Path 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Renewing God 103 Eternity Utters a Day 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Kabbalah for the Environmental Age 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs God in Trees? 127 The Emergence of Eco-Judaism 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Theology of Illness and Healing 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeath and What's Next 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEros and the Ninth of Av 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom The Book of Jewish Values 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoems: Yom Kippur Sonnet and Science Psalm 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRereading Sacred Texts of Our Tradition From And Peace and Justice Shall Kiss 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Imagining the Birth of a Nation 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom The Red Tent 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom The Bible and You, the Bible and You and Other Midrashim 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAaron's God--and Ours: A Yom Kippur Reflection 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOur (Meaning Women's) Book-of-Esther Problem 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiving in the Shadows of the Holocaust Cattle Car Complex 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForce Fields 221 The Sanctuary 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Trivialization of Tragedy 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHereditary Victimhood: The Holocaust's Life as a Ghost 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Meaning of the Holocaust: Social Alienation and the Infliction of Human Suffering 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIsrael in Conflict The New Historiography: Israel Confronts Its Past 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLand for What? 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOccupation and Antisemitism 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Novelist's Optimism: Reclaiming the Jewish Tradition 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Booking Passage 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoems: From In My Life, On My Life; Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Why Jerusalem?; and The Jewish Time Bomb 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHovering at a Low Altitude 326\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Pleasure of Jewish Culture Making Judaism Cool 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOld Man 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoems: When You Come to Sleep with Me, Come Like My Father and Hebrew 342\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEsther and Yochanan 346\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Twenty-seventh Man 352\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgainst Logic 367\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Healing Power of Jewish Stories 371\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Complex Fate of the Jewish American Writer 375\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBellow at 85, Roth at 67 392\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJewish Writing and the Spiritual Journey: A Speculative Journey 409\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe One Hundred Best Contemporary Jewish Books 417\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Editor 423\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Contributors 425\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCredits 431\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Lerner\u003c\/strong\u003e is the editor of TIKKUN magazine and rabbi of the neo-Hasidic Beyt Tikkun Jewish Renewal synagogue in San Francisco. His most recent book, \u003cem\u003eSpirit Matters: Global Healing and the Wisdom of the Soul\u003c\/em\u003e, was selected as \"one of the most significant books of 2000\" by the Los Angeles Times Book Review and won a PEN award. His previous writings include Jews and Blacks: Let the Healing Begin, a dialogue with Cornel West, and Jewish Renewal: A Path to Healing and Transformation (described by Conservative Judaism journal as \"stunning, miraculous and faith-renewing\"). Rabbi Lerner, designated by Utne Reader as one of America's 100 Most Important Visionaries, has been featured in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eU.S. News and World Report\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/em\u003e. He holds Ph.D.s in philosophy and clinical psychology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988803338469,"sku":"NP9780787959364","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780787959364.jpg?v=1761781651","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/best-contemporary-jewish-writing-isbn-9780787959364","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}