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We are definitely interested in hearing and discussing your thoughts. Click on one to see what people are saying - or to say something yourself.
Many of our most active conversations happen on our Facebook Fan Page. We hope to see you there as well.
Scholarly Essays:
- Foundations of a Judaism for Our Time A paper by Rabbi Sanford Ragins, Ph.D. He concludes with a brief description of what a Reform Judaism worthy of our times ought to be.
- Toward a Post-Ideological, Therefore a Post-Denominational Liberal Judaism? An essay by Rabbi Robert M. Seltzer, Ph.D.
- A Teachable God? An essay by Rabbi Rami Shapiro responding to Rabbi Jack Bloom
- Choose Freedom! An essay by R.D. Gold exploring what Judaism is all about. Not fundamentalism.
Informal Chats:
- Do You Speak of God? by Peter Schogol
- A Mystic’s Humanistic Judaism by Peter Schogol
- Watch Ruth Messinger from the American Jewish World Service (AJWS) speak on “Jews as Global Citizens: Our Responsibilities in the World” and then add your comments to the conversation.
- Listen to Rabbi Barr talk about Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer and then you can comment!
- What does Judaism from a humanistic perspective mean to you?
- What should OurJewishCommunity.org offer?
- Barr’s Banter
- Jews and Affiliation
- Israel
Book and Movie Reviews and Discussions:
These are intended to serve one of three purposes. (1) They are a review; (2) they are an opportunity for discussion within the online congregation with your participation through comments; and (3) you may want to use them in a book discussion group - or more informally after watching a movie with family or friends.
- Book Review (The Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal)
- Book Review (Mountains beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder)
- Book Review (Three Cups of Tea…One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace… One School at a Time)
- Book Review (Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas Friedman)
- Movie Review (The Devil Came on Horseback)
- Book Review (The Dinner Diaries) and other thoughts on food
OurJewishCommunity.org on Facebook
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- — Passover page is up!
- — Baum's Blog on Chelsea Clinton and a Possible Jewish Wedding
- — Join us for Streaming Shabbat 6 PM ET Friday
- — Barr's Banter on International Women's Day