What do you hope people will learn about Conservative Judaism through this book? I have dedicated this book “with deep appreciation for the people and institutions of the Conservative movement, who have gifted me with a form of Judaism that is totally honest and intellectually challenging while also being vibrant, joyful, caring, morally sensitizing, and […]
The Jewish Standard http://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/love-song-in-four-voices/
The Atlanta Jewish Times The Jewish Action
Ponderings on a Faith Journey The Jewish Standard http://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/character-matters-the-prophets-say/ http://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/martin-luther-king-jr-and-the-hebrew-prophets-a-50th-anniversary-appreciation/ ReformJudaism.org Jewish Book Council The Bible Today
The Algemeiner Journal : Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life The Most Interesting Jews of 5779 – The Jerusalem Post Bridge Building Between Israeli and American Jews is Underway Jewish Review of Books https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/articles/3094/books-to-celebrate-israel-at-70/?utm_source=Jewish+Review+of+Books&utm_campaign=fc373e13c2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_538f7810ff-fc373e13c2-184185689 Jerusalem Post Commentary https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/continuing-promise-american-zionism/ Hadassah Magazine ‘The Zionist Ideas’ Reclaims Women’s Voices Hadassah Zionism Shaped American Zionism JTA Israel […]
Updating Arthur Hertzberg’s classic was a monumental task. How did you approach this challenge? Humbly and naively. I knew I had huge shoes to fill – Hertzberg’s book was the Zionist Bible for me and for generations of Israel-lovers before me and after me. Still, I thought many more texts would be easily available on line, […]
The Zionist Ideas excerpt
Ma Nishtanah- How is Path of the Prophets different from all other books on the prophets? I would like to think that this is the first book to make the often challenging message of the prophets truly accessible to teens and adults. I try to accomplish this by melding biography and theology- zeroing in on one crucial […]
Why did you choose to write a book about the Rashi Commentary instead of other commentators? Rashi is regarded as the biblical commentator par excellence. For over 900 years, his commentary has served as an indispensable companion for studying the Torah, providing both the scholar and beginner with the key to unlock the Torah’s text. […]
Rabbi Held quoted in this Forward piece by Jane Eisner: http://forward.com/opinion/386768/how-do-we-be-jewish-after-a-year-of-trumps-America/ Rabbi Held included in the “Forward 50,” including a mention of the book: http://forward.com/series/forward-50/2017/shai-held/ Parabola excerpt listed in new issue’s TOC, ://parabola.org/current-issue/ Christian Century excerpt: https://www.christiancentury.org/article/critical-essay/babel-story-about-dangers-uniformity Review on Jewschool (https://jewschool.com/2017/10/80422/learned-jew-two-easy-steps/) Mention in Jane Eisner’s “The Happiest Day of My Life” in print issue of Forward magazine (online […]
