Olitzky, Kerry.

Playlist Judaism Making Choices for a Vital Future. [electronic resource] : - Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2013. - 1 online resource (204 p.)

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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword by Ron Wolfson; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: Playlist Judaism; Chapter 2: Turning the Synagogue Inside Out; Chapter 3: The Marketplace of Ideas; Chapter 4: Intermarriage as an Opportunity, Not a Problem; Chapter 5: Don't Forget the Boomers; Chapter 6: The Dream of Israel; Chapter 7: Why Be Jewish?; Chapter 8: Leading the Jewish Community into the Future; Chapter 9: Big Tent Judaism; Notes

""Every Jewish institution,"" writes Kerry Olitzky, ""is undergoing significant change and is in danger of becoming irrelevant to the majority of North American Jews. All these institutions will have to reimagine themselves if they are to survive and grow. And the most numerous of these institutes is also the most vulnerable: the synagogue."" The synagogue as we know it developed in response to a variety of needs, often in an attempt to create new communities for education and assembly as populations moved from urban centers to the suburbs. These needs have changed, and the synagogue is no lon.

9781566996037 (electronic bk.) 1566996031 (electronic bk.)


Judaism--United States.
Judaism--21st century.
Jews--Identity.--United States
RELIGION / Judaism / General


United States--Religion.


Electronic books.

BM205 .O453 2013

296.0973/09051