TY - BOOK AU - Olitzky,Kerry TI - Playlist Judaism: Making Choices for a Vital Future SN - 9781566996037 (electronic bk.) AV - BM205 .O453 2013 U1 - 296.0973/09051 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Lanham PB - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers KW - Judaism KW - United States KW - 21st century KW - Jews KW - Identity KW - RELIGION / Judaism / General KW - bisacsh KW - Religion KW - Electronic books N1 - Description based upon print version of record; 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 N2 - ""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 UR - http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1609522 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=694433 ER -