Tikkun Olam To Mend The World

Author : Emil L. Fackenheim
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253321145
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To Mend the World written by Emil L. Fackenheim and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1994-06-22 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This subtle and nuanced study is clearly Fackenheim's most important book." —Paul Mendes-Flohr " . . . magnificent in sweep and in execution of detail." —Franklin H. Littell In To Mend the World Emil L. Fackenheim points the way to Judaism's renewal in a world and an age in which all of our notions—about God, humanity, and revelation—have been severely challenged. He tests the resources within Judaism for healing the breach between secularism and revelation after the Holocaust. Spinoza, Rosenzweig, Hegel, Heidegger, and Buber figure prominently in his account.

Author : Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff, PhD
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1580237126
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Way Into Tikkun Olam (Repairing the World) written by Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff, PhD and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2013-01-24 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible introduction to the Jewish concept of our responsibility to care for others and repair the world. For everyone who wants to understand the meaning and significance of tikkun olam (repairing the world) in Jewish spiritual life, this book shows the way into an essential aspect of Judaism and allows you to interact directly with the sacred texts of the Jewish tradition. Guided by Dr. Elliot N. Dorff, Rector and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Judaism, this comprehensive introduction explores the roots of the beliefs and laws that are the basis of the Jewish commitment to improve the world. It looks at the various motivations that the sacred texts provide for caring for others, the ways the Jewish tradition seeks to foster such concerns in our social and family relationships, and the kind of society that Jews should strive to create as partners with God. What tikkun olam is. Ancient idea? New concept? The underlying theory has developed over time and branched into related terms and concepts that Judaism has used over thousands of years to describe the duties we now identify as acts of tikkun loam. Why we engage in acts of tikkun loam. Reasons include, but go far beyond, a general humanitarian feeling that we might have or the hope that if we help others, others will be there to help us. How we repair the world. The concrete expressions of tikkun olam in our families, our communities, the wider Jewish community, and the world at large help shape one of the most important aspects of the Jewish tradition. By illuminating Judaism’s understanding of the components of an ideal world, and the importance of justice, compassion, education, piety, social and familial harmony and enrichment, and physical flourishing for both the individual and society, we see how this ancient quest for a world with all these elements helps us define Jewish identity and mission today.

Author : Jonathan Neumann
Publisher : All Points Books
ISBN 13 : 125016088X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To Heal the World? written by Jonathan Neumann and published by All Points Books. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A devastating critique of the presumed theological basis of the Jewish social justice movement—the concept of healing the world. What is tikkun olam? This obscure Hebrew phrase means literally “healing the world,” and according to Jonathan Neumann, it is the master concept that rests at the core of Jewish left wing activism and its agenda of transformative change. Believers in this notion claim that the Bible asks for more than piety and moral behavior; Jews must also endeavor to make the world a better place. In a remarkably short time, this seemingly benign and wholesome notion has permeated Jewish teaching, preaching, scholarship and political engagement. There is no corner of modern Jewish life that has not been touched by it. This idea has led to overwhelming Jewish participation in the social justice movement, as such actions are believed to be biblically mandated. There's only one problem: the Bible says no such thing. In this lively theological polemic, Neumann shows how tikkun olam, an invention of the Jewish left, has diluted millennia of Jewish practice and belief into a vague feel-good religion of social justice. Neumann uses religious and political history to debunk this pernicious idea, and shows how the Bible was twisted by Jewish liberals to support a radical left-wing agenda. In To Heal the World?, Neumann explains how the Jewish Renewal movement aligned itself with the New Left of the 1960s, and redirected the perspective of the Jewish community toward liberalism and social justice. He exposes the key figures responsible for this effort, shows that it lacks any real biblical basis, and outlines the debilitating effect it has had on Judaism itself.

Author : Jason Goroncy
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1630870900
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 'Tikkun Olam' —To Mend the World written by Jason Goroncy and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tikkun Olam"--To Mend the World is premised on the conviction that artists and theologians have things to learn from one another, things about the complex interrelationality of life and about a coherence of things given and sustained by God. The ten essays compiled in this volume seek to attend to the lives, burdens, and hopes that characterize human life in a world broken but unforgotten, in travail but moving towards the freedom promised by a faithful Creator. They reflect on whether the world--wounded as it is by war, by hatred, by exploitation, by neglect, by reason, and by human imagination itself--can be healed. Can there be repair? And can art and theology tell the truth of the world's woundedness and still speak of its hope?

Author : Jason Goroncy
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1610979222
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 'Tikkun Olam' --To Mend the World written by Jason Goroncy and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tikkun Olam"--To Mend the World is premised on the conviction that artists and theologians have things to learn from one another, things about the complex interrelationality of life and about a coherence of things given and sustained by God. The ten essays compiled in this volume seek to attend to the lives, burdens, and hopes that characterize human life in a world broken but unforgotten, in travail but moving towards the freedom promised by a faithful Creator. They reflect on whether the world--wounded as it is by war, by hatred, by exploitation, by neglect, by reason, and by human imagination itself--can be healed. Can there be repair? And can art and theology tell the truth of the world's woundedness and still speak of its hope?

Author : Anne Lobock Fenton
Publisher : Lumen Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781571290496
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tikun Olam written by Anne Lobock Fenton and published by Lumen Editions. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poignant children's story of a good-natured handyman who tries to fix his sick friend.

Author : Linda Epstein
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1534498567
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Repairing the World written by Linda Epstein and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-07-04 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young girl grapples with her grief over a tragic loss with the help of a new perspective from Hebrew school and supportive new friends in this heartfelt and “accessible” (Kirkus Reviews) middle grade novel about learning to look forward. Twelve-year-old Daisy and Ruby are totally inseparable. They’ve grown up together, and Daisy has always counted on having Ruby there to pave the way, encourage her to try new things, and to see the magic in the world. Then Ruby is killed in a tragic accident while on vacation, and Daisy’s life is shattered. Now Daisy finds herself having to face the big things in her life—like starting middle school and becoming a big sister—without her best friend. It’s hard when you feel sad all the time. But thanks to new friends, new insights, and supportive family members, Daisy is able to see what life after Ruby can look like. And as she reaches beyond that to help repair the world around her, she is reminded that friendship is eternal, and that magic can be found in the presence of anyone who chooses to embrace it.

Author : Rachel Cohn
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0375890769
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist written by Rachel Cohn and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2007-11-13 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling he-said/she-said rock n’ roll romance that inspired the motion picture starring Michael Cera (Juno, Arrested Development) and Kat Dennings (Thor, TV’s 2 Broke Girls)! "I know this is going to sound strange, but would you mind being my girlfriend for the next five minutes?" Nick frequents New York's indie rock scene nursing a broken heart. Norah is questioning all of her assumptions about the world. They have nothing in common except for their taste in music, until a chance encounter leads to an all-night quest to find a legendary band's secret show and ends up becoming a first date that could change both their lives. Co-written by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, co-author of WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON with John Green (THE FAULT IN OUR STARS), NICK & NORAH’S INFINITE PLAYLIST is a sexy, funny roller coaster of a story that reminds you how you can never be sure where the night will take you…

Author : Ellen Bari
Publisher : Kar-Ben
ISBN 13 : 0761371974
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jumping Jenny written by Ellen Bari and published by Kar-Ben. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jenny loves to jump. But when jumping gets her in trouble, she decides to retire her pogo stick. Then her school decides to hold a fundraising fair, and she discovers that her skill can be used for a good cause.

Author : Vivian Bonnie Newman
Publisher : Kar-Ben
ISBN 13 : 146770993X
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tikkun Olam Ted written by Vivian Bonnie Newman and published by Kar-Ben. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Always busy doing good deeds like recycling, feeding birds, working in the garden and donating items to others, a young boy has earned the nickname "Tikkun Olam Ted."