Aspects of Liberal Judaism Essays in Honour of John D Rayner

by Goldberg, David; Kessler, Edward

• ISBN13: 9780853036012
• ISBN10: 0853036012
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-10-31
• Publisher: Vallentine Mitchell

Summary

Rabbi Dr John D Rayner CBE, Hon. Life Pres of Liberal Judaism, is one of the most distinguished Progressive rabbis in the world. Over a career spanning more than 50 years, he has written, lectured, taught and expounded a contemporary version of Judaism that has won him respect and admiration from all branches of Anglo-Jewry and beyond. These essays, to mark his 80th birthday, reflect the wide variety of his interests and the admiration of his friends and colleagues. The collection includes contributions from some of the most well known figures in modern Jewish thought including Rabbi Dr Louis Jacobs, Professor Eric Friedland, Rabbi Dr Albert Friedlander and Dame Julia Neuberger. The editors believe this is a fitting tribute to a man whose pastoral care, and love of Judaism stretches far beyond the confines of his community and reaches out to followers of all religious traditions.

Author Biography

Edward Kessler is founding director of the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations Rabbi Dr David J. Goldberg is senior rabbi of the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, London

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
David J. Goldberg
Acknowledgements	x
Travelling Through the Night: On the Road with John D. Rayner	1	(9)
Albert H. Friedlander
Leo Baeck and Reconciliation	10	(3)
Harry M. Jacobi
Ernst Leitz of Wetzlar and Altruism During the Holocaust	13	(15)
Frank Dabba Smith
Jewishly Responsible Investment	28	(8)
Mark Goldsmith
Is There a Jewish Ethic?	36	(13)
Louis Jacobs
Leopold Stein: A Liberal Master of Prayer	49	(24)
Eric L. Friedland
Baruch and Berachah: Blessing in Judaism	73	(7)
Walter Holmolka
The Challenge of Genetic Research	80	(25)
Margaret Jacobi
Judaism and Today's Asylum Seekers	105	(8)
Julia Neuberger
Liberal Judaism and Mixed Marriage	113	(11)
Danny Rich
Feminist Bible Interpretation	124	(13)
Sybil Sheridan
Compelling Commitments: A Radical Rethink of Liberal Judaism?	137	(13)
Elizabeth Tikvah Sarah
A Religion for the Future	150	(9)
Sidney Brichto
Immortality and Resurrection: Maimonides and the Maimonidean Controversy	159	(11)
Alexandra Wright
On the Impossibility of Prophecy: A Study of Isaiah 6	170	(14)
Jonathan Magonet
Christ Through Jewish Eyes	184	(18)
Mark L. Solomon
Moses Montefiore and Jews, Christians and Muslims	202	(12)
Andrew Goldstein
Religion, Civil Society and Inter-faith Endeavour	214	(7)
Anthony Harvey
Inter-faith Dialogue	221	(4)
Charles Middleburgh
Perceptions of the Other: Lessons from Jewish--Christian Dialogue	225	(19)
Edward Kessler
Notes on the Editors and Contributors	244	(5)
Bibliography of the Writings of Rabbi John D. Rayner CBE	249