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A New Biography of Martin Buber Explores a Life of Wrestling with Faith

By Robert Alter — 2019

Martin Buber vaulted into prominence in German intellectual life in the first years of the 20th century, when he was still in his early 20s. His fame and influence spread across Western Europe in the decades that followed, as well as to Palestine, where he was compelled to flee at the late date of 1938.

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For Our Faith to Grow, We Must Celebrate its Roots in Nature

When our ancestors received the Torah, they stood at a mountain. When we celebrate receiving the Torah on Shavuot, we will stand in the pews. They looked at the sky; we will look at the ceiling. They were warmed by the sun; we will be cooled by the air conditioning. I am a rabbi in a synagogue.

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David Wolpe
2017
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Jewish Renewal

A growing movement within American Judaism recalls the tendency in most faiths for worshippers over the years to move back and forth between the head and the heart — theology and doctrine on one side, spiritual fervor on the other.

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PBS.org
2005
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The Kitchen: A New Take on Jewish Practice

The idea to create something that filled a gap, that met needs that weren’t being met.

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Emma Silvers
2011
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Beyond Jewish Triumphalism

Patheos spoke to Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi recently on how he sees the evolution of Judaism over the past one hundred years and what he foresees for the next one hundred years.

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Patheos
2010
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‘I’ve Spent My Life Studying These Books That Say Decency Actually Matters’

Progressive clergy are pushing a new movement that’s unapologetically political—and deeply rooted in textual traditions.

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Emma Green
2017
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