Excerpts from the FALL 2006 ISSUE

CONTENTS

ARTICLES

From the Editor "At the Gate -"

Opening and Closing the Amidah :
Questions regarding Concluding Blessings, G'ulot, T'filot , and Tachanunim
Elliot B. Gertel

Lilmod uL'lamid:
Textual Reasoning and Its Use for the Working Rabbi
A REVIEW ESSAY
Paul Golomb

A Tamid Offering
Steven A. Moss

Defining Death: The Interaction of Ethics and Halachah
Michael Rosen

A Holy Kiddushin Practice with Many Blessings
Richard M. Steinberg

A Betrayal of Their Sacred Trust: Rabbis, Cantors, and Chaplains who Violate Sexual Boundaries
SOURCES AND RESOURCES
David J. Zucker

POETRY

Dena
Israel Zoberman

Milk and Ashes
Israel Zoberman

The Kindness of Abishag
Davi Walders

BOOK REVIEWS

Finding God in the Garden: Backyard Reflections on Life, Love, and Compost
Balfour Brickner
Reviewed by Daniel B. Fink

The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Jodi Magness
Reviewed by Ruth Gais

A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide
Samantha Power
Reviewed by Jonathan Crane

LETTER TO THE EDITOR