Excerpts from the SUMMER 2008 ISSUE

CONTENTS

ARTICLES

From the Editor "At the Gate - "

A Scandal in Vienna
Stephen M. Passamaneck

Jeremiah as the First Teacher of the Torah
Mordecai Schreiber

Who Is He? He Is She: The Secret Four-Letter Name of God
Mark Sameth

Tell Me What Your Questions Are and I Will Tell You Who You Are
Haim O. Rechnitzer

Progressive Judaism and Russian-Speaking Jewry
Gregory Kotlyar

Setting the Table: Nurturing a Healthy Religious Awareness
Douglas E. Krantz

The Crowns of the Rabbi
David A. Teutsch

POETRY

Aliyot: Hagbah and Gelilah
Steven R. Weiner

Nightmare
James B. Rosenberg

The Width of Vision
Laurie Patton

Reconciliation
Miriam S. Biatch

The Summons
Rowena Silver

You and I Plant Trees
Bradley Shavit Artson

BOOK REVIEWS

Inheriting the Crown in Jewish Law: The Struggle for Rabbinic Compensation, Tenure, and Inheritance Rights
Jeffrey I. Roth
Reviewed by Walter Homolka

The New Tradition: Essays on Modern Hebrew Literature
Gershon Shaked
Reviewed by Stanley Nash