CCAR Journal: The Reform Jewish Quarterly
Published by the Central Conference of American Rabbis
Winter 2023
From the Editor
Articles: The Rabbinate as Career: Challenges and Opportunities
- Reflections of a Rabbinate – Rabbi Lewis Kamrass
- Getting What You Wish For: Jewish Professionals and the Emotional Meaning of Money – Rabbi Ellen Lewis
- Fifty Years with One Congregation: A Memoir of Sorts – Rabbi Peter H. Grumbacher
- Joys of Being a Second-Career Rabbi – Rabbi Sanford Olshansky
- “That’s No Job for a Jewish Boy”: In Honor of Those Who Guided Me in My Rabbinate – Rabbi Philip Bently
- Making the Circuit – Rabbi Jordan Parr
- An Unlikely Journey – Rabbi Neal Katz
General Articles
- “Egypt Is Lost”: Lessons for History and America – Rabbi Elaine Rose Glickman
- Declarations of Dialogue: Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Overtures to the Religious Other – Rabbi Judith Schindler
- M’gillah and Machiavelli: Esther’s Political Science – Rabbi Leigh Lerner
- Challenges and Opportunities for Change: Biblical Models – Rabbi Steven Bob
- Interpersonal T’shuvah – Rabbi Neil Hirsch
- Aliyat HaNefesh: How to Raise the Community’s Spirituality One Step at a Time – Rabbi Lester Polansky
Book Reviews
- From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life – Arthur C. Brooks – Reviewed by Rabbi Melanie Aron
- Power and Gender in Rabbinic Sexual Abuse: A Review Essay: When Rabbis Abuse: Power, Gender, and Status in the Dynamics of Sexual Abuse in Jewish Culture – Elana Sztokman – Reviewed by Rabbi Rachel Adler, PhD
- The Beauty of Dusk: On Vision Lost and Found – Frank Bruni – Reviewed by Rabbi David J. Zucker, PhD
- A God We can Believe In – Edited by Richard Agler and Rifat Soncino – Reviewed by Rabbi Geoffrey Dennis
- Search: A Novel – Michelle Huneven – Reviewed by Rabbi Benjamin Altshuler
- The Third Temple – Abraham B. Yehoshua – Reviewed by Rabbi Dr. Israel Bobrov Zoberman
- Arc of Our History: A Social and Political Narrative of Family and Nation – Stanley Rigler – Reviewed by Rabbi Daniel Polish
- Headstone – Mark Elber – Reviewed by Rabbi Natalie Louise Shribman
Poetry
- Homeless No More – Rabbi Dr. Israel Bobrov Zoberman
- The Night Before My Doctor’s Appointment – Richard Fein
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