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From: faigin@aero.org (Daniel P. Faigin)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish,news.answers,soc.answers
Subject: Judaism Reading List: Reconstructionist Judaism (Pt. VI)
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Selected Sources for Additional Reading on Judaism
Part VI: Reconstructionist Judaism
[Last Change: $Date: 1994/08/16 18:07:07 $ $Revision: 2.7 $]
[Last Post: Tue Aug 16 11:07:08 1994]
This message is intended to provide readers of soc.culture.jewish with a list
of references to allow them to learn more about the current practices, past
practices, beliefs, and history of the Reconstructionist Judaism Movement.
Reconstructionist Judaism is the small "fourth movement" of American Judaism.
It was founded by the Conservative Rabbi and philosopher Mordecai Kaplan. It
emphasizes "Judaism as a civilization" (i.e., the integration of selected
Jewish beliefs with the Jewish people's culture and folkways).
Reconstructionist Jews are willing to question conventional answers and keep
open minds. They believe that a Jew need not and ought not sacrifice
intellectual integrity for the sake of his/her Jewish identity.
Reconstructionists are Jews who take the Jewish traditions seriously and live
Jewish lives even through they don't believe in the divine supernatural
origin of the Torah. Reconstructionists believe that, just a Jewish
civilization has adapted to new circumstances throughout Jewish history, so
must it adapt to late twentieth-century North American society.
Reconstructionists tend to conduct more intimate worship services in which
everyone is involved and the rabbi--if there is one--does not dominate.
The membership body of the Reconstructionist Movement is the Jewish
Reconstructionist Foundation. The congregations and havurot (Reconstructionist
Judaism originated the Havurot concept) are organized into the Federation of
Reconstructionist Congregation and Havurot. The association of the
reconstructionist Rabbis is the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association. The
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, located at Church Road and Greenwood
Avenue in Wyncote PA 19095 publishes _Raayonot_ as its rabbinical journal.
Information on where to obtain these books, including an explanation of the
<INP> and <JPS> notations, may be found in Part I of the Reading List
(judaism/reading-lists/general).
Publications of the Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, the Reconstructionist
Press, etc. may be obtained from:
Federation of Reconstructionist Congregations and Havurot
Church Road & Greenwood Ave.
Wyncote, PA 19095-1898
(215) 887-1988
This list is organized as a digest; it may be successfully undigestified by
programs such as "gnus".
Reproduction of this posting for commercial use is subject to restriction. See
Part 1 (general) for more details.
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Subject: Archival and Credits
Anonymous FTP:
All portions of the FAQ and of the reading lists are archived on
israel.nysernet.org [192.77.173.2] and on rtfm.mit.edu, and are available
for anonymous FTP. The locations of the parts of the reading lists on
israel.nysernet.org are as follows:
ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/general
ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/traditional
ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/chasidism
ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/reform
ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/conservative
ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/reconstructionist
ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/humanistic
ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/zionism
ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/antisemitism
ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/intermarriage
ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/reading-lists/periodicals
The locations of parts of the FAQ on israel.nysernet.org are as follows:
ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/01-FAQ-intro
ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/02-Who-We-Are
ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/03-Torah-Halacha
ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/04-Observance
ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/05-Worship
ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/06-Jewish-Thought
ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/07-Jews-As-Nation
ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/08-Israel
ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/09-Antisemitism
ftp://israel.nysernet.org/israel/lists/scj-faq/FAQ/10-Miscellaneous
If you are accessing the archives on rtfm.mit.edu, the pathname is
pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism, instead of israel/lists/scj-faq.
Mail:
The files may also be obtained via Email by sending a message to
mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with the following line in the body of the message:
send usenet/news.answers/judaism/(portionname)
Where (portionname) is replaced by the appropriate subdirectory and
filenames; for example, to get the first part of the reading list, one would
say:
send usenet/news.answers/judaism/reading-lists/general
WWW/Mosaic:
The FAQ and reading lists are available by following the following pointer:
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/bngusenet/soc/culture/jewish/top.htm
Credits:
This list is based on research done at the University of Judaism in January
1993 by faigin@aero.org. Contributions were also made by Sharon Morrison
(sharon@cs.uiuc.edu) and Aaron Seidman <seidman@pioneer.ci.net>.
Suggestions for additions or deletions are welcome, as are *brief*
annotations for the entries.
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Subject: VI.1. PHILOSOPHY OF MOVEMENT
[Alp85] Alpert, Rebecca T. and Staub, Jacob J. _Exploring Judaism: A
Reconstructionist Approach_ Reconstructionist Press, New York. 1985.
ISBN 0-935457-00-3.
[Eis52] Eisenstein, Ira and Kohn, Eugene. _Mordecai M. Kaplan: An
Evaluation_ Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, New York. 1952.
[Kap34] Kaplan, Mordecai M. _Judaism as a Civilization_. Reconstructionist
Press, New York. 1934. Also available from Jewish Publication Society,
Philadelphia PA. ISBN 0-8276-0194-8. <JPS>
[Kap36] Kaplan, Mordecai M., Ed. _The Jewish Reconstructionist Papers_.
Behrman's Jewish Book House, New York. 1936.
[Kap48] Kaplan, Mordecai M. _The Future of the American Jew_.
Reconstructionist Press, New York. 1948.
[Kap56] Kaplan, Moredecai M. _Questions Jews Ask: Reconstructionist
Answers_. Reconstructionist Press, New York. 1956.
[Kap60] Kaplan, Mordecai M. _The Greater Judaism in the Making_
Reconstructionist Press, New York. 1960.
[Coh58] Cohen, Jack J. _The Case for Religious Naturalism_.
Reconstructionist Press, New York. 1958.
[Scu85] Scult, Mel and Goldsmith, Emanual. _Dynamic Judaism: The Essential
Writings of Mordecai M. Kaplan_. Reconstructionist Press & Schocken
Books, New York. 1985.
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Subject: VI.2. RECONSTRUCTIONIST EDUCATION
[Sta85] Staug, Jacob and Schein, Jeffrey eds. _Creative Jewish Education: A
Reconstructionist Perspective_. Rossel Books and Reconstructionist
Rabbinic Council Press, New York. 1985.
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Subject: VI.3. RECONSTRUCTIONIST LITURGY
[FRC94] Federation of Reconstructionist Congregations and Havurot. _Kol
Haneshamah: Shabbat Vehagim_. The Reconstructionist Press, Wyncote PA,
1994. [Sabbath and Holidays Prayerbook; includes a revised version of
the Erev Shabbat book]
[FRC93] Federation of Reconstructionist Congregations and Havurot. _Kol
Haneshamah: Nashir Uneverah_. Enlarged Second Edition. The
Reconstructionist Press, Wyncote PA, 1993. [Songs and Grace After
Meals -- words, but not music]
[FRC91] Federation of Reconstructionist Congregations and Havurot. _Kol
Haneshamah: Shirim Uvrahot_. The Reconstructionist Press, Wyncote PA,
1991. [Songs, Blessing and Rituals For the Home -- includes music;
also available is an audio tape to accompany the book.]
[JRF41] Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation. _The New Haggadah_. Jewish
Reconstructionist Foundation, New York. 1941. [Passover Liturgy]
[JRF45] Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation. _The Sabbath Prayer Book_.
Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, New York. 1945. [This is been
superceded, but gives an idea of the early approach]
[JRF48] Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation. _High Holiday Prayer Book_.
Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, New York. 1948.
[JRF58] Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation. _Festival Prayer Book_. Jewish
Reconstructionist Foundation, New York. 1958 [Festival Liturgy]
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Please mail additions or corrections to me at faigin@aero.org.
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