Judaism’s Promise; Meeting The Challenge Of Modernity follows Seymour W. Itzkoff’s well-received three-book series; Who Are the Jews? Judaism’s Promise; confronts the many revolutions that have reshaped Judaism over the centuries allowing it and its people a path of leadership into the modern world. It takes the writings of the Torah; Holy Scriptures; and Talmud seriously as exemplars of the human search for civilizational and moral intellectuality. The book’s basic concern is with the withering of Judaism as a force in contemporary Western civilization. Sadly millions of Jews have left the faith. Others venture forth only hesitantly into a synagogue; now a bastion of fossilized ritual and conspicuous consumption. These millions needed more from the orthodoxy; and this book attempts to show them the way back by giving renewed life to the heritages of Judaism; and; consequently; to its meaning for the modern world. Judaism’s Promise argues for a return to the synagogue’s originating Hellenistic commitment «to come together» in intellectual and moral study. As Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan argued; Judaism must once more become in the 20–21st century the civilization that it once represented to the wider world; and not a fossilized ceremonialism.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Everything It Should BeBy Zoe StrassfieldThe copy I bought used arrived in good condition aside from a cut across the dust jacket.But the content of the book itself is too enjoyable to remove even half a star for something so minor. A detailed history of the Society and its explorers (even the more minor ones get their due); beautifully illustrated with photos and graphics; offering a look at how the magazine and society have changed over the past century-plus. To longtime subscribers (and/or younger geo-nerds like myself who've inherited older issues from relatives); it's fun to read through all of the highlights of those past decades; blow-by-blow; and try to guess which milestone is next. An excellent book and a worthy successor to C.D.B. Bryan's centennial history of the Society. On to 150!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great coffee table book. Photos are amazing.By HAITAO LIANGBeautiful! The evolution of photography over the years by NatGeo - where the best photographer gather.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. My favorite.By Mari SquireWinter reading material. My favorite.
