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Haftarot for Special Occasions: Weekdays • Courtesy of URJ Press (2008) • More info. |
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The Contemporary Torah: A Gender-Sensitive Adaptation of the
JPS Translation (Jewish
Publication Society, 2006) • Based on a
comprehensive analysis of the Torah’s gender ascriptions • Philologically based alternative to the 1962 JPS
translation • Primer on social gender in
the Torah • More info. |
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The Torah:
Documentation for the Revised Edition • Refers to The Torah: A Modern Commentary,
Revised Edition (2005) published by the
Union for Reform Judaism—and popularly known as “the Plaut.” • Explains the editing of the Masoretic Hebrew
text • Explains the adaptation for gender
accuracy of the NJPS translation of four biblical books. |
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“The Haftarot of Etz Hayim: Exploring
the Historical Interplay of Customs, Humashim, and Halakhah.” • From Conservative
Judaism 54/3 (Spring 2002) • In-depth look at
Jewish ritual diversity and publishing conventions • Focuses on the
history of haftarah selections • Takes
as its starting point the differences in haftarot between the official
Conservative movement lection and what is found in the classic (1937)
Pentateuch edited by J. H. Hertz. (PDF, 300 KB). |
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Errata in Etz Hayim: Torah and
Commentary (NY: Rabbinical Assembly
/ United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, 2001)
• Collation of corrections • Version
history of the book as it goes through new printings
• Check here before you submit an error: it may already have been
noted—and corrected. (PDF, 153 KB). |
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Review of Biblia Hebraica Leningradensia • On the Hebrew Bible edition by Aron Dotan (Hendrickson, 2001) • From Conservative Judaism 55/3
(Spring 2003). (PDF, 38 KB) |
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Preface to
the JPS Hebrew-English Tanakh
(1999) • On the history of the Hebrew text
of the Bible • (Most of the preface is on
the linked Web page.) |
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Ketubah
Kit for Rabbis: A Reconstructionist Approach (2003) • Electronic
book • More info. |
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“Initiatives to Address Physical Violence by
Jewish Husbands, 218 B.C.E.–1400 C.E.” • From Journal of Religion & Abuse 2/3 (2001) • Account
of domestic violence among Jews • Treats
women as history’s subjects rather than as its objects • Focuses on human strengths rather than weaknesses • Fresh reading of laconic legal documents • More info. |
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“Did Maimonides Really Say That? The Widespread Claim That He
Condoned Wife-Battering May Be Mistaken.” • From Journal of Religion & Abuse 6/3–4 (2005) • Thorough
review of an obtuse legal statement and the controversy it has engendered • More info. |
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A Garden of Choice Fruits: 200
Classic Jewish Quotes on Human Beings and the Environment (Shomrei Adamah, 1991) • Designed for use in ritual and teaching • 49 pp. (PDF, 372 KB) |
Selected Scholar-in-Residence Topics • Presentations based upon the above works.
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updated 10 July 2008 • Santa Monica, California, USA