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Article: Etz Hayim--Torah for our times: Conservative Judaism's spiritual response to Judaism's canon. (book review)
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- May 1, 2002
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The title chosen for Conservative Judaism's synagogue Torah commentary exemplifies the Movement's self-definition. Each page contains the Masoretic Hebrew text of Leningrad Manuscript B19A, an authorized Jewish Publication Society translation, a commentary that explains the Biblical text as it was understood by its first audience in antiquity, a homiletical commentary that applies the ancient text to current realities, and when appropriate how the Conservative Committee on Jewish Law and Standards applies Biblical passages in contemporary times. The volume is prefaced by essays by Rabbis Ismar Schorsch, Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and Rabbi ...
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Article: Conservative Judaism and the Twenty-first Century
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... ... value of pluralism and mutual respect and cooperation. Etz Hayim Torah and Commentary reflects the best of these values by ... practice among our laity, and by extension, for the future of Conservative Judaism. Sociological studies show that the younger the generation ...
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