http://www.shmadigital.com/shma en-us Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT 720 28 http://www.shmadigital.com/shma http://images-cdn.dashdigital.com/shma/include/icons/navbar_logo.gif?lm=1328067995000 http://www.shmadigital.com/shma/201202 http://www.shmadigital.com/shma/201202        Contents
    Inside Consumerism
        Brent Chaim Spodek
            Who Is Rich?
        Jason Kimelman-Block
            Power and the Purse: A Jewish Approach to Ethical Consumerism
        Joshua Avedon
            Goodbye, Jewish Brands: Hello, Jewish Memes
        Mara Einstein
            Co-opting Compassion
        Ruth Messinger & Jordan Namerow
            Ethical Consumption
        Jenna Weissman Joselit
            The Mixed Message of Ritual Consumption
            Discussion Guide
        Sara Moore Litt
            Synagogue Membership: What's the Deal?
        Wayne L. Firestone
            Blurring Boundaries: Creating and Consuming
        Noa Kushner
            Consuming the Consumers
        Pam Edelman
            Co-Creation: The New Imperative
        Marcella Kanfer Rolnick
            Our Money, Our Children, Ourselves
        Susan P. Fendrick & Jill Jacobs
            Developing and Accepting Choices: An Exchange of Letters on Jewish Education
        Elana Kogan
            Consumers of Elder Care
        Jonathan Rubenstein
            Creating and Sharing Our Bounty
        Ari Weiss, Jonathan Rosenthal, Ilana Schatz, Jonah Meadows Adels, Yosef Goldman
            NiSh'ma
    Letter to the Editor

]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.shmadigital.com/shma/201201 http://www.shmadigital.com/shma/201201        Contents
    Inside The Jewish Electorate: 2012
        Kenneth D. Wald
            Stunning Stability: A Consistent Jewish Vote for 60 Years
            Discussion Guide
        Jonathan D. Sarna
            The Jewish Vote in Presidential Elections
        Mik Moore
            Jewish Issues, Jewish Votes
        Russ Feingold
            Corruption in the Political System
        Steven Windmueller & Howard I. Friedman
            One Voice or Many? An Exchange of Letters
        Larry Greenfield, Peter A. Joseph, Raphael Sonenshein, Judith L. Lichtman
            Where Jews Stand: A Roundtable
        Mark Silk
            Religion Matters, Regionally
        Gary L. Greenberg
            The Tea Party and I: Confessions of a 'Conservative'
        Rob Eshman
            Winning the Hearts of L.A. Jewry
        Betsy R. Sheerr
            The View from Pennsylvania: A Cloudy Crystal Ball
        Michael M. Adler
            In Florida
        Aaron Strauss
            Trends Among Young Jewish Voters
        Ami Fields-Meyer
            The Force of Apathy: A Young Voice on Jewish Politics
        Joel Alter, Jaime Rapaport Barry, Sarah Drew Kornhauser, Marc R. Stanley
            NiSh'ma
        Rachel Meytin
            Sh'ma Ethics

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    Inside: Walking on a Jewish Path
        Marci Shore
            The Birth of a Rootless Cosmopolitan
        Shmuly Yanklowitz
            A Floor and Not a Ceiling: My Religious Practice
        Shulem Deen
            Ex-Hasid at Rainbow: Memories of a Hasidic Tisch
        Tobin Belzer
            Fluid Identification: San Francisco's Mission Minyan
        Shani Rosenbaum
            Good Inclinations Gone Wild
        Ben Dreyfus
            Outside the Box: DIY Jewish
        Noam Pianko
            Does it Matter if Authenticity Is Authentic?
        Stuart Z. Charmé
            The Spiral of Jewish Authenticity
        Bruce Weinstock
            Sharing a Divergent Path
        Lizzi Heydemann
            A Personal and Professional Journey: Mishkan Chicago
            Discussion Guide
        Danya Ruttenberg
            V'Ahavta: Prayer and Parenting
        Erica Lyons
            A Jewish Home in the Far East
        Rachel Klinghoffer
            Practice, Practice
        Jacob Fine
            Farming in the Creator's Image
        Aryeh Ben David, Adam Eilath, Alison Laichter, Eliana Jacobowitz
            NiSh'ma
        Shai Gluskin
            Sh'ma Ethics

]]> Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.shmadigital.com/shma/201111 http://www.shmadigital.com/shma/201111        Contents
    Inside the United Nations
        Karen Naimer
            International Law and the Emergence of a New World Order
        Steven Bayme Ronald W. Zweig
            Recognizing Israel, Recognizing Palestine: Legitimate or False Parallels?
        Steve Sheffey
            President Obama and the United Nations
        Stephen Zunes
            Netanyahu's Policies Do Not Help Israel
        Matthew RJ Brodsky
            Reviewing Obama's U.N. Record
        Daniel Gordis
            David Ben-Gurion's Prescience
        Bradley Burston
            Israel's Interest in Engaging the World
        Marc Gopin
            The Mirror of Humanity in the East 40s
        Yuda Braun, Rina Castelnuovo, Shai Kremer, & Roi Kuper
            NiSh'ma
        Daniel Kurtzer
            Giving Multilateral Diplomacy a Chance
        Jill Jacobs
            Justice and Human Rights
        Nathaniel Berman
            'Hysteria': Reading the Palestinian Application
        Samuel Moyn
            The Vertical Alliance Today
            Discussion Guide
        Gil Troy
            The United Nations' War against the Jews: Destructive and Self-Destructive
        Harriet Mandel
            Working with the United Nations
        Harry Reicher
            Theater of the Absurd
        Owen Gottlieb
            Sh'ma Ethics

]]> Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.shmadigital.com/shma/201110 http://www.shmadigital.com/shma/201110        Contents
    Inside Tzedakah
        Daniel S. Nevins
            Rebranding Tzedakah: From Charity to Sacred Spending
        Larry S. Moses
            Tzedakah & Philanthropy: Rethinking American Jewish Giving
        Lucy Bernholz
            The New Social Economy: A Broader Mix of Players
        Don Abramson
            Creating a Tzedakah Standard
        Charlene Seidle
            In Relation to the Collective
        Rachel Levenson
            Shattering Stereotypes: The Newest Philanthropists
        Yoni Gordis, Jessica Liebowitz, Will Schneider, Seth Cohen
            For Every Idea, a Nonprofit? A Roundtable on Innovation
        Shawn Landres
            From Giving to Impact Investing
        William Foster & Toby Rubin
            How Big? How Great?
            Discussion Guide
        Amy Rabbino
            Helping Funders Make Good Decisions
        Noam Zion
            The Guide for the Perplexed Donor: Tzedakah as Jewish Identity
        Jennie Rosenn, Jonathan Perlman, Shelley Hébert, Sherri Morr, & Brett Caplan
            NiSh'ma
        Dan Medwin
            Sh'ma Ethics

]]> Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.shmadigital.com/shma/201109 http://www.shmadigital.com/shma/201109        Contents
    The Akedah
        ILANA GOLDHABER-GORDON
            Abraham's Attributes: 'A Source of Strength'
        PENINA ADELMAN, ARTHUR STRIMLING, SHAI HELD, PETER PITZELE, HUDA ABU ARQOUB, HANNAH DRESNER, MARC BREGMAN, MENACHEM CREDITOR, NAOMI LESS & CHANA ROTHMAN, MICHAEL GRAETZ, JULIE SELTZER, NAOMI GRAETZ
            Perspectives on the Binding of Isaac
        SHAUL MAGID
            Hasidism and the Akedah
        JOSHUA HOLO
            The Binding of Isaac or His Sacrifice? Christian and Jewish Perspectives
        SHARON BROUS, JOSH KORNBLUTH, DOV LINZER, JEFFREY HELMREICH
            Faith and Ethics: A Roundtable on the Akedah
            Discussion Guide
        YAEL S. FELDMAN
            The Land of Isaac? From 'Glory of Akedah' to 'Isaac's Fear'
        SARAH IMHOFF
            Violence and Secrecy: On Masculinity and the Akedah
        RACHEL BARENBLAT, MATTHEW ZAPRUDER, KATHRYN HELLERSTEIN, & YERRA SUGARMAN
            So Avraham Took the Ram
        SHAIYA ROTHBERG, AVI KILLIP, MIMI FEIGELSON, MIKE COMINS
            NiSh'ma
        BRYNA JOCHEVED LEVY
            Rembrandt's Akedah
        ROBERT J. SAFERSTEIN
            Sh'ma Ethics
            User's Guide

]]> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.shmadigital.com/shma/201106 http://www.shmadigital.com/shma/201106        Contents
    Inside Health, Healing, Hope
        Julie Pelc Adler
            Prayer and the Courage to Heal
        Deborah Kram
            When We Pray, We Are Talking to God
        David Ellenson
            The Confession of One's Soul
        William Cutter
            A Prayer for Healing: The Misheberach
        Evan Kent
            Musical Midrash
        Shefa Gold
            Chanting: A Mishkan for Healing
            Discussion Guide
        Elie Kaplan Spitz
            Rethinking Music Making: A Teshuvah for the Conservative Movement
        Rachel Brodie & Abby Caplin
            Healing Is Always Possible
        Michael Agus
            Managing Hope
        Sharon Salzberg
            Suffering Is Part of Life: Getting Closer to the Balm of Acceptance
        Kate Alkarni
            Unintended Consequences
        Maayan Ravid & Stav Bar-Shany
            Giving up on Peace Is Not an Option
        Michele Prince, Mollie Cantor, Bruce Feldstein, Michelle Friedman, Sara Paasche-Orlow
            Training for Caring Communities: A Roundtable
        Lori Klein, Rachel Gurevitz, Marjorie Sokoll, Stuart I. Forman
            NiSh'ma
        Jason Weiner
            Book Review: Facing Illness Finding God
        Douglas Hauer
            Sh'ma Ethics

]]> Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.shmadigital.com/shma/201105 http://www.shmadigital.com/shma/201105        Contents
    Inside Israel's History
        Ilan Troen
            A War of Many Names: Teaching Israel's History
        Sivan Zakai
            Constructing Transparent History: A Textbook Case
        Gregory Khalil & Paul Scham
            Exploring the 'Catastrophe'
        Leonard Fein
            Present at the Periphery: A Personal History
        Samuel Hayim Brody
            Martin Buber's Bi-Nationalism
        Yisrael Medad
            Israel's War of Liberation, 1944-1948
        Dan Heller
            History and Mythmaking: A Response
        Dov Waxman
            What Kind of Jewish State? The Formative Decisions at Israel's Birth
            Discussion Guide
        Gary Rosenblatt, Ariel Beery, Jarah Greenfield, Shaul Kelner
            Celebrating Israel Independence Day: A Roundtable
        Lucy P. Chester
            On Creating a 'Palestinian Pakistan'
        Gideon Remez
            The Marshal's Myth and the Scout's Observations
        Marc J. Margolius, Deena Aranoff, Michael L. Miller
            Rereading Zakhor: Three Essays on History and Memory
        Shlomi Ravid, Zoe Jick, Jeffrey M. Green, Shira Beery
            NiSh'ma
        Jeff Goldman
            Sh'ma Ethics

]]> Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.shmadigital.com/shma/201104 http://www.shmadigital.com/shma/201104        Contents
    Inside Metaphor
        Danya Ruttenberg
            Messy Complexity: On God, Language, & Metaphor
        Ariella Radwin
            The Golden Calf: Turning Away From God
        Jane Kanarek
            The Warrior God as Midwife
        Lori Hope Lefkovitz
            Miracles of Birth & Water: Jewish Metaphors through a Feminist Lens
        Reuven Firestone
            Metaphor in the Qur'an
        Aryeh Cohen
            Binding Metaphors A Meditation
        Atar Hadari
            Maimonides, Herzl, and Company
        Dalia Marx
            The Temple: Strong Metaphors Don't Die
        Irit Koren
            Cherubs and Gender Harmony
        Andrea Hodos, David Wander, Joe Brenman, Silvio Wolf, Jill Nathanson
            NiSh'ma
        Howard Wettstein
            Literary Theology
        Camille Shira Angel, Edward Feld, Elyse Frishman, Richard Hirsh
            The Siddur Is the Tool, We Are the Voice: A Roundtable
            Discussion Guide
        Bryan Cheyette
            'The Jew' as Metaphor: Embracing the Dissimilar
        Admiel Kosman
            Fire as Symbol: A Brief Overview of a Burning Topic
        Channa Pinchasi
            Modern Love: A 12th-Century Liturgical Poem
        Jonathan D. Klein
            Sh'ma Ethics

]]> Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.shmadigital.com/shma/201103 http://www.shmadigital.com/shma/201103        Contents
    Inside Jewish Identity
        SUSAN A. GLENN & NAOMI B. SOKOLOFF
            Who Is a Jew and What Is Jewish?
        SHAUL MAGID
            Be the Jew You Make: Jews, Judaism, & Jewishness in Post-Ethnic America
            Discussion Guide
        STEVEN M. COHEN & JACK WERTHEIMER
            What Is So Great about "Post-Ethnic Judaism"?
        LILA CORWIN BERMAN
            Identity Making: Its Historical Roots
        NOAM PIANKO
            Post-Ethnic, But Not Post-Peoplehood
        ZOHAR WEIMAN-KELMAN
            An "In-Between" Identity
        PICTURE A JEW
            A Photo Essay
        DANIEL GORDIS
            What, Not Who, Is a Jew?
        YEHIEL E. POUPKO
            Making Jews: Conversion and Mitzvot
        MARK WASHOFSKY
            Conversion and Conversation
        RUTH ABUSCH-MAGDER
            Assuming Identity
        MARLA BRETTSCHNEIDER
            African and African Heritage Jews: Western Perspectives
        SWIFTY LANG
            Infinite Schlemiel: The Erudite Bungler in A Serious Man
        Patrick Aleph, Michael Sabani, Caryn Aviv, Jason Miller, Juan Mejía
            NiSh'ma
        RICHARD LITVAK
            Sh'ma Ethics

]]> Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.shmadigital.com/shma/201102 http://www.shmadigital.com/shma/201102        Contents
    Inside Innovative Learning
        Lee S. Shulman
            What Kind of Job Is 'Jewish Educator'?
        Jonathan S. Woocher
            Reframing Educational Assumptions
        Stephen Hazan Arnoff
            A Sustainable Future
        Maxine Alloway, Mel Berwin, Idit Jacques, Joy Levitt, Rob Weinberg, Cyd Weissman
            Seamless Learning: New Thinking about Congregational Education
        Jennifer Glaser
            Educating for Global Citizenship
        Kim Hirsh
            Stop Waiting for Superman
        Charlie Schwartz & Russel Neiss
            Educating 'Prophets'
        Judd Kruger Levingston
            Remixing Jewish Moral Education
        Lisa D. Grant
            Older Adults Restorying Their Lives
        Stephanie Ives
            Authenticity in Agenda-based Text Study
        Avital Campbell Hochstein
            Silence and Intervention: The Roles of Teacher and Learner
            Discussion Guide.
        Rachel Petroff
            Success and Failure
        Sara Heitler Bamberger, Sara Beth Berman, Michael Garret Holzman, Jodie Siff
            NiSh'ma
        Rachel B. Tiven
            Sh'ma Ethics

]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.shmadigital.com/shma/201101 http://www.shmadigital.com/shma/201101        Contents
    Inside Leadership Succession
        Rachel Cowan
            Letting Go of Power
        Menachem Creditor & Stuart Kelman
            I Am Not You: An Exchange of Letters
        Naomi Levy
            Three Prayers for Synagogue Transition
        Nehemia Polen
            Hasidic Dynasties
        Bruce Ellman
            Leadership in Transition: The Business of Families
        Bruce Dobb
            When Employees Become Owners
        Joshua Elkin
            Who Owns Our Institutions?
        Rachel Nussbaum
            GenXers and Boomers: Humility and Tzimtzum
        Frances Kunreuther
            Distributive Leadership: Across Generations
        Cathy Wasserman
            The Power of the 'Charisma Arrow'
        Mem Dryan Bernstein
            Sunsetting a Foundation
        Sid Schwarz
            The Art of Stepping Aside
            Discussion Guide
        Jeremy Gordon, Joanna Samuels, Paula Gottesman, & Beth Cousens
            NiSh'ma
        Gideon Aronoff
            Sh'ma Ethics

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