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In 1980, Sholom Groesberg changed his life's course. He resigned as dean of engineering at Widener University in order to pursue a career in the rabbinate. Accepted at the Academy for Jewish Religion, he was ordained in 1984. Ten years later Rabbi Groesberg encountered the Jewish Renewal movement Its approach to creating an authentic identity within the context of living as a Jew resonated strongly within him. He became an ardent adherent of the movement.
Jewish Renewed: A Journey is a combination academic study and personal memoir written for the educated lay reader. It traces the movement's history, explicates its ideology and practices, and examines the future challenges facing the movement Among others, this book will interest:
History buffs*****Educators*****Spiritual seekers*****Environmentalists Alienated Jews seeking a “home”*****Practitioners in the helping professions
This book will also appeal to those of a philosophical bent searching for answers to questions of Ultimate Concern; answers that invest our lives with meaning
Why bother to be Jewish?
Can secularism and religiosity be bridged?
Why do new religious movements survive—or fail?
Are the Kabbalah's teachings relevant to contemporary times?
How can a modernist Jew conceptualize the significance of God?
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Rabbi Groesberg has served congregations in Texas and California as a pulpit rabbi. He earned a master's degree in religion from Temple University and a doctorate in Hebrew literature from the Jewish Theological Seminary. Affiliated with the Jewish Renewal movement for over a decade, he currently resides in California.
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