Proceedings of the Rabbinical Assembly of America. Eightieth Annual Convention The Concord Hotel, Kiamesha Lake, New York, May 11 to May 15, Nineteen Hundred Eighty, 25-29 be-Iyar, 740. Volume XLII. Including Papers Presented at the Kallah on Halakhah.

Octavo, paper covers, xxii, 424 pp. Articles are "Defeatism, Triumphalism or Gevurah?" Wolfe Kelman, "The State of the Seminary Today," Gerson D. Cohen, "Towards a Philosophy of Conservative Judaism," Alan W. Miller, "Towards a Philosophy of Conservative Judaism," Wilfred Shuchat, "Halakhah and Ideology in Conservative Judaism," Alan J. Yuter, "Activating Your Creativity Potential," Natalie Halpern, "The Crisis in Religious Broadcasting," Milton E. Krents, "Talking About Our Teens," Sara Simon, "Restoring Relational Trust: A Rabbinic Mandate," Barbara R. Krasner, "Inner Dynamics of the Rabbinate," Jack H. Bloom, "New Insights into Tzedakah," Sanny Siegel, "Yiddish Drama: A Mirror of the Jewish Soul," Nahma Sandrow, "Changing Forms of Jewish Spirituality," Susannah Heschel, "Midrash: A Tool for Renewal," Jonathan Slater, "The Middle Years" A Time of Crisis and Change," Sol Landau, "A COngregation in Transition," Zachary I. Heller, "Adult Jewish Education Reconsidered," Simon Noveck, "Holistic Medicine: The Role of the Rabbi on the Health Scene," J. Leonard Azneer, "The Use of Software and Computers in the Syngogue," Nason S. Goldstein, "Singles in the Synagogue," Chaim Listfield, "Teaching From Pirkei Avot,"Myron M. Fenster, "Atem Re'item," Harlan J. Wechsler. Seminar on Shavuot," Irving J. Lehrman. Articles from the Kallah on Halakhah are "Introduction," Saul Teplitz, "The Halakhah: Some Reflections on Theology and History," Robert Gordis, "The Spoken Torah," Edward Feld, "The Halakhah - and Beyond," Myron M. Fenster, "Is the Conservative Movement Halakhic?" Harold S. Kushner, "Can Halakhah be Both Authoritative and Changing?" David Novek, ":The Foundations of the Conservative Approach to Jewish Law," Gilbert S. Rosenthal, "Posotive Tradition: Towards a Unified Philosophy for Conservative Judaism," Martin I. Sandberg, "Approaches to Halakhah in the Conservative Movement," Seymour Siegel, "Metaphysics and Halakhah: From Theory to Procedure," Harlan J. Wechsler, "The COngregational Rabbi and Authority," Simon Greenberg. …