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COMPLETE LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Scholarly Publications | Articles in Reference Works | Articles Published in Magazines | Books Published or in Production | Book Reviews | Conference Papers and Invited Papers Presented | General Conference Papers (a selection) | Newspaper Articles (a selection) | Television Shows (a selection)

 
 

Scholarly Publications

“The Jewish Exodus From the New South Africa: Realities and Implications”, with Shale Horowitz, International Migration, Blackwell Publishers, Vol. 39 (3) 2001, pp. 3-32.

“The Future of Jewish Religious Life in Communist Cuba”, CCAR Journal, pp. 38-46.

“The Educational Crisis in American Reform Judaism”, Journal of Beliefs and Values, Taylor and Francis Publishers, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2001, pp. 183-196.

”The Determination of Jewish Identity Below the Mason-Dixon Line: Crossing the Boundary From Gentile to Jew in the Nineteenth Century South,” Journal of Jewish Studies, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Spring 2001, Vol. LII, No. 1, pp. 98-121.

“The Reform Theological Enterprise at Work: Debating Theory and Practice in the American Religious ‘Marketplace’”, from Platforms and Prayer Books: Theological and Liturgical Perspectives on Reform Judaism (in press).

onflicting Visions of the Reform Movement in the United States Today”, from Contemporary Debates in American Reform Judaism: Conflicting Visions, pp. 1-16.

“Opening the Gates of the Jewish Community”, Conservative Judaism, Vol. 52, No 4, Summer 2000, pp. 32-46.

“A Statement of Principles for Reform Judaism: The American Reform Movement’s Most Recent Debate,” The Australian Journal of Jewish Studies, vol. 14, 2000, pp. 31-53.

“A Jewish Renaissance in Castro’s Cuba,” Judaism, Spring 2000, Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 218-236.

“American Premillennialism and Samuel Freuder, Nineteenth Century Rabbi and an Apostate Returner to Judaism,” American Jewish Archives Journal, 50th Anniversary issue, Vol. 50, No.’s 1 and 2, 1998, pp. 41-74. Published in July 2000.

“Reform Jewish Theology and the Sociology of Liberal Religion in America: The Platforms as Response to the Perception of Socio-Religious Crisis,” Modern Judaism, Oxford University Press, February 2000, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 60-77.

“The 1999 Pittsburgh Platform and Its Impact on American Reform Judaism,” Scottish Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 20, No. 2, December 1999.

"Conversion to Judaism: A Historical Perspective," Judaism. The lead article with responses by Harold Schulweis, Ephraim Buchwald, and Steven Lerner. Summer 1999, Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 259-274 and 285-289.

"Judaism and Intermarriage: A Discussion in Nineteenth-Century California," Western States Jewish History, Summer 1999, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 352–363.

“Reconciliation and Healing—A South African Jewish Perspective,” The Reconstructionist, Spring 1999, Vol. 63, No. 2, pp. 76-92.

“Jewish Educational Trends in South Africa Today,” Journal of Jewish Education, Fall/Winter 1998, Vol. 64, No. 3, pp. 26–36.

“Rabbi Ady Assabi and the Development of Conservative Judaism in South Africa,” Conservative Judaism, Fall 1998, pp. 60–76.

“South African Orthodoxy Today: Tradition and Change in a Post-Apartheid, Multiracial Society,” Tradition, Fall 1998, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 71–89.

“Jewish Religious Conversion in South Africa Today,” CCAR Journal, Fall 1997, pp. 58-68.

“Intermarriage and Conversion to Judaism in Early American Orthodoxy,” Tradition, Vol. 31, No. 4, Summer 1997, pp. 39-51.

Progressive Judaism in the Beloved Country: Religious Thought and Institutional Trends in South Africa Today,” The Journal of Progressive Judaism, Sheffield Academic Press, England, Vol. 8, 1997, pp. 28-58.

“Judaism and the Jewish Community in the New South Africa,” Judaism, American Jewish Congress, Summer 1996, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 350-360.

“W. E. Todd’s Attempt to Convert to Judaism and Study for the Reform Rabbinate in 1896,” American Jewish History, The Johns Hopkins University Press, December 1995, Vol. 83, No. 4, p. 429.

 
 

Articles in Reference Work

“The Practice of Judaism in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century”, The Encyclopaedia of Judaism, Supplement One (in press).

"Jewish Theological Seminary”, “Yeshiva University”, “Stephen S. Wise”, “Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion”, The Encyclopedia of New York State, Syracuse University Press (in press).

"Cuba,” Lead article. American Jewish Year Book 2001, New York: American Jewish Committee, 2002, pp.21-87.

"Reform Judaism," The Companion to Judaism, Vol. I, Jacob Neusner (Ed.), New York and London: Blackwell Publishing, 2000. 10,000-word essay pp. 291-310.

"Reform Judaism: Documents," The Companion to Judaism: Readers’ Guide (Vol. II), Jacob Neusner (Ed.), New York and London: Blackwell Publishing 2000. 7,000-word document, pp. 217-231.

"Autonomy" and "South Africa," The Reader’s Guide to Judaism: A Bibliographic Guide to English-Language Books and Essays on Judaism, Michael Terry (Ed.), Chicago and London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2000, pp. 54-55, 571. This book was nominated for a Jewish Book Award, 2001.

"South Africa, Practice of Judaism in," Encyclopaedia of Judaism, Volume III, Jacob Neusner, Alan J. Avery-Peck, and William Scott Green, (General Eds.) Leiden, Holland: E. J. Brill Publishers, 2000, pp. 1347-1357, 10,000-word entry.

 
 

Articles Published in Magazines

“Responding to the New Reality,” Congress Monthly, Jan-Feb 2002, pg.13-14

“A View from America: Thoughts at the New Millennium,” Jewish Affairs, Vol. 56, #1, 2001, pg. 47-50.

“Despues Del Affair De Elian Gonzales: Una Perspectiva Judia”, Entre Nosotros, January 2001. (Spanish)

“The Rabbinic Life,” CCAR Newsletter, January 2001, pp. 12, 14.

“The Aftermath of the Elian Gonzales Affair: A Jewish Perspective,” Congress Monthly: September/October 2000, 67, No. 5, pp. 12-15.

“A Liberal Rabbi’s High Holiday Reflections,” Jewish Spectator: Summer 2000, 65, No. 1 pp. 47-48.

“The Jewish Community in South Africa,” Emunah Magazine, Spring/Summer 2000, pp. 33-35.

“The New American Reform Pittsburgh Platform of 1999,” Jewish Spectator, Winter 2000, pp. 24-26.

“Millions of Converts?” Manna—Journal of the Sternberg Centre for Judaism at the Manor House, Winter 2000, pp. 2-3.

“Is there a Future for the Jews in South Africa?” Congress Monthly, November/December 1999, pp. 15-17.

“Politics and Piety in the Religious Marketplace,” Congress Monthly, July/August 1999, pp. 11-14.

“Jewish Religious Life in Colonial America,” Emunah Magazine, Spring-Summer 1998, pp. 21-25.

“Controlled Panic in the New South Africa—The Impact of Social Changes in the South African Jewish Community,” Jewish Spectator, Fall 1997, Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 33-39.

“Why Do Jews Focus on Crime and Car-Jackings?” Manna—Journal of the Sternberg Centre for Judaism at the Manor House, London, England: Summer 1997, No. 56, pp. 4-5.

“Your People, My People—Conversion to Judaism and Jews by Choice Programming in the New South Africa,” Jewish Affairs, South African Jewish Board of Deputies, Spring 1995, Vol. 50, No. 3, pp. 87-89.

 
 

Books Published or in Production

Contemporary Debates in American Reform Judaism: Conflicting Visions, Editor. New York and London: Routledge, 2001.

Platforms and Prayer Books: Theological and Liturgical Perspectives on Reform Judaism, Editor. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002.

American Reform Judaism: An Introduction. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2003.

Cambridge Companion to American Judaism, Editor. New York and Cambridge; Cambridge University Press, 2004.

 
 

Book Reviews

Andrew S. Grove, Swimming across: a Memoir. New York: Warner books, 2001. CCAR Journal, in press.

Jack Wertheimer, ed. Jews in the Center: Conservative Synagogues and their Members. American Jewish Archives Journal, vol. LIV, 2002, pp. 89-97. Review essay.

Clive Jones and Emma C. Murphy, Israel: Challenges to Identity, Democracy and the State. London and New York: Routledge, 2002. Jewish Book World, in press.

Henry T. Aubin, The Rescue of Jerusalem: the Alliance between Hebrews and Africans in 701 B.C. New York: Soho, 2002. Jewish Book World, in press.

Andrew Lefkowitz, From Fear to Eternity: 10 steps to Achieving the Benefits of Being Jewish. Cleveland: Heights Press, 2002. Jewish Book World, in press.

Gilbert, Martin, Letters To Auntie Fori: The 5,000-Year History of the Jewish People and Their Faith. Schocken Books, 2002. Jewish Book World, in press.

Green, Sharon M, Not a Simple Story: Love and Politics in a Modern Hebrew Novel Lexington Books, 2001. Jewish Book World, in press.

Hever, Hannan, Producing the Modern Hebrew Canon: Nation Building and Minority Discourse. New York University Press, 2002. Jewish Book World, in press.

Zablocki, Benjamin and Thomas Robbins, Misunderstanding Cults: Searching for Objectivity in a Controversial Field. University of Toronto Press, 2001. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, in press.

Weinberg, Sidney R., Jewish Combatants in the Wars of Early America, Xlibris Corporation, 2000. Jewish Book World, in press.

Deyo, Yaacov and Sue, Speed Dating: The Smarter, Faster Way to Lasting Love, New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 2002. Jewish Book World, in press.

Popkin, Zelda, Quiet Street, Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2002. Jewish Book World, in press.

Rosenthal, Steven T., Irreconcilable Differences, Congress Monthly July/August 2001, p 22.

Frommer, Myrna Katz and Harvey, Growing Up Jewish in America: An Oral History, Jewish Culture and History, Journal of Jewish Studies, University of Southampton, UK.

Meyer, Michael A. and W. Gunther Plaut, The Reform Judaism Reader: North American Documents, New York: UAHC Press, 2001. Jewish Book World, Fall 2001, pp. 49-50.

Geller, Uri and Shmuley Boteach, The Psychic and the Rabbi, Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks, Inc., 2001. Jewish Book World Fall 2001, p. 49.

Abram, Alvin, The Light After the Dark II, Toronto: AMAGraphics, 2000. Jewish Book World Jewish Book World Fall 2001, p. 47.

Ehrlich, Walter, Zion in the Valley—The Jewish Community of St. Louis, Columbia and St. Louis: University of Missouri Press, 1997. Jewish History (forthcoming).

Abraham J. Karp, Jewish Continuity in America: Creative Survival in a Free Society. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 1998, AJS Review (forthcoming).

Abramson, Glenda, Modern Jewish Mythologies. Hebrew Union College Press, Spring 2001, Jewish Book World, p.37.

Keysar, Ariela, Kosmin, Barry A., and Scheckner, Jeffery, The Next Generation: Jewish Children and Adolescents, State University of New York Press, Winter 2000-1, Jewish Book World, pp. 26-28.

Blady, Ken, Jewish Communities in Exotic Places, Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc., Fall 2000, Jewish Book World, p. 58.

Siskin, Edgar E., American Jews: What Next? Jerusalem and New York: Gefen Publishing House, 1998, Jewish Book World, Fall 2000 pp. 24-26.

Weiner, Hollace A., Jewish Stars in Texas, Texas A&M University Press, 2000, American Jewish History, pp. 394-396.

Segal, Ariel, Jews of the Amazon: Self-Exile in Earthly Paradise. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1999, Jewish Book World, Spring, 2000, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 37-38.

Visotzky, Burton L. and Fishman, David E., From Mesopotamia to Modernity, Westview Press, 1999, CCAR Journal, Spring 2000, pp. 68-70.

Thomas, Linda Elaine, Under the Canopy: Ritual Process and Spiritual Resilience in South Africa, University of South Carolina Press, 1999, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, March, 2000, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 119-120.

Kushner, Lawrence, Eyes Remade for Wonder, Sounds True, 1999, Jewish Book World, Winter 1999, p. 8.

Budick, Emily Miller, Blacks and Jews in Literacy Conversation, Cambridge University Press, 1998, Jewish Book World, Spring 1999, p. 43.

Forman, David J., Israel on Broadway America: Off Broadway—Jews in the New Millennium, CCAR Journal, Fall 1999, pp. 54-56.

 
 

Conference Papers and Invited Papers Presented

Association of Jewish Studies, Boston, December 21-23, 1997.

The Jews of Cuba, AAR Regional Conference, March 2002.

Contemporary Debates in American Reform Judaism”, Western Jewish Studies Association, March, 2002.

American Academy of Religion (AAR) Southeastern Regional Conference, Atlanta March 8-10, 2002, a panel on recent scholarship on American Reform Judaism.

Jewish perspectives on reading scripture, plenary speaker, conference on the theology of scripture, Graceland University, Iowa, February 1-3, 2002.

The Sephardic Jews of Cuba, Florida International University, Jan. 20, 2002.

Chair, From Community to Identity: Modern Jewish Presence and Representation: Midwest Jewish Studies Association, Chicago, October 29, 2001

The Impact of the 1959 Cuban Revolution on the Jewish Community: In a session on Jewish between Politics and Communism, Midwest Jewish Studies Association, Chicago, October 28, 2001

The Strategic Advantages of Theological Inconsistency: Isaac Mayer Wise’s Political Use of Religious Thought,” Section 9: Modern Jewish Thought and Theology. The Association for Jewish Studies, Boston, Massachusetts, December 2000.

“Rabbi Bernard Illowy and the New Orleans Circumcision Controversy of 1864,” The Southern Jewish Historical Society Annual Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 2000.

“The Discourse of Disagreement in the Contemporary American Reform Movement,” AAR Annual Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, November 2000.

“The Judaic Crabgrass Frontier: The Impact of Suburbanization On Reform Congregations

In Two Midwestern Communities,” The American Academy of Religion Annual Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, November 2000.

"Southern Societal Patterns and 19th Century Jewish Identity: Conversion to Judaism as a Survivalist Response to Intermarriage," Tulane University and the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2000 (full funding awarded).

“Judaism for Jews or for all Humanity? Kaufmann Kohler as an ideological leader of Reform Judaism,” Association for Jewish Studies, Section on Jewish Thought, Chicago, Illinois, December 1999.

“Jewish Ethnic vs. Religious Identification in Post-Apartheid South Africa,” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Jewish Identities and Society: National and Cultural Variations, Boston, Massachusetts, November 5–7, 1999.

"The Changing Theology of American Reform Platforms: 1869 to the Present," CCAR Panel (one of five featured speakers on the Panel), Pittsburgh CCAR Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 24-25, 1999.

"Cultural Experiences of Violence—Violence in the New South Africa: Its Impact on Jews and Judaism," American Academy of Religion, New England/Maritime Regional Conference, Andover Newton Theological School, Newton Centre, Massachusetts, April 16, 1999.

"The Cleveland Conference of 1855 and the Emerging Conflict Over the Nature of Jewish Identity in Antebellum American Judaism," Association for Jewish Studies, Boston, Massachusetts, December 20-22, 1998.

"Isaac Mayer Wise and Conversion to Judaism," Midwest Jewish Studies Association Conference: Chicago, Illinois, October 18–19, 1998.

“Women in American Jewish History: The Role of Gender in the Determination of Jewish Identity,” University of Denver Center for Jewish Studies, Denver, Colorado, May 5, 1998.

“The Rationalist Tradition and American Classical Judaism,” University of Denver, Faculty-Graduate Student Seminar, Denver, Colorado, May 4, 1998.

“Gender and the Determination of Jewish Identity: Women, Intermarriage, and the Conversion to Judaism Phenomenon in 19th-Century America,” University of Denver Center for Judaic Studies and Hadassah Desert-Mountain Region; speaker, 1998 Conference, Denver, Colorado, May 3, 1998.

“Conversion to Judaism in 19th Century America,” Association of Jewish Studies, Boston, December 21-23, 1997.

“Jews, Religion and Political Power: The South African Case,” Steinberg Memorial Seminar, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, November 17, 1996.

“The Concept of Political Power and South African Judaism during the Apartheid Years,” Academic Paper, Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research, Cape Town, South Africa, November 1996.

“Jewish Religious Conversion in South Africa Today,” presented at the South African Academy of Religion Conference (SAAR), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, June 24-25, 1996.

“American Reform and Conversion to Judaism: Origins and Development 1846-1897,” American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 1996.

“Modernity and the Changing Nature of Jewish Identity in the Thought of Isaac Mayer Wise,” The Annual Conference of South African Society for Semitics, Jewish Studies, Pretoria, South Africa, June 6-8, 1995.

“Progressive Judaism and the New South Africa,” The Rabbinate and the New South Africa Conference, The Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research, University of Cape Town, South Africa, August 1994.

 
 

General Conference Papers (a selection)

“Contemporary Debates In American Reform Judaism,” Central Conference of American Rabbis Annual Conference, Monterey, California, June 2001.

"American Judaism Today: Are We Unraveling?" Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education: San Antonio, Texas, August 9-13, 1998.

"American Reform Judaism: Historical and Theological Perspectives," Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education, San Antonio, Texas, August 9–13, 1998.

"Issues in Conversion to Judaism in America," (featured module) Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education, San Antonio, Texas, August 9-13, 1998.

"The Rabbi and His Daughter: The Intermarriage of the Daughter of Isaac Mayer Wise," Beit Midrash Textual Study, CCAR Conference, Anaheim, California, June 1998.

“Issues of Personal Status in America: A Historical Perspective,” Midwest Association of Reform Rabbis (MWARR), Conference of American Rabbis, San Francisco, California, January 25, 1998.

“A Proposed Vision for the Role of Progressive Judaism in the New South Africa,” South African Association of Progressive Rabbis Conference, Rosenview Conference Centre, Western Cape, South Africa, November 18-20, 1996.

“Personal Status and Conversion Issues in South Africa Today,” CCAR 108th Annual Conference (panel participant): Miami, Florida, June 22-26, 1996.

“Judaic Thought in the New South Africa: A Progressive Approach,” South African Union for Progressive Judaism Conference: Temple Menorah, Pretoria, South Africa, 1995.

“The Role of the Rabbi in the New South Africa,” South African Union for Progressive Judaism Kallah: Newlands Holiday Inn, Cape Town, South Africa, 1994.

 
 

Newspaper Articles (a selection)

“Reflections Upon Launching a Book” The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle, As I see it column, April 2001 page 28.

“Community Building: UMKC Director Envisions Integrated Program,” The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle, opinion page: August 2000.

“Politics and Piety in the Religious Marketplace,” The National Jewish Post and Opinion: October 27, 1999, Vol. 66, No. 7, pp. 9 and 14.

"Ritual and Righteousness are Both Important and Demanded," Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, March 12, 1999, p. 23.

"Proposed New Principles Can Stimulate a Beneficial Debate About Reform Judaism," Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, January 8, 1999, pp. 4-5.

"Moses Embodied Leadership Qualities," Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, September 25, 1998, p. 7.

“Add Religion to Tools for Bettering Society,” Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, January 23, 1998, p. 5.

“Lessons in Family Relations from Patriarchs, Matriarchs,” Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, November 28, 1997, p. 24.

“Adult Jewish Learning Must Be Top Priority,” Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, August 15, 1997, p. 8.

“Ridding South Africa of the Curse of Religious Fundamentalism Will Help Build a Rainbow Nation,” The Sunday Independent, January 12, 1997, p. 11.

“Look to Leaders to Inspire Spirituality That Will Hold Rainbow Nation Together,” Saturday Argus-Argus Forum, January 4, 1997, p. 17.

“We Need a Judaism,” The Cape Jewish Chronicle, September 1996.

“Imagine if the World Could Live as One,” The Star, Johannesburg, January 27, 1996, p. 9.

“A Modern Renaissance of Judaism is Needed,” The Sunday Independent, September 17, 1995, p. 1 (feature section).

“Rosh Hashanah Message,” The Cape Jewish Chronicle, September 1994.

“Make Outreach a Top Priority,” The Australian Jewish News, Supplement, October 29, 1993, p. 5.

 
 

Television Shows (a selection)

CBS Television, Kansas City Missouri, interviewed by Russell Kinsaul, Middle East violence, April 3, 2002.

NBC Television, Kansas City Missouri, interviewed by Keith King, Middle East violence, April 3, 2002

Fox Television, Kansas City Missouri, Middle East crisis, April 1, 2002.

NBC Television, South West Georgia, interview on Middle East violence during Passover, March 29, 2002.

Fox Television, South West Georgia, interview on Middle East violence during Passover, March 29, 2002.

NBC Television, Albany, Georgia, interviewed by Michelle Boudin, Faith response to bombing of world trade towers, September 17, 2001. 6 pm news.

CBS, Wisconsin affiliate, September 13, 1998. Interview show. Topic: Jewish Holy Days.

SABC TV, South Africa, aired August-December 1998, The Jewish Voice (four 2-minute spots for 6 p.m. viewing with 1.5 million viewers).

Fox Network, Wisconsin affiliate. religious programming:

Sunday, May 10 and Monday, May 11, 1998. Topic: Women and Judaism.

Sunday, March 8, and Monday, March 9, 1998. Topic: Purim.

Sunday, March 15, and Monday, March 16, 1998. Topic: Passover.

Sunday, February 22 and Monday, February 23, 1998. Topic: Israel at 50.

Sunday, November 30 and Monday, December 1, 1997. Interview. Topic: The Efficacy of Prayer.

Sunday, November 9, and Monday, November 10, 1997. Panel—Topic: Interfaith Perspectives on Thanksgiving.

Sunday, October 5, 1997 and Monday, October 6, 1997. Interview. Topic: The Meaning of Repentance.

Sunday, September 28 and Monday, September 29, 1997. Panel. Topic: Jewish High Holidays.

Shalom TV, Channel Two, South Africa, aired May 1997. Interview by Anonymous. Topic: Progressive Judaism in the New South Africa.

Religious Programming 4 short messages. South African TV winter 1998

 
     
 

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