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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) |
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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. 352363.
“Reconciliation
and HealingA 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. 2636.
“Rabbi
Ady Assabi and the Development of Conservative Judaism
in South Africa,” Conservative Judaism, Fall 1998,
pp. 6076.
“South
African Orthodoxy Today: Tradition and Change in a Post-Apartheid,
Multiracial Society,” Tradition, Fall 1998, Vol.
33, No. 1, pp. 7189.
“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.
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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.
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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?” MannaJournal 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 AfricaThe 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?” MannaJournal
of the Sternberg Centre for Judaism at the Manor House,
London, England: Summer 1997, No. 56, pp. 4-5.
“Your
People, My PeopleConversion 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. |
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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.
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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 ValleyThe 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 BroadwayJews
in the New Millennium, CCAR Journal, Fall 1999, pp. 54-56.
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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 57, 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 ViolenceViolence 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
1819, 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.
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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 913, 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.
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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.
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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. PanelTopic:
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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