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FROM RENEWAL TO RESPONSIBILITY |
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| From Renewal to Responsibility |
| 19/8/2008 |
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September 2001 - Ellul 5761
The Decade of Jewish Renewal has come to a close. Eight years ago, as part of that programme I launched Jewish Continuity with a series of pamphlets. Much has happened since then. The community has been reinvigorated, and I want to express my thanks to the many people and organisations who have helped to make that vision a reality.
I want also to outline my thoughts for the next phase of my Chief Rabbinate. As you will see, I have called it Jewish Re... |
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| Studies in Renewal 1 - From Inegration to Survival to Continuity |
| 19/8/2008 |
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Introduction
In my installation address, on September 1st 1991, I called on Anglo-Jewry to join with me in creating a Decade of Jewish Renewal. A year and a half has passed and the first stage of renewal has been completed.
The time has come to move on to stage two.
Stage one had three dimensions. The first was to visit communities throughout Anglo-Jewry, to get to know them, to become known by them, and to present to them the challenge of renewal. By the end of this year... |
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| Studies in Renewal 5 - From Jewish Continuity to Jewish Continuity |
| 1/10/2003 |
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Studies in Renewal 5 - From Jewish Continuity to Jewish Continuity
Jews are an intensely practical people. There is a unique Yiddish monosyllable - the word Nu - which brings all theoretical discussion to an end. It means: the analysis is fine, but what then shall we do? The talmudic question, lemai nafka minei, has the same connotation. It means: what are the practical consequences? We now know we face a crisis of continuity. What shall we do about it?
Let us remind ou... |
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| Studies in Renewal 4 - Rethinking Priorities |
| 1/9/2003 |
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Studies in Renewal 4 - Rethinking Priorities
Why has the crisis of continuity occurred, and why so suddenly? In this paper I give the answer. We have put continuity at the bottom of our communal priorities. As evidenced by the patterns of Anglo-Jewish philanthropy, the needs of future generations have been seriously neglected. This must change if there is to be an Anglo-Jewish future.
Rethinking Priorities
The crisis in continuity has been sudden, devastating a... |
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