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"Young people need to be included in the struggle for meaning, for the right questions to ask and the search for useful and relevant answers. This is the book that has been missing from the ever-expanding bookshelf of Torah commentaries - a collection of messages on each Torah portion, specifically for today's teens. It shows them how each Torah portion contains worlds of meaning for them, for what they are going through in their lives and how they can shape their Jewish identity as they enter adulthood. Addressing the concerns of young adults, it shows how the Torah can help teens deal with issues including: Interpersonal relationships, social justice, sexuality and gender issues, personal ethics, responsibility to family, community and the jewish people, body image, tattoos, community service, the meaning of faith, authority and rebellion, the role of ritual, personal theology, prayer, civility, living safely, dealing with disabilities and challenges of eating morally. This groundbreaking spiritual resource is truly transdenominational- including the insights of over 100 Jews who identify as Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, Reconstructionist, Renewal, post-denominational and ""just Jewish."" They are rabbis, cantors, teachers, authors and community leaders."

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Author:   Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin)
Publisher:   Jewish Lights Publishing
Imprint:   Jewish Lights Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9781580235075

ISBN 10:   1580235077
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   14 June 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Introduction xv Bereshit/Genesis Bereshit (1:1–6:8) What If I Don't Like My Brother? Rabbi Sherre Z. Hirsch 3 Look in the Mirror; Now Look Again Danny Maseng 6 Noach (6:9–11:32) Even Righteous People Make Mistakes Rabbi Aaron Bisno 8 Being the ""Un-Noah"" Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin 10 Lech Lecha (12:1–17:27) Get Going! Rabbi Carl M. Perkins 12 A GPS for Compassion Rabbi Rami Shapiro 14 Vayera (18:1–22:24) Answering the World's Oldest Question Rabbi Brad Hirschfield 16 Be Present Rabbi Judith Schindler 18 Chayei Sarah (23:1–25:18) A Story of Prayer and Love Rabbi Elie Kaunfer 20 Getting the Order Wrong—or Right Rabbi Steven Z. Leder 22 Toldot (25:19–28:9) The Most Serious Thing That Ever Happened to Me, by Esau Isaacson Rabbi Mordecai Finley, PhD 24 Esau's Tears Rabbi Dana Saroken 27 Vayetzei (28:10–32:3) Jacob’s Stairway Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso 29 Jacob’s Life Is Our Own Rabbi David J. Wolpe 31 Vayishlach (32:4–36:43) How to Become Yisrael Rabbi Vernon Kurtz 33 Each of Us Has a Name Rabbi Amy Joy Small 35 Vayeshev (37:1–40:23) Not Your Plans—God’s Rabbi Lawrence Kushner 38 That Man Is You Rabbi Jack Moline 40 Miketz (41:1–44:17) Truth or Consequences Rabbi Cherie Koller-Fox 43 The Tests of Adulthood Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky 46 Vayigash (44:18–47:27) Joseph Comes Out of the Closet Rabbi Eve Rudin 49 Joseph or Moses: Who Do You Want to Be? Barry Shrage 52 Vayechi (47:28–50:26) Both Kindness to Others and Loyalty to Ourselves Rabbi John Moscowitz 55 Sababa! Rabbi Avi Weiss 57 Shemot/Exodus Shemot (1:1–6:1) No Such Thing as an Innocent Bystander Rabbi William G. Hamilton 63 So, When Do You Really Grow Up? Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin 65 Va’era (6:2–9:35) Conviction, Yes; Stubbornness, No Rabbi Howard L. Jaffe 67 Hard Hearts—For Real Dr. Ron Wolfson 70 Bo (10:1–13:16) Being a Global Team Player Lisa Exler and Ruth W. Messinger 73 Does God Fight Fair? Rabbi Avi S. Olitzky 76 Beshalach (13:17–17:16) Finding Our Voice Cantor Benjie Ellen Schiller 78 That Nachshon Moment Rabbi Sid Schwarz 80 Yitro (18:1–20:23) Rules Are Jewish Love Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl 82 What Kind of Leader Do You Want to Be? Rabbi Jonah Pesner 84 Mishpatim (21:1–24:18) ""… And Another Thing!"" Rabbi Lester Bronstein 86 God Sweats the Small Stuff Rabbi Debra Newman Kamin 88 Terumah (25:1–27:19) What Kind of Sanctuary Are You Building? Rabbi Amy Schwartzman 90 Inside Out Dr. Ira H. Schweitzer, RJE 92 Tetzaveh (27:20–30:10) Dress Code Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell, PhD 94 Someone Is Always Watching Rabbi Michael Pincus 96 Ki Tisa (30:11–34:35) Our Duty to One Another Rabbi Julie Schonfeld 98 No Free Lunch Rabbi Daniel G. Zemel 100 Vayakhel (35:1–38:20) Finding Your Life’s Purpose Rabbi Spike Anderson 102 Who Else Is Coming? Rabbi Pamela Jay Gottfried 105 Pekudei (38:21–40:38) Are You Accountable? Rabbi Jill Jacobs 107 No Boat Rabbi Paul Yedwab 109 Vayikra/Leviticus Vayikra (1:1–5:26) Who’s Calling, Please? Rabbi Elyse Frishman 113 Sacrifice Play Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt 115 Tzav (6:1–8:36) A Perpetual Fire Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky 118 Time for a God Upgrade Rabbi Jamie Korngold 120 Shemini (9:1–11:47) The Gold Standard for Kashrut Rabbi Morris J. Allen 122 A Time for Silence Rabbi Zoë Klein 125 Tazria (12:1–13:59) Deep and Looking Up: How a Weird Story of Skin Disease Can Tell Us about Life over Death and Seeking Inner Peace Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan and Rabbi Asher Lopatin 127 Metzora (14:1–15:33) When Words Become Contagious Rabbi Norman M. Cohen 130 Sacred Graffiti Rabbi Shira Stern 133 Acharei Mot (16:1–18:30) The Physical Is Also Spiritual Rabbi Dr. Bradley Shavit Artson 136 Never Stand Idly By Rabbi Steven Greenberg 138 Kedoshim (19:1–20:27) Tattoo, Taboo, and the Jew: Can I Be Buried in a Jewish Cemetery? Rabbi Peter Berg 142 Sacred Sexuality Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg 146 Emor (21:1–24:23) Animals: What’s Cruel, and What’s Not So Cruel? Stan J. Beiner 148 God Said What? Shulamit Reinharz, PhD, and Ellen Golub, PhD 151 Behar (25:1–26:2) God’s Reset Button Rabbi Mike Comins 155 Shabbat and the Power of the ""Regular"" and “Routine” Rabbi Michael L. Feshbach 158 Bechukotai (26:3–27:34) “Girls Rule! Boys Drool.” Rabbi Marshal Klaven 160 A Big “If” Rabbi Shira Stutman 162 Bemidbar/Numbers Bemidbar (1:1–4:20) Standing Guard Rabbi Jonathan E. Blake 167 “They’ve Given You a Number, and Taken Away Your Name” Rabbi Joshua Hammerman 169 Naso (4:21–7:89) Accessing Your Superpowers Rabbi Sarah Mack 172 Jealousy Is Like Poison Ethan Klaris and Rabbi Burt Visotzky 174 Behaalotecha (8:1–12:16) Facing the Wilderness Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove, PhD 177 What Makes a Leader Powerful? Deborah Meyer 180 Shelach-Lecha (13:1–15:41) They Could Be Giants—So Could You! Dr. Erica Brown 182 Don’t Be a Grasshopper! Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman 185 Korach (16:1–18:32) Rebels for What? Rabbi Jessica Brockman 188 Teaching Lasts Longer Than Politics Rabbi Michael Paley 190 Chukat (19:1–22:1) Speak Up and Speak Out! Emilia Diamant 193 No Leading While Angry! Rabbi Edward Feld 195 Balak (22:2–25:9) Because That’s What Jews Do Robert Bildner 198 How Good Are Your Tents! Cantor Ellen Dreskin 201 Pinchas (25:10–30:1) It’s Not Fair! Rabbi B. Elka Abrahamson 203 A Fanatic Named Pinchas Jerry Kaye 206 Mattot (30:2–32:42) Silence Is Consent Rabbi Laura Geller 208 Dugma Is Dogma Ira J. Wise, RJE 211 Maasei (33:1–36:13) Second Chances Rabbi William Cutter, PhD, and Georgeanne Cutter 213 Are We There Yet? Rabbi Baruch Frydman-Kohl 216 Devarim/Deuteronomy Devarim (1:1–3:22) Trust the Rebellion Rabbi Ken Chasen 221 Angry at God Rabbi Harold S. Kushner 224 Va’etchanan (3:23–7:11) Skydiving and Torah Rabbi Marc Gellman, PhD 226 Curb Your Appetites Rabbi Elaine Zecher 229 Ekev (7:12–11:25) Everything We Do Matters Dr. Arnold M. Eisen 232 The Two-Chambered Heart Rabbi Micah D. Greenstein 234 Re’eh (11:26–16:17) The Vision Thing Wayne L. Firestone 237 To See Even (and Especially) Those Who Cannot Rabbi Loren Sykes 239 Shoftim (16:18–21:9) Judging Ourselves, Judging Others Rabbi Felipe Goodman 242 War Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be Rabbi Laurence E. Milder 244 Ki Tetzei (21:10–25:19) You Must, Because You Can Rabbi Edward Feinstein 247 The Ties That Bind Rabbi Joseph B. Meszler 250 Ki Tavo (26:1–29:8) An Unholy Mash-Up Rabbi Joseph Black 253 Remember Who You Are (and Then, Party) Rabbi David Steinhardt 255 Nitzavim (29:9–30:20) The Ultimate Network Rabbi Dr. Analia Bortz, MD 257 Standing for Civility Rabbi Peter J. Rubinstein 259 Vayelech (31:1–30) Tunes Joel Lurie Grishaver 261 Facing the End Rabbi James Ponet 263 Haazinu (32:1–52) Driven to Non-distraction Rabbi Denise L. Eger 266 Listening—with Our Eyes Rabbi David B. Rosen 268 Ve-zot Ha-brachah (33:1–34:12) Building a Better World: A Vision, a Plan, and the Workers Rabbi Andrew Davids 270 … And Ready to Start Again Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz 272 Notes 275 Index by Contributor 277"

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Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin is recognised as one of the most thoughtful Jewish writers and teachers of his generation. He has helped people of all ages find spiritual meaning in both the great and small moments in life.

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