Jewish Renewal Resources
Yavneh is committed to learning and growing together as a community. We are assembling a list of books, articles and online resources about Jewish Renewal, deep ecumenism, and topics related to the meaning of modern Judaism. This list is growing with each new class, book club, Scholar-in-Residence event and discussion group. Check out the following:
Online
ALEPH
ALEPH - Alliance for Jewish Renewal is a great resource for information on all things related to Jewish Renewal. Here you will find news and information about Jewish Renewal, upcoming events, teachers, books and authors as well as links to Aleph sister organizations and sites devoted to Tikkun Olam.
OHALAH
OHALAH is an international transdenominational association of rabbis. This website contains information about teachings, rituals, books, music and Tikkun Olam with a Renewal flavor. It also has links to Renewal related websites everywhere.
Jewish Renewal: Defining JR by Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
In this 5 minute excerpt from his Boulder interviews, Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, one of the founders of Jewish Renewal, discusses defining Jewish Renewal.
Books and articles
About Jewish Renewal
R. Arthur Green, Seek My Face, Speak My Name: A Contemporary Jewish Theology (1992)
Radical Judaism: Rethinking God & Tradition (2010)
Rodger Kamenetz, Stalking Elijah: Adventures with Today's Jewish Mystical Masters (1997)
R. Lawrence Kushner, Honey from the Rock: Visions of Jewish Mystical Renewal (1977)
God Was in this Place and I, i did not know (1991)
Michael Lerner, Jewish Renewal: Path to Healing and Transformation (1995)
R. Marcia Prager, The Path of Blessing: Experiencing the Energy and Abundance of the Divine (1998)
R. Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Paradigm Shift (1993)
Jewish with Feeling: A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Practice (2005)
Wrapped in a Holy Flame: Teachings and Tales of the Hasicic Masters (2003)
Integral Halachah, with R. Daniel Siegel (2007)
Rabbi Arthur Waskow, God Wrestling, Round 2: Ancient Wisdom, Future Paths (1998)
R. Shohama Weiner, ed., The 58th Century: A Jewish Renewal Sourcebook (1996)
About the Jewish/Christian dialogue
Irving Greenberg, For the Sake of Heaven and Earth: The New Encounter Between Judaism and Christianity (2004)
Irving Greenberg, Judaism and Christianity: Their Respective Roles in the Divine Strategy of Redemption (1996)
From Yavneh discussion groups
Martin Buber, The Way of Man: Ten Rungs
Rifat Soncino and Daniel Syme, Finding God: Ten Jewish Responses (second edition), (1993)
Other books of interest
Zev ben Shimon Halevi, Kabbalah: Tradition of Hidden Knowledge (1979)
Rodger Kamenetz, The Jew in the Lotus: A Poet's Rediscovery of Jewish Identity in Buddhist India (1994)
Daniel C. Matt, The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism, (1995)
Samir Selmanovic, It's Really All About God: Reflections of a Muslim Athiest Jewish Christian (2009)