Creating the Jewish Future Book

	Preface	9
	Contributors	10
	Introduction	15
I	Faith and Religion in a "Secular" Age	23
1	Introduction	25
2	The Revival of Jewish Mysticism and Its Implications for the Future of Jewish Faith	27
3	Crossing the Void: A Postmodern Jewish Theology	45
4	Learning as a Road to Faith	60
II	The Centrality of Israel in the Jewish World	75
5	Introduction	77
6	Religious and Secular Jews in Israel: A Cultural War?	80
7	'Ahad 'Ha' Am, Herzl, and the End of Diaspora Zionism	101
III	The Future of Jewish Cultures in the Diaspora	113
8	Introduction	115
9	Lessons from the Sephardic Past	118
10	The Crisis of Jewish Secularism	131
IV	Educating for the Future	143
11	Introduction	145
12	Insuring Effective Jewish Education	148
13	Between Texts and Contexts: How May Tomorrow's Jewish Education Be Different?	162
V	Changing Gender Expectations and Roles in Jewish Communal Life	181
14	Introduction and Cri de Coeur	183
15	Where Do We Go From Here? Feminism and Changing Gender Expectations and Roles in Jewish Communal Life	185
16	Anticipating the Future: A Jewish Feminist Scenario	199
VI	Demography and Economics: The Institutional Response	211
17	Introduction	213
18	The Demographics and Economics of the Jewish Market in North America	216
19	Between Quality and Quantity: Demographic Trends and Jewish Continuity	234
	From Theory to Practice: An Afterword	251
	Index	265