Righteous Indignation: A Jewish Call for Justice Book

Foreword David Ellenson ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction xiii

Part I Judaism, Justice, and American Life

Can Social Justice Save the American Jewish Soul? Sidney Schwarz 3

What Does Tikkun Olam Actually Mean? Jane Kanarek 15

Divine Limitation and Human Responsibility Or N. Rose 23

Preaching What I Practice: The Power of Jewish Organizing Margie Klein 31

The Legacy of Abraham Joshua Heschel: Jewish Spirituality and Political Transformation Michael Lerner 38

Religious Leadership and Politics David Saperstein 45

Part II Renewing Creation: Judaism and the Environment

Rereading Genesis: Human Stewardship of the Earth Ellen Bernstein 55

Jewish Textual Practice and Sustainable Culture Natan Margalit 60

Wonder and Restraint: A Rabbinical Call to Environmental Action Coejl 67

Toxic Waste and the Talmud Jeremy Benstein 76

Judaism, Oil, and Renewable Energy Shana Starobin 79

Part III The Temple of the Spirit: The Human Body

Redemption for Radicals: Jewish Congregation-Based Community Organizing Jonah Dov Pesner 87

The Blood of Our Neighbors: American Health Care Reform Sandra Fox Martin Seltman 94

The Global AIDS Crisis: Caring for the Sick by Standing with the Activists Jacob Feinspan Julia Greenberg 102

A Jewish View of Embryonic Stem Cell Research Elliot N. Dorff 110

The Brownsville Legacy: Judaism and Reproductive Rights Judith Rosenbaum 120

Looking Inward: Domestic Violence within the Jewish Community Naomi Tucker 126

Part IV The Yoke of Oppression: Social and Economic Justice

Hearing the Voice of the Poor Aryeh Cohen 135

A Jewish Vision for Economic Justice Jill Jacobs 147

Why a Labor MovementMatters Arieh Lebowitz 155

And If Not Together, How? Jews and Immigration in the United States Dara Silverman 163

Gracious Giver of Wisdom: Recovering America's Great Public School System Marla Feldman Joshua Seth Ladon 169

The Possibility of Change: An Argument for Restorative Justice Sharon Brouns Daniel Sokatch 175

Part V Klal Yisrael: Creating an Inclusive Community

The Significance of Sex: Social Order and Post-Mythic Religion Jay Michaelson 185

Beyond Same-Sex Marriage: Social Justice and Sexual Values in Judaism Martha Ackelsberg Judith Plaskow 195

Priority Lists: A Dialogue on Judaism, Feminism, and Activism Rebecca Alpert Danya Ruttenberg 206

Created Beings of Our Own: Toward a Jewish Liberation Theology for Men, Women, and Everyone Else Elliot Rose Kukla 214

Multiracial Jewish Families: A Personal and Political Approach to Justice Politics Marla Brettschneider 222

Differently Abled: The Lesson of Rabbi Elazar Abigail Uhrman 229

Part VI Seeking Peace: Israel, Palestine, And American Jewry

Warriors, Prophets, Peacemakers, and Disciples: A Call to Action in the Face of Religiously Inspired Violence Melissa Weintraub 237

Plotting the Middle Path to Israeli-Palestinian Peace: The Role of American Jews Diane Balser 249

Imitatio Dei and/as Shared Space: A Jewish Theological Argument for Sharing the Holy Land shaul Magid 260

Everything Falls Apart Joel Schalit 270

The Challenge of Making Peace Stephen P. Cohen 275

Part VII The Seventy Nations: Global Concerns

Am I My Brother's Keeper If My Brother Lives Halfway Around the World? Ruth Messigner Aaron Dorfman 281

A Jewish Response to Globalization Micha Odenheimer 293

"Silence Is Akin to Assent" Judaism and the War in Iraq Adam Rubin 303

Once Again: Genocide in Darfur Mark Hanis 308

How to Split the Sea: Anti-Semitism and Social Change April Rosenblum 312

Reopening the Tent of Abraham Phyllis Berman Arthur Waskow 319

Notes 327

Credits 348

Righteous Indignation on the Web 350

About the Editors 351