Reviews for The Ceremonies of Judaism

The average rating for The Ceremonies of Judaism based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-06-21 00:00:00 John Voss The good - Rabbi Goldstein is correct, we do need to shift Judaism away both from the too often unthoughtful praxis of Orthodoxy and from the stilted stuffiness of High Reform services. Many of the things he states - the importance of Jewish community versus total individualism, the need to just try out new-for-you mitzvot - are absolutely correct The bad - For someone mocking others for trying to be hip, his dated references (already dated when he wrote the book) and dude-bro language sound an awful lot like trying to be hip. Also for someone who espouses being egalitarian, the majority of people he mentions are male, white rabbis who are privileged - able enough to mountain climb and "commune" with nature and moneyed enough to be able to have the money/take the time off to do so. When he speaks of some people who have incorporated Native American practices into their Judaism, he only states that they don't mesh, not that its appropriation. He seems completely unawares that his dude-bro, white male speak is in fact something else that drives many people away from Judaism - both traditional and his attempts at reforms.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-12-29 00:00:00 Kimberly Gilbert Out with the New, In with the Old is the only chapter to read...you'll understand everything about Judaism in that one chapter.