{"product_id":"may-god-remember-memory-and-memorializing-in-judaism-yizkor-paperback","title":"May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism--Yizkor - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLawrence A. Hoffman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eYoram Bitton\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eAnnette M. Boeckler\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn engaging and sobering look at memorializing in Judaism and why memory--ours and God's--is so central to people.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough a series of lively introductions and commentaries, over thirty contributors--men and women, scholars, rabbis, theologians and poets, representing all Jewish denominations--examine the history and ideas behind \u003cem\u003eYizkor\u003c\/em\u003e, the Jewish memorial service, and this fascinating chapter in Jewish piety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing the traditional prayers--provided in the original Hebrew and a new and annotated translation--this fourth volume in the\u003cem\u003e Prayers of Awe\u003c\/em\u003e series explores the profound theological questions at the core of this service and our own humanity: What happens to us after we die? Is there really an afterlife? Does our fate after death depend on the goodness with which we have pursued our earthly life? And more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrayers of Awe\u003c\/em\u003e: A multi-volume series designed to explore the High Holy Day liturgy and enrich the praying experience for everyone--whether experienced worshipers or guests who encounter Jewish prayer for the very first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoram Bitton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Annette M. Boeckler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Marc Zvi Brettler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi Lawrence A. Englander, CM, DHL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi Edward Feinstein\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi Solomon B. Freehof, PhD (\u003cem\u003ez\"l\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Eric L. Friedland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi Edwin Goldberg, DHL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi Andrew Goldstein, PhD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Joel M. Hoffman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi Walter Homolka, PhD, DHL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi Delphine Horvilleur\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi Karyn D. Kedar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi Daniel Landes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatherine Madsen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi Jonathan Magonet, PhD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi Dalia Marx, PhD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi Charles H. Middleburgh, PhD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi Jay Henry Moses\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi Aaron D. Panken, PhD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi Jakob J. Petuchowski, PhD (\u003cem\u003ez\"l\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi Jack Riemer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi David Stern\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi David A. Teutsch, PhD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi Margaret Moers Wenig, DD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Ron Wolfson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi Daniel G. Zemel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Wendy Zierler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ePhD\u003c\/b\u003e, has served for more than three decades as professor of liturgy at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. He is a world-renowned liturgist and holder of the Stephen and Barbara Friedman Chair in Liturgy, Worship and Ritual. His work combines research in Jewish ritual, worship and spirituality with a passion for the spiritual renewal of contemporary Judaism.\u003c\/p\u003eHis many books, written and edited, include seven volumes in the \u003cem\u003ePrayers of Awe \u003c\/em\u003eseries: \u003cem\u003eWho by Fire, Who by Water-\u003c\/em\u003eUn'taneh Tokef; \u003cem\u003eAll These Vows-\u003c\/em\u003eKol Nidre; \u003cem\u003eWe Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism-\u003c\/em\u003eAshamnu \u003cem\u003eand \u003c\/em\u003eAl Chet; \u003cem\u003eMay God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism-\u003c\/em\u003eYizkor; \u003cem\u003eAll the World: Universalism, Particularism and the High Holy Days\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eNaming God: \u003c\/em\u003eAvinu Malkeinu\u003cem\u003e-\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eOur Father, Our King\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eEncountering God: \u003c\/em\u003eEl Rachum V'chanun-\u003cem\u003eGod Merciful and Gracious\u003c\/em\u003e. Hoffman also edited the ten-volume series \u003cem\u003eMy People's Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the National Jewish Book Award; and coedited \u003cem\u003eMy People's Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries\u003c\/em\u003e, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award (all Jewish Lights).Rabbi Hoffman cofounded and developed Synagogue 2\/3000, a transdenominational project to envision and implement the ideal synagogue of the spirit for the twenty-first century. In that capacity, he wrote \u003cem\u003eRethinking Synagogues: A New Vocabulary for Congregational Life\u003c\/em\u003e (Jewish Lights).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760223748384,"sku":"9781683361886","price":18.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6437e764e2956b6afadfba55966c8052.webp?v=1780174907","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/may-god-remember-memory-and-memorializing-in-judaism-yizkor-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}