Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons™
Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Sparking A Renewed Jewish Commitment To Service, Sara Paasche-Orlow, Maggi G. Gaines
Sparking A Renewed Jewish Commitment To Service, Sara Paasche-Orlow, Maggi G. Gaines
Special Topics, General
Where do Jews stand in relation to service and what might a Jewish commitment to service look like? By reflecting on historical Jewish understandings of service, we hope to gain perspective on the present and the need to rejoin our concepts of God, service, and worship. Such explorations can spark a radical transformation of our social and communal norms.
United We Serve: A Call To Universal Jewish Service, Maggi G. Gaines, Sara Paasche-Orlow
United We Serve: A Call To Universal Jewish Service, Maggi G. Gaines, Sara Paasche-Orlow
Special Topics, General
We have reached a turning point in American Jewish history. Now that large segments of our community are living successful, integrated lives, we have an opportunity to align ourselves behind service to enrich Jewish life and to effect prophetic change in the world. In Pirke Avot (Ethics of the Fathers), Rabbi Tarfon admonishes us, "You are not obliged to finish the task, neither are you free to desist from it." The usual interpretation is that our task is bigger than any of us in terms of the quantity of work that must be done. Rabbi Tarfon's dictum, however, also refers …