{"product_id":"jewish-renewal-a-journey-the-movements-history-ideology-and-future-9780595411818","title":"Jewish Renewal: A Journey: The Movement's History, Ideology, and Future","description":"In 1980, Sholom Groesberg changed his life's course. He resigned as dean of engineering at Widener University in order to pursue a career in the rabbinate. Accepted at the Academy for Jewish Religion, he was ordained in 1984. Ten years later Rabbi Groesberg encountered the Jewish Renewal movement Its approach to creating an authentic identity within the context of living as a Jew resonated strongly within him. He became an ardent adherent of the movement. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJewish Renewed: A Journey\u003c\/i\u003e is a combination academic study and personal memoir written for the educated lay reader. It traces the movement's history, explicates its ideology and practices, and examines the future challenges facing the movement Among others, this book will interest: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistory buffs*****Educators*****Spiritual seekers*****Environmentalists Alienated Jews seeking a \"home\"*****Practitioners in the helping professions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will also appeal to those of a philosophical bent searching for answers to questions of Ultimate Concern; answers that invest our lives with meaning\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhy bother to be Jewish?\u003cbr\u003e Can secularism and religiosity be bridged? \u003cbr\u003e Why do new religious movements survive-or fail? \u003cbr\u003e Are the Kabbalah's teachings relevant to contemporary times? \u003cbr\u003e How can a modernist Jew conceptualize the significance of God? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rabbi Sholom Groesberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595411818\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45134675017843,"sku":"9780595411818","price":22.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_30de3797-81ea-4d5f-bab5-45406d0a8e69.jpg?v=1782390246","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/jewish-renewal-a-journey-the-movements-history-ideology-and-future-9780595411818","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}