RT Book
T1 The Eternal Dissident: Rabbi Leonard I. Beerman and the Radical Imperative to Think and Act
A1 N. Myers, David
LA English
PP Oakland
PB University of Californiarnia Press
YR 2018
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1778554849
AB The Eternal Dissident offers rare insight into one of the most inspiring and thought-provoking Reform rabbis of the twentieth century, Leonard Beerman, who was renowned both for his eloquent and challenging sermons and for his unrelenting commitment to social action. Beerman was a man of powerful word and action—a probing intellectual and stirring orator, as well as a nationally known opponent of McCarthyism, racial injustice, and Israeli policy in the occupied territories. The shared source of Beerman’s thought and activism was the moral imperative of the Hebrew prophets, which he believed bestowed upon the Jewish people their role as the “eternal dissident.” This volume brings Beerman to life through a selection of his most powerful writings, followed by commentaries from notable scholars, rabbis, and public personalities that speak to the quality and ongoing relevance of Beerman’s work
SN 9780520969797
K1 Religion: general
K1 Judaism
K1 Religious groups: social & cultural aspects