Shul as School
Synagogue should be a place of learning. The Yiddish term for synagogue, shul means “school,” indicating that we should each be learning something every time that we enter. In that spirit, our “Shul as School” program attempts to help adults discover that Judaism offers a lifelong curriculum for living well. To that end, the Reading & Resource Room will now be stocked with ONE synagogue copy of a set of books that I am recommending you read this year. Whenever you enter our building, feel free to stop by the reading room to look over a copy. You are welcome to take a book with you to services; just please return it to the shelf when you are done. Over this coming year, I will be reviewing these books from time to time. I have categorized them by areas of interest: Jewish Spirituality, Leadership, Social Action, Interfaith, etc. If you are part of the TBE or TBEF Board, please purchase and read some of the books on the Leadership bookshelf, so that we can be leading together in the same direction.
Books for Every Jew’s Library
The Jewish Way – Rabbi Irving Greenberg
God in Search in of Man by Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
This is Real and You are Totally Unprepared by Rabbi Alan Lew
The Sabbath by Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
The Sabbath Soul: Mystical Reflections on the Transformative Power of Holy time by Eitan Fishbane
Introduction to Judaism
Introduction to Judaism from the Miller Program in Los Angeles
Introduction to Biblical Hebrew by Randall Buth w/ MP3 CD
For Jewish Leadership Training
Next Generation Judaism by Rabbi Mike Uram
Spirituality of Welcoming by Dr. Ron Wolfson
Adaptive Leadership by Ron Cheifetz
Empowered Judaism by Joey Weisenberg
Interfaith
Meet the Rabbis by Brad H. Young
For Social Action and Teens
There Shall Be No Needy by Rabbi Jill Jacobs
To Heal a Fractured World by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks