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Download Printable Version I In his article “Reform Judaism, Bioethics, and Abortion” (Journal, Winter 1990), Alvin J. Reines advances an idea that is either meaningless, or else raises very serious moral questions, depending upon how one views his premise. His…
Continue readingDownload Printable Version Special thanks to author Rabbi Anthony D. Holz “When you’re working toward a vision that’s firmly grounded in your values, when you are truly passionate about what you do, you will be capable of astounding creativity with…
Continue readingDownload Printable Version Definitions Polydoxy is a religious or philosophy-of-life ideology whose essential principle is that every person possesses an inherent right to ultimate self-authority over her or his psyche and body. This principle will be referred to as the…
Continue readingA critique of the Shabbath service of the Union Prayer Book can concern itself with two distinct questions. One is how well the service carries out the principles upon which the Union Prayer Book is based; the other is whether…
Continue readingA polydox philosophy of religious education sets forth the nature and purpose of religious education as viewed from the polydox perspective.
Continue readingThe Counselors-in-Training (CIT) group was made up of 36 carefully selected entering 12th graders, who attended a modernised Jewish camp for 5 weeks. The CITs spent their time working with campers, and the rest with their own activities. These activities…
Continue readingIt would appear to be axiomatic that the ceremonies and principles of the same religion must be consistent with one another. For if a religion’s ceremonies and principles are not mutually consistent, this leads to the incongruous result that the…
Continue readingDownload Printable Version The Failure of Seventh-Day Shabbat In the 1960s, this writer introduced a new concept of Shabbat: Shabbat as a state of being.(1) This is an appropriate time to focus anew on this concept, which will be referred to…
Continue readingReligious intermarriage has become an increasingly wide-spread phenomenon in the Western world.
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