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Books: Reimagining the future of the Jewish People

\”Now, once again, a group of gifted scholars gather to reinterpret the Jewish project, to reassert its meaning, re-envision its institutions and reimagine its future,\” asserts the introduction of the new book: \”Jews and Judaism in the 21st Century: Human Responsibility, the Presence of God and the Future of the Covenant,\” edited by Valley Beth Shalom\’s (VBS) Rabbi Edward Feinstein (Jewish Lights Publishing, $24.99).

The Spin on Spinoza — Rebel or Traitor?

\”Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity\”: Traditional Judaism feared and distrusted this child of the enlightenment. Although prominent Jewish thinkers, from Moses Mendelssohn to Solomon Maimon to modern Zionists, have claimed him as their own, every deliberation on Spinoza wonders — is he a Jewish thinker?

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