Jewish Lights Publishing May god remember: memory and memorializing in judaism--yizkor, paperback/lawrence a. hoffman

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An engaging and sobering look at memorializing in Judaism and why memory--ours and God's--is so central to people.

Through a series of lively introductions and commentaries, over thirty contributors--men and women, scholars, rabbis, theologians and poets, representing all Jewish denominations--examine the history and ideas behind Yizkor , the Jewish memorial service, and this fascinating chapter in Jewish piety.

Featuring the traditional prayers--provided in the original Hebrew and a new and annotated translation--this fourth volume in the Prayers of Awe series explores the profound theological questions at the core of this service and our own humanity: What happens to us after we die? Is there really an afterlife? Does our fate after death depend on the goodness with which we have pursued our earthly life? And more.

Prayers of Awe A multi-volume series designed to explore the High Holy Day liturgy and enrich the praying experience for everyone--whether experienced worshipers or guests who encounter Jewish prayer for the very first time.

Contributors: Yoram Bitton Dr.

Annette M.

Boeckler Dr.

Marc Zvi Brettler Rabbi Lawrence A.

Englander, CM, DHL Rabbi Edward Feinstein Rabbi Solomon B.

Freehof, PhD ( zl ) Dr.

Eric L.

Friedland Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand Rabbi Edwin Goldberg, DHL Rabbi Andrew Goldstein, PhD Dr.

Joel M.

Hoffman Rabbi Lawrence A.

Hoffman , PhD Rabbi Walter Homolka, PhD, DHL Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur Rabbi Karyn D.

Kedar Rabbi Daniel Landes Catherine Madsen Rabbi Jonathan Magonet, PhD Rabbi Dalia Marx, PhD Rabbi Charles H.

Middleburgh, PhD Rabbi Jay Henry Moses Rabbi Aaron D.

Panken, PhD Rabbi Jakob J.

Petuchowski, PhD ( zl ) Rabbi Jack Riemer Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso Rabbi David Stern Rabbi David A.

Teutsch, PhD Rabbi Margaret Moers Wenig, DD Dr.

Ron Wolfson Rabbi Daniel G.

Zemel Dr.

Wendy Zierler About author(s): Rabbi Lawrence A.

Hoffman , PhD , has served for more than three decades as professor of liturgy at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York.

He is a world-renowned liturgist and holder of the Stephen and Barbara Friedman Chair in Liturgy, Worship and Ritual.

His work combines research in Jewish ritual, worship and spirituality with a passion for the spiritual renewal of contemporary Judaism.

His many books, written and edited, include seven volumes in the Prayers of Awe series: Who by Fire, Who by Water- Un'taneh Tokef; All These Vows- Kol Nidre; We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism- Ashamnu and Al Chet; May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism- Yizkor; All the World: Universalism, Particularism and the High Holy Days ; Naming God: Avinu Malkeinu - Our Father, Our King ; and Encountering God: El Rachum V'chanun- God Merciful and Gracious .

Hoffman also edited the ten-volume series My People's Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries , winner of the National Jewish Book Award; and coedited My People's Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries , a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award (all Jewish Lights).

Rabbi Hoffman cofounded and developed Synagogue 2/3000, a transdenominational project to envision and implement the ideal synagogue of the spirit for the twenty-first century.

In that capacity, he wrote Rethinking Synagogues: A New Vocabulary for Congregational Life (Jewish Lights).