Being Jewish in a Gentile World

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

DEFINITIONS

I REMEMBER

JUDAISM IS MORE THAN A RELIGION

ENGLISH IS A CHRISTIAN LANGUAGE

I DON'T WANT TO BE A HYPOCRITE

"FUNNY, HIGHLY VERBAL AND SLIGHTLY NEUROTIC"

COWPERSONS AND NATIVE AMERICANS

WOLFGANG PUCK ON `TRADITION'

SACKS APPEAL AND THE JEWS

"'TIS THE SEASON..."

"...I HAVE CALLED YOU BY NAME, YOU ARE MINE."

VALUES

WHY BE JEWISH?

ABORTION — ETHICAL IS NOT ALWAYS JEWISH

MORAL EQUATIONISM

KOSHER HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FOOD

OF MEN AND SUPERMEN

"JUSTICE, JUSTICE SHALL YOU PURSUE"

THOU SHALT TEACH THEM DILIGENTLY TO THY...SELF!

R.J. REYNOLDS DOESN'T CHEW GUM

OPHTHALMOLOGY AND JURISPRUDENCE

HISTORY AND HUMANITY

MAKING LOVE AT SINAI

TORAH AND THE ART OF MINDING OUR OWN BUSINESS

CELEBRATION

SING A SONG OF SONGS

HANUKKAH - CELEBRATION OF THE NON-NEGOTIABLE

MACRO YOMTOV...MICRO YOMTOV

"ONCE IN A PURIM"

"NO LEAVENED BREAD SHALL BE EATEN, YOU GO FREE ON THIS DAY..."

"...LET NOT THE DESTROYER ENTER YOUR HOME..."

"DOIN' WHAT COMES (UN)NATURALLY"

WHAT'S A JEWISH WEDDING?

ISRAEL

WHAT IS A JEWISH STATE?

THE JOY OF MOURNING

ISRAEL AS TREE

TITLE, OCCUPANCY AND JEWISH HISTORY

PAST AND FUTURE

WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND THEY ARE...US!

SELF-INTEREST, DENIAL AND JEWISH SOCIOLOGISTS

WHAT IF PESAH NEVER HAPPENED?

THOU SHALT NOT FORGET

"RELIEF AND DELIVERANCE WILL COME TO THE JEWS FROM ANOTHER QUARTER"

TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES

GODLINESS

"BE A MENSCH!" - DYNAMIC TORAH

FROM THE ORDINARY TO THE EXTRAORDINARY

ACCESSIBLE HOLINESS: WORKING FOR THE JEWISH COMMUNITY

INDEX