Eisenstein Portal
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Rabbi Ira Eisenstein and Dr. Judith Eisenstein spoke to congregant Ruby Kohn, (daughter of Eugene Kohn, one of Kaplan’s students):
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For those wanting to grasp “what all the excitement was about” when Judaism As A Civilization appeared, Creative Judaism was a quick and easy way into the discussion.
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What We Mean By Religion focuses less on God as “the Power that makes for salvation…” than on a humanistic extraction of key ideas from each of the Jewish holidays.
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From Ira, I learned that Judaism is not an abstract idea, that religion does not exist in a vacuum, that religion is as religion does. Judaism begins with the Jewish people; religion is a human, social reality, one in which “Belonging precedes Believing” If we want to help Jews love and practice their heritage, we…
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In this piece, Jeffrey remembers a moment in which Ira helped him gain perspective on criticisms of his student rabbinate: “Ira and I talked at great length. Near the end of the conversation, Ira got a glint in his eye and a wry smile formed as he said: