Righteous Indignation

Rabbi Or N. Rose is an associate dean at the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College. He is the coeditor of God in All Moments: Mystical and Practical Spiritual Wisdom from Hasidic Masters and Righteous Indignation: A Jewish Call for Justice; Jewish Mysticism and the Spiritual Life: Classical Texts, Contemporary Reflections and Speaking Torah: Spiritual Teachings from around the Maggid's Table, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 (all Jewish Lights).Jo Ellen Green Kaiser, PhD, has fostered Jewish thinking about social justice for over a decade as an editor at Tikkun and at Zeek: A Journal of Jewish Thought and Culture.Margie Klein is a passionate activist and budding religious leader. Founder and director of Moishe House Boston: Kavod Jewish Social Justice House, she is a student at the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College. She is the founder of Project Democracy, a program that mobilized 97,000 students to vote in the 2004 election.Dr. David Ellenson is president of Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion. Dr. Ellenson was ordained as a rabbi at HUC JIR and received his PhD from Columbia University. His book After Emancipation: Jewish Religious Responses to Modernity won the National Jewish Book Award. His most recent book, Pledges of Jewish Allegiance: Conversion, Law, and Policymaking in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Orthodox Responsa, was coauthored with Daniel Gordis.

"A must-have book.... This anthology will probably play an important role in advancing the progressive agenda in ... American elections."—Association of Jewish Libraries "An essential and engaging source to read, study, refer to and strengthen our resolve. Let all who care about justice or Judaism enter here."—Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, PhD, author, The Colors of Jews: Racial Politics and Radical Diasporism“Unites the memory of yesterday with the promise of tomorrow. Addresses all of us, here and now.”—Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis, Valley Beth Shalom“Rich and passionate, these expressions will inspire you to consider your obligations as a Jew, as an American and as a global citizen, while challenging you to take thoughtful and effective action in the world.”—Jewish Media Review “A passion for justice infuses the articles, and the inspiration of Abraham Joshua Heschel shines through clearly.... Gives us hope for a reinvigorated Judaism in the twenty-first century, and a world that will come closer to redemption.”—Professor Susannah Heschel, author, Abraham Geiger and the Jewish Jesus“Marvelous … inspires us to do more to bring about the changes that our world so desperately needs.”—Rabbi J. Rolando Matalon, Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, New York City“Particularly noteworthy in exploring the role of social action and community organizing as a means of expressing one's Jewishness and Judaism.”—Jewish Book World “Varied and interesting … represents the cutting edge of the Jewish prophetic tradition in our contemporary world. Read it and be inspired!”—Rabbi Arthur Green “More than meets its mark.... [A] wonderful buffet of ideas, replete not just with tradition, but with innovative interpretations suited to a twenty-first century approach toward social action and reform. A must-have.”—Publishers Weekly

• ForewordDavid EllensonAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPART 1. Judaism, Justice, and American LifeCan Social Justice Save the American Jewish Soul?Sidney SchwarzWhat Does Tikkun Olam Actually Mean?Jane KanarekDivine Limitation and Human ResponsibilityOr N. RosePreaching What I Practice: The Power of Jewish OrganizingMargie KleinThe Legacy of Abraham Joshua Heschel: Jewish Spirituality and Political TransformationMichael LernerReligious Leadership and PoliticsDavid SapersteinPART II. Renewing Creation: Judaism and the EnvironmentRereading Genesis: Human Stewardship of the EarthEllen BernsteinJewish Textual Practice and Sustainable CultureNatan MargalitWonder and Restraint: A Rabbinical Call to Environmental ActionCOEJLToxic Waste and the TalmudJeremy BensteinJudaism, Oil, and Renewable EnergyShana StarobinPART III. The Temple of the Spirit: The Human BodyRedemption for Radicals: Jewish Congregation-Based Community OrganizingJonah Dov PesnerThe Blood of Our Neighbors: American Health Care ReformSandra Fox and Martin SeltmanThe Global AIDS Crisis: Caring for the Sick by Standing with the ActivistsJacob Feinspan and Julia GreenbergA Jewish View of Embryonic Stem Cell ResearchElliot N. DorffThe Brownsville Legacy: Judaism and Reproductive RightsJudith RosenbaumLooking Inward: Domestic Violence within the Jewish CommunityNaomi TuckerPART IV. The Yoke of Oppression: Social and Economic JusticeHearing the Voice of the PoorAryeh CohenA Jewish Vision for Economic JusticeJill JacobsWhy a Labor Movement MattersArieh LebowitzAnd If Not Together, How? Jews and Immigration in the United StatesDara SilvermanGracious Giver of Wisdom: Recovering America's Great Public School SystemMarla Feldman and Joshua Seth LadonThe Possibility of Change: An Argument for Restorative JusticeSharon Brous and Daniel SokatchPART V. Klal Yisrael: Creating an Inclusive CommunityThe Significance of Sex: Social Order and Post-Mythic ReligionJay MichaelsonBeyond Same-Sex Marriage: Social Justice and Sexual Values in JudaismMartha Ackelsberg and Judith PlaskowPriority Lists: A Dialogue on Judaism, Feminism, and ActivismRebecca Alpert and Danya RuttenbergCreated Beings of Our Own: Toward a Jewish Liberation Theology for Men, Women, and Everyone ElseElliot Rose KuklaMultiracial Jewish Families: A Personal and Political Approach to Justice PoliticsMarla BrettschneiderDifferently Abled: The Lesson of Rabbi ElazarAbigail UhrmanPART VI. Seeking Peace: Israel, Palestine, and American JewryWarriors, Prophets, Peacemakers, and Disciples: A Call to Action in the Face of Religiously Inspired ViolenceMelissa WeintraubPlotting the Middle Path to Israeli-Palestinian Peace: The Role of American JewsDiane BalserImitatio Dei and/as Shared Space: A Jewish Theological Argument for Sharing the Holy LandShaul MagidEverything Falls ApartJoel SchalitThe Challenge of Making PeaceStephen P. CohenPART VII. The Seventy Nations: Global ConcernsAm I My Brother's Keeper If My Brother Lives Halfway Around the World?Ruth Messinger and Aaron DorfmanA Jewish Response to GlobalizationMicha Odenheimer"Silence Is Akin to Assent": Judaism and the War in IraqAdam RubinOnce Again: Genocide in DarfurMark HanisHow to Split the Sea: Anti-Semitism and Social ChangeApril RosenblumReopening the Tent of AbrahamPhyllis Berman and Arthur WaskowNotesCreditsRighteous Indignation on the WebAbout the Editors