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"RaMBaM" Wednesday Afternoon Study Group
The Wednesday afternoon discussion group ("Rambam") begins a new Jewish year (5764) of study on Sept. 3, 2003, 12:00 noon, at Temple Judea (Silverman or Grossman meeting room) reading The Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations by Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Sacks.
The Dignity of Difference is available from Amazon.com, which is offering the paperback edition for $10.47 (list price $14.95) and the hardbound edition for $13.97 (list price $19.95).
An interview in The Guardian entitled "Prophet of Hope" (Aug. 27, 2002) also deals with the major themes of this book.
Note: Marsha B. Cohen will be reviewing this book for the Great Jewish Book Lecture Series on Thursday, Jan. 15, at 2:00 p.m., at the Kendall Branch Library, 9101 S.W. 97 Ave. (phone 305-279-0521). The program,which is sponsored by the Dave and Mary Alper JCC, the South Dade Chapter of Hadassah and the Miami-Dade Public Library system, is free and open to the public.
The "Bostoner Rebbe" (Levi Isaac Horowitz)
Please note: in the article about the Bostoner Rebbe by Micah Gil (click above), the "Continued" links
between pages do not work. However, if you go to the box at the left side of the page captioned, "In the Court
of the Bostoner Rebbe," clicking on "The Grammatical 'You'" will take you to Part 2 and "Tickled by the Rebbe" will take
you to Part 3. You'll be able to read the entire article.
David Biale, Power and Powerlessness in Jewish History
We spent a year and a half reading and discussing David Biale's Power and Powerlessness in Jewish History, an examination of how images of power and powerlessness have been utilized by Jewish nationalists and accomodationists over the past two millennia.
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