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America and Zion: Essays and Papers in Memory of Moshe Davis

Edited by Eli Lederhendler and Jonathan D. Sarna

Dedicated to Moshe Davis, this ecumenical collection of essays focuses on the theme of Zion in American spiritual history, while highlighting the relationship between American Judaism and its predominantly Christian environment.

Behoref Hayamim / In the Winter of Life: A Values-Based Jewish Guide for Decision Making at the End of Life

Reconstructionist Rabbinical College Center for Jewish Ethics

An anthology of articles addressing the the common medical questions that families face at the end of life, and offering insights into what the spirit needs at such times.

Communings of the Spirit: The Journals of Mordecai M. Kaplan, Volume 1: 1913–1934

Edited by Mel Scult

Selections from the diary of the founder of Reconstructionism in America, covering Kaplan’s early years as a rabbi, teacher of rabbis, and community leader.

An Arthur A. Cohen Reader: Selected Fiction and Writings on Judaism, Theology, Literature, and Culture

Edited by David Stern and Paul Mendes-Flohr

This collection presents Cohen’s writings on constructive and post-Holocaust theology, historical studies of Jewish philosophers, literary and art criticism, and selections from his fiction.

The Life and Work of Ludwig Lewisohn, Volume I: “A Touch of Wildness”

Ralph Melnick

A biography that merges the personal life and writings of an influential modern Jewish scholar and writer.

The Life and Work of Ludwig Lewisohn, Volume II: “This Dark and Desperate Age”

Ralph Melnick

Concludes the story of one of the twentieth century’s most outspoken advocates of Jewish culture.