The Eternal Dissident: Rabbi Leonard I. Beerman and the Radical Imperative to Think and Act by Myers, David N. [Editor] - 2018-05-11

University of California Press, 5/11/2018 12:00:01 A. paperback. Good. 0.7087 in x 8.9370 in x 5.9843 in. Bumps on corners* Crease on cover and a few pages*

University of California Press, 2018-05-11. Paperback. Very Good. 0.7087 8.9370 5.9843.

Paperback / softback. New. A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. The Eternal Dissident offers rare insight into one of the most inspiring and controversial Reform rabbis of the twentieth century, Leonard Beerman, who was renowned both for his eloquent and challenging sermons and for his unrelenting commitment to social action. Beerman was a man of powerful word and action-a probing intellectual and stirring orator, as well as a nationally known opponent of McCarthyism, racial injustice, and Israeli policy in the occupied territories. The shared source of Beerman's thought and activism was the moral imperative of the Hebrew prophets, which he believed bestowed upon the Jewish people their role as the "eternal dissident." This volume brings Beerman to life through a selection of his most powerful writings, followed by commentaries from notable… Read More

Univ of California Pr, 2018. Paperback. New. 272 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.