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Arthur Green is rector of the Rabbinical School and Irving Brudnick Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Religion at Hebrew College. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including
The Heart of the Matter: Studies in Jewish Mysticism and Theology (JPS, 2015).¿
Ariel Evan Mayse¿is an assistant professor of religious studies at Stanford University and editor of
From the Depth of the Well: An Anthology of Jewish Mysticism. Green and Mayse’s companion volume,
A New Hasidism: Roots (JPS, 2019), is being published concurrently.
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List of contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Part I. Ahavat ha-Shem, The Love of God: Theology and Faith
1. Zalman Schachter-Shalomi–The Thirteen Aspirations of Faith
2. Arthur Green–A Neo-Hasidic Credo
3. Nehemia Polen–Touches of Intimacy: Leviticus, Sacred Space, Torah’s Center
4. Don Seeman–The Anxiety of Ethics and the Presence of God
5. Or N. Rose–Hasidism and the Religious Other: A Textual Exploration and Theological Response
6. David Seidenberg–Building the Body of the Shekhinah: Re-enchantment and Redemption of the Natural World in Hasidic Thought
Part II. Ahavat Torah, The Love of Torah: Practice and Devotion
7. Ariel Evan Mayse–Neo-Hasidism and Halakhah: The Duties of Intimacy and the Law of the Heart
8. Nancy Flam–Training the Heart and Mind Toward Expansive Awareness: A Neo-Hasidic Journey
9. James Jacobson-Maisels–Neo-Hasidic Meditation: Mindfulness as a Neo-Hasidic Practice
10. Jonathan Slater–Neo-Hasidism for Today's Jewish Seeker: A Personal Reflection
11. Estelle Frankel–Sacred Narrative Therapy: Hasidism, Storytelling, and Healing
Part III. Ahavat Yisra’el, The Love of Israel: Leaders and Communities
12. Ebn Leader–Does A New Hasidism Need Rebbes?
13. Shaul Magid–Shlomo Carlebach: A Trans-National Jew in Search of Himself
14. Arthur Green–A Rebbe for Our Age?: Bratslav and Neo-Bratslav in Israel Today
15. Naama Zifroni, Bambi Sheleg, Arthur Green, and Ariel Horowitz–Spiritual Awakenings: An Interview with Haviva Pedaya
16. Elhanan Nir–The Turn to Hasidism in the Religious Zionist Israeli Yeshiva
17. Jordan Schuster–A Closing Conversation with the Editors
Contributor Biographies
Notes
About the author
Arthur Green is rector of the Rabbinical School and Irving Brudnick Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Religion at Hebrew College. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including
The Heart of the Matter: Studies in Jewish Mysticism and Theology (JPS, 2015).
Ariel Evan Mayse is an assistant professor of religious studies at Stanford University and editor of
From the Depth of the Well: An Anthology of Jewish Mysticism. Green and Mayse’s companion volume,
A New Hasidism: Roots (JPS, 2019), is being published concurrently.
Summary
A New Hasidism: Branches breaks new ground in treating Neo-Hasidism as a contemporary approach to Jewish living. Beginning with two defining credos, it goes to discuss such issues as halakhah, leadership, the role of women, ecology, and more from a Neo-Hasidic perspective.
