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Category Archives: R. Bradley Shavit Artson
The God Who Cannot Compel: Bradley Shavit Artson and the Hero System of Process
A woman sits in the rabbi’s study. Her son is dead at nineteen, a car on the 405 at two in the morning, and she has come with the question that predates the Book of Job. She does not raise … Continue reading
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Decoding Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson
ChatGPT says: Through Alliance Theory, Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson is best understood as a legitimacy curator and identity synthesis specialist whose role is to preserve meaningful Jewish engagement within a high-choice, low-coercion environment by reframing Jewish tradition as intellectually robust … Continue reading
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Where Are The Orthodox?
In the wake of last week’s flotilla mess, numerous non-Orthodox rabbis took to print to critique Israel’s response. Among them was Conservative rabbi Sharon Brous. Her complete lack of expertise in matters of security did not stop her from approvingly … Continue reading
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Tagged bradley shavit artson, conservative rabbi, Dennis Prager, flotilla, israeli policies, mossad, orthodox clergy, orthodox rabbis, security methods, torah scholar, torah scholars
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The Dynamic God You Already Love (But Didn’t Know You Could)
On June 1 at 7:30 pm, Sinai Temple hosts a lecture and discussion on Rabbi Brad Artson’s process theology. Here’s the billing: “New scientific findings of the past century have changed our understanding of everything – the evolution of the … Continue reading
Posted in Conservative Judaism, R. Bradley Shavit Artson, Sinai Temple
Tagged case god, conservative rabbis, process theology, quantum weirdness, rabbi david wolpe, religions in america
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Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson: ‘Coming To Know The God We Already Love’
Did you get that phrase — “Coming To Know The God We Already Love”? What Jew talks like this? This is Christian talk. What is primary in Christianity — faith, hope, love, humility — is secondary in Judaism and what … Continue reading
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Tagged hebrew union college, jewish theology, life journeys, process theology, reb moshe, theology and philosophy
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