2021 Indie Book Award FINALIST
Beyond Casseroles
“Beyond Casseroles” an essay written by Judy-Seldin-Cohen, was published in Impact: Personal Portraits of Activism. The anthology was named a 2021 Indie Book Award Finalist in two categories––Social Change and Anthology.
The book was also featured on NewsBreak’s “9 Books You Should Definitely Give A Look This Winter” alongside books by Steve Harvey, Martha Stewart, Harold Kushner, and Joel Osteen.
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Hadassah Magazine, May 2020
Farmer Daughter, Uptown Mother
“We may need to muster more imagination to understand those daughters who chart their own paths.” Generations of daughters have charted their own path, pursuing lives that are strikingly different from those of their mothers.
Recharging Judaism:
How Civic Engagement Is Good for Synagogues, Jews, and America
Recharging Judaism guides congregations to step outside their building walls to bring systemic justice to their communities and this country. The book includes frameworks to preserve peace within the congregation while doing this work in an age of political divisiveness.
Co-Authored with Rabbi Judith Schindler. Foreword by Dr. Susannah Heschel. Guest essays by Rabbi Jonah Pesner, Meir Lakein, and Ruth Messinger.
Recharging Judaism won a National Jewish Book Award, a program of the Jewish Book Council. The book was named a 2018 finalist in the category of Contemporary Jewish Life and Practice, the Myra H. Kraft Memorial Award.
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The book is available from Amazon, (including a Kindle version),
directly from CCAR Press website, or at Park Road Books in Charlotte, NC.
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Recharging Judaism provides a framework for synagogues and Jewish organizations to strengthen their communal bonds by making social justice central to their mission, and offers concrete ways for individuals and communities alike to involve themselves in civic engagement. Now is a time in which we are called to act, and this collection is the timely resource that aids us in living the values we wish to see reflected in our secular worlds.
Learn more at recharging.ccarpress.org.
recharging Judaism book trailer
Judy Seldin-Cohen, community advocate and co-author of Recharging Judaism, shares a crucial realization about the importance of making injustice personal.
One Minute of Wonder is a series of short, straight-to-the-point videos in which thought leaders share inspiring and thought-provoking anecdotes of wisdom. Visit oneminutewonder.ccarpress.org for more information.
Published on February 14, 2018.
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Past Articles
faith in housing, December 2018
Lead Your Congregation Upstream
faith in housing, may 2019
From Breakfast To A
$20 Million Endowment
Hadassah Magazine, September 2019
What Makes a Good Jew?
Illustration by Donna Grethen
Forward Magazine, November 2017
Why Young American Jews
Are Choosing Social Justice
RavBlog post, 2017
Recharging Judaism,
A Partnership with My Rabbi
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