Octavo, hardcover, fine in near fine white and black dj. Giftable. Challenges the American Jewish community to rethink Judaism as something both born Jews and converts must actively choose-and to shift its focus from preventing intermarriage to building a community that attracts and welcomes converts. 216 pp. including index.

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T�tulo: Opening the Gates: How Proactive Conversion Can Revitalize the Jewish Community
Editor: San Francisco, CA, U.S.A. : Jossey-Bass, Incorporated Publishers, 1999
Fecha de publicaci�n: 1999
Idioma: Ingl�s
ISBN 10: 0787908819
ISBN 13: 9780787908812
Encuadernaci�n: Hardcover
Edici�n: 1st Edition
Impresi�n: 1st Printing
Estado: Fine
Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good

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In Opening the Gates, Gary Tobin challenges his fellow American Jews to avoid the process of entropy that could take a devastating toll in the Jewish community. "This should be our primary task," Tobin passionately argues. Tobin confronts his community with the eye-opening reality that "in order to rebuild and revitalize Judaism in this country we must rethink our religion as something both born Jews and converts must actively choose and stop blaming intermarriage for Judaism's decline." He implores the Jewish community to shift its focus from preventing intermarriage to embracing an open, positive, accessible, and joyful process of encouraging non-Jews to become Jews. As Tobin bluntly puts it, "We must abandon the paradigm that our children and grandchildren may become Gentiles and promote the thought that America is filled with millions of potential Jews." Opening the Gates examines the role conversion should play in the Jewish future. It looks at the way the Jewish community currently handles issues of intermarriage and conversion and recommAnds strategies to incorporate conversion into a larger vision of building the next Jewish civilization. Tobin suggests what Judaism might look like if it were to promote itself as a positive choice for both Jews and non-Jews in the marketplace of religious affiliation-and tells us what the community needs to do to mold this future. Tobin's controversial plan is sure to spark productive dialogue throughout the Jewish community.

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GARY A. TOBIN, Ph.D., is president of the Institute for Jewish and Community Research in San Francisco and director of the Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Program in Jewish Policy Research at the University of Judaism. He has published extensively in the areas of antisemitism, synagogue affiliation, Jewish organizational planning, and philanthropy and foundations in the Jewish community. Tobin is the recipient of the 1997 Koret Foundation Prize for his research in the American Jewish community.

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