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Radical Then, Radical Now
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Jewish Thought
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Preface
Part I; The Question
1 Why Be Jewish?2 Answers3 Who Am I? Who Are We?4 A Letter in the Scroll
Part II; The Journey
5 A Palace in Flames6 The Idea of Man7 Covenantal Morality8 The Chosen People
Part III; The Vision
9 Exodus and Revelation10 Covenantal Society11 Tragedy and Triumph12 Truth Lived
Part IV; The Future
13 In the Valley of the Shadow14 Ambivalence and Assimilation15 This Is Ours16 Why I Am a Jew
Epilogue

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Author: Jonathan Sacks
In Radical Then, Radical Now, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks addressed how, in the face of catastrophe and adversity over thousands of years, Judaism has remained and flourished. Tracing the revolutionary series of philosophical and theological ideas that Judaism created — from covenant to Shabbat to formal education — and showing how they remain compellingly relevant in contemporary times, Sacks portrays Jewish identity as an honor and a duty. Sacks originally wrote the book as a wedding gift to his son and daughter-in-law.

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