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"Giving and Sharing the 'Gift of Life'" with Bonita E Taylor, The Orchard, Fall, 2003
"Blended Families: Sarah, Hagar, and All That . . . " in Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling, Spring, 2003
"You lift us up" in Healing Ministry, Winter 2003
Review of Yossi Klein Halevi, At the Entrance of the Garden of Eden: A Jew's Search for God with Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land
Reviews in Jewish Spectator Review of Books, Spring-Summer, 2002 [click to see list]:
Khalid Duran with Abdelwahab Hechiche, Children of Abraham: An Introduction to Islam For Jews
Adele Berlin, Esther: The JPS Bible Commentary
Lawrence Kushner, The Way Into Jewish Mystical Tradition
Raymond P. Scheindlin, A Short History of the Jewish People: From Legendary Times to Modern Statehood
Harriet Rochlin, On Her Way Home
Chaim Potok, Old Men at Midnight
"Nearly Everything We Wish Our Non-Jewish Supervisors Had Known About Us as Jewish Supervisees" with Bonita E Taylor in Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling, Winter, 2002
"Angels: More Than Can Dance On The Head Of A Pin" with Bonita E Taylor, in The Jewish Chaplain, Winter, 2002
"Chaplaincy in Long-Term Care (And Prison) Settings: People's 'Names' and 'Identities' Affect Their Lives" in Healing Ministry, Fall 2002
"Family of Resident's Support Group: Sharing Disappointments and Coping With Anger" in Annals of Long-Term Care, September 2002
"Family of Resident's Support Group: A Safe Place to Vent and Lament" in Annals of Long-Term Care, May 2002
Review of Charles A. Spirn, My Life as a Chaplain in Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling, Spring, 2002
Reviews in Jewish Spectator Review of Books, Winter, 2002 [click to see list]:
Marc D. Angel, But Who Am I, and Who Are My People?
Charles A. Spirn, My Life as a Chaplain
Manuel Laderman, Letters of Faith
Anita Diamant, Good Harbor
Philip Roth, The Dying Animal
"When Do the Best Rest - and Why? A Work in Progress" in Journal of Jewish Communal Service, Fall, 2001
Reviews in Jewish Spectator Review of Books, Fall, 2001 [click to see list]:
Katie Singer, The Wholeness of a Broken Heart
Lawrence A. Hoffman, The Way into Jewish Prayer
Allegra Goodman, Paradise Park
Steven L. McKenzie, King David: A Biography
Robert Boston, Close Encounters with the Religious Right: Journeys into the Twilight Zone
Merrill Joan Gerber, The Kingdom of Brooklyn
Alan M. Dershowitz, Just Revenge
Review of Jonathan Rosen, The Talmud and the Internet: A Journey Between Worlds in Jewish Spectator Review of Books, Summer, 2001
"Blended Families: Sympathizing With Sarah" in Midstream, July-August, 2001
"Through a Different Lens: American Jewish Women Writers" (with Bonita E Taylor) in Jewish Spectator Review of Books, Spring 2001
"Answering 'Why Me, Why Now?' Empowering the Elderly Through Response-Ability" in Annals of Long-Term Care, May 2001
Review of Katie Singer, The Wholeness of a Broken Heart in Lilith, Spring 2001
"Rescuing Rebecca's Reputation: A Midrash on Genesis 27" in CCAR Journal, Winter, 2001
Reviews in CCAR Journal, Winter, 2001 [click to see list]:
Naomi Levy, To Begin Again: The Journey Toward Comfort, Strength and Faith in Difficult Time
Wayne Dosick, When Life Hurts: A Book of Hope
"Believing in Angels" (with Bonita E Taylor) in Jewish Spectator, Winter 2001
Reviews in Jewish Spectator Review of Books, Winter 2001 [click to see list]:
Yaacov Ariel, Evangelizing the Chosen People: Missions to the Jews in America, 1880-2000
Dan Cohn-Sherbok, Messianic Judaism
Lawrence Fuchs, Beyond Patriarch: Jewish Fathers and Families
Review of Ruth Knafo Setton, The Road to Fez (with Bonita E Taylor) in Lilith, Winter 2000-2001
"When I'm Sixty-Four" in Midstream, September-October, 2000
Reviews in Jewish Spectator, Summer, 2000 [click to see list]:
Edward Cohen, The Peddler's Grandson
John Cornwell, Hitler's Pope
Naomi Levy, To Begin Again
Daniel Gordis, Becoming a Jewish Parent
Reviews in CCAR Journal, Fall 1999 [click to see list]:
Roger E. Herst, Woman of the Cloth
Mordechai Schreiber, editor, The Shengold Encyclopedia
"Transcending Transitions: Jacob/Israel and How We Deal With Our New 'Names'" in Journal of Pastoral Care, Fall, 1999
"Betrayal (and Growth) in Genesis 22" in CCAR Journal, Spring, 1999
"Jacob's Theft of Esau's Blessing" in Midstream, January, 1999
Reviews in Jewish Spectator, Winter, 1999 [click to see list]:
Mordechai Schreiber, Land of Dreams: An Israeli Childhood
Roger E. Herst, Woman of the Cloth
Allegra Goodman, Kaaterskill Falls
Reviews in Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Spring, 1998:
J. Robert Wright, The Holy Sepulchre: The Church of the Resurrection - An Ecumenical Guide
Donald E. Wagner, Anxious for Armageddon: A Call to Partnership for Middle Eastern and Western Christians
"Responsibility and Response-ability: No Small Gift" in Journal of Pastoral Care, Winter, 1998
Review of Peter W. L. Walker, Jesus and the Holy City: New Testament Perspectives on Jerusalem, in Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Winter, 1998
Reviews in Jewish Spectator, Summer, 1998 [click to see list]:
John and Carol Garrard, The Bones of Berdichev: The Life and Fate of Vasily Grossman
Jeffrey S. Gurock, American Jewish Orthodoxy in Historical Perspective
Dvora Waysman, The Pomegranate Pendant
"World Jewry's New Zionism" in Jewish Spectator, Spring, 1998
"Why Would You Ask My Name?" in The Jewish Chaplain, Spring, 1998
Reviews in Jewish Spectator, Winter, 1998 [click to see list]:
Tina Rosenberg, The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism
Charles T. Powers, In The Memory of the Forest
Neil J. Kressel, Mass Hate: The Global Rise of Genocide
Ingo Hasselbach, Fuhrer-Ex: Memoirs of a Former Neo-Nazi
Felix Zandman, Never The Last Journey
Review of David A. Cooper, Renewing Your Soul in Jewish Spectator, Summer 1997
Reviews in Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Fall, 1996 [click to see list]:
Moshe Davis, America and the Holy Land
P[eter] W. L. Walker, ed., Jerusalem Past and Present in the Purposes of God
"Here and Now" (with Glenn and Jeanne Gillette) in Jewish Spectator, Fall 1996
"The Marvels of Midrash: Jonah as Defender of the Jews" in Midstream, August/September 1996
"Jewish 'Continuity' and the 'Ever-Dying' Jews" in Jewish Spectator, Summer, 1996
Review of Vicky Genia, Counseling and Psychotherapy of Religious Clients: A Developmental Approach in Review of Religious Research, March, 1996
"Shameful Secrets: Jews in American Prisons" in Midstream, January 1996
"Rebbitzens and Women Rabbis: Portrayals in Contemporary American Jewish Fiction" in CCAR Journal, Winter 1995
"Jonah's Journey" in Judaism, Summer, 1995
Review of Larry Kushner and Kerry Olitzky, Sparks Beneath the Surface in Jewish Spectator, Summer 1995
"Jerusalem, the Sacred City: Perspectives From Judaism and Islam" (with Jane Smith) in Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Spring 1995
Review of David Blumenthal, Facing the Abusing God: A Theology of Protest in Jewish Spectator, Spring 1995
"Jews in American Prisons" in Jewish Spectator, Fall 1994
Review of Dan Cohn-Sherbok, Not a Job For A Nice Jewish Boy in Jewish Spectator, Summer 1994
"Malamud as Modern Midrash" in Judaism, Summer 1994
Review of Michael Gold, Does GOD Belong in the Bedroom? in Jewish Spectator, Spring 1994
"Bernard Malamud, N. Scott Momaday and the Search for Redemption" in Paintbrush, Spring 1994
Commissioned to write articles on "Suffering" and "Tolerance/Pluralism" for 1994 expanded edition of A Dictionary of the Jewish-Christian Dialogue (Leon Klenicki and Geoffrey Wigoder, eds.)
Commissioned to write article on "Jewish Mission and Missionizing" for 1994 publication "In Dialogue" of the Interfaith Department of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith
Regular book reviews for The Rocky Mountain News, 1991-present
Review of Lucy S. Dawidowicz, What is the Use of Jewish History? in Jewish Spectator, Fall 1993
"Abraham, Isaac and Malamud" in Conservative Judaism, Summer 1993
Reviews in Jewish Spectator, Fall 1992 [click to see list]:
Leon Klenicki (ed.), Toward a Theological Encounter
Max Dimont, Appointment in Jerusalem
John P. Meier, A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus
"Midrash and Modern American Jewish Literature" in Studies in American Jewish Literature, Spring 1992
Review of Lena Romanoff with Lisa Holstein, Your People, My People: Finding Fulfillment as a Jew by Choice in Jewish Spectator, Winter 1991-1992
Review of Jerold S. Auerbach, Rabbis and Lawyers: The Journey from Torah to Constitution in Jewish Spectator, Fall, 1991
Review of Nehama Tec, In the Lion's Den: The Life of Oswald Rufeisen in Jewish Spectator, Spring 1991
"Jesus and Jeremiah in the Matthean Tradition" in Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Vol. 27. No. 2, Spring 1990
Review of Michael A. Meyer, Ideas of Jewish History, in Jewish Spectator, Winter 1990-1991
Review of Hillel Goldberg, From Slobodka to Berlin: Jewish Transition Figures from Eastern Europe in Jewish Spectator, Summer 1990
"Conflicting Conclusions: The Hatred of Isaac and Ishmael" in Judaism, Winter 1990.
Review of C. Abramsky, et al., The Jews of Poland in Jewish Spectator, Fall 1989
Review of Carl Guinari and David Alverez, eds., Religion and Society in the American West: Historical Essays (University Press of America) in The Journal of American History, 1988
"Jacob in Darkness (and Light): A Study in Contrasts" in Judaism, Fall, 1986
"Coping With Mixed Marriages: When Love Doesn't Conquer All" in Reconstructionist, July August, 1986
"A Pesach Quartet: Jacob, Rachel, Elijah and Bernard Malamud" in The Jewish Quarterly, London, England, Vol. 33, No. 1, 1986
"Strangers, Angels and Redemption: Jewish/Christian Images in Two Malamud Stories" in Conservative Judaism, Fall, 1984
"The Structure, Function and Organization of a Mixed-Marriage Support System" (with Melanie W. Aron) in Journal of Reform Judaism, Summer, 1984
"Challenging Our Values" in Anglo-Jewish Association Review (London, England), Winter 1980/1981
"British Progressive Judaism - On Status and Standards: The 'Ishut' Issue" in Journal of Reform Judaism, Summer, 1979