Introduction to the 50th Anniversary Edition by Howard A. Berman
Foreword by Solomon B. Freehof
Introduction
CHAPTER I: TRAIL BLAZERS
1. The First Generation
2. The Journals
CHAPTER II: NEW TEMPLES, NEW PRAYER BOOKS
1. Seesen, 1810
2. Hamburg, 1817
3. Vienna, 1826
4. Metz,1841
5. London, 1842
6. Frankfort, 1842
7. Berlin, 1844
8. Worms, 1848
9. Pesth, 1848
CHAPTER III: THE GREAT CONTROVERSY--TIKTIN VS. GEIGER
CHAPTER IV: CONFERENCES AND SYNODS
1. The French Sanhedrin
2. The Rabbinic Conferences
3. The Synods
CHAPTER V: NEW PATTERNS OF THOUGHT
1. General Considerations
2. The “Science of Judaism”
3. The Bible and Its Text
4. The Authority of Tradition
CHAPTER VI: A PEOPLE AND ITS FAITH
1. Revelation
2. The Jewish People--Dispersion and Restoration
3. The Mission of Israel
4. The Messiah
5. Judaism and Christianity
CHAPTER VII: WORSHIP REFORM
1. Changing the Prayer Book
2. The Sermon
3. Vernacular and Hebrew in the Service
4. Synagogue Music
5. Bar Mitzvah and Confirmation
6. Covering the Head
7. Torah Reading and Piyutim
CHAPTER VIII: SABBATH AND HOLIDAY OBSERVANCE
l. The Sabbath
2. The Holidays
CHAPTER IX: THE PERSONAL LIFE
l. Circumcision
2. Dietary Laws
3. Marriage
4. Mourning Practices
5. Home Observance
CHAPTER X: THE COMMUNITY
1. The Rabbinic Office
2. The Public Oath
3. Apostates
4. Jewish Education
5. The Status of Women
6. For the Sake of Heaven
7. A Guide for Reform Judaism
Bibliographical Notes
Index
