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Podcast: Jewish Ideas to Change the World
Episode: The Extraordinary Career of Rabbi Alexander Schindler (1925-2000), Innovative Reformer of American Reform Judaism
Description: A virtual event presentation by Dr. Michael MeyerThe event was co-sponsored by Temple Emanuel About The Event: This lecture, based on my book “Above All, We Are Jews,” A Biography of Rabbi Alexander Schindler, will cover the career of a German Jew of East European extraction who redirected American Reform Judaism so that it would more realistically address the nature of American Jewry. Innovating in multiple areas, Schindler came to grips with the increasing rate of interfaith marriage even as he expanded the vision of a liberal Jewish faith. While chairing...