
Confronting Covid-19
Liberal and Reform Rabbis in the United Kingdom Respond to the Global Pandemic
Charles Middleburgh(Author)
Hakodesh Press
Published on 10. June 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
220 pages
978-620-2-45551-0 (ISBN)
Description
The crisis spread across the world in 2020-21 by a rampaging virus previously unknown to science impacted every area of life. For rabbis, the challenges were multi-levelled. In late March 2020, synagogues closed as soon as lockdowns began and all the activities that had previously occurred as a regular part of communal Jewish life were summarily stopped. The sermons collected in this volume reflect many aspects of the impact of the coronavirus on Progressive Rabbis ordained by Leo Baeck College in London and their congregations. They are an important part of the record of these challenging times in Jewish life as well as testifying to the creativity and commitment of their rabbinic authors. The crisis spread across the world in 2020-21 by a rampaging virus previously unknown to science impacted every area of life. For rabbis, the challenges were multi-levelled. In late March 2020, synagogues closed as soon as lockdowns began and all the activities that had previously occurred as a regular part of communal Jewish life were summarily stopped. The sermons collected in this volume reflect many aspects of the impact of the coronavirus on Progressive Rabbis ordained by Leo Baeck College in London and their congregations. They are an important part of the record of these challenging times in Jewish life as well as testifying to the creativity and commitment of their rabbinic authors.
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Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
346 gr
ISBN-13
978-620-2-45551-0 (9786202455510)
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Rabbi Dr. Charles Middleburgh is Dean and Director of Jewish Studies at Leo Baeck College London, where he is also Reader in Bible and Jewish Liturgy. Co-editor of Machzor Ruach Chadashah, and of two anthologies, he has published three previous books with Hakodesh Press.