{"product_id":"9781580235693","title":"Empowered Judaism: What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us about Building Vibrant Jewish Communities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe inside story and practical lessons from one of the most exciting developments in contemporary Judaism. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart description and part prescription, \u003cem\u003eEmpowered Judaism\u003c\/em\u003e is a manifesto for transforming the way Jews pray andmore broadlyfor building vibrant Jewish communities. [It] represents the latest chapter in [an] uplifting history of religious creativity. This is a book that every Jewish leader will want to read and every serious Jew will want to contemplate.\u003cbr\u003efrom the Foreword by Prof. Jonathan D. Sarna\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e Why have thousands of young Jews, otherwise unengaged with formal Jewish life, started more than sixty innovative prayer communities across the United States? What crucial insights can these grassroots communities provide for all of us?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, one of the leaders of this revolutionary phenomenon, offers refreshingly new analyses of the age-old question of how to build strong Jewish community. He explores the independent minyan movement and the lessons it has to teach about prayer, community organizing and volunteer leadership, and its implications for contemporary struggles in American Judaism.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e Along with describing the growth of independent minyanim across the country, he examines:\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The roles of liturgy, space, music and youth in this new approach to prayer\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e Lessons to be learned from the concept of immersive, intensive Jewish learning in an egalitarian context\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJewish values in which we must invest to achieve a vibrant, robust American Jewish landscape for the twenty-first century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Turner Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47112074592496,"sku":"9781580235693","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781580235693_p0.jpg?v=1763797203","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781580235693","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}