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2007 Issue
THE RISE, FALL, AND REBIRTH OF SECULAR JUDAISM
Jonathan Sarna
Brandeis historian Jonathan Sarna moves from a survey of the past to the present and a view of the current secular Jewish renaissance.
THE THIRD PILLAR? TOWARD A EUROPEAN JEWISH IDENTITY
Diana Pinto
Diana Pinto discusses the challenges and future options facing Europe's Jews.
NEW JEWS: THE END OF THE JEWISH DIASPORA
Caryn Aviv and David Shneer
Scholars from the University of Denver, Caryn Aviv and David Shneer argue that the concept of "Diaspora" is now obsolete.
GOD & OTHER LITERARY CHARACTERS
Yaacov Malkin
Contemplate presents the next installment of the English-language translation of God and Other Literary Characters in which Yaakov Malkin explores the development of God as a literary protagonist with a human character.
RELIGION IN A FREE MARKET
Barry Kosmin & Ariela Keysar
Demographics among American adults clearly point to a significant increase in secularity, according to research by Barry Kosmin and Ariela Keysar.
A JEW OF THE THIRD KIND, HEINE: HIS DOUBLE LIFE
Yigal Lossin
Yigal Lossin takes up the question whether Heinrich Heine was the first modern secular Jew.
CONVERSATION WITH REBECCA GOLDSTEIN
Jesse Tisch
Rebecca Goldstein, author of Betraying Spinoza shares her views on the influence of Benedict Spinoza on the secular nation-state in a wide-ranging interview.
MARTIN BUBER'S SECULAR RELIGIOSITY
Ron Margolin, Sarah Pessin
Two scholars, Ron Margolin and Sarah Pessin, present their opinions on the secular aspects of Buber's philosophy.
A GREAT TRANQUILITY: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Yehuda Amichai
From The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai, translated by Chana Bloch and Stephen Mitchell, and published by The University of California Press
WHEN I BANGED MY HEAD ON THE DOOR
Yehuda Amichai
From The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai, translated by Chana Bloch and Stephen Mitchell, and published by The University of California Press.
CONTEMPLATE ISSUE FOUR ART CREDITS
The photographs for the article The Rise, Fall, & Rebirth of Secular Judaism, by Jonathan Sarna, and A Jew of the Third Kind, Heine: His Double Life, by Yigal Lossin, were taken by Lawrence Bush.
The artwork for the article, New Jews; The End of the Jewish Diaspora, by Caryn Aviv and David Shneer, is by Sam Weber (www.sampaints.com).
The artwork for the article, The Third Pillar? Toward a European Jewish Identity, by Diana Pinto, is by Tessar Lo (www.tessarlo.com).
The illustrations for the article God and Other Literary Characters, by Yaakov Malkin, are from the private collection of Peter H. Schweitzer, The Bible in Pictures.
The photographs accompanying the piece, Conversation with Rebecca Goldstein, are by Florence B. Schweitzer and from the private collection of Peter H. Schweitzer.
The photographs for the poems by Yehuda Amichai, A Great Tranquility: Questions and Answers, and When I Banged My Head On The Door, are by Florence B. Schweitzer and from the private collection of Peter H. Schweitzer.
The artwork for the article Martin Buber's Secular Religiosity, by Ron Margolin and Sarah Pessin, is by Felice Pazner Malkin.
The 2007 Contemplate's designer is Araba Simpson.
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