Special issue of the CCAR Journal: The Reform Jewish Quarterly on Judaism and the Arts, edited by Eve Ben-Ora and Vicki Reikes Fox. Includes essays on "Painting by Numbers" by Tal Gozani; "Visual Art as a Spiritual Practice" by Miriam Terlinchamp; "The New Authentics" by Yael Rooks-Rapport; "Towards a Taxonomy of the "Cultural Jew" "by Richard A. Siegeland; "Art and Prayer" by Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik; "Jewish Art and Artists in the Seminary Setting" by Jean Bloch Rosensaft and Laura Kruger; "On the Path to Jewish Universalism" by William Cutter; "Mishkan and Sukkah" by Amy Reichert; "Daring to Alter a Perfect Twentieth-Century Sanctuary to Meet the Needs of the Twenty-First Century" by Roy A. Walter and Garey F. Marks; "Transforming a Congregation through the Arts" by Cheri Ellowitz and more. Also includes poetry and book reviews.

Special edition of Reform Jewish Quarterly, the CCAR Journal, focusing on the machzor and the high holy days. Essays include "The New Reform Machzor is the Solution But What is Problem" by Rabbi Edwin Goldberg; "What Happens When We Use Poetry in Our Prayer Books-and Why?" by Rabbi Sheldon Marder; "The End of Liturgical Reform as We Know It" by Rabbi Leon A. Morris; "Lu Yehi" by Dr. Dalia Marx; "Machzor" by Dr. Richard S. Sarason; "A Tale of Three Machzorim" by Richard N. Levy; "Doing It Right or Doing It Well?" by Lawrence A. Hoffman; "When I Hear the Shofar I Taste Chocolate" by Cantor Evan Kent; "Love, Liturgy, Leadership" by Rabbi Elyse D. Frishman; "The Yamim Nora'im" by Rabbi Lawrence A. Englander; "The Calves of Our Lips" by Rabbi Leon A. Morris; "Baavur Sheani Noder Tzedakah Baado" by Rabbi Margaret Moers Wenig; "Visions for a New/Old Reform Yizkor Service" by Rabbi Donald B. Rossoff; "We, the Avaryanim, Chant Kol Nidrei" by Donald P. Cashman; "The Un'taneh Tokef Prayer-Sealing Our Faith, Not Our Fate" by Rabbi Y. Lindsey bat Joseph; "Viewing Un'taneh Tokef through a New Lens" by Rabbi Amy Scheinerman; "Mystical Journeys and Magical Letters" by Judith Z. Abrams; "The Machzor before the Machzor" by Dr. Aaron D. Panken; and "Yom Kippur in Moab" by Elsie R. Stern. Also included is a special poetry section related to the high holy days, and Maayanot, a special section of study on primary sources dedicated to the theme.

Special Symposium Issue on Judaism and Science. Includes essays on "Searching for the Quantum God: On Judaism and Modern Science," "Jewish Philosophy, Science, and the Humanities," "Revisiting Creation, Natural Events and Their Emergent Patterns," "Science and Judaism: Methodological Considerations A Jewish View of the Evolution of Religion," "Neuro-Jewish Education: An Introduction," "Science and Judaism in Light of Today's Ecological Imperative," "The Science behind Yetzer Hara," and more. Also includes poetry, book reviews, and responses to the Spring 2011 and Summer 2011 Issues.

Essays in this volume include "A Voice from the Past, A Voice for Our Time: On the 200th Anniversary of Abraham Geiger's Birth" by Michael A. Meyer; "Authenticity and Impersonation: The Rabbi in Contemporary American Fiction" by Kevin Haworth; "The Disputation at Tortosa: Musings on Jewish Conceptions of "Self" and "Other" in Early Fifteenth Century Spain" by David Goldstein; "Maimonides and The Guide to the Perplexed: An Environmental Ethic for Our Time" by George Gittleman; "Zechariah's Blood, Bar Kamtza, and Learningfrom Tishah B'Av" by Allen S. Maller; "Samson Raphael Hirsch's Bible Project: A Liberal Appreciation" by Alan T. Levenson; "Lou Silberman's "The Theologian's Task": An Episode in the History of American Jewish Theology" by Karl A. Plank; "Red Socks: The Secret History of the Zohar at the Hebrew Union College-Cincinnati, 1977" by James Stone Goodman; "Voice and the Rabbi: The Art of Delivering a Sermon" by Sandra Kazan; God Doesn't Need a Name" by Rifat Sonsino; "With a Clear Prayer We Could See Forever: An Inquiry into "Salvation" in Today's Liberal Judaism" by Kenneth D. Roseman; "Who Gets the Water? A Jewish View of Health Care" in America" by Phil Cohen; An Adaptation of Liturgy to Personal Beliefs" by Nason Goldstein; "Genesis 38: The Birth of Peretz and the Family Traditions of Judah" by Michael D. Oblath; "A Principle of Inclusion: The Presence of Our Mothers in Midrashic Literature" by Seth M. Limmer as well as poetry by Alison Carb Sussman and Arlene Sarah Chernow, and book reviews.

Special Symposium Issue on New Visions of Jewish Community, exploring the future of Judaism and the challenges that lie ahead. Includes essays on "Keeping the Glass Half Full: ReinvigoratingAmerican Reform Judaism," "Future of the Denominations: Analysis and Possibilities," "Shifting Landscapes: The Response of Modernity to Faith, Social Advocacy, and Demographic Change," "Building and Enhancing Religious Community Online," "Moving Beyond the Limited Reach of Current 'Social Media' Approaches: Why Jewish Digital Communities Require Rich and RemixableNarrative Content," "Judaism 2111," and more. Also includes poetry, book reviews, and responses to the Fall 2010 Symposium Issue.

Special Symposium Issue on Finding Our Path: Becoming a Rabbi After Ordination. Explores what it means to truly become a rabbi. with essays on "Fostering a Relationship between Rabbi and God," "Learning in Order to Teach," "Education of the Adventure Rabbi," "My Sacred Journey to Chaplaincy," "Visions of an Alternative Rabbinic Journey," "The Rabbi as Values-Based Corporate Leader," and more. Also includes poetry, book reviews, and responses to the Summer 2010 Symposium Issue.

Special issue on Politics and Spirituality, with essays on "Ritual Versus Justice," "Dissent from the Dissenters," "Same-Gender Marriages from the Intersection of Faith and Politics," "The Ballot, the Bimah, and the Tax Code," "Liberal Dilemma: The Prophetic Mandate versus Religion-Sate Seperation in Reform Political Discourse," as well as essays on Rabbinic Advocacy and Jewish Community Organizing. Also includes poetry and book reviews.