Judaism is about love: recovering the heart of Jewish life

Introduction

Part I: The self facing a loving God. We are loved ; The gifts of God flow through you: grace, gratitude, and generosity ; Sacred indignation: on protest

Part II: Widening circles: whom should we love?. Learning to love and be loved: the family ; Loving our neighbor: Judaism's "great principle," but what does it mean? ; Loving our own, and everyone else too: Judaism's particularist universalism

Human dignity and solidarity: Judaism's other "great principle" ; Loving the stranger: the Bible's moral revolution ; Must we love our enemies too?

Part III: Hesed: bringing God's love to other people. Imitating God: the beginning and end of Judaism is love ; Love in the ruins: responding to devastation ; Waiting for God

Part IV: Theology of a loving God. The God of Judaism (and of the "Old Testament") is a god of love ; Engaging chosenness: what it does and doesn't mean ; Loving a loving God

Conclusion: Judaism is about love.